Phil Van Tee

Born in Chapel Hill, N. C., raised in Ohio, and now hiding out in the concrete mountains of L. A., long and lanky comedian/actor 'Phil Van Tee' (qv) also performs as comic magician "Opa" - world's funniest Grampa. Phil has performed OVER 20,000 shows in the past 47 years, from circus mud show to shiny T. V. ! A graduate of Ringling Brothers. Clown College, he has tickled funny-bones all across the U. S., Canada, and the Caribbean, and worked as an esteemed professor of magic at the World Famous Magic Castle's Magic University. Phil's influences include: W. C. Fields, Carl Ballantine, Don Knotts, Pee Wee Herman, Art Carney, Steve Martin, Mister Rogers, and Huntz Hall.::'Phil Van Tee' (qv)