Dan Redican

Dan Redican

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Biography

Dan Redican is an actor and producer, known for Burnt Toast (2005), Puppets Who Kill (2002) and The Wrong Guy (1997). He has been married to Carol Commisso since April 7, 1990. They have two children. Redican started his career as a puppeteer, performing with various partners at birthday parties and church functions, before joining Tom Vandenburg to perform two family shows at The Toronto Centre for the Arts on Dupont street: The Old Fisherman and A Day At Rotten Cheese Gulch. After this, Redican focussed on solo performances in London, Ontario at Smale's Pace (later renamed the Change of Pace) Redican entered the world of television puppetry on CHCH's Adventures of Snelgrove Snail in the role of Conrad Crepidula. Redican left puppetry to focus on comedy when the Frantics formed in 1979 but he returned briefly in the late 80s to appear as a featured actor and puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company on NBC's The Jim Henson Hour. In the nineties Redican puppeteered the character Hegdish on YTV's "Groundling Marsh" and Maurice the Maggot on YTV's Freaky Stories.

Career

2005
Burnt Toast
Burnt Toast as Lab Technician
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2002
Puppets Who Kill
Puppets Who Kill as Dan Barlow
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1998
Noddy
Noddy as Carl Spiffy
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1997
The Wrong Guy
The Wrong Guy as Ken Daly
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Freaky Stories
Freaky Stories as Maurice the Maggot
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1989
The Jim Henson Hour
The Jim Henson Hour as Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
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The Jim Henson Hour
2011
Mulroney: The Opera
Mulroney: The Opera as Writer
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2015
Sunnyside
Sunnyside as Creator
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