1952-07-01 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Dan Aykroyd, born in Ottawa, initially pursued studies in psychology, criminal sociology, and political science at Carleton University, where his comedy journey took off. He co-wrote sketches for a private cable company, igniting his passion for acting. At 20, he joined The Second City comedy troupe in Chicago and Toronto, marking the start of his career. In 1975, Aykroyd joined "Saturday Night Live" as a founding member of the "Not Ready For Prime Time Players," crafting iconic sketches like "The Blues Brothers" with Belushi and "Two Wild and Crazy Guys" with Steve Martin. The success of "The Blues Brothers" sketch led to a full-length feature in 1980, with Aykroyd writing and producing the movie soundtrack, defying the disco and punk era. His versatile talent shines in roles like Dr. Ray Stantz in "Ghostbusters," Jessica Tandy’s son in "Driving Miss Daisy," a single father in "My Girl," and an assassin in "Grosse Pointe Blank," showcasing both comedic and dramatic prowess.
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You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... | 2025-09-06 | |
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Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Self | 2025-01-27 |
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John Candy: I Like Me | Self | 2025-09-04 |
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Ray Stantz | 2024-03-20 |
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The Greatest Night in Pop | Self (archive footage) | 2024-01-19 |
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Zombie Town | Len Carver | 2023-09-01 |
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2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self (archive footage) | 2022-11-19 |
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The Go-Go's | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2021-03-08 |
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Who Saw the Men in Black | self | 2021-11-09 |
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Ray Stantz | 2021-11-18 |
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Belushi | Self (archive footage) | 2020-10-14 |
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Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters | Self | 2020-01-07 |
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Defend, Conserve, Protect | Narrator | 2019-07-25 |
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Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh | 2019-05-27 | |
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Le Fantastique Mr Murray | Self - Interviewee | 2019-10-20 |
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Ghostbusters | Cabbie | 2016-07-14 |
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Good Fortune | Self | 2016-09-22 |
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Ghostheads | Self | 2016-04-23 |
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Being Canadian | Self | 2015-09-18 |
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Pixels | 1982 Championship MC | 2015-07-16 |
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I Am Chris Farley | Self | 2015-07-27 |
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Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return | Scarecrow (voice) | 2014-05-08 |
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Who You Gonna Call?: A Ghostbusters Retrospective | 2014-09-16 | |
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Time Is But a Window: Ghostbusters 2 and Beyond | 2014-09-16 | |
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Get on Up | Ben Bart | 2014-08-01 |
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Tammy | Don | 2014-07-02 |
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Born In Chicago | Narrator | 2013-03-13 |
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WWII: Saving the Reality | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2013-01-07 |
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Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving | Rick Phillips | 2013-11-27 |
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Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot | Self | 2013-01-15 |
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Behind the Candelabra | Seymour Heller | 2013-05-26 |
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Sunset Strip | Self | 2012-03-16 |
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The Campaign | Wade Motch | 2012-08-09 |
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Yogi Bear | Yogi Bear (voice) | 2010-12-17 |
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The Women of SNL | Various (archive footage) | 2010-11-01 |
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Presidential Reunion | Jimmy Carter | 2010-03-02 |
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War, Inc. | Mr. Vice President | 2008-04-28 |
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I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry | Captain Phineas J. Tucker | 2007-07-12 |
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Shortcut to Happiness | Julius Jensen | 2007-07-13 |
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Working with a Master: John Landis | Self | 2006-06-27 |
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd | Various Characters (archive footage) | 2005-09-06 |
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi | Self / Various (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2005-08-06 |
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Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live | Self | 2005-02-20 |
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The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music | Self | 2005-08-30 |
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Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation | Self | 2005-06-07 |
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Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs | Self | 2005-07-15 |
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50 First Dates | Dr. Keats | 2004-02-13 |
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Ronnie Hawkins: Still Alive and Kickin | Narrator | 2004-08-20 |
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Intern Academy | Dr. Cyrill Kipp | 2004-05-16 |
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Christmas with the Kranks | Vic Frohmeyer | 2004-11-24 |
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James Brown: Soul Survivor | 2003-10-29 | |
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Toronto Rocks | Self | 2003-07-29 |
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Bright Young Things | Lord Monomark | 2003-10-03 |
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The Making of ‘Sneakers’ | Self | 2003-06-03 |
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Crossroads | Pete Wagner | 2002-02-15 |
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Unconditional Love | Max Beasley | 2002-08-23 |
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On the Nose | Dr. Barry Davis | 2001-10-23 |
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The Curse of the Jade Scorpion | Chris Magruder | 2001-08-10 |
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Pearl Harbor | Captain Thurman | 2001-05-21 |
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Earth vs. the Spider | Det. Insp. Jack Grillo | 2001-10-07 |
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Evolution | Governor Lewis | 2001-06-08 |
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Loser | Dad | 2000-07-21 |
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The House of Mirth | Augustus 'Gus' Trenor | 2000-09-23 |
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Stardom | Barry Levine | 2000-10-13 |
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Ghostbusters 1999 | Self | 1999-10-29 |
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Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 1999-09-25 |
