Rod Coneybeare
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Rod Coneybeare is a Canadian puppeteer and voice actor. He is most famous for his work on the long lived Canadian children's program The Friendly Giant
, where he performed as Jerome the Giraffe, who came in the window, and Rusty the rooster who lived in a book bag.
In addition to his work on The Friendly Giant, Coneybeare collaborated with Charles Winter on the radio program, The Rod and Charles Show. With Robert Gibbons, producer of Mr. Dressup
, Coneybeare created the short-lived CBC TV series The Bananas.
Coneybeare has also worked as a voice actor for several cartoons. He has supplied the voice of Avalanche
in X-Men and voices several characters in The Adventures of Tintin
, Babar
, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
, The Busy World of Richard Scarry
, Blazing Dragons
, Dog City
, The Magic School Bus
, Little Shop
and The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
.
The Friendly Giant
The Friendly Giant is a popular Canadian children's television program that aired on CBC Television from September 1958 through to March 1985...
, where he performed as Jerome the Giraffe, who came in the window, and Rusty the rooster who lived in a book bag.
In addition to his work on The Friendly Giant, Coneybeare collaborated with Charles Winter on the radio program, The Rod and Charles Show. With Robert Gibbons, producer of Mr. Dressup
Mr. Dressup
Mr. Dressup is a Canadian children's television series produced by CBC Television that ran from 1967 to 1996.The series starred Ernie Coombs as Mr. Dressup. The show aired every weekday morning, and each day Mr...
, Coneybeare created the short-lived CBC TV series The Bananas.
Coneybeare has also worked as a voice actor for several cartoons. He has supplied the voice of Avalanche
Avalanche (comics)
Avalanche is a Marvel Comics supervillain and an enemy of the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, he first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #141 ....
in X-Men and voices several characters in The Adventures of Tintin
The Adventures of Tintin (TV series)
The Adventures of Tintin is an animated television series based on The Adventures of Tintin, a series of books by Hergé. It debuted in 1991, and 39 half-hour episodes were produced over the course of three seasons...
, Babar
Babar (TV series)
Babar is an animated television series produced in Canada by Nelvana Limited and The Clifford Ross Company. It premiered in 1989 on CBC and HBO, subsequently was rerun on HBO Family and Qubo. The series is based on Jean de Brunhoff's original Babar books, and was Nelvana's first international...
, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs may refer to:*Xenozoic Tales, a comic book also known as Cadillacs and Dinosaurs*Cadillacs and Dinosaurs , a 1993 animated television series*Cadillacs and Dinosaurs , a 1992 arcade game...
, The Busy World of Richard Scarry
The Busy World of Richard Scarry
The Busy World of Richard Scarry is a Canadian/French animated children's television series, produced by CINAR Animation and France Animation in association with Paramount Television, which aired from 1994 to 1997, first on Showtime, later on Nickelodeon, and ran for 65 episodes...
, Blazing Dragons
Blazing Dragons
Blazing Dragons is the title of a popular British cartoon series, the brainchild of Monty Python's Terry Jones. A coinciding graphic adventure video game was released for the original PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1996 by Crystal Dynamics...
, Dog City
Dog City
Dog City is a television series that was produced by Nelvana Limited and Jim Henson Productions and aired on FOX from September 26, 1992 to January 28, 1995, and in Canada on Global in 1993, then on Teletoon until 2000. The show contained both animation by Nelvana, and puppetry by Jim Henson...
, The Magic School Bus
The Magic School Bus (TV series)
The Magic School Bus is an American Saturday morning animated television series based on the book series of the same name by Joanna Cole. It is notable for its use of celebrity talent and combining entertainment with an educational show, according to an article in Animation World Magazine by...
, Little Shop
Little Shop
Little Shop is a 1991 animated television series about a teenager and a giant talking plant that eats everything in sight. Little Shop was based on the off-broadway musical Little Shop of Horrors, which was based on the 1960 Roger Corman film The Little Shop of Horrors...
and The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 is an American animated television series based on the video game Super Mario Bros. 3. It aired on NBC with Captain N: The Game Master in a programming block titled Captain N & The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 from September 8, 1990 through December 1,...
.