Bruce Dinsmore (born November 22, 1965) is a Canadian actor. He voices Tubby Tompkins from ''
The Little Lulu Show
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'', Binky Barnes and David Read (Arthur, DW and Baby Kate's Dad) from ''
Arthur
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'', Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer from ''
The Secret World of Santa Claus
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'' and Greens the Frog from ''
Mumble Bumble
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'' on CINAR and has contributed mocap/voice performances in numerous video games, notably as
Paul Revere
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in ''
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'',
Maximilien de Robespierre
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National Theatre School of Canada
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Arthur
Arthur is a common male given name of Brittonic languages, 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”. An ...
'', Tubby Tompkins in ''
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 a ...
'', Horace in ''
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'', Nathan in ''Kid Kidettes'', and Jervis Coltrane and Mr. Hutchins in ''
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Variety
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'', October 18, 1993.
Specifics on ''Arthur''
Dismore did an interview with the ''Arthur'' fan podcast "Elwood City Limits" in 2018 and spoke in-depth about his voice roles on that show. In particular he spoke about his role as Arthur's father: "I've really only started to feel comfortable doing Dad in the last three or four years." He said he had started voicing "Dad" when he was rather young and being older and having children in real life by 2018 he felt he has started to "earn that role".
In November 2018, Dinsmore revealed that he had finished recording the final episodes in advance, nearly four years before the show’s conclusion in 2022.