Oliver Dillon

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Oliver Dillon
Born
Oliver Nicholas Anthony Dillon

(1998-04-11) 11 April 1998 (age 25)
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present
Known for Raa Raa the Noisy Lion

Oliver Nicholas Anthony Dillon (born 11 April 1998) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Huffty in the CBeebies shows Raa Raa the Noisy Lion from 2011 to 2018 and as Nok Tok in Waybuloo. Dillon also voiced Lumpy the Heffalump in My Friends Tigger & Pooh airing on Playhouse Disney Channel .

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Career

Dillon's first job was in the Basil Brush Show as a band member in Bingo's band, but he is best known for being the voice talent of Lumpy the Heffalump in My Friends Tigger & Pooh . In November, Disney Television Animation released the DVD Pooh's Super Sleuth Christmas Movie, where Oliver also provided the voice of Lumpy. In 2008 Oliver was cast in a new animated pre-school show due to air in May 2009 Waybuloo where he voices the character of Nok Tok. He also played Fizzy the leader of a gang in The Sparticle Mystery in 2011 and voiced Hufty in the animation Raa Raa the Noisy Lion.

Dillon was born with cystic fibrosis. [1]

Filmography

YearCategoryTitleRoleNotes
2006Children's comedy Basil Brush Show Bingos Band member
2007Disney DVD My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie Lumpy
Situation comedy My Family Extra
2007-2010Animation series My Friends Tigger & Pooh LumpyVoice
2008GameMy Friends Tigger and Pooh, Internet Game
2009TV Waybuloo Nok Tok
2011-2018 Raa Raa the Noisy Lion Hufty
2011–2015 The Sparticle Mystery Fizzy
2018 Plebs BarneyEpisode: "Lupercalia"

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References

  1. Elliott, Jane (31 August 2007). "Beating the odds to become a child actor". BBC News. BBC.