Terrence Scammell (Canadian actor)
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OthernamesTerry Scammell
Terrence Scammel
Terrence Scammel
OccupationsVoice actor, voice director
Yearsactive1980–present
Terrence Scammell | |
|---|---|
 Scammell in 2006 | |
| Born | Terrence Frederick Scammell |
| Other names | Terry Scammell Terrence Scammel |
| Occupations | Voice actor, voice director |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Known for | The Little Lulu Show (1995–1998) Animal Crackers (1997–1999) |
| Spouse | Sheila Singhal |
| Website | web |
Terrence Frederick Scammell is a Canadian voice actor and voice director.
In a career that has spanned more than 40 years, Scammell has worked on hundreds of series, live-action films, documentaries and video games for BBC, PBS, Syfy, Teletoon, Ubisoft and other production companies around the world. He has also done many voice acting roles for film, television and video games in Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver, New York City, and Los Angeles.
Scammell received an ACTRA award for voicing the character of Darph Bobo on Tripping the Rift,[1] and his directing work has been nominated for awards in North America,[2] Europe,[3] and the United Kingdom.[4]
Scammell's family emigrated from England to Canada during the inter-war years. His father, Frederick Scammell, was a career army officer and a veteran of the Second World War. His mother, Kathleen Scammell, was a civil servant and a semi-professional singer.
Terrence was born in Montreal in 1958 and grew up in Ottawa. As a boy he received extensive musical training with the Gentlemen and Boy's Choir of St. Matthew's Anglican Church under Brian Law. After graduating, he pursued a successful career as a stage actor in Ottawa for more than a decade. In the mid-1980s he transitioned to voice acting and voice directing.
Personal life
Scammell is married to writer and blogger Sheila Singhal and divides his time between Montreal and Ottawa. He is a member of the unions ACTRA and the Canadian Actors' Equity Association.[5]
Selected voice directing credits
Animation and live-action
| Series | Production company | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| The Babaloos | CINAR | 4 × 30 minutes |
| Belle and Sebastian | PVP and Gaumont Films | 52 × 11 minutes |
| Bibi and Jennifer | Megafun | 6 × 30 minutes |
| Bionicles | LEGO | 4 × 30 minutes |
| The Big Garage | Prisma Productions | 4 × 30 minutes |
| Billy and Buddy | Tooncan | 26 × 30 minutes |
| Bob | Megafun | 9 × 5 minutes |
| The Boy (also serves as casting director) | Tooncan | 26 × 30 minutes |
| Carland Cross | Sonolab | 26 × 30 minutes |
| A Cat, a Cow, and the Ocean[6] | Tooncan | 26 × 12 minutes |
| Celestin | Prisma | 26 × 5 minutes |
| Children's Dreams | Megafun | 26 × 5 minutes |
| Chico and Friends | Punch International | 26 × 30 minutes |
| The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures | CINAR | 52 × 22 minutes |
| Daft Planet | CinéGroupe | 13 × 30 minutes |
| Detective Lea Summer | Doublevue | 26 × 30 minutes |
| Dog's World | Punch International | 26 × 30 minutes |
| Dragon | Cité Amérique | 52 × 10 minutes |
| Dragon Hunters | Tooncan | 26 × 30 minutes |
| Flight Squad | CINAR | 26 × 30 minutes |
| Fred the Caveman | Tube Studios | 13 × 30 minutes |
| H2O: Mermaid Adventures | Netflix | 26 × 30 minutes |
