The Actors in the Wishbone version

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Just a little info on the Actor who appeared in the Wishbone version Hunchback.

Soccer the Dog as Wishbone, picture image

Soccer the Dog as Wishbone

Soccer the Dog was a veteran Jack Russell actor. He was most known for playing Wishbone on the PBS show.  He beat out 100 dog who audition for the role. He was also in many commercials for such companies like Nike  and Mighty Dog Food.

 

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Larry Brantley

 

Larry Brantley is a former stand-up comedian and radio spokesman. He specializes in character voices.  He currently works on Boz the bear.

Lanell Pena, picture image

Lanell Pena

 

Lanell Pena played a lot parts on Wishbone in the literary segments of the show. Mostly notably she played Scheherazade in the Wishbone version of Thousand and one nights (One Thousand and One Tails). Pena has also appears in a few television series and movie. Currently she teaches acting at A &M University and KD Studios/College.

 

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Sean Hennigan

Sean Hennigan, like Pena also played a lot parts on Wishbone in the literary segments of the show. Hennigan appeared in 24 episode of Wishbone and notably played he played a lot of the villains.  Hennigan has appeared in a lot Television shows  and he has been voice acting in anime dubs. Notably in immensely popular One Piece, Baccano! and Romeo x Juliet. he has appeared in a movies like 3:10 to Yuma.

Acting in the Wishbone Version of Hunchback

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The acting is the Wishbone version is decent. I don’t think any of the roles were that much of challenge since the materials is very much at its core basics, so you don’t get the rich complexity of Quasimodo, Frollo or even Esmeralda in this version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

 

Frollo (Sean Hennigan), The Hunchdog of Notre Dame picture image

Frollo (Sean Hennigan), The Hunchdog of Notre Dame

That said, there are moments where the actors showcase the characters very well.  Sean Hennigan, who played Frollo, does a great job communicating Frollo’s obsession  in both a menacing way and in a more coxing way. He goes back and forth between facets  with great ease.

 

Esmeralda (Lanell Pena), Wishbone, The Hunchdog of Notre Dame picture image

Esmeralda (Lanell Pena), The Hunchdog of Notre Dame

 

Lanell Pena, who played Esmeralda, also does a good job of showing how she starts as put-off by Quasimodo and gradually comes to see him for the soul he is (I hesitate to say person because Quasimodo is a puppy). I also like how she tells off Frollo.

 

Wishbone as Quasimodo, The Hunchdog of Notre Dame, picture image

Wishbone as Quasimodo, The Hunchdog of Notre Dame

 

Then we have Wishbone as Quasimodo. Wishbone is played by a few entities. First, the dogs. Wishbone was mainly played by a veteran dog actor “Soccer” though I believe they used a few other dogs for a shots. Wishbone’s voice was played Larry Brantley. Brantley has great comic timing and his quips make the literary tales fun. Animal acting it hard to say if it “good” or not because the looks and movements are all tricks.  All in all though I think the depiction of Quasimodo in this version is a fine one. Plus it’s the cutest depiction of Quasimodo ever. (I’m a dog person, although  Quasimodo as a cute would be adorable as well)

 

 

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Wishbone as Quasimodo, The Hunchdog of Notre Dame, picture image

Wishbone as Quasimodo, The Hunchdog of Notre Dame