Read more about Herbert at: Wikipedia Official Site: FOX Herbert is a fictional character in the animated television series Family Guy. He is voiced by Mike Henry, who created and designed the character. Herbert is an elderly neighbor of the Griffin family who first appeared in the season 3 episode "To Love and Die in Dixie". According to Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, Herbert's character was not originally a pedophile, but the story line was developed with Herbert harboring an unrequited lust for Chris Griffin, though the Griffins and the citizens of Quahog are either oblivious to this or indifferent because of his frailty. Herbert's voice and appearance are inspired by an elderly man whom Henry met while working at a grocery store in high school. MacFarlane has also stated that his design was made so his creepy humor would seem funny. Herbert has received mixed reviews from critics. He has also appeared in various Family Guy merchandise and has made several crossover appearances in the Family Guy spin-off, The Cleveland Show. Herbert lives in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island which is modeled after Cranston, Rhode Island. Herbert also does simple jobs in various episodes. In the episode "Play It Again, Brian", (season 6, 2008) Herbert is hired by Peter and Lois to babysit their children Stewie, Meg, and Chris. While in "Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air", (season 7, 2009) Herbert appears opening the "Quahog Men's Club". In the episode "Padre de Familia", Herbert is revealed to be a war veteran as he is singing "God Bless the USA" in the Veterans Day parade. This is furthered in the Season Nine episode "German Guy", in which Herbert reveals he was a member of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and was captured by Nazi soldiers when he was shot down over Germany while escorting a bombing raid. Although the Nazis could have placed Herbert into a prisoner-of-war camp, they instead threw him into a concentration camp because they found several pictures of young boys in his wallet and thought he was gay. Herbert has appeared on various occasions in Family Guy spinoffs, as in a cutaway in "A Cleveland Brown Christmas", an episode of The Cleveland Show. In Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy, — Herbert appears as Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Herbert has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.
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