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==Cast and characters==

===Characters===
[[File:Arthur characters on couch.jpg|thumb|225px|(Clockwise from upper left): Brain, Binky, Sue Ellen, Francine, Muffy, Buster, Prunella, George, [[Arthur Read|Arthur]], Baby Kate. From the episode, "That's a Baby Show!"]]
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Arthur's immediate family is the focus of the series, with most episodes involving Arthur, his younger sister D.W., their parents David and Jane, Baby Kate, and their dog, Pal. Arthur's closest friends include Buster, Francine, Muffy, Binky, Brain, and Sue Ellen, along with others such as Fern, Prunella, Jenna, and George as frequent supporting characters.

The adults in ''Arthur'' play important roles: Mr. and Mrs. Read display a significant amount of stress from parenting, Arthur's friends' parents are shown struggling in middle-class jobs, and Mr. Ratburn endures the demands and expectations of teaching elementary school. Even in difficult, adult situations, these grown ups maintain a cheerful attitude. Arthur, D.W., and Kate also visit their paternal grandmother, Thora Read, and maternal grandfather, Grandpa Dave.

===Voice cast===
Unlike most animated television series, ''Arthur'' showcases a wide range of voice actors. While the majority of the main supporting characters such as Jane, David, Buster, Francine and Binky have been voiced by the same set of actors since the beginning of the series, many of the young characters including Arthur, D.W., Brain, the Tibble Twins, and James have each been voiced by several actors throughout the seasons to avoid noticeable voice changes caused by [[male puberty]].
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* ''[[Arthur Read]]''
** [[Michael Yarmush]] (Seasons 1–5, "All Grown Up")
** [[Justin Bradley]] (Season 6)
** [[Mark Rendall]] (Seasons 7–8, [[Arthur season 6#Voice Cast|season 6 redub]] (U.S. only)
** [[Cameron Ansell]] (Seasons 9–11)
** Dallas Jokic (Seasons 12–15)
** Drew Adkins (Seasons 16–17)
** [[William Healy (actor)|William Healy]] (Seasons 18–19)
** Jacob Ursomarzo (Seasons 20–21)
** Roman Lutterotti (Season 22–25)
* ''[[List of Arthur characters#D.W. Read|Dora Winifred "D.W." Read]]''
** Michael Caloz (Seasons 1–3)
** [[Oliver Grainger]] (Seasons 4–6)
** [[Jason Szwimer]] (Seasons 7–10)
** [[Robert Naylor (actor)|Robert Naylor]] (Seasons 11–15)
** [[Jake Beale]] (Seasons 16–17)
** Andrew Dayton (Seasons 18–19)
** Christian Distefano (Seasons 20–21)
** Ethan Pugiotto (Season 22–25)
** [[Nissae Isen]] ("All Grown Up")
* ''[[List of Arthur characters#Buster Baxter|Buster Baxter]]''
** [[Daniel Brochu]] (as "Danny Brochu" from seasons 1–4)
* ''Francine Frensky''
** [[Jodie Resther]] (as "Jodie Lynn Resther" from season 20–25)
* ''Mary "Muffy" Crosswire''
** [[Melissa Altro]]
* ''Alan "Brain" Powers''
