Known for Acting
Born
June 21, 1932 (age 94)
Birthplace
Toronto, Canada
Filmography
28 films, 12 shows


Gooby
2009 · 1h 39m
country: Canada
Imagine if you'd had a six-foot tall monster to help you through the rough times when you were 11! Willy is terrified about moving into the family's new house. He's convinced it's filled with evil space aliens out to get him. In response to his wish for someone to save him, Gooby comes to life as a loveable, full-size, scraggly, orange, furry creature who in fact seems more frightened of the world than Willy. The two have hair-raising adventures and learn something about the power of friendship. In the end, Gooby fulfills Willy's initial wish by bringing Willy and his dad together in a touching and exciting climax.


A Tale of Two Wives
2003 · 1h 23m
country: Canada
Bill Goodman is a celebrated psychiatrist who leads a double life: he has a wife and daughter in New York; at the same time, the bigamist has another wife in London. Despite his long absences both families lived in domestic bliss, until one day the wives find out about each other and team up to turn on the man who so cunningly made everyone happy for so long...


Between Strangers
2002 · 1h 35m
country: Italy
Three women confront their pasts which changes their futures.


True Blue
2001 · 1h 41m
country: United States
When a dismembered hand is found in a city pond, maverick cop Rembrandt Macy is drawn into a chilling investigation. His search for answers leads him into the secret life of the victim, guided by her roommate Nikki. As Macy uncovers a web of corruption, from shadowy dealings at City Hall to a ruthless gang of Asian drug traffickers, he realizes that nothing is as it seems, and that Nikki herself may be hiding dangerous secrets.


Mail to the Chief
2000 · 1h 25m
country: United States
A humorous and inspiring adventure about an ordinary middle school student who strikes up an online friendship with someone bearing the screen name Average Joe, only to discover that he's been corresponding with and giving political advice to the President of the United States.


A Slight Case of Murder
1999 · 1h 34m
country: United States
In the midst of a spat, film critic Terry Thorpe accidentally kills his lover. Though Thorpe covers his tracks, he raises the suspicions of a private investigator, who then tries to blackmail him. Thorpe also falls under the watchful eye of Detective Fred Stapelli, a cop who is intent on becoming a screenwriter. Before long, Thorpe's girlfriend, Kit, and Stapelli's wife, Patricia, are roped into the case.


Happy Face Murders
1999 · 1h 38m
country: Canada
An eccentric older woman implicates her brutal & controlling lover in the murder of a young girl. Absorbed with "Murder She Wrote" and "Matlock", she creates details of the murder from clues she picks up from the detectives on the case. Implicating herself and sentenced to jail, she then recants her testimony. But no one believes her until clues surface from the real killer that he is still out there, has killed before, and will kill again. He signs his messages with Happy Faces.


Dick
1999 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Two high school girls wander off during a class trip to the White House and meet President Richard Nixon. They become the official dog walkers for Nixon's dog Checkers, and become his secret advisors during the Watergate scandal.


Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples
1998 · 1h 49m
country: Canada
Two fact-based tales about citizens who risked everything, including their lives, to save Holocaust victims.


Peacekeepers
1997 · 1h 33m
country: Canada
A Canadian Army unit with the United Nations peacekeeping force in the former Yugoslavia is tasked with keeping the peace in a dangerous Croatian town named Krasna.


Moving Target
1996 · 1h 29m
country: Canada
A bounty hunter with a pregnant wife who is urging him to get a regular job gets framed for murder and trapped in a war between Russian gangsters.


Night of the Twisters
1996 · 1h 32m
country: Canada
A teenager boy bonds with his stepfather while battling a series of killer twisters.


The Scarlet Letter
1995 · 2h 15m
country: United States
Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals.


Heritage Minutes: Myrnam Hospital
1995 · 1m
country: Canada
The town of Myrnam, Alberta forms a non-denominational hospital.


Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
1993 · 1h 33m
country: Finland
A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.