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Diamonds | Lance Agensky | 1999-12-10 |
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Saturday Night Live: Christmas | Self | 1999-12-01 |
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey | 1999-10-13 | |
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Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection | Captain Milligan | 1999-09-07 |
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Susan's Plan | Bob | 1998-10-29 |
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Antz | Chip (voice) | 1998-10-02 |
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Blues Brothers 2000 | Elwood Blues | 1998-02-05 |
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Roswell Top Secret | Self | 1998-01-01 |
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The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' | Self | 1998-09-08 |
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Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow | Crawford Gordon | 1997-01-01 |
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The Arrow | Crawford Gordon Jr. | 1997-01-12 |
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Grosse Pointe Blank | Grocer | 1997-04-11 |
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Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen | Quote Reader | 1996-01-01 |
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My Fellow Americans | President William Haney | 1996-12-20 |
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Rainbow | Sheriff Wyatt Hampton | 1996-07-26 |
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Feeling Minnesota | Det. Ben Costikyan | 1996-09-13 |
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Celtic Pride | Jimmy Flaherty | 1996-04-19 |
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Sgt. Bilko | COL John T. Hall | 1996-03-29 |
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Getting Away with Murder | Jack Lambert | 1996-04-12 |
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The Random Factor | Dexter (voice) | 1995-03-03 |
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Casper | Dr. Raymond Stantz (uncredited) | 1995-05-26 |
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Canadian Bacon | OPP Officer (uncredited) | 1995-06-08 |
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Tommy Boy | Ray Zalinsky | 1995-03-31 |
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A Century of Cinema | Self | 1994-01-01 |
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Exit to Eden | Fred Lavery | 1994-10-14 |
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The Best of the Blues Brothers | Elwood Blues / Himself | 1994-07-26 |
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My Girl 2 | Harry Sultenfuss | 1994-02-11 |
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North | Pa Tex | 1994-07-22 |
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Coneheads | Beldar | 1993-07-23 |
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Sneakers | Mother | 1992-09-09 |
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Two-Fisted Tales | Captain Miligan | 1992-01-18 |
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Chaplin | Mack Sennett | 1992-12-17 |
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This Is My Life | Arnold Moss | 1992-02-21 |
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My Girl | Harry Sultenfuss | 1991-11-27 |
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Nothing but Trouble | Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser / Bobo | 1991-02-15 |
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Loose Cannons | Ellis Fielding | 1990-02-09 |
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The Earth Day Special | Vic's Buddy | 1990-04-22 |
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Masters of Menace | Johnny Lewis | 1990-09-06 |
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Life of Python | Self | 1990-03-16 |
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Seriously... Phil Collins | Self | 1990-09-08 |
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Ghostbusters II | Ray Stantz | 1989-06-16 |
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Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | Self | 1989-09-24 |
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Driving Miss Daisy | Boolie Werthan | 1989-12-13 |
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Caddyshack II | Captain Tom Everett | 1988-07-22 |
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The Great Outdoors | Roman Craig | 1988-06-17 |
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The Couch Trip | John W. Burns, Jr. | 1988-01-15 |
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My Stepmother Is an Alien | Steven Mills | 1988-12-09 |
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She's Having a Baby | Roman (uncredited) | 1988-02-05 |
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Citizen Steve | Chial Dushane | 1987-01-01 |
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Dragnet | Sgt. Joe Friday | 1987-06-26 |
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The Best of John Belushi | Various Characters | 1985-08-03 |
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Into the Night | Herb | 1985-02-22 |
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Spies Like Us | Austin Millbarge | 1985-12-06 |
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B.B. King: Into the Night | Self | 1985-01-01 |
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We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song | Self | 1985-01-28 |
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Nothing Lasts Forever | Buck Heller | 1984-09-06 |
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Art Weber | 1984-05-23 |
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Ghostbusters | Ray Stantz | 1984-06-08 |
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The Coneheads | Beldar (voice) | 1983-06-28 |
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Twilight Zone: The Movie | Passenger | 1983-06-24 |
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Doctor Detroit | Clifford Skridlow / Doctor Detroit | 1983-05-06 |
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Trading Places | Louis Winthorpe III | 1983-06-07 |
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E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors | Beldar Conehead | 1982-12-24 |
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It Came from Hollywood | Himself | 1982-10-29 |
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Steve Martin's Best Show Ever | Yortuk Festrunk / Irwin Mainway / Alexander Haig / Dr. Treves | 1981-11-25 |
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Neighbors | Vic | 1981-12-18 |
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The Blues Brothers | Elwood Blues | 1980-06-16 |
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1941 | Sgt. Frank Tree | 1979-12-14 |
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Mr. Mike's Mondo Video | Church of Jack Lord Leader / Self | 1979-09-20 |
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The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash | Brian Thigh | 1978-03-22 |
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Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland | Self | 1978-12-31 |
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The Things We Did Last Summer | Self | 1978-10-28 |
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The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland | Elwood Blues | 1978-12-31 |
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Love at First Sight | Roy | 1977-06-17 |
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The Beach Boys: It's OK | Cop #1 | 1976-08-05 |
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The Beach Boys: It's OK | Cop #1 | 1976-08-05 |
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The Gift of Winter | Goodly / Rotten / Maple (voice) | 1974-01-01 |
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Keeper of the Cup | The Keeper |
