Dan Hennessey

Dan Hennessey

Born: August 25, 1941
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Canadian voice actor who, early on in his career, performed with a children's comedy troupe (with John Stocker, Bruce Gordon, Harriet Cohen, and Jerelyn Homer). That same year, he played Claudius, King of Denmark in his first film, a Canadian adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet play.

A decade later, he was the voice of Chief Quimby and other characters on DiC's Inspector Gadget and starred as Dizzy in Nelvana's first feature film, Rock & Rule.

His best-known role is the voice of Brave Heart Lion in the animated Care Bears franchise (he also voiced Loyal Heart Dog as well as the Irish voice of Good Luck Bear on an episode of the television series).

Movies for Dan Hennessey...

Maurice Sendak's Little Bear: Feel Better, Little Bear
Title: Maurice Sendak's Little Bear: Feel Better, Little Bear
Character: Father Bear
Released: October 7, 2003
Type: Movie
Between Friends: When Little Bear gets the mumps, his friend Emily cheers him up by making a book for him about all the great times they've had together. After Emily gives it to him, Little Bear feels much better and figures out how to make Emily feel better when she gets the mumps! Pillow Hill: Little Bear can't go to the picnic because he has a cold and has to stay in bed. What can he do all day long? Father Bear teach him how to make his bed into a fantastic land of adventure, and soon, the only picnic Little Bear wants to have is one on top of Pillow Hill!
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Title: Cyberchase
Released: January 21, 2002
Type: TV
Cyberchase is an American/Canadian television series for children ages 7-13. The series takes place in Cyberspace, a virtual world, and chronicles the adventures of three children, Jackie, Inez, and Matt, as they use math and problem solving skills to save Cyberspace and its leader, Motherboard, from The Hacker, the villain. Cyberchase has received generally positive reviews and won numerous awards. Thirteen/WNET New York and Nelvana produced the first five seasons, while Thirteen, in association with Title Entertainment, Inc. and WNET.ORG, produced seasons six through eight. The show airs on Public Broadcasting Service and PBS Kids GO! in the United States. All episodes have been released free on the Cyberchase Website. Since July 2010, Cyberchase has been put on hiatus, but was announced that starting in November, Cyberchase will be revived and start airing new episodes with its 9th season.
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Maurice Sendak's Little Bear: The Movie
Title: Maurice Sendak's Little Bear: The Movie
Character: Father Bear
Released: August 7, 2001
Type: Movie
Little Bear and Father Bear go camping in the wilderness where Little Bear encounters all kinds of new sights and sounds: an eagle's flight, a wolf's howl... and a wild little bear named Cub fishing in a stream. Even though they're from different worlds, Little Bear and Cub become fast friends.
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Maurice Sendak's Little Bear: Goodnight Little Bear
Title: Maurice Sendak's Little Bear: Goodnight Little Bear
Character: Father Bear (voice)
Released: September 8, 1998
Type: Movie
When the sun goes down, exciting things happen. Hooting owls, twinkling stars-who can sleep? Here are four Little Bear tales each one as captivating as a bedtime story.
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Title: The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police
Character: The Commissioner (voice)
Released: October 4, 1997
Type: TV
The adventures of Sam the Bogart-like dog and Max the hyper-kinetic bunny.
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Maurice Sendak's Little Bear: Meet Little Bear
Title: Maurice Sendak's Little Bear: Meet Little Bear
Character: Father Bear
Released: March 11, 1997
Type: Movie
Little Bear, one of the most cherished characters in all of children's literature, comes to life in Nick Jr.'s animated series. Produced by Maurice Sendak, the Caldecott-winning illustrator of the Little Bear books, these stories are brimming with the warmth, humor and touch of mischief that have made Little Bear and his friends a favorite of preschoolers
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Star Wars: Ewoks - Tales from the Endor Woods
Title: Star Wars: Ewoks - Tales from the Endor Woods
Character: King Gorneesh (voice)
Released: February 11, 1997
Type: Movie
Wicket remembers four memorable adventures from his youth: how he fixed up his great grandfather's battle wagon, the occasion when Latara ran away from the Ewok village to join the traveling Jindas, the time his father Deej fell terrible ill and the story of Kneesa's long lost sister, Asha.