| Harbour Patrol | Doublevue | 26 × 30 minutes |
| Inuk | Pop 6 | 52 × 30 minutes |
| Journey to the West – Legends of the Monkey King | CINAR | 26 × 30 minutes |
| Kit and Kaboodle | CinéGroupe | 26 × 30 minutes |
| Kitou | Tooncan | 52 × 10 minutes |
| Lil' Doc | Gala Productions/CBC | 52 × 3 minutes |
| Little Nicholas | Method Animation | 26 × 30 minutes |
| The Magic Canoe | Manito Media/Loogaroo/APTN | 52 × 30 minutes |
| Malo Korrigan | Tooncan | 52 × 10 minutes |
| Martin Morning[7] | Tooncan | 52 × 12 minutes |
| Mega Babies | CinéGroupe / Landmark Entertainment / Sony Wonder | 26 × 30 minutes |
| Mica | Tooncan | 26 × 11 minutes |
| A Miss Mallard Mystery | CINAR | 26 × 30 minutes |
| Misty Island | Tooncan | 52 × 12 minutes |
| Moot Moot | Tooncan | 13 × 30 minutes |
| Oscar and Spike | Tooncan | 13 × 30 minutes |
| Pig City | CinéGroupe | 52 × 30 minutes |
| Ratz | Tooncan | 52 × 10 minutes |
| Rotten Ralph | Megafun / Tooncan / Italtoons / BBC | 26 × 30 minutes |
| Runes | Prime Entertainment Group | 26 × 30 minutes |
| SOS | CinéGroupe | 4 × 30 minutes |
| Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat | CinéGroupe | 80 × 10 minutes |
| Space Goofs | Xilam | 52 × 11 minutes |
| Spaced Out | Tooncan | 26 × 30 minutes |
| Spirou and Fantasio | CinéGroupe | 8 × 30 minutes |
| Tempo Express[8] | Tooncan/ZDF | 26 × 30 minutes |
| The Three Pigs | CinéGroupe | 26 × 30 minutes |
| The Tofus | CinéGroupe | 26 × 30 minutes |
| Tripping the Rift | CinéGroupe | 39 × 30 minutes |
| The Triplets | Cinélume | 4 × 30 minutes |
| Tupu | Tooncan | 26 × 30 minutes |
| Woofy | Tooncan | 26 × 30 minutes |
| The Wacky World of Webster and Whim | Tooncan | 26 × 30 minutes |
| Wumpa's World | Cité Amérique | 8 × 10 minutes |
| Yakari | Tooncan | 26 × 30 minutes |
| Zoom the White Dolphin | Marzipan Film/Media Valley | 65 × 30 minutes |
- Post-sync/ADR
Specials, documentaries and feature films
| Name of special | Production house | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Arctic Territory[9] | CBC | 10 × 30 minutes |
| Fridge Magnets | Tube Studios | Pilot |
| Gap Travel Documentary | Greenspace | 6 × 60 minutes |
| The Gaspé | Greenspace | 120 minutes |
| Heavy Metal 2000 | CinéGroupe | 88 minutes |
| Journey to the West – Legends of the Monkey King | CINAR | 90 minutes |
| The Love Bugs | Sonolab | 30 minutes |
| Pinocchio 3000 | CinéGroupe | 90 minutes |
| Semmelweiss | Cinélume | 120 minutes |
| Spank | CINAR | 30 minutes |
| Big City Blues | Goodtimes | 50 minutes |
| Six Days in June | PBS | 90 minutes |
- Post-sync/ADR
Voice acting
Animated series
- The Adventures of Grady Greenspace (Cinélume)—Spike/Digby/Radar/Narrator
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (CINAR/Saban)—Various
- The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin (Atkinson Film Arts)—Digger
- Albert (Doublevue)—Various
- Animal Crackers (CINAR)—Eugene
- Anna Banana (Prisma Productions)—Ordo
- Around the World in 80 Dreams (Bellevue Pathé/Saban)—Various
- Arthur (CINAR)—Mr. Brain
- The Babaloos (CINAR)—Various
- Bad Dog (CinéGroupe)—Various
- Belle and Sebastian (PVP and Gaumont Films)—Caspar, Various
- The Big Garage (Prisma Productions)—London/Scrap
- Billy and Buddy (Tooncan)—Various
- The Bellflower Bunnies (Tooncan)—Various
- Bob in a Bottle (CINAR)—Various
- Bob Morane (Astral)—Bob Morane
- The Boy (Tooncan)—Various
