Acting
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Richard Dumont
Acting
Biography
Richard M. Dumont (born in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian voice actor, writer and director who has worked in both Canada and the United States. One of the well known voice over work he has done include Menator, the aging leader of the Olmecs in The Mysterious Cities of Gold, Grognard in Night Hood, Iron Nose in Iron Nose: The Mysterious Knight, King in The World of David the Gnome, Petronella's henpecked husband A.D. in Bobobobs, Mr. Besser in the Canadian dubbed version of The Kids from Room 402, the laid-back hipster and musician member of the Suntots Cool in The Smoggies, Dr. Hirsch and Al in later episodes of Arthur, Froggy Ball in the English version of Charlie Strap and Froggy Ball Flying High, Mr. Murdstone's partner Mr. Grimby in the 1993 animated adaptation of David Copperfield, Maya's nervous, worried and very scared best friend Willi in the English version of Maya the Bee, Hamlet in Gofrette, Theo Sturgeon inFred's Head, a weasel in Merry Christmas Little Moonky, Prince Lothar in the Saban version of The Little Mermaid, Captain Buzz Cheeply in a cartoon short created for the hit Cartoon Network TV series The What-A-Cartoon! Show, Principal Malcolm in Creepschool and Scarecrow in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Dumont is also best known for playing the main character Sardo who owned a magic shop called Sardo's Magic Mansion in many episodes of the Canadian horror fantasy-themed anthology television series for Nickelodeon Are You Afraid of the Dark?. Dumont served as voice director for various films, TV shows, video games and features such as Avatar: The Game,Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, The Little Lulu Show, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, Milo, Papa Beaver's Storytime, the Cinelume dubbed version of Winx Club, The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog, Robinson Sucroe, Iron Nose: The Mysterious Knight, the English versions of the Hugo movies, Wimzie's House, Evolution Worlds, The Big Garage andRotten Ralph. Dumont studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, later studying theater-acting at Ryerson University from 1977 to 1979 before joining The Second City.
Feature Films (24)
A Dennis The Menace version of A Christmas Carol where Mr. Wilson plays his own version of Scrooge. While Dennis has problems of his own with the neighborhood bully, he does his best to try and give Mr. Wilson the Christmas Spirit. Dennis causes his usual damage and Mr. Wilson ends up breaking Dennis' spirit. An Angel of Christmas Past Present and Future steps in to help save Christmas for the Mitchells, the Wilsons, and everyone else.
A Dennis the Menace Christmas
After the death of her mother, a teenage girl is faced with bizarre supernatural occurrences when her mother's estranged sister arrives and begins to infiltrate her and her father's lives.
The Kiss
When Father Joseph Hennessey visits the home of one of his parishioners to offer last rights,he becomes embroiled in a plot which ultimately shakes his faith to its very foundation. Intrigued by the dying man's mention of "Nim," and fascinated by the man's saintly demeanor, Father Joseph's curiosity is redoubled when a beautiful young woman enters his church to question the young priest about the deceased man. Father Joseph and the woman, whom he discovers to be the "Nim" in question, embark upon an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the man's death.
Broken Vows
Joanne Connors is a successful obstetrician whose life is turned upside down when her partner at their fertility clinic, Dr. Jake Hines, is brutally murdered. Trying to rebuild her life, Joanne attends a lavish charity function, where she meets Michael. But by the end of the evening, Michael is dead - murdered. It quickly becomes apparent that the assassin's intended victim was actually Joanne. She must now race to find out who wants her dead before the killer can strike at her again.
Deadly Hope
Television & Series (9)
Follows the adventures of Mona Parker ("Mona the Vampire"), as well as her two best friends, and her pet cat, Fang, as they imagine themselves confronting a new supernatural foe, or solving a supernatural mystery, in every episode.
Mona the Vampire
Creepschool is a Swedish, French and Canadian animated series by Alphanim, Cookie Jar Entertainment, Happy Life and France 3 about four kids who find themselves at a spooky boarding school. The basic concept was created by Torbjörn Jansson, which was then substantially re-worked and developed by the co-head-writers Kristina Mansfeld and Per Carlsson into the series it is today. They also wrote all the storylines. Creepschool has been compared to Gravedale High.
Creepschool
Each season of this horror anthology series follows a different group of kids, members of the Midnight Society, as they discover terrifying curses and creatures.
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Night Hood was a cartoon series inspired by the Arsène Lupin novels and was produced by Cinar and France Animation S.A. for television audiences in both English and French-speaking nations. It was set in the 1930s. The series aired in Canada in 1996 under the English-language title Night Hood, and in francophone markets as Les Exploits d'Arsène Lupin.
