GUESTS
JOHNNY WHITAKER
An American actor notable for several film and television performances during his childhood. The redheaded Whitaker played Jody Davis on Family Affair from 1966 to 1971. He also originated the role of Scotty Baldwin on General Hospital in 1965, and played the lead in Hallmark's 1969 The Littlest Angel, and portrayed the title character in the 1973 musical version of Tom Sawyer. Whitaker went on to star in the 1973 Sid and Marty Krofft Saturday morning children's series Sigmund and the Sea Monsters alongside Billy Barty and Scott Kolden!
SCOTT KOLDEN
An Amercian sound engineer and former child actor, Kolden began his professional show business career at the age of eight. He is perhaps best known for his Disney film roles as Leonard in The Mystery in Dracula's Castle, and as Rupert in Charley and the Angel. In The World of Sid and Marty Krofft, Kolden is best known for his role as Scotty on the NBC Saturday morning children's series Sigmund and the Sea Monsters!
WESLEY EURE
An American actor, singer, author, producer, director and educator, best known for appearing as Michael Horton on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives from 1974 to 1981, during which he also starred on the popular children's television series Land of the Lost. He later hosted the popular children's game show Finders Keepers in 1987 and 1988, and co-created the children's educational television show Dragon Tales in 1999.
KATHY COLEMAN
An American former child actor, singer and author, known for playing Holly Marshall on the 1970's children TV show Land of the Lost. She contributed interviews and commentary tracks for the Land of the Lost DVD's produced by Rhino in 2004. She and fellow Land of the Lost cast member Wesley Eure filmed cameos for the 2009 film parodying the series, but those scenes were not included in the theatrical release. She appeared in an episode of the police drama Adam-12 in 1975. In 2017, she published a memoir entitled Run Holly Run, which highlighted her time working on Land of the Lost
NEW ZOO REVUE
The cast of one of TV's most beloved & influential Children's program reunite in PA; Please welcome Doug Momary, Emily "Emmy Jo" Peden & Sharron Baird "Charlie the Owl" of New Zoo Revue to the Greater Philly Area Toy Expo!
DOUG MOMARY
An American writer, actor producer, and composer for television and film. Most notably, Momary is the co-writer and co-creator of the 1970s children's TV show New Zoo Revue, in which he also starred alongside his wife Emily Peden. Welcome Mr. Doug Momary to the Greater Philly Area Toy Expo!
EMILY PEDEN
Emily "Emmy Jo" Peden of the New Zoo Revue show (1972-75) is still married to Doug Momary, one of the New Zoo Revue co-stars, and show creators. They got the go-ahead for the show just a few weeks before they were wed. Even though the New Zoo Revue ran for three years, it has aired for the past thirty plus years in reruns. Please welcome Ms. Emmy Jo to the Greater Philly Area Toy Expo!
SHARON BAIRD
An American actress, voice actress, singer, dancer and puppeteer who is best known for having been a Mouseketeer. Baird appeared in her first film Bloodhounds of Broadway, in 1950. At the age nine, she began regular appearances on The Colgate Comedy Hour television show with Eddie Cantor. She did episodes of several television shows, and an unbilled song-and-dance number with Dean Martin in Artists and Models (1955); which also featured Mouseketeer Nancy Abbate, just before being selected for the Mickey Mouse Club. During the 1970's, she worked extensively as a live "puppet" for Sid and Marty Krofft, among others, doing children's shows such as H.R. Pufnstuf, The Bugaloos, New Zoo Revue, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, and Land of the Lost!
DUNCAN WATSON
An American assistant director and former child voice actor, who is best known for voicing Charlie Brown from 1975 to 1977. Watson began his voice acting career in 1975 at the age of twelve years old when he was cast as the fifth official voice actor of the Peanuts character Charlie Brown. He voiced Charlie in Be My Valentine Charlie Brown, You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown, and in Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown. He then returned to voice the same character in the feature-length movie Race for your Life, Charlie Brown, which was also his final acting role.
MELANIE KOHN
A former child actress noted for voicing Lucy Van Pelt during the 1970's. She voiced the iconic character in It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown, It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown, Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown and You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown (for which she also provided the voice of Loretta). She returned to voice the same character in the feature-length film Race for your Life, Charlie Brown.
VIC MIGNOGNA
An American voice actor and musician known for his voice-over work in the English dubs of Japanese anime shows, such as Edward Elric from the Fullmetal Alchemist series, which earned him the American Anime Award for Best Actor in 2007. Other animation roles include Broly from the Dragon Ball films, and Tamaki Suoh in Ouran High School Host Club. In live-action work, he has participated in several Star Trek fan productions, including Star Trek Continues, where he plays Captain James T. Kirk.
STEPHANIE NADOLNY
An American voice actress, known for her English dubbing role as the child version of Son Goku, the protagonist of the Dragon Ball series, and the child version of Goku's son, Son Gohan, in Dragon Ball Z. She reprised both roles in several Dragon Ball related video games and media. She formerly worked for Funimation and ADV Films. In 2013, Nadolny voiced K.O. in the pilot of the Cartoon Network Studios original program Lakewood Plaza Turbo and Cartoon Network's OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes from 2017 to 2018.
