Peter Wildman | |
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Born | Peterborough, Ontario, Canada | December 29, 1954
Occupation(s) | Actor, writer, voice actor, musician |
Years active | 1978–present |
Peter Wildman (born December 29, 1954) is a Canadian actor, voice actor, musician, writer and member of the Frantics comedy troupe. [1] He appeared as Buzz Sherwood on The Red Green Show , and voiced Mojo in X-Men: The Animated Series and Mr. Fixit in the series The Busy World of Richard Scarry . He was also a writer on The Red Green Show from 1994 until 1998.
On television, Wildman has also appeared on Babar , Piggsburg Pigs! , Transformers: Cybertron , Shining Time Station , Peep and the Big Wide World , Puppets Who Kill , The Avengers: United They Stand , Street Legal , Rupert , Four on the Floor , RoboRoach , Undergrads , Wild C.A.T.s , History Bites , Little Bear , Free Willy , Highlander: The Animated Series , Cadillacs and Dinosaurs , Flash Gordon , Ace Ventura: Pet Detective , Dog City , Cyberchase , Freaky Stories , Tales from the Cryptkeeper , Anatole , Rescue Heroes , Storm Hawks , Committed , Mr. Men and Little Miss , Little Mosque on the Prairie , Grossology , Ace Lightning , Bob and Margaret , Ned's Newt , The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police , John Callahan's Quads! , Blazing Dragons , The Berenstain Bears , Birdz , Pippi Longstocking , Noddy , Silver Surfer , Second City Television , and Murdoch Mysteries .
Professionally, Wildman is manager of creative services and a long-time senior writer at Corus Entertainment, writing commercials, promos, song parodies, and comedy bits for Corus radio stations, as well as occasionally performing on air. [2] [3] [4] [5]
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1991–1997 | The Red Green Show | Buzz Sherwood | 38 episodes |
1992–1997 | X-Men: The Animated Series | Mojo | 2 episodes |
1996 | Buck Staghorn's Animal Bites | Buck Staghorn |
He also appeared in the movies Dogmatic and Giant Steps , narrated Dumb Bunnies and wrote episodes of Maniac Mansion , Shining Time Station and Sci-Squad .
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