Bernard Cowan
Birthday: Born in 1922-06-11 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Deathday: 1990-07-17
Bernard Cowan was a Canadian actor, producer and writer. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He was occasionally credited under his nickname, Bunny Cowan. His name was pronounced with emphasis on the first syllable of "Bernard" and last name as "cow in". Cowan worked as the announcer on many CBC television series such as The Pierre Berton Show, Front Page Challenge and Wayne and Shuster. He also worked on such animated series as Spider-Man, The Marvel Super Heroes, Rocket Robin Hood, The King Kong Show, and the Christmas special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Bernard Cowan was the father of the Canadian disc jockey and voice actor Rob Cowan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernard Cowan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
TV Credits
Spider-Man
Character: Narrator (voice)
The bite of a radioactive spider transforms a teen into a superhero....
Movie Credits
Once Upon a Giant
Character: Narrator (voice)
Lester and Humphrey are the Royal Jester and Doctor, respectively, in a Kingdom terrorized by a mysterious giant whose presence is known only by his horrible voice and giant shadow. The giant takes the crown jewels which permit the Evil Prince Malokeo to convince the King to let him marry Princess Marigold. Marigold, horrified at the prospect and in love with Prince Daryl, turns to her friends Lester and Humphrey for help....
Willy McBean and His Magic Machine
Character: Khufu / Ned the Caveman (voice)
Little Willy McBean joins up with a Mexican monkey named Pablo to travel back in time and stop the evil Prof. von Rotten from changing history....
A Christmas Tree
Character:
With the help of Charles Dickens, two young children attempt to save the essence of Christmas from the evil Mantu....