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Title: Blazing Dragons
Released: April 3, 1996
Type: TV
Blazing Dragons is the title of a popular British cartoon series
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Title: The NeverEnding Story
Character: South Wind (voice)
Released: December 2, 1995
Type: TV
The animated adventures of Bastian Balthazar Bux in the enchanted storybook world of Fantasia.
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Title: Little Bear
Character: Father Bear
Released: November 6, 1995
Type: TV
Little Bear is an educational Canadian children's television series based on the Little Bear series of books which were written by Else Holmelund Minarik and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Originally produced by Nelvana, it is currently available to stream on Paramount+ and has been released on YouTube by Treehouse TV. It was first shown in the UK on the Children's BBC. A direct-to-video DVD full-length feature film was created after the series ended.
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Title: The Incredible Crash Dummies
Character: Junkman
Released: May 16, 1993
Type: TV
Dummyland is a fictional world inhabited only by living crash dummies. Many make a living testing cars, just like the real ones. The story begins with crash dummy professor Dr. Zub has creating a new "uncrashable" prototype armor called the Torso 9000 and is testing it with the help of crash dummy Ted. Unfortunately the initial trial run goes awry and Ted's head is severed from his body. The following night however, Ted is accidentally replaced with the head of the evil Junkman, who can now harness the power of the Torso 9000 and manages to break free from the Crash Test facility.[3] Plotting to destroy the crash dummies, the Junkman sets up his base near an abandoned scrap heap and creates an army of killing machines out of spare car parts. When a valuable disc of information on the Torso 9000 is stolen, and finally Dr. Zub himself is kidnapped, heroes Slick & Spin step in to save the day.
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The Incredible Crash Dummies
Title: The Incredible Crash Dummies
Character: Junkman (voice)
Released: May 1, 1993
Type: Movie
The animated short was entirely composed of computer generated imagery and centered on the adventures of Slick and Spin. A fellow Dummy named Ted has been chosen to use a new, indestructible torso module (Torso-9000), but his head is mixed up with an evil dummy's head, leading to the birth of Junkman. Slick and Spin try to free the kidnapped Dr. Zub from Junkman before the villain can extract the knowledge of how to mass-produce the torso.
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Title: X-Men
Character: Sunder (voice)
Released: October 31, 1992
Type: TV
The X-Men are an elite team of mutants, genetically gifted human beings with superpowers, sworn to fight for mutant rights against hostile Government agencies, whilst at the same time protecting mankind from mutant supremacist Magneto who seeks to destroy the human race in return for the atrocities committed against mutant kind.
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Title: Dog City
Character: Baron Von Rottweiler (voice)
Released: September 26, 1992
Type: TV
Dog City is a television series that was produced by Nelvana Limited and Jim Henson Productions and aired on FOX from September 26, 1992 to January 28, 1995, and in Canada on Global in 1993, then on Teletoon until 2000. The show contained both animation by Nelvana, and puppetry by Jim Henson Productions. This was the first Jim Henson animated series since Muppet Babies and the animated Fraggle Rock.
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The Rosey & Buddy Show
Title: The Rosey & Buddy Show
Character: Brave Heart Lion (voice)
Released: May 15, 1992
Type: Movie
Rosey and Buddy, the animated alter-egos of husband and wife comedy duo, Roseanne and Tom Arnold cause trouble in Cartoon Land.
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Title: The Adventures of Tintin
Released: October 2, 1991
Type: TV
Travel with Tintin, the young and intrepid Belgian reporter, and his faithful dog Snowy as they take you from Tibet to the Moon, or from Egypt to the depths of the sea -- solving mysteries, pursuing truth and justice, and gambling with their lives.
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Title: Hammerman
Released: September 7, 1991
Type: TV
Set before his pyrotechnic rise to stardom, (M.C.) Hammer is still Stanley Kirk Burrell, helping kids at the local community center and dreaming of making it big as a rap music star. When some "magic dancing shoes" step into his life, Stanley is transformed into HAMMERMAN - the first musical superhero!
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Title: The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Character: Bully Koopa (voice)
Released: September 8, 1990
Type: TV
The Mario Bros., Princess Toadstool, and Toad protect the Mushroom Kingdom against the evil forces of Bowser and his seven Koopa Kids.
