Arthur
- Eight-year-old aardvark in the third
grade featured on the animated children's program ARTHUR/PBS/1996. Arthur
Timothy Read (voice of Michael Yarmush) lives in Elwood City with his
parents, Jane and David (Sonja Ball & Bruce Dinsmore); his five-year-old
sister Dora Winifred, a.k.a. "D.W." (Michael Caloz); baby Kate (Tracy
Braunstein); Grandma Thora (Joanna Noyes); Grandpa Dave (A.J. Henderson);
and the family dog, Pal. Arthur's friends included Buster Baxter, a bunny
(Daniel Brochu); Binky Barnes, a bulldog (Bruce Dinsmore); Alan "The
Brain" Powers II, a bear (Stephen Crowder/Alex Hood); Sue Ellen Armstrong,
a cat (Patricia Rodriquez); Fern Walter, a dog (Holly G. Frankel);
Prunella, a rat (Tamar Kozlov); George, a moose (Mitchell David Rothpan);
Mary Alice "Muffy: Crosswire, a monkey (Melissa Altro); Francine Alice
Frensky, a monkey (Jodie Resther); Ed Crosswire, a monkey; the Tibble
Twins, two bear cubs; Mary Moo Cow, a cow; Ms. Paige Turner, the rabbit
Librarian (Kate Hutchinson); teacher Mr. Nigel Emil Ratburn, a rat (Arthur
Holden); and Principal Herbert Haney (Walter Massey). The animated program
is based on the popular series of children's books written by Marc Brown.
The first book in the series Arthur's Nose was published in 1976.
