Dan Redican

Dan Redican is an actor and producer, known for Burnt Toast (2005), Puppets Who Kill (2002) and The Wrong Guy (1997). He has been married to Carol Commisso since April 7, 1990. They have two children. Redican started his career as a puppeteer, performing with various partners at birthday parties and church functions, before joining Tom Vandenburg to perform two family shows at The Toronto Centre for the Arts on Dupont street: The Old Fisherman and A Day At Rotten Cheese Gulch. After this, Redican focussed on solo performances in London, Ontario at Smale's Pace (later renamed the Change of Pace) Redican entered the world of television puppetry on CHCH's Adventures of Snelgrove Snail in the role of Conrad Crepidula. Redican left puppetry to focus on comedy when the Frantics formed in 1979 but he returned briefly in the late 80s to appear as a featured actor and puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company on NBC's The Jim Henson Hour. In the nineties Redican puppeteered the character Hegdish on YTV's "Groundling Marsh" and Maurice the Maggot on YTV's Freaky Stories.

Superstar (1999)

Orphan Mary Katherine Gallagher, an ugly duckling at St. Monica High School, has a dream: to be kissed soulfully. She decides she can realize this dream if she becomes a superstar, so her prayers, her fantasies and her conversations with her only friend focus on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce McCulloch
CAST:  Molly Shannon  •  Will Ferrell  •  Elaine Hendrix  •  Harland Williams

Orphan Mary Katherine Gallagher, an ugly duckling at St. Monica High School, has a dream: to be kissed soulfully. She decides she can realize this dream if she becomes a superstar, so her prayers, her fantasies and her conversations with her only friend focus on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce McCulloch
CAST:  Molly Shannon  •  Will Ferrell  •  Elaine Hendrix  •  Harland Williams

The Wrong Guy (1997)

Nelson Hibbert expects to become the new president of Nagel Industries, but Mr. Nagel gives the promotion to another employee. When Nelson barges into Nagel's office to confront him, he finds Nagel's been murdered. Fearing that he will be implicated, Nelson decides ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Steinberg
CAST:  Dave Foley  •  Jennifer Tilly  •  David Anthony Higgins  •  Colm Feore

Nelson Hibbert expects to become the new president of Nagel Industries, but Mr. Nagel gives the promotion to another employee. When Nelson barges into Nagel's office to confront him, he finds Nagel's been murdered. Fearing that he will be implicated, Nelson decides ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Steinberg
CAST:  Dave Foley  •  Jennifer Tilly  •  David Anthony Higgins  •  Colm Feore

Burnt Toast (2005)

An irreverent and hilarious spin on opera, domestic drama and the hallowed institutions of love and marriage, Burnt Toast is an hour-long television opera comprised of a series of eight comic operas each depicting a different stage of romantic love. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Weinstein
CAST:  Jean Stilwell  •  Dan Redican  •  Shannon Mercer  •  Paul Gross

An irreverent and hilarious spin on opera, domestic drama and the hallowed institutions of love and marriage, Burnt Toast is an hour-long television opera comprised of a series of eight comic operas each depicting a different stage of romantic love. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Weinstein
CAST:  Jean Stilwell  •  Dan Redican  •  Shannon Mercer  •  Paul Gross

Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story (1993)

The true story of a woman who is sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her husband's ex-wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sandor Stern
CAST:  Tatum O'Neal  •  Bruce Greenwood  •  Peggy McCay  •  Colin Fox

The true story of a woman who is sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her husband's ex-wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sandor Stern
CAST:  Tatum O'Neal  •  Bruce Greenwood  •  Peggy McCay  •  Colin Fox

Dog City: The Movie (1989)

This parody of film noir and gangster flicks takes us through the dangerous town of Dog City, teeming with colorful Muppet Dog characters. Rowlf the dog is your guide through the underside of canine life during the 1930s in Dog City. Our hero, Ace, enters the world ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Henson
CAST:  Jim Henson  •  Camille Bonora  •  Rickey Boyd  •  Fran Brill

This parody of film noir and gangster flicks takes us through the dangerous town of Dog City, teeming with colorful Muppet Dog characters. Rowlf the dog is your guide through the underside of canine life during the 1930s in Dog City. Our hero, Ace, enters the world ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Henson
CAST:  Jim Henson  •  Camille Bonora  •  Rickey Boyd  •  Fran Brill

The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks (2022)

Through never before-seen archive material, interviews with celebrities, industry insiders, rabid fans and the Kids In The Hall themselves – this documentary tells the wild story of this cult-famous comedy troupe from the 1980s to the present day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reginald Harkema
CAST:  Dave Foley  •  Bruce McCulloch  •  Kevin McDonald  •  Mark McKinney

Through never before-seen archive material, interviews with celebrities, industry insiders, rabid fans and the Kids In The Hall themselves – this documentary tells the wild story of this cult-famous comedy troupe from the 1980s to the present day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Reginald Harkema
CAST:  Dave Foley  •  Bruce McCulloch  •  Kevin McDonald  •  Mark McKinney