Dan Hennessey (b. August 25, 1941) is a Canadian voice actor who, early on in his career, spent time in Toronto performing with John Candy and Gilda Radner. In 1973 he was part of the comedy troupe, Zoo Factory (with John Stocker, Bruce Gordon, Harriet Cohen, and Jerelyn Homer). That same year, he played Claudius, King of Denmark in his first film, a Canadian adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet play.
A decade later, he was a frequent guest star on DiC's Inspector Gadget and starred as Dizzy in Nelvana's first feature film, Rock & Rule.
During the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, Hennessey had many voice roles to his credit, appearing on Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, My Pet Monster, Dinosaucers, the animated Police Academy series, both cartoon spin-offs of NBC's ALF, The Raccoons, two cartoon shows of Super Mario Bros., Babar, both DiC and Nelvana versions of The Care Bears TV series, all three Care Bears movies, Free Willy, Highlander: The Animated Series, Beetlejuice, Totally Spies, Hello Kitty and Friends, Meet Julie, Tracey McBean, all two Madballs film specials, RoboCop: The Animated Series, Space Strikers, the second season of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures, Tales from the Cryptkeeper, Piggsburg Pigs!, Bad Dog, Bob and Margaret, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Magic School Bus, Popples, Cyberchase, Donkey Kong Country, Hammerman, Dog City, Anatole, The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police, Flying Rhino Junior High, Ned's Newt, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Ultraforce, The Rosey and Buddy Show, C.O.P.S., The Neverending Story, X-Men, Garbage Pail Kids, Rupert, the early version of The Get Along Gang, Incredible Crash Dummies, Star Wars: Ewoks, Star Wars: Droids, The Busy World of Richard Scarry, Starcom, WildC.A.T.S., Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend, The Adventures of Tintin and Blazing Dragons.
Dan was also a voice director for X-Men, Beetlejuice, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Birdz, Starcom, Blazing Dragons, Blaster's Universe, WildC.A.T.S., Stickin' Around, Piggsburg Pigs!, Stunt Dawgs, Rescue Heroes, Rescue Heroes: The Movie, Elliott Moose, The Care Bears, Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend, Highlander: The Animated Series, Donkey Kong Country, Garbage Pail Kids, Cyberchase, Seven Little Monsters, Little Bear, The Little Bear Movie, the English version of Knights of Zodiac, Power Stone, Air Master, Slam Dunk, Interlude, Ultraforce, Pelswick and Quads!.
His best-known role is the voice of Brave Heart Lion in the animated Care Bears franchise. (He also played Loyal Heart Dog on an episode of the television series).
Recently, Hennessey has appeared on Nick Jr.'s Little Bear and the public television series Redwall.
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- John Stocker Biography by L. Mangue, Nerf-Herders-Anonymous.net [1].
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