Benjamin Small is a British voice actor who has acted on animated films and television shows, including

Thomas the Tank Engine Thomas the Tank Engine is an anthropomorphised fictional tank locomotive in the British ''Railway Series'' books by Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher, published from 1945. He became the most popular and famous character in the series, a ...

and

Toby the Tram Engine Toby is a fictional anthropomorphic brown square tram engine in ''The Railway Series'' by the Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry and his son, Christopher; he also appears in the television series adaptation ''Thomas & Friends'' and is currently set to ...

in the UK dub of the children's television series ''

Thomas & Friends ''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and later ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'') is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on ''The ...

''.

Career

Small voiced

Thomas Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

in the UK version of the CGI episodes of the children's television series ''

''. Small also voiced

Toby Toby is a popular, usually male, name in many English speaking countries. The name is from the Middle English vernacular form of Tobias. Tobias itself is the Greek transliteration of the Hebrew טוביה ''Toviah'', which translates to ''Good i ...

(in which he based the character's voice on ''

Dad's Army ''Dad's Army'' is a British television British sitcom, sitcom about the United Kingdom's Home Guard (United Kingdom), Home Guard during the World War II, Second World War. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft (TV producer), David Crof ...

'' actor

Clive Dunn Clive Robert Benjamin Dunn (9 January 19206 November 2012) was an English actor. Although he was only 48 and one of the youngest cast members, he was cast in a role many years his senior, as the elderly Lance Corporal Jones in the BBC sitcom ' ...

) and

Ferdinand Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "co ...

in the UK version while voicing

Rheneas This article is about the characters that have appeared in the books of ''The Railway Series'' by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry and Christopher Awdry. Unless otherwise stated on this page, the technical notes come from actual notes laid out by Wilbert ...

Flynn Flynn is an Irish surname or first name, an anglicised form of the Irish ''Ó Floinn'', meaning "descendant of Flann" (a byname meaning "reddish (complexion)" or "ruddy"). The name is more commonly used as a surname rather than a first name. A ...

, the Troublesome Trucks and

Owen Owen may refer to: Origin: The name Owen is of Irish and Welsh origin. Its meanings range from noble, youthful, and well-born. Gender: Owen is historically the masculine form of the name. Popular feminine variations include Eowyn and Owena. ...

in both the UK and US versions of the series. In the US version, Small voiced

Stanley Stanley may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Stanley'' (1972 film), an American horror film * ''Stanley'' (1984 film), an Australian comedy * ''Stanley'' (1999 film), an animated short * ''Stanley'' (1956 TV series) ...

and Charlie, who are voiced by Small's co-star

Matt Wilkinson Matthew Wilkinson is a British actor, playwright and director. Acting Wilkinson trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and has performed in theatre, film, television and animation. Early theatre work included Alan Bennett's ''The Wind ...

in the UK. As well as ''Thomas & Friends'', Small and fellow actor

Keith Wickham Keith Wickham is a British voice actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is known for providing the voices of various characters in the children's television series ''Thomas & Friends'', and Polluto in '' Tommy Zoom''. Career Wickham voiced Chang ...

previously collaborated by providing the British voices for ''

Watch My Chops ''Watch My Chops'' (also known as ''Corneil & Bernie'') is a French animated series about an intelligent talking dog, Corneil, and his " dog sitter", Bernie Barges. It starred Keith Wickham, Ben Small, Dian Perry, Dan Russell, Becca Stewart, Lau ...

'' from 2004-2006. Prior to that, Small was the voice of

Clifford the Big Red Dog ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' is an American children's book series about the adventures of a precocious girl named Emily Elizabeth and her titular pet: a giant, red-furred dog named Clifford. It was first published in 1963 and was written by No ...

's best friend: "T-Bone". He also was the voice of Jorge/George and Shun in the spin-off

Clifford's Puppy Days ''Clifford's Puppy Days'' is an animated children's television series that originally aired on PBS Kids from September 1, 2003 to February 25, 2006. The prequel to the 2000–2003 series ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'', it features the adventures o ...

. Small also voiced Zorro in the animated television series '' Zorro: Generation Z'' and voiced Spuddy in ''Lewis and Friends''.

Filmography

Film

*''The Hunted Pumpkin of Sleepy Hallow'' (2003) - Ichabod Crane *''The Christmas Dinosaur'' (2004) - Additional voices *''Alice in Wonderland: What's the Matter with Hatter?'' (2007) (''BKN Classic Series'' trilogy) *''The Prince and the Pauper: Double Trouble'' (2007) (''BKN Classic Series'' trilogy) *''

Hero of the Rails ''Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails'' is a 2009 British computer-animated adventure film and feature-length special of the British television series, ''Thomas & Friends''. The film is produced by HIT Entertainment with animation from Nitroge ...

