Canadian Actors of the Classic Era

1. Glenn Ford

Actor | Gilda

Legendary actor Glenn Ford was born Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford in Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, Quebec, Canada, to Hannah Wood (Mitchell) and Newton Ford, a railroad executive. His family moved to Santa Monica, California when he was eight years old. His acting career began with plays at high school...

2. Sharon Acker

Actress | Happy Birthday to Me

Although she was presented in 1969 the first Film Star of Tomorrow by The Motion Picture Exhibitors of Canada, the status of Sharon Acker as a star never materialized. Not that she was inactive, quite the opposite, but she worked almost only for TV and appeared only in a few undistinguished movies....

3. Jean Adair

Actress | Arsenic and Old Lace

Slight, birdlike Jean Adair came to the screen after playing a succession of crotchety or maternal roles on the stage. She was born Violet McNaughton in Ontario, Canada, and absolved her acting studies in Chicago. After extensive touring with local stock companies and a few seasons on the ...

4. Claire Adams

Actress | The Penalty

Claire Adams was born in Winnipeg, Canada (her brother was prolific screenwriter Gerald Drayson Adams), and after her education in that country she was sent to a private school in England, where she studied drama. At the outbreak of World War I, however, she joined the nursing corps and spent the ...

5. Amanda Alarie

Actress | Tit Coq

Amanda Alarie was born on January 2, 1888 in Saint-Jovite, Québec, Canada. She was an actress, known for Tit Coq (1953), Le gros Bill (1949) and La famille Plouffe (1953). She died on December 9, 1965.

6. Richard Alden

Actor | The Sadist

Richard Alden was born in Toronto, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Sadist (1963), Deadline (1980) and Friday the 13th: The Series (1987). He died on June 10, 2022.

7. Beth Amos

Actress | Police Academy

Beth Amos was born on January 1, 1916 in St Catharines, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for Police Academy (1984), Bullies (1986) and Prom Night (1980). She was married to Robert Bruce Amos. She died on January 31, 1996 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

8. Paul Anka

Soundtrack | No Way Out

Canadian-born Paul Anka first achieved success in the 1950s as a teenage singing star (and, for the times, an unusual one in that he wrote many of his own songs). Although he appeared in several films, and was quite believable as a nervous, hyper young soldier in The Longest Day (1962) (for which ...

9. Charles Arling

Actor | Back to God's Country

Charles Arling was born on August 22, 1880 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Back to God's Country (1919), Number 99 (1920) and Droppington's Devilish Deed (1915). He died on April 21, 1922 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

10. Julia Arthur

Actress | The Woman the Germans Shot

Julia Arthur was born on May 3, 1868 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for The Cavell Case (1918), The Common Cause (1919) and His Woman (1919). She was married to Benjamin Pierce Cheney. She died on March 28, 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

11. Joby Baker

Actor | Girl Happy

Joby Baker was born on March 26, 1934 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Girl Happy (1965), Quincy M.E. (1976) and Key Witness (1960). He was previously married to Dory Previn, Joyce Harriet Winter and Joan Blackman.

12. Robert Beatty

Actor | 2001: A Space Odyssey

Robert Beatty graduated with a B.A. from the University of Toronto and started in amateur dramatics with the Hamilton Player's Guild. For a while, he made a living as a cashier for a gas and fuel company. In order to further hone his acting skills, he made his way to London in 1936 (on the advice of...

13. Glenn Beck

Actor | 2001: A Space Odyssey

Glenn Beck was born on June 1, 1935 in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor, known for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) and Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964).

14. Henry Beckman

Actor | Marnie

Henry Beckman was born on November 26, 1921 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an actor, known for Marnie (1964), Blood & Guts (1978) and The Brood (1979). He was married to Hillary Beckman and Cheryl Maxwell. He died on June 17, 2008 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

15. Hagan Beggs

Actor | Titanic

Hagan Beggs was born on March 19, 1937 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. He was an actor and set decorator, known for Titanic (1996), The Changeling (1980) and Star Trek (1966). He was married to Anna Hagan. He died on September 16, 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

16. Catherine Bégin

Actress | Martyrs

Catherine Bégin was born on April 22, 1939. She was an actress, known for Martyrs (2008), Laurence Anyways (2012) and Covergirl (1983). She died on December 29, 2013 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

17. Juliette Béliveau

Actress | Le gros Bill

Juliette Béliveau was born on October 28, 1889 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada. She was an actress, known for Le gros Bill (1949), A Man and His Sin (1949) and La famille Plouffe (1953). She died on August 26, 1975 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

18. Mickey Bennett

Actor | Big Brother

Mickey Bennett was born on January 28, 1915 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He was an actor, known for Big Brother (1923), A Boy of the Streets (1927) and Big Pal (1925). He died on September 6, 1950 in Hollywood, California, USA.

19. Françoise Berd

Actress | Una giornata particolare

Françoise Berd was born on March 2, 1923 in Saint-Pacome, Québec, Canada. She was an actress and producer, known for A Special Day (1977), Quintet (1979) and Killing 'em Softly (1982). She died on August 10, 2001 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

20. William Bertram

Director | The Old Maid's Baby

William Bertram was born on January 19, 1880 in Walkerton, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor and director, known for The Old Maid's Baby (1919), Neal of the Navy (1915) and The Phantom Buster (1927). He was married to Jean. He died on May 1, 1933 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

21. Len Birman

Actor | Silver Streak

Len Birman was born on September 28, 1932 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Silver Streak (1976), Captain America (1979) and Draw! (1984). He was married to Ruby Renaut and Harriet Jane Takefman. He died on February 10, 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

22. Lionel Blair

Actor | A Hard Day's Night

Lionel and his sister Joyce's father, a barber encouraged their interest in dancing and theatre. Lionel started as a boy actor with the RSC but there was little money in it., When his father died his agent suggested that they switch to light entertainment where there was more money, For a while he ...

