[Songcraft]

We watched a bunch of those episodes too.   That one channel kept showing that series (and other mystery series) back-to-back-to-back... for a while there.

I agree with you about that actor's acting.   I did not recognize the actor, and I sometimes wondered if that was a really small, skinny guy inside a huge fat suit there!

[TXBlair]

Yep, Hallmark Movies and Mystery Channel. I love that channel!

You’re right, Dale the Whale was played by three different actors...all in fat suits! The actor in the picture you posted is Adam Arkin. Tim Curry (of the Rocky Horror Picture Show fame) also played Dale in one episode, as did an actor named Ray Porter (I’m not familiar with him).

Man, Dale was yuck! :)