# Charlie Brown voice actor arrested for stalking and death threats **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-voice-actor-arrested-for-stalking-and-death-threats/648148 "2013-01-23T20:43:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-voice-actor-arrested-for-stalking-and-death-threats/648148/21 "2013-01-24T02:53:24Z")
Holy shit, are you sure that isn’t Randy Quaid? > **[Randy Quaid](http://washedupcelebrities.blogspot.com/2010/12/randy-quaid.html?m=1)** > > Randy Quaid is an actor perhaps best known for portraying quirky characters such as "Cousin Eddie" in the Vacation movies. There is no do... ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-voice-actor-arrested-for-stalking-and-death-threats/648148/22 "2013-01-24T03:38:20Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Ironically, the child voice actor who played Pig-Pen, grew up to be Adam Vinatieri, kicker of the winning field goal in SuperBowl XXXVI. > > True story! Is there a punchline here I’m missing? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-voice-actor-arrested-for-stalking-and-death-threats/648148/23 "2013-01-24T03:41:40Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Wow, this story from the San Diego Union-Tribune is kind of depressing: > > [The San Diego Union-Tribune: Local News, Sports and Things to Do](http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/23/Peanuts-actor-threatened-cop-surgeon/?page=1#article-copy) WAT?! He _looks_ like Charlie Brown! Ok, at least to me he does. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-voice-actor-arrested-for-stalking-and-death-threats/648148/24 "2013-01-24T04:50:47Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > WAT?! He _looks_ like Charlie Brown! > > Ok, at least to me he does. I was thinking the same thing. In that picture he looks pretty much what you would imagine Charlie Brown looking like as a grown up. ---
**Author:** ![Shmendrik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shmendrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shmendrik)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-voice-actor-arrested-for-stalking-and-death-threats/648148/25 "2013-01-24T15:59:59Z")
[Full article here.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-us-usa-people-charliebrownbre90m17m-20130123,0,4157255.story) The story became less interesting for me once I realized it was the guy who actually did Charlie Brown’s voice. I had pictured some dude making threats over the phone like “Wuh Wah, Wah Wah Wah,” but sadly this was not the case. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-voice-actor-arrested-for-stalking-and-death-threats/648148/26 "2013-01-24T16:37:46Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Is there a punchline here I’m missing? It’s subtle, but it’s in there. _Hey, they can’t all be winners._ ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-voice-actor-arrested-for-stalking-and-death-threats/648148/27 "2013-01-24T18:05:10Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Ironically, the child voice actor who played Pig-Pen, grew up to be Adam Vinatieri, kicker of the winning field goal in SuperBowl XXXVI. > > True story! Considering he was born in 1972, 7 years after _A Charlie Brown Christmas_ aired, I’m calling B.S. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-voice-actor-arrested-for-stalking-and-death-threats/648148/28 "2013-01-24T18:29:34Z")
Aaugh! ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-voice-actor-arrested-for-stalking-and-death-threats/648148/29 "2013-01-24T19:52:12Z")
He’s a clown, that Charlie Brown. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-voice-actor-arrested-for-stalking-and-death-threats/648148/30 "2013-01-24T22:05:33Z")
> [@ministryman](#): > > Considering he was born in 1972, 7 years after _A Charlie Brown Christmas_ aired, I’m calling B.S. Also, the top google hit for “Adam Vinatieri Pig Pen” is this thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-brown-voice-actor-arrested-for-stalking-and-death-threats/648148.md?page=1)