Richard M. Dumont (born 1959 in

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) is a Canadian voice actor, writer and director who has worked in both

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. Dumont is known for playing Sardo, who owned a magic shop called Sardo's Magic Mansion, in many episodes of the Canadian-American horror fantasy anthology television series for

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'' Dumont studied at the

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, later studying theatre-acting at Ryerson Theatre School before joining

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Filmography

Voice Work

Animation

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' or as it is known in more recent editions, ''The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'', is a novel by American author Mark Twain, which was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United St ...

'' - Additional Voices *'' The Adventures of the Little Koala'' - Weather, Maki-Maki *'' Animal Crackers'' - Additional Voices *''The Animal Train'' - Charlie *''

Around the World in 80 Dreams ''Saban's Around the World in Eighty Dreams'' (french: Les Aventures de Carlos) is a French animated series that first premiered on Canal+ on November 13, 1992, and later aired on TF1 in December 1993. A co-production between Saban Internationa ...

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Arthur Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more w ...

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Beyblade is a line of spinning-top toys originally developed by Takara, first released in Japan in July 1999, along with its debut series. Following Takara's merger with Tomy in 2006, Beyblades are now developed by Takara Tomy. Various toy companies ...

'' - Crusher, Director, Crowd Member A *'' Billy and Buddy'' - Dad *'' Bob in a Bottle'' - Mr. Carter *'' Bobobobs'' - A.D. *'' Bumpety Boo'' - Additional Voices *'' A Bunch of Munsch'' - Various *''

Calimero ''Calimero'' is an animated television series about a charming, but hapless anthropomorphized chicken; the only black one in a family of yellow chickens. He wears half of his egg shell still on his head. Calimero originally appeared on th ...

'' - Additional Voices *'' Cat Tales'' - Additional Voices *''

Charlie Strap and Froggy Ball Flying High ''Charlie Strapp and Froggy Ball Flying High'' ( sv, Kalle Stropp och Grodan Boll på svindlande äventyr) is a 1991 Swedish animated feature film directed by Jan Gissberg after an original script by Thomas Funck, using Funck's already well-esta ...

'' - Froggy Ball *''

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'' - Additional Voices *''Cosmic Cowboys'' - Additional Voices *'' The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures'' - Additional Voices *'' Creepschool'' - Principal Malcolm *'' C.L.Y.D.E.'' - Additional Voices *''

David Copperfield ''David Copperfield'' Dickens invented over 14 variations of the title for this work, see is a novel in the bildungsroman genre by Charles Dickens, narrated by the eponymous David Copperfield, detailing his adventures in his journey from inf ...

'' - Mr. Grimby *''

Diplodos ''Diplodos'' is an animated series which first broadcast in 1988. It was produced by Saban International & C&D (Créativité et Développement), a company founded by Jean Chalopin after he left DIC.Faviez, Pierre. ''La Télé : un destin anim� ...

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Dragon Hunters Dragon Hunters (French: ''Chasseurs de dragons'') is an animated fantasy comedy television series created by Arthur Qwak and produced by the French company Futurikon and Tooncan. It follows the adventures of two hunters for hire through a medi ...

'' - Additional Voices *'' Edmond Was a Donkey'' - Edmond's Boss *''Favorite Songs''/''The Real Story of...'' - Additional Voices *'' Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa (Félix et le trésor de Morgäa)'' *''

Flatmania ''Flatmania'' is a French animated television series, which is based on a visual style created by Anne-Caroline Pandolfo and Isabelle Simler and produced by Method Animation, Futurikon and Vivatoon with the participation with Disney Televisions ...

'' - Additional Voices *'' For Better or For Worse'' - Additional Voices *''

Fred's Head ''Fred's Head'' (''Blaise le blasé'', translated '' Blaise the jaded) is'' an animated series made by Spectra Animation (now Echo Media) and Galaxy 7, and featuring Fred, a sixteen-year-old and his not-so-normal life. It is co-produced by Franc ...

'' - Theo Sturgeon *'' Gawayn'' - Rex *'' Gofrette'' - Hamlet *''

Gulliver's Travels ''Gulliver's Travels'', or ''Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships'' is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan ...

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How the Toys Saved Christmas ''How the Toys Saved Christmas'' is a 1996 Italian animated film directed by Enzo D'Alò, based on a tale by Gianni Rodari. In the original version, the story took place during the Epiphany Eve, because in the Folklore of Italy the Befana is a g ...

'' - Skipper, Conductor *''Iron Nose: The Mysterious Knight'' - Iron Nose, Little Bro *'' Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver'' - Additional Voices *'' Jungle Tales'' - Additional Voices *'' The Kids from Room 402'' - Mr. Besser *''

The Legend of the North Wind ''The Legend of the North Wind'' is a 1992 Spanish animated fantasy film directed by Juan Bautista Berasategi (originally credited to Maite Ruiz de Austri and Carlos Varela). It was based upon a story by Gregorio Muro and Josean Muñoz, and produ ...