- A Bunch of Munsch (CINAR)—Various
- C.L.Y.D.E. (CINAR)—Various
- Carland Cross (Sonolab)—Carland Cross
- Cat Tales (CINAR)—Various
- Celestin (Prisma Productions)—Celestin
- Chip and Charlie (CINAR)—Franklin
- Christopher Columbus (CinéGroupe)—Giovanni/Various
- Cinderella (Doublevue)—Zaroc/Various
- Cosmic Cowboys (CinéGroupe)—Various
- The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures (CINAR)—Alexander (City Mouse)
- Daft Planet (CinéGroupe)—Mr. Smits
- Dog's World (Punch International)—Thomas
- Dragon (Tooncan)—Various
- The Eggs (Funbag)—Scramble/Various
- Faireez (Funbag)—Tim/Tucker/Spyballs
- Fennec (Astral)—Basil/Phil/Mayor
- Fishtronaut (Tooncan)—Zeke, Happy Plumb
- Flatmania (Millimages)—Various
- Flat! (Vivatoon)—Various
- Flight Squad (CINAR)—Various
- For Better or For Worse (Funbag)—John
- Fred the Caveman (Tube Studios)—The Witchdoctor
- Fred's Head (Technicolor)—Various
- Gawain (Muse)—Spider
- Gino the Chicken[10] (Cinelume)—Various
- Gofrette (Subsequence)—Yellow ticket guy/Various
- Gon (Cinélume)—Mr. Uru, Various
- Grand Gul (SPR)—Various
- Gulliver's Travels (Bellevue Pathé/SABAN)—Gulliver
- H2O: Mermaid Adventures (Netflix)—Various
- Hoze Houndz (Amberwood)—Various
- Inuk (Pop 6)—Kimik/Tayara/Tak
- Iron Nose: The Mysterious Knight[11] (Tooncan)—Trojan
- Ivanhoe (CINAR)—Prince John
- Jack (CinéGroupe)—Dad
- Journey to the West – Legends of the Monkey King (CINAR)—Tripitaka
- The Jungle Book (CinéGroupe)—Various
- Jungle Show (CINAR/EVA Entertainment)- Lou the Wolf/Albert the Alligator/Ali the Camel
- Jungle Tales (CINAR/Saban)—Wolfbane/Harry/Jo-Jo
- Kid Paddle (Astral)—Various
- The Kids from Room 402 (CinéGroupe)—Various
- Kit and Kaboodle (CinéGroupe)—Various
- Kitou (Tooncan)—Googobbler
- Kitty Cats (Prisma Productions)—Willy
- The Legend of the North Wind (Nelvana)—The North Wind/Athanasius
- The Legend of White Fang (CINAR)—DeLazlo/Weedon
- Lilly's Island (Tooncan)—Various
- The Littl' Bits (CINAR/Saban)—Dr. Snooze-a-bit
- The Little Flying Bears (CinéGroupe)—Skulk
- The Little Lulu Show (CINAR)—Constable McNabb
- Malo Korrigan (Tooncan)—Malo Korrigan
- Martin Morning (Tooncan)—Various
- Maya the Bee (CINAR/Saban)—Various
- Mega Babies (CinéGroupe)—Various
- Mica (Tooncan)—Various
- Milo (Tooncan)—Father
- A Miss Mallard Mystery (CINAR)—Various
- Mona the Vampire (CINAR)—Various
- Monster Allergy (Rainbow/RAI/ZDF)—Various
- Monster Buster Club (Comet)—Various
- Moot Moot (Tooncan)—Various
- My Life Me (Carpediem)—Mr. Towes/Various
- My Big Friends (Tooncan) – Julio, George, The Dog
- The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog (Muse)—Mr. Russard
- Nanook (Astral)—Igluglik
- Night Hawk (CINAR)—Holmes/Various
- Nunavut (Tube)—Various
- Nutsberry Town (CinéGroupe)—Constable Carrot
- Oscar and Spike (Tooncan)—Various
- Ovide Video (CinéGroupe)—Bobo/Polo/Saffron
- Papa Beaver's Storytime (CINAR)—Various
- Papyrus (Astral)—Aker
- Patrol 03 (CINAR)—Various
- Pig City (CinéGroupe)—Various
- Pirate Family (Tooncan)—Various
- Pirates (Astral)—Various
- Princess Sissi (CinéGroupe)—Prince Franz/Herinrich/Gossip
- Prudence Gumshoe[12] (Tooncan)—Inspector DeRock
- Punch! (Technicolor)—Narrator/Various
- The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo (CinéGroupe/Hearst Animation)—Francois/Azaroth/Various
- The Raccoons (Lacewood Productions/Evergreen Raccoons Television Productions)—Various