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Title: Beetlejuice
Character: Bully the Crud
Released: September 9, 1989
Type: TV
The adventures of goth girl Lydia Deetz and her undead friend Beetlejuice as they explore The Neitherworld, a wacky afterlife realm inhabited by monsters, ghosts, ghouls and zombies.
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Care Bears Nutcracker Suite
Title: Care Bears Nutcracker Suite
Character: Brave Heart Lion (voice)
Released: November 5, 1988
Type: Movie
An animated version, starring the Care Bears, of the fairy tale that inspired the famous ballet.
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Title: Cyber C.O.P.S.
Character: Turbo Tu-Tone (voice)
Released: October 5, 1988
Type: TV
C.O.P.S. is an American animated television series released by DIC Entertainment and Celebrity Home Entertainment. This cartoon, which ran from 1988–1989, used the tag line: "Fighting crime in a future time, protecting Empire City from Big Boss and his gang of crooks". In 1993, the series was shown in reruns on CBS Saturday mornings as CyberCOPS, the name change due to the 1989 debut of the unrelated primetime reality show of the same name. The show was based on Hasbro's 1988 line of action figures called C.O.P.S 'N' Crooks.
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Title: RoboCop: The Animated Series
Character: Robocop
Released: October 1, 1988
Type: TV
Cyborg cop Alex Murphy, with his partner Officer Anne Lewis fight to save the city of Old Detroit from assorted rogue elements, and to reclaim aspects of his humanity.
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Title: Police Academy
Released: September 10, 1988
Type: TV
Police Academy: The Series, also known as Police Academy: The Animated Series, is a 1988 American animated television series based on the Police Academy series of films. The show was produced by Ruby-Spears Productions for Warner Bros. Television. It aired weekdays and lasted two seasons for a total of 65 episodes. Some episodes feature a crime boss named Kingpin. His keen intelligence, girth, and stature are very similar to the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Other new characters were added to the show as well. Among them were a group of talking police dogs called the Canine Corps. They were made up of Samson, Lobo, Bonehead, Chilipepper, and Schitzy. The theme song is performed by the Fat Boys who also make an appearance in two episodes as House's Friends: Big Boss, Cool and Mark. While the character of Carey Mahoney did appear in the show, he did not appear in either Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach, Police Academy 6: City Under Siege, and Police Academy: Mission to Moscow.
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Title: ALF: The Animated Series
Released: September 26, 1987
Type: TV
ALF: The Animated Series is an animated cartoon spin-off based on the live-action Sitcom series ALF. It premiered on September 26, 1987 and ran for 26 episodes. ALF Tales was a spinoff from the series that ran on the NBC television network on Saturdays from August 1988 to December 1989. The show had characters from that series play various characters from fairy tales. The fairy tale was usually altered for comedic effect in a manner relational to Fractured Fairy Tales.
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Title: Dinosaucers
Character: Genghis Rex (voice)
Released: September 14, 1987
Type: TV
Dinosaucers is an animated television series co-produced in the United States and Canada. It was created by DIC Entertainment which has done the overseas animation and in association with Ellipse Programmé and Nelvana. This animated program originally aired in syndication in the USA in 1987 by Coca-Cola Telecommunications. 65 total episodes were made throughout the show's broadcasting, but it only lasted one season during the 1987-1988 television season. The show's first 21 episodes can be purchased individually by episode or as a set from online retailer Amazon.com. There were originally plans by Galoob to release a Dinosaucers toyline, and prototype figures were produced; however, the line was scrapped after the show was canceled. The toys included Stego, Bronto-Thunder, Allo, Bonehead, Plesio, Quackpot, Ankylo, and Genghis Rex.
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Title: My Pet Monster
Character: Beaster (voice)
Released: September 12, 1987
Type: TV
Max's ordinary monster doll comes to life when its shackles are released by a magic key.
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The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland
Title: The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland
Character: Brave Heart Lion (voice)
Released: August 7, 1987
Type: Movie
The cuddly Care Bears and their cousins star in this charming third feature-length film incorporating characters from Alice in Wonderland. A young girl named Alice and the Care Bears travel together into the whimsical land of the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat. In this magical story about friendship and self-esteem, they try to thwart an evil wizard's attempt to become the King of Wonderland.
