Bob Dermer (born 1946) is a Canadian actor who first made his contributions to Canadian television in 1965 as an actor in Ottawa on a late night serial called ''Milk and Honey'' which ran for 200 episodes.
Prior to ''
Readalong'', Dermer was also on several Canadian children's shows such as ''
Hi Diddle Day'' which ran for 10 years on the CBC followed by ''
Pencil Box'' which ran for another six years.
Early life
Dermer was born in
Ottawa
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,
Ontario
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.
Career
In the 1980s, Dermer appeared on the children's show ''
Today's Special'', playing a puppet character named Sam Crenshaw, and starred in the animated ''
Raccoons'' series and specials as
Ralph Raccoon (and various other characters.) He was the voice of Grumpy Bear in the ''
Care Bears
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The characters headlined their own televis ...
''
films and TV series of that era. In the middle of airing ''Today's Special'' in 1984, Dermer was nearly killed in a car accident and suffered from a broken clavicle and thoracic ribs and lost his left eye. He was unable to perform for five months and had to wear an eye patch before having an eyeball transplant.
Later on, he would make a cameo appearance in
Walt Disney Pictures
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's 1994 film ''
The Santa Clause
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'', before making one final foray in the 1996 made-for-TV movie ''
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story''. He retired from the TV business in 2001.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1946 births
Living people
Canadian male voice actors
Canadian puppeteers