This educational children’s cartoon from PBS – the longest-running children’s animated series in America – followed the life of Arthur Timothy Read, an eight-year-old aardvark who attended Lakewood Elementary School and was fascinated by education – especially reading to learn.
Unfortunately, Arthur’s quest for knowledge was often sidetracked by his obnoxious younger sister, Dora (called “D.W”), and his mischievous friends – Binky (Bruce Dinsmore), Francine (Jodie Resther), Muffy (Melissa Altro), Brian (Paul Stuart Brown) and Buster (Daniel Brochu).
Stories followed Arthur as he faced all the challenges of growing up.
Jane (Sonja Ball) and David (Bruce Dinsmore) were Arthur’s parents. Thora (Joanna Noyes) and Dave (A.J. Henderson) were his grandparents.
Arthur Timothy Read
Michael Yarmush (1)
Cameron Ansell (2)
Mark Rendall (3)
Dallas Jokic (4)
Roman Lutterotti (5)
Drew Adkins (6) Dora Winifred (“DW”) Read
Michael Caloz (1)
Oliver Grainger (2)
Jason Szwimer (3)
Robert Naylor (4)
Jake Beale (5)
Andrew Michael Dayton (6) Jane Read
Sonja Ball David Read/Binky Barnes
Bruce Dinsmore Mary “Muffy” Crosswire
Melissa Altro Brian
Paul Stuart Brown Grandma Thora Reed
Joanna Noyes Grandpa Dave Read/Ed Crosswire
A.J. Henderson Buster Baxter
Daniel Brochu Francine Alice Frensky
Jodie Resther Emil Nigel Rathburn III
Arthur Holden Prunella Deegan
Tamar Kozlov Principal Herbert Haney
Walter Massey Sarah MacGrady
Bronwen Mantel Fern Walters
Holly G. Frankel Paige Turner
Kate Hutchinson Nadine
Hayley Reynolds Alan “The Brain” Powers
Luke Reid Brandon (1)
Stephen Crowder (2)
Lyle Lettau (3)
Alex Hood (4)
Siam Yu (5)
Max Friedman Cole (6) Kate Read
Tracy Braunstein Narrator
J.T. Turner
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Unfortunately, Arthur’s quest for knowledge was often sidetracked by his obnoxious younger sister, Dora (called “D.W”), and his mischievous friends – Binky (Bruce Dinsmore), Francine (Jodie Resther), Muffy (Melissa Altro), Brian (Paul Stuart Brown) and Buster (Daniel Brochu).