** Luke Reid (Seasons 1–4)
** [[Steven Crowder]] (Seasons 5–6)
** [[Haus of Decline|Alex Hood]] (Seasons 7–9)
** Paul-Stuart Brown (Seasons 9–11)
** [[Lyle O'Donohoe]] (Seasons 12–15)
** Siam Yu (Seasons 16–19)
** Max Friedman-Cole (Season 20–21)
** Evan Blaylock (Season 22–25)
*'' Shelly "Binky" Barnes/Mr. Read/Bailey''
** [[Bruce Dinsmore]]
* ''Jane Read''
** Sonja Ball
* ''Nigel Ratburn/Bionic Bunny''
** [[Arthur Holden]]
* ''Grandma Thora''
** Joanna Noyes
* ''Grandpa Dave/Mr. Crosswire''
** A. J. Henderson
* ''Prunella Deegan''
** Tamar Koslov
* ''Sue Ellen Armstrong''
** Patricia Rodriguez (Seasons 1–8)
** Jessie Kardos (Seasons 9–25)
* ''Tommy Tibble''
** Jonathan Koensgen (Seasons 1–6)
** Aaron Grunfeld (Seasons 7–8)
** Tyler Brody-Stein (Season 9)
** Ryan Tilson (Seasons 10–11)
** Jake Roseman (Seasons 12–13)
** Jake Sim (Seasons 14–25)
* ''Timmy Tibble''
** Ricky Mabe (Seasons 1–5)
** Samuel Holden (Seasons 6–9)
** Tyler Brody-Stein (Seasons 10–11)
** Chris Lortie (Seasons 12–13)
** [[Dakota Goyo]] (Seasons 14–15)
** [[Jacob Ewaniuk]] (Seasons 16–25)
* ''Emily Leduc''
** [[Vanessa Lengies]] (Seasons 1–8)
** [[Sally Taylor-Isherwood]] (Season 9–25)
* ''Nadine''
** Hayley Reynolds
* ''Fern Walters''
** [[Holly Gauthier-Frankel]]
* ''George Lundgren''
** Mitchell David Rothpan (Seasons 1–7)
** Evan Smirnow (Season 8)
** [[Eleanor Noble]] (Seasons 9–25)
* ''Ladonna Compson''
** Krystal Meadows
* ''Molly MacDonald''
** [[Maggie Castle]]
* ''Jenna Morgan''
** Brigid Tierney
* ''Catherine Frensky''
** Patricia Rodriguez (Seasons 1–7)
** Alexina Cowan (Seasons 8–15)
** Robyn Thaler (Season 16–25)
* ''James MacDonald''
** Nicholas Wheeler-Hughes (Seasons 1–13)
** London Angelis (Seasons 14–15)
** John Flemming (Seasons 16–17)
** Christian Distefano (Seasons 18–25)
* ''Bud Compson/Cisely Compson/Kara''
** [[Julie Lemieux]]
*''Leah MacGrady''
** [[Bronwen Mantel]]
* ''Rubella Deegan''
** Eramelinda Boquer
* ''Francis Haney/Mr. Marco''
** [[Walter Massey (actor)|Walter Massey]]
* ''Oliver Frensky''
** [[Mark Camacho]]
* ''Mr. Morris''
** Al Gravelle
* ''Mrs. Barnes''
** Jane Wheeler
* ''Bitzi Baxter''
** [[Ellen David]]
* ''Paige Turner''
** Katie Hutchison
* ''Miss Woods''
** [[Susan Glover]]
* ''Baby Kate''
** Tracy Braunstein
* ''Pal''
** Simon Peacock
* ''Nemo''
** [[Greg Kramer]]
* ''Patrick''
** Marcel Jeanin
* ''Slink/Rafi''
** [[Michael Yarmush]]
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===Celebrity guests===
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* [[Jack Prelutsky]] – as himself on the episode "[[I'm a Poet]]".
* [[Fred Rogers]] – as himself in a surprise visit to Elwood City in the episode "[[Arthur Meets Mister Rogers]]".
* [[Art Garfunkel]] – as "the singing moose" in the episode "[[The Ballad of Buster Baxter]]".
* [[Yo-Yo Ma]] – as himself as Redman's rival in "[[My Music Rules]]".
* [[Joshua Redman]] – as himself as Francine's uncle in "[[My Music Rules]]"
* [[Alex Trebek]] – as "Alex Lebek", a game show host, in "[[Arthur and the Big Riddle]]".
* [[Michelle Kwan]] – as herself, teaching Francine how to skate in "[[The Good Sport]]".
