Hugh Webster (actor)
{{Short description|Canadian actor}}
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| birth_date = August 30, 1927
| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
| death_date = {{death date and age|1986|05|31|1927|08|30|mf=y}}
| death_place = Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
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| occupation = Actor
| years active = 1948–1986
| spouse = {{marriage|Jan Campbell|1952}}
| nationality = Canadian
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Hugh Webster (August 30, 1927 – May 31, 1986) was a Scottish-born Canadian actor."Hugh Webster respected actor at Stratford". Toronto Star, June 2, 1986. He was most noted for his role in the film For Gentlemen Only, for which he and his costar Ed McNamara were joint winners of the Canadian Film Award for Best Actor in a Non-Feature at the 27th Canadian Film Awards in 1976.Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. {{ISBN|0-7737-3238-1}}.
Biography
Born in Edinburgh, Webster moved to Canada as a teenager, and studied drama in Toronto."Veteran actor Hugh Webster dead at 59". Montreal Gazette, June 3, 1986. He became one of the early stars of Canadian television, notably appearing as a regular cast member in Sunshine Sketches and in many episodes of CBC Television drama anthologies.Miller, M. J. (1984). Canadian Television Drama 1952-1970 Canada’s National Theatre. Theatre Research in Canada / Recherches théâtrales au Canada, 5(1). He was also a frequent stage performer, both at the Stratford Festival, most notably playing The Fool in a 1964 production of King Lear,Herbert Whittaker, "Langham's King Lear Truly Monumental". The Globe and Mail, June 18, 1964. and in the Toronto theatre scene, where he won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Featured Male Performance in 1983 for his role in Toronto Free Theatre's production of Brian Friel's Translations.Ray Conlogue, "Thomson, Phipps take Doras for outstanding acting". The Globe and Mail, October 11, 1983.
Personal life
He married Canadian-born actress Jan Campbell in October 1952.
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | King of the Grizzlies | Shorty | |
| 1971 | data-sort-value="Reincarnate, The" | The Reincarnate | Berryman | |
| 1971 | Fortune and Men's Eyes | Rabbit | |
| 1971 | Rip-Off | Mr. Duncan | |
| 1973 | Between Friends | Coker | |
| 1976 | Find the Lady | Eddie | |
| 1977 | Who Has Seen the Wind | Ab | |
| 1978 | Drying Up the Streets | Doc | |
| 1980 | Agency | Inmate | |
| 1980 | Nothing Personal | Emerson | |
| 1980 | Crossover | Mr. Wolfe | |
| 1981 | Dirty Tricks | Mr. Darcy | |
| 1981 | data-sort-value="Last Chase, The" | The Last Chase | Fetch | |
| 1982 | If You Could See What I Hear | Sean | |
| 1983 | Never Cry Wolf | Drunk | |
| 1985 | Martin's Day | Gas Station Attendant | |
| 1985 | Bayo | Wilf Taylor |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0916908}}
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Category:20th-century Canadian male actors
Category:20th-century Scottish male actors
Category:Canadian male television actors
Category:Canadian male film actors
Category:Canadian male stage actors
Category:Canadian Screen Award winning actors
Category:Dora Mavor Moore Award winners
Category:Male actors from Edinburgh
Category:Male actors from Toronto