'' (2009) - Thomas and Toby (UK dub) *''

Misty Island Rescue ''Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue'' is a 2010 British Computer animation, computer-animated Fantasy film, fantasy adventure film and feature-length special of the British television series, ''Thomas & Friends''. The film is produced by HIT ...

'' (2010) - Thomas, Toby and Ferdinand (UK dub) *''

Day of the Diesels ''Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels'' is a 2011 British computer-animated adventure film and feature-length special of the British television series, ''Thomas & Friends''. It is the first (and only) special to be a spin-off around a character f ...

'' (2011) - Thomas and Toby (UK dub) / Stanley (US dub) *''Blue Mountain Mystery'' (2012) - Thomas and Toby (UK dub) / Rheneas and Owen *''

King of the Railway ''Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway'' is a 2013 British computer-animated fantasy comedy adventure film and feature-length special of the British television series, ''Thomas & Friends''. The film is produced by HIT Entertainment and animated ...

'' (2013) - Thomas and Toby (UK dub) / Rheneas and the Troublesome Trucks *''Tale of the Brave'' (2014) - Thomas (UK dub) / Troublesome Trucks

Television

*''

Franklin Franklin may refer to: People * Franklin (given name) * Franklin (surname) * Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class Places Australia * Franklin, Tasmania, a township * Division of Franklin, federal electoral d ...

'' (1997–2004) - Bear (UK dub) *''

'' (2002–04) - T-Bone (UK dub) *''

Xcalibur Xcalibur is a CGI sword-and-sorcery children's television series that aired on YTV from 1 September 2001 to 1 April 2002. The series is produced using Alias Wavefront Maya 3D software. Premise King Edwin, ruler of a medieval-like Kingdom ...

'' (2001–02) - Herik *'' Make Way for Noddy'' (2002–2009) - Mr. Sparks, Mr. Jumbo, Mr. Wobbly Man, Sly and Gobbo (UK dub) *''

Lunar Jim ''Lunar Jim'' is a Canadian animated science-fiction stop-motion television series that aired from January 2, 2006 to April 24, 2012. The series centered around Lunar Jim, an astronaut on the blue moon L22. The series, produced by Halifax Film ...

'' (2006-2013) - Jim (UK dub) *''

'' (2003–2006) - Jorge/George and Shun *''

'' (2004–2006) - Bernie Barges (UK dub) *''

Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs ''Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs'' is a series of children's books written and drawn by Ian Whybrow and Adrian Reynolds. The series is about a five-year-old boy named Harry, who has a bucket full of six dinosaurs named Taury, Trike, Patsy ...

'' (2005) - Pterence and Sid (UK dub) *'' Zorro: Generation Z'' (2008) - Zorro, Diego Dela Vega *''

Dork Hunters from Outer Space ''Dork Hunters from Outer Space'' (German: ''Dork - Jäger aus dem All'') is an animated television series produced by the German company BKN International and subsidiary BKN New Media. The series was created by Rick Ungar. It first aired on RTL ...

'' (2008) - Romeo *''

'' (2009–2015) - Thomas, Toby and Ferdinand (UK dub) / Stanley and Charlie (US dub) / Rheneas, Flynn, Owen and the Troublesome Trucks *''Pet Squad'' (2011) - Dodge *''

Matt Hatter Chronicles ''Matt Hatter Chronicles'', is an animated series produced by UK's Platinum Films, Arc Productions, and Dream Mill. It began airing on Teletoon on 8 September 2012. It aired on Cartoon Network in India on 19 May 2014. Season 3 premiered on 13 ...

'' (2012) - Craw *''

Doc McStuffins ''Doc McStuffins'' is an American educational computer-animated children's television series created and executive produced by Chris Nee (an Irish-American who was an associate producer for international versions of Sesame Street) and produce ...

'' (2012) - Mr. McStuffins (UK dub)

Video games

*'' Zorro: Generation Z'' (2004) - Diego de la Vega / Zorro *''

Alias Alias may refer to: * Pseudonym * Pen name * Nickname Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Alias'' (2013 film), a 2013 Canadian documentary film * ''Alias'' (TV series), an American action thriller series 2001–2006 * ''Alias the ...

'' (2004) - Additional voices

References

External links

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