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. 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), and 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.
Sally,
Dudley, Matt and Friends
|
THE ADVENTURES OF DUDLEY THE DRAGON/YTV/PBS/1994-1999 |
|
Cast Credits |
|
Daniel DeSanto |
as |
Matt |
|
Kirk Dunn |
as |
Dudley |
|
Alex Galatis |
as |
Dudley (voice) |
|
Daniel Goodfellow |
as |
Mickey |
|
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 |
|
Anne-Marie Mcdonald |
as |
Fairy Godmother |
|
Sir John Neville |
as |
Pumpkin King |
|
Mary Walsh |
as |
WIllomena the witch /Princess |
|
Cathy Jones |
as |
Ernestina the witch |
|
Rick Mercer |
as |
The Great Mezmra the Fortuneteller |
|
Martin Julien/Patricia McKenna |
as |
Troll |
|
Sky Gilbert |
as |
Genie |
|
Martin Julien |
as |
Caveman |
|
Jesse Collins |
as |
Prince |
|
Eric Peters |
as |
Leprechaun |
|
Clark Johnson |
as |
Flammo the Magician |
|
Jan Rubeš |
as |
King of All Living Things |
|
Jackie Richardson |
as |
Face of Nature |
|
Gary Farmer |
as |
The Tiny Giant |
