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: Diesel vom Burgimwald , who played Rex for the first six seasons.

Following Diesel's passing in August 2024, his nephews Dillon and Dante took over the leading role starting in Season 7, Episode 3. If you are looking for more details on the production, Hudson & Rex on Citytv - Facebook

: Diesel’s nephews, Izzy (or Is-He) and Iko , served as stunt and stand-in dogs for more dangerous or physically taxing action scenes.

In 2022, the lead role of Rex in the Canadian series Hudson & Rex was played primarily by one dog , .

While Diesel was the "face of the show" and performed about 90% of the acting, several other dogs were used to round out the crew for specific scenes during that time:

: Another relative, Dreamer , was occasionally featured for specific feats, such as those seen in Season 6.