Paddington Bear

Paddington Bear is the titular main protagonist of the animated children's literature franchise of the same name. He first appeared on 13 October 1958 and was subsequently featured in more than twenty books written by Michael Bond and first illustrated by Peggy Fortnum. The polite bear has become a classic character from English children's literature. Paddington books have been translated into 30 languages across 70 titles and sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.
Paddington is an anthropomorphic spectacled bear. He is always polite—addressing people as "Mr", "Mrs", and "Miss" and rarely by first names—and well-meaning, though he inflicts hard stares on those who anger him. He has an endless capacity for getting into trouble, but he is known to "try so hard to get things right." He was discovered in Paddington Station by a human family named the Browns, who adopted him.
==Gallery==
Paddington-Bear-copy.png|Paddington, as he appears in the original book
Paddington_Bear_Animated.png|Paddington, as he appears in the 1997-2000 animated series
Paddington_Bear_Live_Action.png|Paddington, as he appears in the live-action films
== Portrayals ==
*In the 1976 stop-motion series, he was voiced by Michael Hordern, who also voiced every other character.
*In the 1989 animated series, he was voiced by Charlie Adler.
*In the 1997 animated series, he was voiced by Jonathan Kydd.
*Since 2014, he has been voiced by Ben Whishaw.
*In the Ukrainian dubs of the live-action films, Paddington is voiced by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who would later become the president of Ukraine in 2019.
==Trivia==
*In 2009, Paddington appeared alongside various other children's TV characters in the music video to "The Official BBC Children in Need Medley" by Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band.
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