Dungeons & Dragons Animated Series Cast
One of the thing that made the D&D cartoon so special was the voice over cast. Made of a mix of well-known, young tv actors and voice-over veterans, they all delivered exceptional performances. One of the things that really set the show apart from most others is that the voices of the kids were actually played by actors close to their ages.
Three of the six were played by actors under the age of 18, Willie Aames and Katie Leigh were in their 20s and Donny Most was 30. The voice director was Hank Saroyan, who was also a producer on the show and crucial to the development of the series.
D&D Recording Session Picture From Hollywood Reporter
Animation Special Insert Jan. 17, 1986.
Willie Aames (Hank), Adam Rich (Presto) and Donny Most (Eric)
This is from the 1986 Hollywood Report Animation special. It was in an
article by Marsha Goodman (DIC's casting director) about voice talent.
Dungeons and Dragons was not mentioned in the article (it was mainly about
DIC, but a very interesting article anyway).
Cast Bios
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Willie Aames
Hank the Ranger
Born July 15, 1960 in Los Angeles, CA
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Willie is best known for playing Tommy Bradford in the family comedy/drama Eight is a Enough from 1977-1981. He had started acting in the early 70s and appeared in a number of movies and tv shows, including Gunsmoke, Little House on the Prairie and The Courtship of Eddie's Father. In 1982, he co-starred in the movie Zapped with Scott Baio, then from 1984-1990, he played the role of Buddy in the sitcom Charles in Charge. Willie now lives in Kansas and stars as Bibleman in a Christian children's tv show. He's married and has two children.
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Donny Most Eric the Cavalier
Born August 8, 1953 in Brooklyn, NY
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Donny is best known for playing Ralph Malph in Happy Days. He started acting while in high school, and in college got a few bit parts in movies. His first big gig was Happy Days, which ran from 1974 to 1980. He has done numerous guest appearances on tv shows, including CHIPs, Loveboat, Murder She Wrote, Baywatch, Dark Skies and Star Trek: Voyager. He also appeared in an episode of Charles in Charge with Willie. He also done other voice-over roles on the cartoons Teen Wolf and Hägar the Horrible. He's married with two children.
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Adam Rich Presto the Wizard
Born October 12 1968 in Brooklyn, NY
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Adam is best known for playing Nicholas Bradford in Eight is Enough (Willie played his older brother). Although, he might be better known now for all of the trouble he has gotten into since then. He's battled addiction and been arrested several times. He's done a handful of tv guest appearances since working on the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon.
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Teddy S Field III Bobby The Barbarian
Born ?? - probably in the early 1970s.
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Not much is known about Teddy. His only other role was playing Spike in the Mr T Cartoon (a rather similar character to Bobby). He might be related to Ted Field, Sr, who was a producer on Mr T. A person claiming to be Ted posted several years ago on the D&D forum Helix Town Square that he was graduating from dental school and was engaged, but that was never confirmed.
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Tonia Gayle Smith Diana The Acrobat
Born ?? - probably in late 1960s
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Dungeons & Dragons was the only role for Tonia. She was nominated for a Youth in Film award in 1985.
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Katie Leigh Sheila The Thief
Born December 16, 1958 in Southern California
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Katie started voice acting in the early 80s. One of her first roles was as the Little Prince. She has gone on to a prolific voice over character, playing characters such as Rowlf in Muppet Babies and Sunni in Gummi Bears. She's also appeared in Real Ghostbuster, Bonkers, Bobby's World and Dennis the Menace. She's also lend her voice to video games like Everquest, the radio program Adventures in Odyssey and the movie Babe: Pig in the City. Katie is married and has three children. You can visit her official site and fan club, which includes some Q&As where she discusses D&D.
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Peter Cullen Venger and many misc characters
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Peter is a legend in voice acting and a icon to many 1980s animation fans. Perhaps his best known role is as Optimus Prime in Transformers. He also was the announcer on Voltron (as well as other roles on the show). On TV, he was the voice of K.A.R.R. in Knight Rider. To kids today, he's the voice of Eeyore in the Pooh animated series and movies.
Peter also does voice overs for movie trailers. He is semi-retired now and has a ranch outside of Los Angeles. He's married and has three children. His son, Clay, is a stuntman in Hollywood.
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Frank Welker Uni, Tiamat and many mi sc characters
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Frank has more credits than another other actor. He is commonly referred to as "the voice god". He began as a stand-up comedian in the late 60s and quickly made a name for himself for his ability to do impersonations and animal noises. In the early 70s, he started working on many classic Hanna Barbera cartoons. Some of his most famous cartoon roles include Freddy on Scooby Doo, Jabberjaw, Dynomutt, a large number of the Smurfs, Megatron, Slimer on Real Ghostbusters, and many characters on Tiny Toons and Animaniacs. He's also a regular additional voice artist for the Simpsons. He's also done vocal effects in tv shows including Star Trek and X-Files and in movies like Gremlins, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Mars Attacks. Most recently he was the voice of Curious George in the animated feature film.
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Sidney Miller Dungeon Master
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Sidney began his acting career as a child actor in the 1930s in such classic films as Boys Town and Penrod and Sam. He went on to an accomplished career in television both acting and directing on 60s and 70s tv shows such as Dragnet, Bewitched, Get Smart, The Addams Family, and The Monkees. In the 1980s, he did voice work on cartoons like Smurfs, Gobots and Monchhichis. Sadly, Sidney passed away in 2004 at the age of 87.
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Dungeons & Dragons Additional Cast
Jennifer Darling
Gary Goren
Georgi Irene
Maia Mattisse
Laurie O'Brien
Diane Pershing
Hank Saroyan
Russi Taylor
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