Paddington Bear

Paddington Bear is the star of a series of British children's books which began in 1958, written by Michael Bond, and several media adaptations. An invariably polite bear with a penchant for marmalade sandwiches and very hard stares, Paddington emigrated from Darkest Peru to England (where he was named after Paddington Station) and taken in by the Brown family.

The books inspired several TV series, beginning with a 1979 Filmfair one (in which a doll-like stop-motion Paddington is surrounded by cut-out settings and people) as well as a shorter-lived Hanna-Barbera series and one produced by Cinar. The bear also starred in the films Paddington (2014) and Paddington 2 (2017), as well as stage plays, radio dramatizations, and records.

Connections

 * Hugh Bonneville played Mr. Brown in the Paddington films
 * Jim Broadbent played Mr. Gruber in the Paddington films
 * Tim Curry voiced Mr. Curry on the Hanna-Barbera series (1989)
 * Michael Gambon voiced Uncle Pastuzo in Paddington films
 * Michael Hordern narrated and voice all characters on the stop-motion animated series (1979-1980) and related specials (1980-1987)
 * Nicole Kidman played Millicent in Paddington (2014)
 * Joanna Lumley played Felicity Fanshawe in Paddington 2 (2017)
 * Geoffrey Palmer played the head geographer in Paddington (2014)
 * Cyril Shaps voiced Mr. Gruber on The Adventures of Paddington Bear (1997-2000)
 * John Standing voiced Mr. Brown on the Hanna-Barbera series (1989)
 * Imelda Staunton voiced Aunt Lucy in the Paddington films
 * Julie Walters played Mrs. Bird in the Paddington films

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