'' - Martin *'' The Legend of White Fang'' - Additional Voices *'' The Little Flying Bears'' - Additional Voices *''

The Little Lulu Show ''The Little Lulu Show'' is an animated series based on Marjorie Henderson Buell's comic book character ''Little Lulu''. The series first aired in 1995 after the cartoonist's death in 1993. The series was produced by the CINAR Corporation, in ...

'' - Additional Voices *'' The Lost World'' - Additional Voices *''Lucky Luke'' - Additional Voices *'' Madeline'' - Additional Voices *'' The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo'' - Additional Voices *''

Marsupilami ''Marsupilami'' is a comic book character and fictional animal species created by André Franquin. Its first appearance was in the 31 January 1952 issue of the Franco-Belgian comics magazine '' Spirou''. Since then it appeared regularly in th ...

'' - Additional Voices *'' Maya the Bee'' - Willi *''

Mega Babies ''Mega Babies'' is an animated children's television series created by the Tremblay brothers, Christian and Yvon, who previously had made the Hanna-Barbera show '' SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron''. It is produced by CinéGroupe and Landmark Ent ...

'' - Announcer *''Merry Christmas Little Moonky'' - Weasel *''

A Miss Mallard Mystery ''A Miss Mallard Mystery'' is a mystery animated series produced by the CINAR Corporation and Shanghai Animation Film Studio for the Teletoon network and OTV ( Shanghai Media Group), loosely based on the Robert Quackenbush book series ''The Miss ...

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Mona the Vampire ''Mona the Vampire'' is an cartoon series, animated children's television series that is based on a children's book of the same name written and illustrated by Sonia Holleyman, as well as a series of novels illustrated by Holleyman and written b ...

'' - Officer Halcroft (2003) *'' Mrs. Pepper Pot'' - Additional Voices *''

The Mysterious Cities of Gold ''The Mysterious Cities of Gold'', originally released in Japan as and released in France as ''Les Mystérieuses Cités d'Or'', is an animated series which was co-produced by DiC Audiovisuel and Studio Pierrot. Set in 1532, the series fo ...

'' - Menator *''My Friend Marsupilami - Marsupilami, David Newman *'' Night Hood'' - Grognard *'' Papa Beaver's Storytime'' - Additional Voices *''

Patrol 03 ''Patrol 03'' is a Canadian and French animated television series that aired in 1998 and was broadcast on Teletoon in Canada and France 3 in France. Plot The show centers around a trio of animal police officers called Shorty, Wilfred and Ca ...

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Pinocchio Pinocchio ( , ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a Tuscan vil ...

'' - Punch *''Pirate Family'' - Victor Maclimpet *'' Princess Sissi'' - Additional Voices *''Prudence Gumshoe'' - Crook *''The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep'' - Additional Voices *''The Real Story of O Christmas Tree'' - Polar Bear *''

Ripley's Believe It or Not ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' is an American franchise founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims. Originally a newspaper panel, the ''Believe It or Not'' fe ...

'' - Additional Voices *'' Rotten Ralph'' - TV Announcer, Manfred Moon, Bongo Bob, Buddy, Mailman *'' Saban's Adventures of Peter Pan'' - Additional Voices *'' Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio'' - Additional Voices *'' Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid'' - Prince Lothar *'' Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat'' - Additional Voices *'' Samurai Pizza Cats'' - Bat Cat, Children, Cannonball Battery *'' Sandokan'' - Additional Voices *'' Sea Dogs'' *'' The Secret World of Santa Claus'' - Additional Voices *''Shaolin Wuzang'' - Tang *''

Sharky and George ''Sharky & George'' (Original name ''Sharky et Georges'') is a children's animated series, produced by animation studios CinéGroupe and Label 35 between 1990 and 1992. The series consisted of fifty-two 25 minute episodes, including two 12 minut ...

'' - Additional Voices *'' Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings'' - Additional Voices *''

The Smoggies ''The Smoggies'' is a 1989-1990 animated children's television show by Cinar. The show took place on or around the fictional Coral Island, and revolved around a group of island-dwelling people called the Suntots and a trio of polluting treasur ...

'' - Cool *''Snailympics'' - Announcer *'' Spirou'' - Additional Voices *'' Three Little Ghosts'' - Additional Voices *''

Tripping the Rift ''Tripping the Rift'' is an adult CGI science fiction comedy television series. It is based on two short animations published on the Internet by Chris Moeller and Chuck Austen. The series was produced by CineGroupe in association with the Syfy ...