* [[Backstreet Boys]] – as themselves in the hour-long special, "Arthur - It's Only Rock 'N' Roll".
* [[Larry King]] – interviews the Arthur characters during the interstitial on PBS's telecasts.
* [[Tom and Ray Magliozzi]] – in the episode "[[Pick a Car, Any Car]]" as Click and Clack from the "Car Talk" radio show.
* [[Arthur Ganson]] – as himself in the episode "[[Muffy's Art Attack]]".
* [[Koko Taylor]] – as herself in "[[Big Horns George]]".
* [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]] – as himself who helps George write music in "[[Big Horns George]]".
* [[Frank Gehry]] – as an architect who helps the gang build the new treehouse in "Castles in the Sky".
* [[Rod Gilfry|Rodney Gilfry]] – as a player in the episode "[[Lights, Camera... Opera!]]"
* [[Johnny Damon]] – as a player for the Elwood City Grebes.
* [[Édgar Rentería]] – as a player in "[[The Curse of the Grebes]]".
* [[Mike Timlin]] – as a player in "[[The Curse of the Grebes]]".
* [[Ming Tsai]] – as a judge for a cooking contest at the Lakewood Elementary school in "What's Cooking?".
* [[Matt Damon]] – as himself in "[[The Making of Arthur]]".
* [[Lance Armstrong]] – as himself to help Francine deal with cancer in "[[The Great MacGrady]]". Also appears in "[[Binky vs. Binky]]" and "[[Room to Ride]]". All episodes featuring him were pulled from the air because of Armstrong's [[Lance Armstrong doping case|doping case]], and "The Great MacGrady" was later remade with character Uncle Slam replacing him.
* [[Joan Rivers]] – as Francine's grandmother, in both season 12's "Is That Kosher?" and season 15's "[[Grandpa Dave's Memory Album]]".
* [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]] – as Will Toffman in "No Acting Please".
* [[Neil Gaiman]] – as himself in "[[Falafelosophy]]" .<ref name="wired.com">{{cite news|last=Booth|first=John|url=https://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/02/neil-gaiman-and-ten-more-reasons-arthur-is-a-geeklet-icon/|title=Neil Gaiman and Ten More Reasons Arthur is a Geeklet Icon|publisher=Geek Dad|date=February 4, 2010|access-date=March 5, 2017|archive-date=November 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104225833/http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/02/neil-gaiman-and-ten-more-reasons-arthur-is-a-geeklet-icon/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Michael Fincke]] – as himself in "[[Buster Spaces Out]];" credited as Mike Fincke.
* [[Alan Cumming]] – as Sebastian Winkleplotz in "[[Show Off]]".
* [[Idina Menzel]] – as Dr. Paula in "[[Arthur season 18|Shelter from the Storm]]".
* [[B. J. Novak]] – as Mike "MC" Cramp in "[[The Last Day (Arthur)|The Last Day]]".
* [[John Lewis]] – as himself in "[[Arthur Takes a Stand]]".
* [[Jane Lynch]] – as Mr. Ratburn's older sister Patty in "Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fox4news.com/entertainment/beloved-arthur-character-mr-ratburn-revealed-as-gay-in-wedding-episode-of-childrens-series|title=Beloved 'Arthur' character, Mr. Ratburn, revealed as gay in wedding episode of children's series|date=May 14, 2019|publisher=[[KDFW-TV]]|access-date=May 14, 2019|first=Austin|last=Williams|archive-date=May 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515012638/http://www.fox4news.com/entertainment/beloved-arthur-character-mr-ratburn-revealed-as-gay-in-wedding-episode-of-childrens-series|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[R. L. Stine]] – as Bob Baxter in "[[Arthur season 23|Fright Night]]".
* [[Kevin Sampson (artist)|Kevin Sampson]] – as himself in "[[George Scraps His Sculpture]]".
* [[Marc Brown (author)|Marc Brown]] – as himself in "[[Arthur season 25|All Grown Up]]".
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