Dan Redican

Dan Redican

  • Place of birth: Etobicoke, Greater Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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.

Filmography

Superstar

1999

As Freaky Freddy

The Wrong Guy

1997

As Ken Daly

Dog City: The Movie

1989

As Additional Muppet Performer (voice)

Burnt Toast

2005

As Lab Technician

Hayseed

1997

As The Saddest Man in the World

Production

Mulroney: The Opera

2011

As Writer

Burnt Toast

2005

As Writer

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