''The Legend of White Fang'' is an animated television series based on the 1906 novel '' White Fang'' by

Jack London John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to ...

. The show focuses on the main dog protagonist and a young human companion, 12-year-old female Wendy Scott, in the place of the novel's male trail guide, Weedon Scott. Spanning 26 episodes for one season.

Production

Quebec-based Cinar (now WildBrain) produced the series and writer/journalist/popular historian,

Pierre Berton Pierre Francis de Marigny Berton, CC, O.Ont. (July 12, 1920 – November 30, 2004) was a Canadian writer, journalist and broadcaster. Berton wrote 50 best-selling books, mainly about Canadiana, Canadian history and popular culture. He also wr ...

, was a history consultant for the series.

Plot

12-year-old Wendy, a brave and kind girl, befriends

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mix White Fang. They share many adventures in Yukon's rugged Klondike territory during the Klondike Gold Rush where they encounter wolf packs, gold thieves, First Nations people, otters, poachers and treacherous avalanches.

Voice cast

*Mark Hellman as White Fang *Patricia Rodriguez as Wendy * Terrence Scammell as Weedon/Alex *Pierre Lenoir as Sgt. Oakes *Neil Shee as Raven Moon *

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as Beauty Smith * Rick Jones as Matt *Thelma Farmer as She Wolf * Anik Matern as Jeannie/Bella *Eramelinda Boquer *Sonja Ball *

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Thor Bishopric Thor Bishopric (born September 6, 1963) is a Canadian actor and writer. He is a prominent member of ACTRA. Bishopric has performed roles in television and film, and provided his voice for animated and puppet productions and several films for The ...

*Michael O'Reilly *

Kathleen Fee Kathleen Fee (born in Montreal, Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name i ...

*George Morris *

Susan Glover Susan Irene Glover (born January 14, 1957) is a Canadian actress, best known for playing Sarah in ''Naked Josh''. She is also known for voicing Mrs. Wood in ''Arthur (TV series), Arthur'', Izabella Dehavalot in ''Amazon Jack'', Mrs. Schuman in '' ...

* Richard Dumont * Vlasta Vrána * Harry Standjofski * Bronwen Mantel *Jeannie Walker * Daniel Brochu *Greg Morton *Liz MacRae *Maria Bircher *Norman Groulx *Gary Jewell *Gordon Masten *Alan Keiping Legros *

Dean Hagopian Dean Hagopian is a Canadian actor, former radio personality and musician, voice actor and record producer. Starting in the 1960s, Hagopian worked at numerous radio stations including CKOY in Ottawa, CFOX, where he worked the morning shift in 196 ...

* Pauline Little *Johni Keyworth * Arthur Holden *Teddy Lee Dillon *Ian Finlay *

Jane Woods Jane Haycock Woods (October 10, 1946 – July 18, 2022) was an American educator and Republican politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate from 1992 to 2000, and Virginia House of Delegates from 1988 to 1992. Biography She was fo ...

*Carlyle Miller

Episodes

Telecast and home media

''The Legend of White Fang'' was first aired on the pay-TV network Family Channel in 1994. It also aired on

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and

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in France.

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later broadcast in the U.S Two volumes were released on DVD in 2006, each containing four episodes. On 14 September 2010, Mill Creek Entertainment released the entire series on DVD in Region 1. As of 2022, the full episodes were available on YouTube.

References

External links

White Fang at The Big Cartoon DatabaseWhite Fang at Toonariffic.com
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