- Tom Patterson
Harry Thomas "Tom" Patterson O.C., O.Ont., B.A., LL.D. (June 11 1920 - February 23, 2005) was a Stratford, Ontario born journalist who went on to found the Stratford Festival of Canada, the largest theatre festival in Canada. Patterson was a veteran of World War II and a journalist writing for Maclean's magazine in 1953. From the time that he was a teenager, he had thought that his home town of Stratford, Ontario should be home to performances of Shakespeare's plays. - William Hutt
William Ian DeWitt Hutt, CC, O.Ont, MM, BA, DFA, D.Litt (May 2, 1920 - June 27, 2007) was a Canadian actor of stage and film. Hutt was born in Toronto, Ontario, the second of three children. Hutt served five years as a medic during World War II, receiving the Military Medal for "bravery in the field". After the war, he received his BA in 1948 from Trinity College of the University of Toronto, … - Brian Bedford
Brian Bedford is an English actor, perhaps most famous as the voice of Robin Hood in the 1973 Disney movie. He was one of the leads in the 1966 film "Grand Prix" with James Garner. In 1967 he was a regular on the short-lived CBS television series "Coronet Blue." Brian attended the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) (1952–1954) in London, UK and was in the same class as Albert Finney, Richard Harris, Alan Bates and Peter O'Toole. - Tyrone Guthrie
Sir William Tyrone Guthrie (2 July 1900 - 15 May 1971) was a Tony Award-winning Anglo-Irish theatrical director instrumental in the founding of the Stratford Festival of Canada, the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, at his family's home, Annaghmakerrig, in County Monaghan, Ireland Guthrie was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, the son of Dr. Thomas Guthrie (a grandson of the Scottish preacher, … - Colm Feore
Colm Feore (born August 22, 1958) is a Canadian film and television actor. - Dora Mavor Moore
Dora Mavor Moore (8 April 1888 - 15 May 1979) was a Canadian actor, teacher and director who was a pioneer of Canadian theater. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, she moved with her family to Toronto in 1894, when her father James Mavor (1854-1925) became a professor of political economy at the University of Toronto. In 1915 she married Francis Moore, an Army Chaplain, but separated from him in 1928. She had three sons: Francis, Mavor Moore, and James. - Cynthia Dale
Cynthia Dale (born 1961 as Cynthia Ciurluini) is a Canadian television star, dancer, and actress. Though she has a long and accomplished history as a dramatic actor, she is best known for her role as lawyer Olivia Novak in the 1980s television drama "Street Legal". She is the sister of Canadian actress Jennifer Dale. Since 1998 she has been married to CBC News anchor Peter Mansbridge. They have one child, Will. - Seana McKenna
Seana McKenna is a Canadian actress. She is primarily associated with stage roles, especially but not exclusively at the Stratford Festival of Canada. Plays she has performed in include "The Glass Menagerie", "Twelfth Night", "My Fair Lady", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "Hedda Gabler", "Tartuffe", "Noises Off", "Medea", "Romeo and Juliet", "Wit", … - Timothy Findley
Timothy Irving Frederick Findley, OC, O. Ont. (October 30, 1930 - June 21, 2002) was a Canadian novelist and playwright. He was also informally known by the nickname Tiff or Tiffy, an acronym of his initials. - Bruce Dow
Bruce Dow (born April 1, 1963 in Seattle, WA) is a professional actor and singer working on stage in Canada and the United States. He has directed many plays and musicals, and has composed many musicals. Bruce made hisBroadway debut in Jane Eyre, and has appeared on Broadway in The Music Man, and Anything Goes. He has been a regular performer at the Stratford Festival of Canada, North America's largest classical repertory theatre, in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. - Douglas Campbell
Douglas Campbell CM (born 11 June 1922 in Glasgow, Scotland) is an actor who has based his career in Canada. Much of his work has been on stage, particularly the Stratford Festival where he was among its first actors in 1953. He was awarded the Order of Canada on 17 April 1997. He is the father of Torquil Campbell, actor and lead singer/songwriter of the indie rock band Stars. Douglas has a cameo at the beginning of the music video for "Your Ex-Lover is Dead", … - Tammy Grimes
Tammy Grimes (born January 30 1934) is an award-winning actress and singer. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, she attended high school at the then-all girls school, Beaver Country Day School, in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. She attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, and then studied acting at New York City's prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse. Grimes made her debut on the New York stage in May of 1955 in "Jonah and the Whale". - Michael Therriault
Michael Therriault (born in Oakville, Ontario) is a Canadian actor. He attended Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto, Sheridan College in Oakville, and was a member of the inaugural season of the Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre Training in Stratford, Ontario. After spending seven seasons at the Stratford Festival of Canada, Mr Therriault left the classical repertoire theatre for musical theatre, … - Kelly Meighen
