Acting Career
His distinguished acting career was centred around the Stratford Festival where he won great acclaim in many roles including those of King Lear (1988), James Tyrone in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night (1994–1995) (a production which was subsequently filmed), and Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest (1975–1979). He played all the great Shakespearean roles—Hamlet, Lear, Falstaff, Prospero, Macbeth, and Titus Andronicus.
He appeared in film and on television in such roles as Le Moyne in the 2003 film The Statement and Sir John A. Macdonald in the Canadian television production of The National Dream, as well as in Timothy Findley's The Wars.
The role of Alton Cockridge in the movie Covergirl was written specifically for him by Charles Dennis.
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