Edward Glen

Edward Glen
Edward Glen
Born	Canada
Other names	Eddie Glen
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985–present

Edward Glen, sometimes credited as Eddie Glen, is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in and provided voices in films, television shows and video games. He is best known for voicing Thomas the Tank Engine in the 2000 film Thomas and the Magic Railroad. Since 1998, he has been the voiceover of YTV.

Career

Glen began his acting career in 1985 in various theatre productions in Canada and in the United Kingdom, where he still continues to act in theatre to this day.^[1]

Outside of acting in theatre, he also works extensively as a voice actor in various anime and animated television shows and films, such as Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight, Dangaioh, Hyper Combat Unit Dangaioh, Gunnm, Patlabor: The Movie and its sequel, Blazing Dragons, Flying Rhino Junior High, Undergrads, Angela Anaconda, Rescue Heroes, Rescue Heroes: The Movie and RoboRoach.^[2]^[3]

In 2000, Glen became the voice of Thomas the Tank Engine in Britt Allcroft's fantasy film Thomas and the Magic Railroad, replacing John Bellis in the final cut of the film.^[4] The film received mostly negative reviews from critics and was a box office failure.

Glen has also made live action appearances in several television shows and television films, such as Twice in a Lifetime, Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story, Earth: Final Conflict, Street Time, Skatoony, and The Frim.

Filmography

Live-action

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Thomas and the Magic Railroad	Thomas the Tank Engine (voice)	^[2]^[4]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Twice in a Lifetime	Window Washer	Episode: "What She Did for Love"
1999	Sealed with a Kiss	Ziggy the Doorman	Television film
2000	Earth: Final Conflict	Missioner #2	Episode: "The Fields"
2000	Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story	Producer	Television film
2003	Street Time	DEA Technician	Episode: "Going Home"
2012	The Firm	Duty Captain	Episode: "Chapter Eleven"
2020	Murdoch Mysteries	Mr. Madison	Episode: "Crabtree a la Carte"
2020	Odd Squad	Conductor	Episode: "Train of Thoughts"

Voice roles

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	The Prince and the Pauper	Additional voices	Direct-to-video
1996	An Angel for Christmas	Additional voices	Direct-to-video
2003	Rescue Heroes: The Movie	Al Pine	^[5]
2013	Emma's Wings: A Bella Sara Tale	Colm	^[5]

Anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight	Akira Tsukaba	English dub
1993	Dangaioh	Rol Kran
1994	Hyper Combat Unit Dangaioh	Roll
1994	Gunnm	Yugo
1995	Patlabor: The Movie	Shige
	Patlabor 2: The Movie	Shige
	Karasu tengu Kabuto: Ôgon no me no kemono	Kabuto
1999	Power Stone	Ryoma, Pus	22 episodes
2002–2003	Beyblade	Wyatt Smithwright, Romero, Mystel	32 episodes

Animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	The Legend of the Hawaiian Slammers	Additional voices	Television short
1996–1998	Blazing Dragons	Flicker	26 episodes^[5]^[2]
1998	Flying Rhino Junior High	Fred, Johnny	26 episodes^[5]
1999	Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend	Ictinus, Village Boy	Episode: "Theseus and the Minotaur"^[5]
1999–2002	Rescue Heroes	Al Pine	40 episodes^[2]
2001	Undergrads	Additional voices	3 episodes
2002	Angela Anaconda	Gordy Rhinehart	2 episodes^[3]
2002–2004	RoboRoach	Additional voices	7 episodes
2010	Skatoony	Maurice	Unknown episodes
2016–2017	Cirque du Soleil: Luna Petunia	Donnie Doohickey	22 episodes
2020, 2024	Elinor Wonders Why	Mr. Antelope	2 episodes^[6]
2023	Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go	Toby the Tram Engine	Episode: "The Super Axle"^[5]
2024	Barney's World	Grady	Episode: "Mel's Greatest Treasure"^[7]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	The Misadventures of Tron Bonne	Birdbots	^[8]
2000	Mega Man Legends 2	Birdbots	^[5]
2007	Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts	Alec Dillingham
2022	Saints Row	Sanyo lleso Pedestrains

Theatre

Lil Red Robin Hood - Marvin
Grease - Teen Angel, Vince Fontaine
The Wizard of Oz - Randy, Wizard
Jukebox Hero: The Musical - Harvey, Hal, Ed
A Christmas Carol - Bob Cratchit
One for the Pot - Hickory Wood
Marathon of Hope: The Musical - Bill Vigors
It Runs in the Family - Dr. Hubert Bonney
Darling of the Day - Bert
Peter Pan: The Panto - Smee
The Pirates of Penzance - Seargent of Police
Spamalot - Sir Robin
Cinderella - Buttons, Wayne
Les Misérables - Thenardier
Man of La Mancha - Sancho
Wakowski Brothers - Conard
The Little Mermaid - SpongeBob Triangle Pants
Snow White - Fool, Court Jester
Bloodless - William Hare
The 39 Steps - Clown
Beauty and the Beast - Burt, Spork
Guys and Dolls - Nathan Detroit
The Rocky Horror Show - Dr. Scott, Eddie
Myths and Hymns - Ensemble
The Music Man - Marcellus Washburn
Moby Dick - Flask
A Few Good Men - Sam Weinberg
Evangeline - Ensemble
Dads - Joey
Aladdin - Beans
Man of La Mancha - Sancho Panza
Triple Espresso -
Little Me - Noble
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown - Charlie Brown
I Love you, You're Perfect, Now Change - Lead
A Bedroll of Foreigners - Heinz
The Amazing Mr. Blunden - Jamie
Forever Plaid - Sparky
Little Shop of Horrors - Seymour
The Bends - 3 Handler
Kidnapped - Ransom, David
Jacob Two Two - Noah, Fearless

References

^ "Eddie Glen - Resume". Talent House.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Eddie Glen". Voice Chasers. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Perlmutter. ISBN 9780786486946.
^ ^a ^b Wills, John (2001). Screen World 2001. Monush. ISBN 9780786486946.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Edward Glen (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^ https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/edward-glen/3000724473/
^ https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/edward-glen/3000724473/
^ Capcom Production Studio 2. The Misadventures of Tron Bonne. Capcom. Scene: Ending credits, 7:08:11 in, CAST.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

Edward Glen at IMDb
Edward Glen at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[1] "Eddie Glen - Resume". Talent House.

[Voicechasers-2] "Eddie Glen". Voice Chasers. Retrieved February 6, 2020.

[The_Encyclopedia_of_American_Animated_Television_Shows-3] Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Perlmutter. ISBN 9780786486946.

[Screen_World_2001-4] Wills, John (2001). Screen World 2001. Monush. ISBN 9780786486946.

[BTVA-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Edward Glen (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

[6] ttps://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/edward-glen/3000724473/

[7] ttps://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/edward-glen/3000724473/

[8] Capcom Production Studio 2. The Misadventures of Tron Bonne. Capcom. Scene: Ending credits, 7:08:11 in, CAST.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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