Daniel Robert Hennessey (September 11, 1942 – November 13, 2024) was an American-born Canadian voice actor. He was best known for voicing Brave Heart Lion in the Care Bears franchise. In addition to his well-received voice work in Care Bears, he provided the voice for Father Bear in Little Bear, Chief Quimby in Inspector Gadget, George Raccoon and Train Engineer Sid in The Raccoons, Thomson in The Adventures of Tintin, Bully Koopa in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World, Zed and Tackleberry in Police Academy and Genghis Rex in Dinosaucers. He was a voice director for the animated superhero television series X-Men. Hennessey died on November 13, 2024, from complications of Parkinson's disease in Kitchener, Ontario, at the age of 82. (Via Wikipedia)