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Madballs: Gross Jokes
Title: Madballs: Gross Jokes
Character: Slobulus / Announcer (voice)
Released: April 27, 1987
Type: Movie
It begins with a warning. It is said that the episode contains scenes that may offend viewers. It is also said that most viewers may experience nagging backache, rapid heartbeat, post-nasal drip and delerium, swelling of the nose, throat, and abdomen and loss of facial hair. Repeated viewing of the episode will result in the loss of one's bodily functions, redistribution of facial features, and a difficulty in forming simple sentences. The announcer concludes the warning by saying that you should definitely watch this episode if you really want to have a career as a lawn ornament. After the roll call(which curiously excludes Bash Brain), Bash Brain appears and says that he's never seen anything so awful in his life. He then reminisces about some time in a hosptial.
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Meet Julie
Title: Meet Julie
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Carol is a nine-year-old, with a very special doll given to her by her father. Carol's father is the owner of a company that provides security services, and when he gets an assignment to guard an art exhibit at the Louvre, he takes Carol with him. During their transatlantic crossing, Carol falls overboard.
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Madballs: Escape from Orb!
Title: Madballs: Escape from Orb!
Character: Aargh / Skull Face
Released: November 1, 1986
Type: Movie
The Madballs are a zany animated rock band who rock and roll their way across the galaxy. Music is illegal on their home planet so they make a break for it on Earth.
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Madballs: Escape from Orb!
Title: Madballs: Escape from Orb!
Character: Slobulus / Bruise Brother
Released: November 1, 1986
Type: Movie
The Madballs are a zany animated rock band who rock and roll their way across the galaxy. Music is illegal on their home planet so they make a break for it on Earth.
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Title: Popples
Released: September 13, 1986
Type: TV
Popples was a Saturday morning cartoon, based on the Popples toys, that aired in the United States from 1986 to 1987. The pilot was a live-action Shelley Duvall special, in which they were puppets and marionettes; after this was well-received, it was decided to make a cartoon series with the same characters. The cartoon was produced by DIC Entertainment and LBS Communications in association with The Maltese Companies. Like the toys they're based on, the Popples resemble colorful teddy bears or rabbits with long, pompom-tipped tails, and they have pouches on their backs that can be everted so they resemble fuzzy balls. The name "Popple" is a reference to the popping sound they make when unfolding themselves from such a ball, or pulling objects from their pouches. In the cartoon Popples commonly pull large items from their pouches that couldn't possibly fit inside, which come from hammerspace; in "Popples Alley", one of the Popples' human friends looks inside one of their pouches and sees numerous objects floating in a void. Nine of the Popples live with a human brother and sister, Billy and Bonnie Wagner. Billy and Bonnie think they are the only kids who have Popples until a neighbor family moves in and they have their own Popples — the Rock Stars, Pufflings, and Babies. The Popples tend to come around and mess up whatever the kids are trying to do; e.g., if the kids are trying to brush their teeth, the Popples end up spilling water, toothpaste and soap all over the bathroom. If the kids are trying to clean their rooms, the Popples come along, mess up the room even worse and then help them get everything back to normal just in the nick of time. The plot revolved around the children's efforts to hide the existence of the Popples from the adults around them.
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Star Wars: Droids - The Great Heep
Title: Star Wars: Droids - The Great Heep
Character: Captain Cag / Announcer (voice)
Released: June 7, 1986
Type: Movie
C-3PO and R2-D2 are on their way to Biitu to meet their new master, Mungo Baobab, when their ship is attacked and they are taken prisoner. Biitu has been taken over by the giant mechanical Great Heep who works with the Empire, enslaving the natives by using droid enforcers and draining R2 units to keep up his strength. Meanwhile Mungo has been imprisoned to be handed over to his arch enemy Admiral Screed.
