David Read

David Loren Read is a fictional character in the Arthur TV show and series of books. He is the father of Arthur, D.W., and Baby Kate, the husband of Jane Read, and the son of Thora Read. He owns a catering company, the majority of whose business comes from the Crosswires. He is voiced by Bruce Dinsmore.

David's favorite books are: Anansi and the Talking Melon by Eric Kimmel, Bread, Bread, Bread by Ann Morris, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judy Barrett, Mama Provi and the Pot of Rice by Sylvia Rosa-Casanova

Appearance
An older version of Arthur without the glasses. His usual outift is a white top with blue borders (although on the official website's promotional art, the top was light blue) with beige pants with brown loafers. He was originally bald-headed in the earlier books, but was later given clumps of hair that was brown in the books, although it was restricted to black lines in the cartoon in order to simplify animation process.

Past life
When David was a baby, he wore a pink shirt, white cloth diapers with a pin, and brown shoes. During his high school years when he started dating Jane as seen in a photo album in Arthur's Eyes, he had a brown mullet hairstyle and a mustache and goatee and wore white and blue disco clothes that were fashionable between the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Other Media
In the Living Books computer games, he had a light brown complexion in Arthur's Teacher Trouble, and it was changed to pale in Arthur's Birthday. In these two games, he was voiced by Tony Fardella before the cartoon show replaced him with Bruce Dinsmore.

In the later games during the 32-bit era of computers and software such as Arthur's Thinking Games, his appearance was the same as he looks in the cartoon show.

Career
Mr. Read works for a catering business (it's not known if it is his own or if he works for a company). He usually works at home or he gets calls for special gatherings. His usual customer is Ed Crosswire.

Family
The Read's family consist of 6 members of the household: David Read, Jane Read, Arthur , D.W. Read , Baby Kate and of course, Pal. His son Arthur always refers to him as "Dad", but D.W. usually refers to him as "Daddy", because D.W. is younger than Arthur. David has a mother too, Grandma Thora. He has an older sister named Loretta who only appears in the segment Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe. His father was never seen or mentioned, and it is likely that his father may be deceased. He does have 3 uncles, who are shown in the segment Clarissa is Cracked.

Friends

 * Ed Crosswire - A friend and usual customer of both the Reads' businesses.


 * Ramon Molina - They become fast friends when they meet each other the first time. They both have a passion for cooking and cooking exotic foods.