'' - Additional Voices *'' Troll: The Tale of a Tail King Grom, Additional Voices *''Tripping the Rift: The Movie'' - Additional Voices *''The True Story of Puss 'n Boots'' - Puss *''Trulli Tales'' -Copperpot *'' Ulysses 31'' - Chronos *'' The What-A-Cartoon! Show'' - Captain Buzz Cheeply (''The Adventures of Captain Buzz Cheeply in A Clean Getaway'') *''

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' is a children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl named Dorothy ends up in the magical Land of Oz aft ...

'' - Scarecrow *''

The World of David the Gnome ''The World of David the Gnome'', originally titled ''David, el Gnomo'' (also known as ''David, the Gnome''), is a Spanish animated television series based on the children's book '' The Secret Book of Gnomes'', by the Dutch author Wil Huygen and ...

'' - King *'' Wunschpunsch'' - Additional Voices *'' Young Robin Hood'' - Additional Voices

Puppetry

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Wimzie's House ''Wimzie's House'' is a half-hour Canadian preschool television program produced in Montreal which ran as ''La Maison de Ouimzie'' on Télévision de Radio-Canada in the morning and Radio-Québec in late afternoons starting March 4, 1995, and ...

'' - Santa Claus, Announcer

Live-Action

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'' - Sardo *'' The Foundation'' - Narrator

Film

*''A Dennis The Menace Christmas'' - Principal Purdy *'' The Kiss'' - Abe *'' Million Dollar Babies'' - Porcetta *''

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Voice Director

Animation

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Anpanman is a Japanese children's superhero picture book series written by Takashi Yanase, running from 1973 until the author’s death in 2013. The series has been adapted into an anime entitled , which is one of the most popular anime series amo ...

'' *'' April and the Extraordinary World'' *'' The Babaloos'' *''

The Bellflower Bunnies , genre = Children's animated series comedy , creator = Geneviève Huriet (original book series, '' Beechwood Bunny Tales'') , director = Season 1:Moran CaouissinSeasons 2 & 3:Eric Berthier , voices ...

'' *'' A Bunch of Munsch'' *''

'' *'' Cat Tales'' *''

'' *''Chip and Charlie'' *''Cosmic Cowboys'' *''Favorite Songs'' *''Gawayan'' *''Gawain 2'' *'' Go Hugo Go'' *''

'' *'' Hugo The Movie Star'' *''Iron Nose: The Mysterious Knight'' *''Ivanhoe: The King's Knight'' *'' The Legend of White Fang'' *''Link'' *''

'' *''The Little Twins'' *''Merry Christmas Little Moonky'' *''Milo'' *'' Miffy'' *'' The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog'' *'' Night Hood'' *'' Papa Beaver's Storytime'' *''

'' *''Pirate Family'' *'' Potatoes and Dragons'' *'' Robinson Sucroe'' *'' Rotten Ralph'' *'' Sandokan'' *''Shaolin Wuzang'' *''Simba the King Lion'' *''Snailympics'' *'' Snowtime!'' *''The True Story of Puss 'n Boots'' *''

Winx Club ''Winx Club'' is an animated series co-produced by Rainbow SpA and later Nickelodeon. It was created by Italian animator Iginio Straffi. The show is set in a magical universe that is inhabited by fairies, witches, and other mythical creatures. ...

Puppetry

*'' Anna Banana'' *''

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Kitty Cats ''Kitty Cats'' is a Canadian children’s television series created by Kristine Rosen. The show consists of a range of puppet animal characters that live in a backyard. The series was produced originally in Quebecois French for Télévision de ...

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Live-Action

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The Adventures of Grady Greenspace ''The Adventures of Grady Greenspace'' is a children's TV programme that was originally a French/Canadian programme called "Les Enquêtes de Chlorophylle" (roughly translated as "The Investigations of Chlorophylle"), which was co-produced by Damn ...

Video games

*'' Assassin's Creed Rogue'' - Christopher Gist *'' Assassin's Creed: Unity'' *'' Assassin's Creed: Syndicate'' *'' Avatar: The Game'' *'' Evolution Worlds'' *'' Prince of Persia: Warrior Within'' - Dahaka *''

Splinter Cell ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' is a series of stealth action-adventure video games, the first of which was released in 2002, and their tie-in novels that were endorsed by Tom Clancy. The series follows Sam Fisher, a highly trained agent of a ...

'' *'' Splinter Cell: Blacklist'' *'' Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory'' *'' Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow'' *''

Your Shape ''Your Shape'' is an exercise video game developed by Ubisoft, released for PCs and the Wii in 2009. Utilizing a motion tracking camera released with the game, ''Your Shape'' guides the player through various aerobic exercises that can be tail ...

Writer

* '' Deadly Hope'' - Lifetime/Incendo Films * ''

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Animation

*'' Bob in a Bottle'' *''

'' *'' Miffy'' *'' Papa Beaver's Storytime'' *'' Robinson Sucroe'' *'' Three Little Ghosts'' *''Zoe and Charlie''

Puppetry

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References

External links

Official Website
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