R.
Francis Smith
R. Francis Smith started at Pendant with the requisite failed auditions followed by a trip to the director class, followed shortly by a trip to the director mines from which he has never returned. Taking over the directing duties on Wonder Woman was followed by an acting gig on the same show, an associate producer position, and most recently a writing job or two. In order to collect a more full set of jobs, he's also script editor on a non-Pendant show. He apparently doesn't understand the point of free time.
Aside from being in front of the computer doing audio production, he spends his daylight hours in front of the computer at his job as a university systems administrator, plus there's the time in front of the computer playing Lord of the Rings Online with his wife, associate producer Jennifer Smith. Oh, also, there's catching up on email and news feeds, and just plain web surfing. However, he can actually do things that don't involve a computer, including being a husband, a father of two girls, a once-a-month preacher, and a member of and live musician in the Society for Creative Anachronism. Plus, there's always the Playstation 2. Guitar Hero and Rock Band won't just play themselves, you know.
He occasionally worries that he's the only actor at Pendant with neither background nor professional aspirations in drama, his sole experience having been taking one semester in high school before dropping the class in favor of economics. Seriously. But he's having fun anyway.
He haunts various social sites under such usernames as rfrancis or rfrancissmith, except when it's something else entirely.
Listen to R. Francis' interview in This Week In Pendant!
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Winner of
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R. Francis is the voice of Steve Trevor in "Wonder Woman: Champion of Themyscira" Alan Scott/Green Lantern in "Martian Manhunter: Strange Visitor", Sam the Butcher in "Umket Industries Presents: The Dixie Stenberg and Brassy Battalion Adventure Theater", and Jeffrey Hawk in "Star Trek: Defiant". Directs "Wonder Woman: Champion of Themyscira" (episode 31 onward). Associate Producer of Writers.