Neil Crone (b. May 29, 1960) is a voice actor who does the voices of Gordon the Big Engine, Splatter and Diesel 10 from the film Thomas and the Magic Railroad and Gordon the Big Engine, Terence the Tractor and Alex from the film Thomas' Big Adventures. He does Phillip The Concierge in the My Secret Identity episode "Sour Grapes". He has also starred in I Love Mummy, The Red Green Show, the CTV series Power Play and American Psycho 2: All American Girl. He is also known for being a panelist on the Vancouver-based game show The Next Line and was the host of a children's game show called Wild Guess.
Crone is currently playing the role of radio host Fred Tupper on the CBC Television situation comedy series Little Mosque on the Prairie. He also voices Robert on the animated series Iggy Arbuckle.
Neil is an actor and writer who lives with his wonderful wife, two boys, and one neurotic dog, in a town so small everybody knows where everyone else's birthmarks are. He has performed in dozens of television and radio commercials, TV shows and is the voice of numerous animation characters every Saturday morning. His most recent Feature film roles include Jasper, Texas (2003) (TV) with Jon Voight, Against the Ropes (2004) with Meg Ryan (I), and Recruit, The (2003) with Al Pacino. Neil can be seen as hockey coach Muck Munroe in YTV's kids mystery/adventure series "Screech Owls" (2001), the warmly psychotic Harry Strand on CTV's "Power Play" (1998), the bumbling crossing guard Bud Topper on the hit children's show "Noddy" (1998) and most recently as "Ed" (2000) in YTV's family comedy "I Love Mummy" (2002). Look for Neil in the upcoming TV miniseries Eloise at Christmastime (2003) (TV) with Julie Andrews (I). A Second City veteran Improvisor, host and stand-up comic, Neil also loves to write poems and stories for "Big and little kids." His first book "I Am Dead at Recess," is currently published on the Internet. Neil is an award-winning humour columnist for the Metroland Papers and is a contributing writer for CBC Radio's new Real Life Chronicles program. Neil feels once he meets Don Knotts and Dick Van Dyke, he can die.
