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Dudley the Dragon - A bumbling, but
affable eight-foot tall green dragon who lived in a cave on the
education fantasy series THE ADVENTURES OF DUDLEY THE DRAGON/YTV/PBS/1994-1999.
Dudley the Dragon and Friends
The series followed the tale of Dudley the dragon who emerges from
a hundred year slumber and finds that the world has changed. With
the help of two 10-year old children, Sally and Matt, Dudley
solves mysteries, observes the wonders of nature and confronts
many of the social issues that plague the modern world, like
pollution, energy conservation, bullying, and second hand smoke.
Always overdramatic, Dudley bellows his opinion freely. For
example, when he likes the taste of something, he will loudly
proclaim it was "DEE-licious.”
Beside his new friends Matt and Sally, Dudley met a number of
other characters, including:
- Chloe, his fairy godmother
- Mr. Crabby Tree (a talking tree)
- a tooth fairy
- a leprechaun
- a cowardly ghost named Jacob Spookem
- a mischievous clown
- twin witches (Willomena and Ernestina)
- The Great Mezmra, the fortuneteller
- The Pumpkin King
- The King of All Living Things (who wants to chop down Mr. Crabby Tree)
- Clarence the Can, Dudley's magical garbage can.
Will the King chop down Mr. Crabby Tree?
TRIVIA NOTE: Distributed by Breakthrough
Entertainment, the Dudley the Dragon series was the winner of the Gemini Award
for Best Children's Program. It aired 65 x 30 minute episodes that were
produced by TV Ontario. The Dudley the Dragon character later made its debut
as a six-story-tall float in the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New
York City.
Originally, the Dudley character was created for a government play called The
Conserving Kingdom, which toured grade schools under the auspices of the
Ontario ministry of energy in 1982. Later, Ira Levy and Peter Williamson,
partners in Toronto’s Breakthrough Films and Television Inc., bought the
rights to the character in 1990. The program premiered in October, 1993, with
12 episodes. To test each episode, head writer Alex Galatis (who provided the
voice of Dudley on the show) read the story lines to children at a
Toronto-area daycare center.
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THE ADVENTURES OF DUDLEY THE DRAGON/YTV/PBS/1994-1999 |
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Cast Credits |
|
Daniel DeSanto |
as |
Matt |
| Kirk
Dunn |
as |
Dudley
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Alex Galatis |
as |
Dudley (voice) |
| Daniel
Goodfellow |
as |
Mickey
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Natasha Greenblatt |
as |
Julia |
| Graham
Greene |
as |
Mr.
Crabby Tree |
|
Sue Morrison |
as |
Mrs. Robin (voice) |
| James
Rankin |
as |
Sammy/Mr. Robin (voice) |
|
Asia Vieira |
as |
Sally |
| Robin
Weekes |
as |
Terry
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|
Anne-Marie Mcdonald |
as |
Fairy Godmother |
| Sir
John Neville |
as |
Pumpkin
King |
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Mary Walsh |
as |
WIllomena the witch /Princess |
| Cathy
Jones |
as |
Ernestina the witch |
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Rick Mercer |
as |
The Great Mezmra the Fortuneteller |
| Martin
Julien/Patricia McKenna |
as |
Troll |
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Sky Gilbert |
as |
Genie |
| Martin
Julien |
as |
Caveman |
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Jesse Collins |
as |
Prince |
| Eric
Peters |
as |
Leprechaun |
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Clark Johnson |
as |
Flammo the Magician |
| Jan
Rubeš |
as |
King of
All Living Things |
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Jackie Richardson |
as |
Face of Nature |
| Gary
Farmer |
as |
The
Tiny Giant |
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