- Ratz (Tooncan)—Rapido
- Ripley's Believe It or Not (CINAR)—Various
- Robinson Sucroe (CINAR)—Grumblestone/Capt. Percy
- Rotten Ralph (Tooncan)—Bones/Fleabag
- Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio (CINAR/Saban)—Willie
- Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid (CINAR)—King/Various
- Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat (CinéGroupe)—Lik-Lik/Various
- Samurai Pizza Cats (TATSUNOKO/SABAN)—Narrator/Guido/Various
- Sandokan (Cinélume/BRB Internacional)—Sandokan
- Sea Dogs (CinéGroupe)—Rocky/Sydney
- The Secret World of Benjamin Bear (Amberwood)—Sebastian/Simon/Toots/Mr. McLaren
- Shaolin Kids (Tooncan)—Various
- Simba the King Lion (Doublevue)—Bagheera/XL
- The Smoggies (CINAR)—Speed/Sport
- Snailympics (Tooncan)—Coach
- Space Goofs (Xilam)—Various
- Spaced Out (Tooncan)—Various
- Sparky and Arfman (CINAR)—Mr. Sniff
- Spirou and Fantasio (CinéGroupe)—Dr. Champignac
- Student Bodies (Téléscène)—Various
- Supernatural: The Animation (Technicolor)—Various
- Tempo Express (Tooncan)—Various
- Three Little Witches (Cinélume)—Various
- Toad Patrol (Funbag)—Fur Foot
- The Tofus (CinéGroupe)—Various
- Tommy and Oscar (Cinéume)—The Collector
- The Triplets (Cinélume)—Various
- Tripping the Rift (CinéGroupe)—Darph Bobo
- Trulli Tales (PVP and Gaumont Films)—Trulli King
- Tupu (Tooncan)—Various
- Wacky World of Webster and Whim (Tooncan)—Musty/Dusty
- What's with Andy? (CinéGroupe)—Principal DeRosa/Steve Rowgee Sr.
- Winx Club (Cinélume)—Ogron/Various
- Wombat City (Tooncan)—Various
- The Wombles (CINAR)—Tobermory
- Woofy (Tooncan)—Various
- Wunschpunsch (CinéGroupe)—Various
- X-DuckX (Greenspace Productions/Alphanim)—Various
- Yakari (Tooncan)—Restful Rock/Slow Strider
- Young Robin Hood (CINAR/Hanna-Barbera)—Little John/Various
- Zeroman (Amberwood)—Various
- Zoé Kezako (Tooncan)—Various
Animated features and specials
- The Alphabet (Doubleview)—Various
- Baa Baa Black Sheep (CINAR)—Baa Baa Black Sheep
- Ballerina/Leap! (Gaumont Films)—Merante, Postman
- Bibi and Jennifer (Greenspace)—Bibi
- David Copperfield (CinéGroupe/NBC)—Butcher/Baker/Various
- Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa (Félix et le trésor de Morgäa)
- Frère Jacques[13] (CINAR)—Various
- Go Hugo Go (A. Film/Per Holst Filmproduktion/Miramax/CINAR)—Zig
- Happy Birthday Bunnykins (Lacewood Productions)—Stoatworth
- Heavy Metal 2000 (CinéGroupe)—Various
- Here Comes the Bride (CINAR)—Wainwright/Various
- The House on the Corner (Lacewood Productions)—Father
- Hugo The Movie Star (A. Film/Per Holst Filmproduktion/Miramax/CINAR)—Zig
- Katak: The Brave Beluga
- Moomins and the Comet Chase (Jupiter Film/SF/MTV3/Filmoteka Narodowa Polski/FST5)—Muskrat
- The Nightingale (Atkinson Film Arts)—Li Po/Courtier
- Pinocchio 3000 (CinéGroupe)—Scambocop
- The Prince's Rain (CINAR)—Various
- Ricky Raindrop (KLA)—Prof. Lymnos/Various
- Rooster Doodle Do (10th Ave. Prod.)—Gustave, Mailman
- Sahara (Mandarin Films)—Bad Snake, Chief Chief, Old Man, Ambiances
- Troll: The Tale of a Tail (Sagatoon)—Grimmer
- Spookley the Square Pumpkin (Holiday Hill Farm)—Allen
- Sur le Pont d'Avignon (CINAR)—Harlequin
- The Teddy Bears and Buster (Lacewood Productions)—Father
- The Tin Soldier (Atkinson Film Arts)—Sammy
- How The Toys Saved Christmas (CINAR)—Various
- Troll The Tale of a Tail (Sagatoon)—Grimmer