Kelly Meighen was born on 8 November 1949 in Cambridge MA, just outside Boston. Currently she is active at the Stratford Festival of Canada where she serves as Chair of the Board of Governors. She is President of the T. R. Meighen Foundation of Toronto, and is Vice Chair of Upper Canada College. She lives in Toronto and is married to Senator Michael Meighen. They have three sons. - Geraint Wyn Davies
Geraint Wyn Davies (b. April 20 1957, Swansea, Wales) is a Welsh-Canadian actor. The son of a Welsh Congregationalist preacher, he moved with his family to Canada at the age of seven, where he attended Upper Canada College. His most famous role is that of vampire turned police detective Nick Knight on the television series "Forever Knight". Previous to this role, he had also played a vampire in "Dracula: The Series". - Paul Soles
Paul Soles (born 1930) is a Canadian actor and television personality from Toronto, Ontario.He is best known as the voice of Hermie the misfit elf in Rankin/Bass' "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" in 1964. He was the host of the short-lived CBC late-night comedy talk show "Canada After Dark" and co-hosted the public affairs show "Take Thirty" with Adrienne Clarkson. - Dan Needles
Dan Needles is best known as the playwright behind the popular Wingfield Series which has played across Canada for many years. It was performed at the Stratford Festival of Canada and was aired, in part, on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Needles' childhood was divided between Toronto and his family's farm at Rosemont, Ontario. While working as editor for a local newspaper in Shelburne, he created the character of Walt Wingfield, … - Jean Gascon
Jean Gascon CC (December 21, 1920 - April 13, 1988) was a Canadian opera director, actor, and administrator. From 1968 to 1974, he was the artistic director of the Stratford Festival of Canada. - Nicolas Billon
Nicolas Billon (born 1978) is a Canadian playwright. He is best-known for "The Elephant Song" which premiered at the Stratford Festival of Canada in 2004. The following year, Stratford produced "The Measure of Love". Nicolas Billon is the son of writer Pierre Billon. - Douglas Rain
Douglas Rain is a Canadian actor and narrator who was born in 1928 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is primarily a stage actor but, in film, his most famous role was as the voice for HAL 9000 in "2001: A Space Odyssey" and the sequel "2010: The Year We Make Contact". Douglas Rain studied acting at the Banff School of Fine Arts in Banff, Alberta as well as in London at the Old Vic School. - Leon Pownall
Leon Pownall (April 26, 1943 - June 2 2006) was a Canadian actor and director. He was born in Wrexham in Wales and came to Hamilton, Ontario with his family in 1957. He performed at the Stratford Festival during the 1960s and returned several times to the Festival over the years to perform, most recently in 2002 as a director. Pownall wrote and performed a one man play, "Do Not Go Gentle", about Dylan Thomas. - Laura Innes
Innes has also stepped behind the camera numerous times to direct episodes of the Emmy-winning drama - including the critically acclaimed 2000 episode in which Kellie Martin 's character, Lucy Knight , was fatally stabbed. For good measure, she has also directed episodes of NBC's popular "The West Wing" (for which she earned an Emmy nomination for directing). - Conrad Bain
Conrad Stafford Bain (born February 4, 1923) is a Canadian-American actor. Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Bain studied at the Banff School of Fine Arts before serving in the Canadian Army during World War II. He then studied in New York at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where his classmates included actor Charles Durning and comedian Don Rickles; he became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1946 then he graduated in 1948. - Albert Millaire
Rodolphe Albert Millaire CC (born January 18, 1935 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is an actor and theatre director. Soon after completing his studies at the "Conservatoire d’art dramatique du Québec" Millaire became a leading light on the Quebec theatre scene. He was particularly noted in performances in Alfred de Musset's "Lorenzaccio", Molière's "Tartuffe" and "Dom Juan", Shakespeare's "Hamlet", … - Aaron Walpole
Aaron Walpole was the third-place finisher in the third season of Canadian Idol. Born in London, Ontario, Walpole currently resides in St. Thomas, Ontario. He makes a living as a singer and actor, being both the lead singer of his band and a performer at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, and his musical theatre background has been alluded to by the Idol judges on several occasions. Although his first attempt during the Top 32 round was unsuccessful, … - Jane Mallett
Jane Mallett (April 17, 1899-April 14, 1984) was born in London, Ontario, Canada. She was a notable Canadian stage and film actress, born Jean Dawson Keenleyside. Her films include "Love at First Sight" with Dan Aykroyd, "The Sweet and the Bitter", "The Yellow Leaf", "Nothing Personal", and "Improper Channels". She was a stalwart on CBC Radio from the 1940s to the 1960s, working with such notables as Andrew Allan, … - Donald Jack
Donald Lamont Jack (December 6, 1924 - c. June 2 2003) was a Canadian novelist and playwright. He was born in Radcliffe, Bury, England and grew up in Britain, serving in the RAF in World War II. After the war he emigrated to Canada and became a writer. He wrote for the stage, radio, and television, but he is most famous for his novels, especially the "Bandy Papers" which recount the humorous adventures of Bartholomew Bandy, a World War I fighter pilot. - Charmion King
