Duck Phillips

Role: Head of Accounts, Sterling Cooper
aka Herman Phillips

Played by: Mark Moses

First Appearance: S1E12 - Nixon vs. Kennedy
Final Appearance: S7E13 - The Milk and Honey Route

Low Moments

We don't talk about Chauncey.
Except when we do.
S2E6: Maidenform

Finding out that Don Draper doesn't have a contract.
S2E13: Meditations in an Emergency

Gross, Duck.
"That's Roger's office!"

S4E7: The Suitcase

Drinking again during the meeting with St. John to buy Sterling Cooper
S2E13: Meditations in an Emergency

Asking Pete to meet with Shel Keneally from American Airlines after Pete's father died in the crash
S2E2: Flight 1

Showing up drunk at the Clio awards

Unplugging the TV so Peggy won't see the news about the Kennedy assassination until after they've had sex.

Calling Peggy "a whore" when he sees Don at the office at night, on her birthday.
S4E7: The Suitcase

Not reading the room on Betty and Heineken - A Night to Remember

Good Moments

Asking Peggy her opinion in a meeting after she was promoted in Freddie's absence
S2: Six Month Leave

Trying to do the right thing when his children say his ex is re-marrying: "Franklin Reeve is a good man."
S2E6: Maidenform

Due diligence on Bob Benson for Pete . . . after the fact

Duck Phillips - Memorable Lines

"Let him go. It'll take a second to find some kid who can write a prose poem to a potato chip." - about Don Draper
"I wanna take you in that bedroom, lock the door, take your clothes off with my teeth, and give you a go round like you've never had." - to Peggy Olson
"Get your department in line, Crane, or I'll gut it." - to Harry, after a Maytag "Amazing Agitator" commercial error, apparently unaware that Harry Crane is the television department.

You may also have seen Mark Moses in:

Platoon

Desperate Housewives

The Last Ship

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