Dumbo's Circus: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Dumbo's Circus is a live action/puppet television series that aired on The Disney Channel beginning on May 6, 1985, and featured the character of Dumbo from the original film.

The cast members are human-sized anthropomorphic animals played by people in puppet suits

In the show, Dumbo has grown up, is able to speak, and has struck out on his own to begin his own circus. He and a cast of characters fly from town to town, in a wagon pulled through the air by Dumbo, performing their "greatest little show on earth". Other than Dumbo, none of the characters from the original film appeared in the show. Each character would perform a particular talent, which ranged from dancing and singing to telling knock knock jokes.

Series details

• Title: Dumbo's Circus
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1985-05-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 1986-05-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Disney Channel
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9705
• TVDB ID: 74513

Cast and credited roles

• Jim Cummings — Lionel the Lion, Aunt Fira
• Katie Leigh — Dumbo the Flying Elephant
• Walker Edmiston — Sebastian the Alley Cat
• Patricia Parris — Lilli the Cat
• Will Ryan — Barnaby Bowser the Goofy Dog
• Hal Smith — Fair Dinkum and Rinkum Dinkum the Koala Bear brothers
• Ron Gans — Q.T. the Orangutan
• Laurie Main — Uncle Lattimer Bowser, III
• Mona Marshall — Matilda Dinkum
• Phil Baron — Miscellaneous characters
• Sharon Baird — Lilli The Cat (in-suit actress)

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1985-05-06; final listed air date 1985-06-01.
• Season 2: premiered 1985-06-26; final listed air date 1986-05-07.
• Season 3: premiered 1986-05-08; final listed air date 1986-05-25.

Source and licence

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