Charmion King (July 251925 - January 6 2007) was one of Canada's leading actresses. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Charmion King was part of the country's burgeoning theatre and television scene in the decade of the 1950s. Fresh out of the University of Toronto's Hart House, she quickly became known for her fresh beauty and roles at the new Crest Theatre and their Straw Hat Players summer circuit in the Muskoka Lake district. - Mervyn Blake
Mervyn Alexander Clifford Blake (30 November 1907 - 9 October 2003) was a Canadian stage actor. Born in Dehradun, India, he joined the Stratford Festival of Canada in 1957. In 1995, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada for "his dedication to his craft and to the development of the Stratford Festival". <sup></sup> - Henry Beissel
Henry Eric Beissel is a writer and editor who has published 16 volumes of poetry, six books of plays, a non-fiction book on Canada, two anthologies of plays intended for use in high schools, and numerous essays and pieces of short fiction. He first came to national attention with the controversial literary/political journal "Edge" (Edmonton, 1963 – Montreal 1969). Beissel's internationally successful "Inuk and the Sun" ("a mythic masterpiece", … - David James Elliott
David James Elliott (born David William Smith on September 21, 1960 in Milton, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian-born actor who was the star of the series "JAG" from 1995 to 2005, playing lead character Harmon Rabb Jr.. During his teenage years he was part of a band, quitting Milton District High School in his final year to pursue his dream of becoming a rock star. At 19 however he realized this wouldn't happen and returned to finish high school. - Sydney Sturgess
Sydney Sturgess was a Canadian actress (March 5, 1915 - September 30, 1999). She is best known for her work with the Shaw Festival and the Stratford Festival of Canada. Primarily a stage actress in Canada, England and the USA, she occasionally worked in television and film. She was born in Ipoh, Malaysia and was the eldest of four children; two brothers and a sister. - Tom Kneebone
Tom Kneebone, C.M., O.Ont. (May 12 1932 - November 15 2003) was a Canadian actor. Born in Auckland, New Zealand, he performed for many years at the Shaw Festival and the Stratford Festival of Canada. In 2002, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada in recognition for being a "multi-talented performer who has had a long and eclectic career". - Carl Arthur Pollock
Carl Arthur Pollock, (1903 - August 16 1978) a native of Kitchener, Ontario graduated from the University of Toronto in electrical engineering. A scholarship from the Massey Foundation (founded by Vincent Massey) financed two years at Oxford University, England. At university he showed exceptional talent in track and rowing. He taught for a short time at the University of Toronto, … - Melanie Morse MacQuarrie
Melanie Morse (June 13, 1945 - February 1, 2005), was born in London, England, but lived in Canada from the age of six. She earned the nickname "Big Mel" having made several newspaper headlines in London as one of the largest babies born in the United Kingdom, at 11 pounds, 9 ounces. She worked professionally as a child actor and later as an adult, when she was sometimes billed by her married name Melanie Morse MacQuarrie. - Jonathan Welsh
Jonathan Welsh was a veteran Canadian actor of stage, television and film, best known for his principal roles in Canadian television series, notably the 1986-1989 adventure comedy "Adderly" and the 1989-1994 journalism drama "E.N.G." On "E.N.G.", Welsh portrayed Eric "Mac" MacFarlane, one of the first openly gay characters in North American series television, a source of considerable pride for the actor. - Dinah Christie
Dinah Barbara Christie (born December 29, 1942 in London, England) is a Canadian comedic actor and singer. The daughter of actors Robert and Margot Christie, she came to Canada at the age of two with her parents. She began performing as a folk singer in her teens, and subsequently took voice lessons from Portia White. She subsequently took acting roles at the Stratford Festival of Canada and on CBC Television, … - Charlotte Fielden
Charlotte Fielden (born June 5, 1932) is a Canadian novelist, playwright, actress and therapist. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Fielden studied mime with Marcel Marceau in the 1950s, and was featured in the Stratford Festival of Canada with actors such as William Shatner. She has written for stage, television, radio, and film, and her short stories, articles and poetry have been included in various anthologies, literary reviews and news publications. - Donald George Davis
Donald George Davis (February 26 1928 - January 23 1998) was a Canadian actor. He was born in Newmarket, Ontario, where his father owned the Davis Leather Company, and studied theatre at the University of Toronto. He performed at the Woodstock Playhouse in New York in 1947. In 1948, with his brother Murray, he founded a summer theatre company, the Straw Hat Players, at Muskoka, Ontario. Davis performed in Britain from 1950 to 1953. - Sarah
Music. Art. Film. Laughter. Love. Greatest accomplishments? My daughter. Followed by contibuting to Canada's FIRST purpose built Opera House, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
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