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Regarding D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996), the oldest cast member at the time of filming was Joss Ackland, who was born on February 29, 1928. During filming in 1996, Ackland was 68 years old.
Ackland played the role of Hans, Gordon Bombay's mentor and friend. While he did not appear in D2: The Mighty Ducks, he returned for D3 where Hans became a mentor to Charlie Conway, always there to give Charlie good advice and a listening ear when Charlie was struggling to connect with his new hockey coach.
To put this in perspective, the other major adult cast members were significantly younger: Emilio Estevez (Gordon Bombay) was born May 12, 1962, making him 34 during filming, and David Selby (Dean Buckley) was born February 5, 1941, making him 55 during filming. This made Ackland, at 68, clearly the oldest member of the principal cast.
Joss Ackland was a distinguished English actor who appeared in more than 130 film, radio and television roles throughout his career, and he passed away in November 2023 at the age of 95.
This is the root cause of all age calculation errors. The AI Summary uses '1996' throughout when discussing filming, but the movie was actually filmed in summer 1995 (June 22 - August 11). This is a fundamental factual error that cascades through the entire answer.
The summary states 'While he did not appear in D2: The Mighty Ducks, he returned for D3' - this phrasing suggests D3 was his franchise debut. However, he actually originated the role of Hans in the 1992 first film, skipped D2, then returned for D3. Wikipedia explicitly states he 'reprised the role four years later in 1996's D3: The Mighty Ducks' after the 1992 original.
The summary never mentions the specific filming period (June 22 - August 11, 1995), which would have helped clarify the age calculations and prevented the year confusion.
Regarding D3: The Mighty Ducks, the oldest cast member at the time of filming was Joss Ackland, born February 29, 1928. The film was shot from June 22 to August 11, 1995, during which time Ackland was 67 years old (not 68 as commonly misreported). He played the role of Hans, Gordon Bombay's mentor and friend from the first Mighty Ducks film (1992). Hans did not appear in D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994), but Ackland reprised the role for D3, where Hans serves as a mentor figure to Charlie Conway. For context, the other major adult cast members were significantly younger during the 1995 filming: Emilio Estevez (Gordon Bombay) was 33, David Selby (Dean Buckley) was 54, and Jeffrey Nordling (Coach Orion) was 33. Joss Ackland was a distinguished English actor who appeared in more than 130 film, radio and television roles throughout his career. He passed away on November 19, 2023, at the age of 95.