Dan Redican
Known For: Acting
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
2022
2015
- Sunnyside ... (Creator)
2011
- Mulroney: The Opera ... (Writer)
2010
- Hiccups ... (Writer)
2005
- Burnt Toast as Lab Technician
2004
- Corner Gas as The Regina Official
2002
- Puppets Who Kill as Dan Barlow
2001
- The Judge as Terry Franks
1999
- Superstar as Freaky Freddy
- Weird-Ohs ... (Writer)
- The Chimp Channel
1998
- Noddy as Carl Spiffy
1997
- Freaky Stories as Maurice the Maggot
- The Wrong Guy as Ken Daly
- Elvis Meets Nixon as Tom Fitzgerald
- Hayseed as The Saddest Man in the World
1996
- Stickin' Around ... (Teleplay)
1995
- Groundling Marsh as Hegdish
- The Hardy Boys as Ed
1994
- Due South as Booth Announcer
1993
- Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story as Marty Blaine
1989
- The Kids in the Hall as Martin
- The Jim Henson Hour
- Dog City as Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
1988
- Mosquito Lake as George