Partners 'n Love
1993 · 1h 36m
country: Canada
David Grodin has an obsessive-compulsive personality. But he is also just plain obsessed with Maxine Smith, his ex-wife of five years and his business partner. Their small business is Mr & Mrs, a small swimwear company he founded but that only became successful when she became its creative director. They work well together and are best friends, but Max feels that they just could not live together and be married to each other. They learn that because of a legal technicality, their divorce was never executed and thus they are still legally married.


Deadly Matrimony
1992 · 2h 52m
country: Canada
Alan Masters is a despicable businessman with his hands in organized crime. He marries Diane, a kind and gentle woman, and abuses and batters her viciously. Sergeant John Reed has had enough of his city's organized crime and, against the wishes of his dirty-cop superiors, tries to get evidence against Alan Masters. After Alan finds out that Diane has been helping Reed, he beats her to death...and its up to John Reed to put him away for it, and clean up the dirty cops that want to stop him. Part I starts with Diane's death and then, in a flashback, details her struggles against abuse and Reed's struggles as he coaches her to gather evidence against Alan. Part II deals with Reed's struggles with intimidating cops.


The Child Saver
1988 · 1h 45m
country: Unknown
Andrea Crawford, an important business woman, risks everything to save a kid from the life of crime.


The Big Town
1987 · 1h 49m
country: United States
It is 1957. J.C. Cullen is a young man from a small town, with a talent for winning at craps, who leaves for the big city to work as a professional gambler. While there, he breaks the bank at a private craps game at the Gem Club, owned by George Cole, and falls in love with two women, one of them Cole's wife.


The Last Polka
1985 · 54m
country: Canada
A mockumentary that depicts the final concert of Yosh and Stan Shmenge aka the Happy Wanderers.


Mrs. Soffel
1984 · 1h 52m
country: United States
Kate Soffel is married to a prison warden in Pittsburgh, and is the mother of their four children. Ed Biddle is a convicted murderer awaiting execution on death row with his brother Jack. When Kate meets Eddie through her Bible readings to the prisoners, she is drawn to him, and they pursue a clandestine relationship. She agrees to help the brothers escape, and begins a treacherous journey with them to freedom in Canada.


Strange Brew
1983 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug McKenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-deceased father. But to do so, they must confront the suspicious Brewmeister Smith and two teams of vicious hockey players.


Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot
1981 · 1h 40m
country: Unknown
Cagney and Lacey are two female New York policewomen doing their job as best they can in a male-dominated police department in this feature-length pilot that sparked the popular, long-running series.


Final Assignment
1980 · 1h 38m
country: Canada
An intrepid television journalist sent to cover the Canadian prime minister's visit to the Soviet Union has trouble sticking to her assignment when she unearths a horrific experimental drug trial involving children. Determined to prepare a video that will show the world exactly what's been going on, she dodges the long arm of the KGB and falls into bed with a Communist bureaucrat.


High-Ballin'
1978 · 1h 37m
country: Canada
When a rash of targeted hijackings threatens to derail the independent trucking business, rig driver "Iron" Duke and his visiting friend Rane put the brakes on the bad guys by taking the law into their own hands. But their vigilante plan involves going toe-to-toe with powerful trucker boss King Carroll and his henchmen, who've been driving everyone out of the game.


Home to Stay
1978 · 1h 18m
country: Canada
A teenage girl sets off on an odyssey from her Illinois farming community with her free-spirited but frail grandfather to thwart her uncle's plans to put him in a home for the aged.


One Night Stand
1978 · 1h 32m
country: Canada
Carol Bolt's adaptation of her stage play locks its audience in a claustrophobic bachelor flat for a night of black comedy, lust and terror. Jilted on her birthday by her boyfriend, Daisy picks up night club singer Rafe and takes him home. Is he a lover, liar or psychotic serial killer?
Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle, or Mutilate
Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle, or Mutilate
1967 · 50m
country: Unknown
An aging union leader, after a lifetime of service for the cause, finds that he has outlived his usefulness and esteem among the workers of his factory, that times have changed and a new strategy is needed in bargaining with the company.