Michael Bond
Birthday: 13 January 1926, Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK
Birth Name: Thomas Michael Bond
Michael Bond was born on January 13, 1926 in Newbury, Berkshire, England as Thomas Michael Bond. He is a writer and actor, known for Paddington (2014), The Adventures of Paddington Bear (1997) and The ...Show More
The great advantage of having a bear as a central character is that he can combine the innocence of Show more
The great advantage of having a bear as a central character is that he can combine the innocence of a child with the sophistication of an adult. Paddington is not the sort of bear who would ever go to the moon - he has his paws too firmly on the ground for that. He gets involved in everyday situations. He has a strong sense of right and wrong and doesn't take too kindly to the red-tape bureaucracy of the sillier rules and regulations with which we humans surround ourselves. As a bear, he gets away with things. Paddington is humanised, but he couldn't possibly be a human - it just wouldn't work. Hide
