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Dan Hennessey (August 25, 1941 - November 13, 2024) was a Canadian voice director and voice actor who, early on in his career, performed with a children's comedy troupe (with John Stocker, Bruce Gordon, Harriet Cohen, and Jerelyn Homer). That same year, in 1973, he played Claudius, King of Denmark in his first film, a Canadian adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet play.
A decade later, he was the voice of Chief Quimby and other characters on DiC's Inspector Gadget and starred as Dizzy in Nelvana's first feature film, Rock & Rule. His best-known role is the voice of Brave Heart Lion in the animated Care Bears franchise (he also voiced Loyal Heart Dog). In Nintendo, Hennessey provided the voice of Roy Koopa in two Mario cartoons, The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World.
Hennessey died on November 13, 2024 at the age of 82 due to complications associated with Parkinson's disease.