JONATHAN TODD ROSS
Jonathan Todd Ross is an American voice actor and writer. He is known for providing voices on properties for 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, Media Blasters, as well as audiobooks. He is also credited as Todd Garbeil. Ross is best known as the voice of Marik Ishtar and Yami Marik in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime. Ross also voiced Slade Princeton in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. Please welcome Mr. Jonathan Todd Ross to the Greater Philly Area Toy Expo!
JACKSON BOSTWICK
An American actor, theatre director and film producer, best known for portraying the lead character role of Captain Marvel on the 1970's Saturday morning television series Shazam! Bostwick appeared in several movie roles in the 1980's, such as a sentry in My Science Project, and a guard in Tron. He also played park ranger Mark O'Brien in the horror film The Prey (1984). Please welcome the World's Mightiest Mortal to the Greater Philly Area Toy Expo!
ELLEN HAMILTON LATZEN
Ellen Hamilton Latzen is an actress who appeared as a child actor in television and film roles from 1987 to 1997, including Family Ties, The Equalizer, Mr. North and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (as Cousin Eddie's precocious young daughter Ruby Sue). However, her most notable role was her first role as the daughter to Michael Douglas' and Anne Archer's characters in the 1987 film Fatal Attraction. Please welcome Ms. Latzen to the Greater Philly Area Toy Expo!
JULIE McCULLOUGH
Julie McCullough is a model, actress & stand-up comedian, best known for her comedic role as Julie Costello in the 1980's hit television series Growing Pains; Julie worked as a model in her teens before landing her role on Growing Pains and appeared in a number of TV & film projects, including Max Headroom, The Golden Girls, Big Bad Mama II, Superboy, and the 1988 horror movie remake The Blob; She also starred in the syndicated adventure series Robin's Hoods as Stacey Wright with singer Rick Springfield. Julie now works as a stand-up comedian and has performed at the Hollywood Improv, the Palms Hotel & Casino as well as the Laugh Factory. Please welcome Ms. McCullough to the Greater Philly Area Toy Expo!
JEFF BRENNAN
Brennan, artist and writer for the Cyber Girl L.E.E.T.A series, brings years of experience working for notable comics publishers, including DC comics, Heroic Comics, Bongo Comics, and Heavy Metal Magazine; and as a storyboard artist on animated shows like Jumanji, Dragon Tales, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Extreme Ghostbusters and Magma Corps. He graduated from the Joe Kubert School of cartoon and Visual art in 1991. He also graduated from the Digital Animation And Visual Effects School in 2008. Brennan started working in comics in 1991 as an assistant to Brett Breeding as a background inker on Superman</em>. This led to a brief stint working in the DC comics bullpen and an inking assignment on a " annual. He worked as an animator on the short film Chicken From Outer Space... This served as a pilot for the Cartoon Network series Courage The Cowardly Dog. He came back to work on Courage as a storyboard revision artist and prop designer when the show became a series. Brennan was an animator on the opening titles of The Rosie O'Donnell Show, The Nanny starring Fran Drescher, as well as commercials for Spider-man pasta, X-men toys, and Eggleston Healthcare. His comic book work includes Bart Simpson comics, an inker of several comic books for Heroic Publishing, including Flare, The Tigress, The league of Champions and Liberty Girl. He has done visual effects compositing on the film "The Expendables", featured on the hit show The Big Bang Theory and Heavy Metal magazine. More recently he has been doing 3D art for companies like Bic, Grand Marnier, Bumble & Bumble, Maybelline, and is the writer and artist of Cyber Girl L.E.E.T.A., and more! Please welcome JEFF BRENNAN to the Greater Philly Area Toy Expo!
SCOTT DERBY
Scott Derby is an illustrator based in the Philly suburbs who loves the sound of his own voice and is nowhere near as funny as he thinks he is… Raised on a steady diet of comic-books, punk rock, video games, and pork roll, egg and cheese sandwiches, Scott escaped the malls and jug-handles of New Jersey to pursue his artistic education in Pennsylvania, never to return to the Garden State. In the 25+ years since, he has explored all that the influences of his childhood had to offer, and utilized it in his career as an illustrator/graphic designer. Scott has done work for Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, AMC’s Breaking Bad, musician Diana Krall, NBC’s 30 Rock, Bloomberg Businessweek, Grey Matter Art, ACME Archives/Dark Ink Art, Bottleneck Gallery, UnsungPhilly.com, and more. His work has also been featured in group shows at galleries such as Gallery 1988, LTD Gallery, AcidFree Gallery, and Spoke Art Gallery. Please welcome Scott Derby to Philadelphia's greatest Toy Expo!
JM DESANTIS
J. M. DeSantis (born Jeffrey Michael DeSantis) is a writer and artist (Write-ist™) and the creator of the dark fantasy comic series, Chadhiyana. He is the author of a number of short stories, books, comics, and artworks, mostly in the fantasy, horror, and humour genres. His work has been both traditionally and self-published in places as diverse as print and digital publications and even film Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated. Please welcome J.M. DeSantis to Philadelphia's greatest Toy Expo!
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