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Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation
Title: Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation
Character: Brave Heart Lion (voice)
Released: March 21, 1986
Type: Movie
This animated adventure goes back in time to the Care Bears' first-ever Caring Mission, when True Heart Bear and Noble Heart Horse touch down on Earth to boost the spirits of some unhappy kids at summer camp. But the evil Dark Heart has other plans, and convinces one of the campers to help him capture the Care Bears. Will our lovable heroes' Care Stare be enough to vanquish the villain -- and convince his apprentice that good's the way to go?
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Title: Madballs
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: TV
Modeled after the popular toys (horror-themed or gross-out characters with a large ball for their head and body) a musical band made up of Madballs, tries to escape an oppressive planet. They plan to come to Earth and play rock and roll.
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Title: The Raccoons
Released: November 11, 1985
Type: TV
The Raccoons is a Canadian animated television series which was originally broadcast from 1985 to 1991 with three preceding television specials from its inception in 1980 and one direct to video special in 1984. The franchise was created by Kevin Gillis with the co-operation of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Star Wars: Droids - The Battle Against Sise Fromm
Title: Star Wars: Droids - The Battle Against Sise Fromm
Character: Jord Dusat
Released: September 28, 1985
Type: Movie
Combination of episodes 1 to 4 of the animated series Droid Adventures. After being dumped in the Ingo Desert by their master, C-3PO and R2-D2 accidentally run into several new masters and collide with gangsters, criminals, pirates, Boba Fett, IG-88, the Galactic Empire and other threats , finding themselves in various difficult situations.
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Title: The Care Bears
Character: Brave Heart Lion (voice)
Released: September 14, 1985
Type: TV
The Care Bears live in a faraway place up in the clouds called Care-a-Lot. They travel around the world on Missions in Caring, whilst evil villains such as Professor Coldheart and Lord No Heart, try to thwart their plans.
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Title: Star Wars: Droids
Character: Jord Dusat (voice)
Released: September 7, 1985
Type: TV
An animated television series that features the exploits of R2-D2 and C-3PO. The series takes place between the events depicted in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
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Title: Ewoks
Character: King Gorneesh (voice)
Released: September 7, 1985
Type: TV
The Ewok Wicket and his friends from the Bright Tree Village go on many magical adventures.
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Title: Star Wars: Droids
Character: Uncle Gundy / Jyn Obah / Vinga / Yorpa / Governor Koong / Captain Cag
Released: September 7, 1985
Type: TV
An animated television series that features the exploits of R2-D2 and C-3PO. The series takes place between the events depicted in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
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Title: Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
Character: Audric (voice) / K.O. Kruiser (voice)
Released: September 1, 1985
Type: TV
The Lightning League drives white and silver vehicles with assorted weaponry, and are led by a teenager named Jayce. The villains are organic green vegetable-based creatures called the Monster Minds, who tend to take the shape of black and green vehicles. They travel via large green organic vines which can grow in and across interstellar space, and sprout seeds that rapidly grow into further Monster Minds. They are led by Saw Boss.
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The Adventures of the Get Along Gang
Title: The Adventures of the Get Along Gang
Character: Catchum Crocodile (voice)
Released: May 6, 1984
Type: Movie
The Gang participates in the annual scavenger hunt to win their own ice cream flavor but the stakes are made even higher when Bingo makes a bet with Catchum that if he wins, he and Leland get the Gang's clubhouse.
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Title: Inspector Gadget
Character: Chief Quimby (voice)
Released: September 5, 1983
Type: TV
Inspector Gadget is a clumsy, dim-witted human cyborg detective with various bionic gadgets built into his body. Gadget stumbles around working the cases while his niece and dog do most of the investigating. Gadget's arch-nemesis is Dr. Claw, the leader of an evil organisation, known as "M.A.D."
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Rock & Rule
Title: Rock & Rule
Character: Dizzy (voice)
Released: April 15, 1983
Type: Movie
A malevolent rock star kidnaps a female singer to force her to participate in the summoning of a demon and her band must help her stop him.
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Sudden Fury
Title: Sudden Fury
Character: Al
Released: November 7, 1975
Type: Movie
Fred is a psychotic entrepreneur who hopes to convince his wife Janet to invest in a shady land deal. The wife refuses, and the couple continue their heated argument while driving through the Ontario backwoods. When their car crashes, Janet is seriously injured, but Fred leaves the scene, hoping that his wife won't last the night.