Dan Redican

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Birthplace: Etobicoke, Greater Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
2005-10-01 Burnt Toast Lab Technician
1999-10-08 Superstar Freaky Freddy
1997-09-17 Hayseed The Saddest Man in the World
1997-08-12 Elvis Meets Nixon Tom Fitzgerald
1997-08-01 The Wrong Guy Ken Daly
1993-05-16 Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story Marty Blaine
1989-05-05 Dog City: The Movie Additional Muppet Performer (voice)