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Meet the Dream Dragon Voice Actor Geoffrey Holder

The Dream Dragon has a voice! And what a voice it is! Actor Geoffrey Holder brings the Dream Dragon to life as the voice of this new, loveable children's character. Mr. Holder brings with him over 20 years experience in show business and a deep-seeded love for children. The Dream Dragon is not the first children's character that Mr. Holder has lent his voice. Mr. Holder recorded the character voice and songs of "the Beachmaster" for the Sullivan Bluth animated film "The Pebble and the Penguin". Mr. Holder also has much experience in live theater. He has received two Tony Awards, it's like the Oscar's for live theater, for his work in the Broadway musical THE WIZ, for Best Director and for Best Costume.

Your parents probably remember Mr. Holder as the 7-UP "Un-Cola Man". We would enjoy his deep, full voice and his hearty laugh, "Ha, Ha, Ha!" His distinguished voice continues to be one of the most recognizable in television commercials, several of which, including 7-UP and British West Indian Airlines, have won him Clio Awards, the highest honor you can receive from the television commercial industry. Mr. Holder was even a featured performer at the 1990 Academy Awards, where he performed a song from THE LITTLE MERMAID.

Mr. Holder has been in many movies too. He has appeared in "BOOMERANG", with Eddie Murphy, "ANNIE", with Albert Finney and Carol Burrnett, "LIVE AND LET DIE", with Roger Moore and "DR. DOOLITTLE", with Rex Harrison, just to name a few.

Mr. Holder can be heard on the Dream Dragon Read-A-Long & Sing-A-Song audiocassette that accompanies the new Dream Dragon Tuck 'em in Bedtime Story, Dream Time Friend.  Get your copy and enjoy the talented voice of Geoffrey Holder!