23. Ben Blue

Actor | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Ben Blue was a movie and TV comedian born on September 12, 1901, in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Emigrating to the US, he became a dance instructor and dance school owner, as well as a nightclub proprietor. He began his film career in short subjects for Warner Brothers in 1926, and later worked at the...

24. Lloyd Bochner

Actor | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

Lloyd Bochner had that wonderfully sonorous type of voice that was always tailor-made for radio or for the stage. Unsurprisingly then, by the time he was eleven, Lloyd was already employed as part-time voiceover artist and reader of drama serials by radio stations in Vancouver.

Lloyd Wolfe Bochner ...

25. Donald Brian

Actor | The Man Without a Country

Donald Brian was born on February 17, 1875 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Man Without a Country (1937), The Voice in the Fog (1915) and The Smugglers (1916). He was married to Virginia O'Brien (actress, b. 1896). He died on December 22, 1948 in Great Neck, Long ...

26. Rae Brown

Actress | The Beachcombers

Rae Brown was born on March 13, 1913 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for The Beachcombers (1972), That Cold Day in the Park (1969) and Cariboo Country (1960). She was married to Douglas Brown. She died on December 8, 2000 in British Columbia, Canada.

27. Clifford Bruce

Actor | Lady Audley's Secret

Clifford Bruce born in Toronto, Canada in 1885, a well-built touch performer who supported in many American silent drama, westerns and action-serial's, first with the Selig Film Company in 1913, followed by Fox studios and later the Metro Film Company in the late 1910's, he's perhaps best ...

28. Raymond Burr

Actor | Rear Window

Born Raymond William Stacy Burr on 21 May 1917 in New Westminster, British Columbia, he spent most of his early life traveling. As a youngster, his father moved his family to China, where the elder Burr worked as a trade agent. When the family returned to Canada, Raymond's parents separated. He and...

29. Tom Busby

Actor | The Dirty Dozen

Tom Busby was born on November 7, 1936 in Toronto, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Dirty Dozen (1967), Husbands (1970) and Never Take Candy from A Stranger (1960). He died on September 20, 2003 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

30. Barry Cahill

Actor | Hang 'Em High

Barry Cahill was born on May 28, 1921 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was an actor, known for Hang 'Em High (1968), Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) and Tick, Tick, Tick (1970). He was married to Rachel Ames. He died on April 9, 2012 in Ventura, California, USA.

31. Richard Carlyle

Actor | Harper

Richard Carlyle was born on March 20, 1914 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Harper (1966), Star Trek (1966) and Lights Out (1946). He died on November 15, 2009 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.

32. Jack Carson

Actor | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

When Jack Carson arrived in Hollywood in 1937, he found work at RKO as an extra. His first major acting role came alongside Humphrey Bogart in the romantic comedy Stand-In (1937). After a few years, he developed into a popular character actor who would be seen in a large number of comedies, ...

33. Al Christie

Producer | Mrs. Plum's Pudding

Al Christie began his career in 1909 with the Nestor Company. In 1912 he was put in charge of production for a series of westerns. By 1916 he had set up his own production company that produced comedy two-reelers and occasionally a full-length feature. He was the brother of producer/director ...

34. Robert Christie

Actor | On Camera

Robert Christie was born on September 20, 1913 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for On Camera (1954), Encounter (1952) and The Unforeseen (1958). He was married to Margot Christie. He died on May 22, 1996 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

35. Berton Churchill

Actor | Stagecoach

Berton Churchill was born on December 9, 1876 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Stagecoach (1939), Sweethearts (1938) and Steamboat Round the Bend (1935). He was married to Harriet Elizabeth Gardner. He died on October 10, 1940 in New York City, New York, USA.

36. George Cleveland

Actor | A Date with Judy

Round-faced and twinkling, George Cleveland had a 58-year career of stage, vaudeville, motion picture, radio and television acting. His first film was Mystery Liner (1934) with Noah Beery and he went on to appear in 150 others. However, he is best remembered as Gramps on the original Lassie (1954) ...

37. Robert Clothier

Actor | The Beachcombers

Clothier enlisted in the Canadian army at age 18, and was injured in a plane crash south of Vancouver just as the war was ending. Shortly afterward, Clothier studied Architecture at the University of British Columbia, and then moved to England where he studied theatre. He was a sculptor and ...

38. Suzanne Cloutier

Actress | The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice

Lovely French Canadian actress Suzanne Cloutier, the daughter of the director of the National Printing Office, was born into a large family. She had indeed no fewer than six brothers and sisters. After happily growing up in the heart of nature (her parents had a house in the woods), she became a ...

39. Joy Coghill

Actress | Double Jeopardy

Joy Coghill was born on May 13, 1926 in Findlater, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was an actress, known for Double Jeopardy (1999), Stargate SG-1 (1997) and The Beachcombers (1972). She was married to John Thorne. She died on January 20, 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

40. John Colicos

Actor | The Changeling

John Colicos was born on December 10, 1928 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Changeling (1980), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) and Battlestar Galactica (1978). He was married to Mona McHenry. He died on March 6, 2000 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

41. Russ Conway

Actor | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Russ Conway was born on April 25, 1913 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. He was an actor, known for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Our Man Flint (1966) and Sea Hunt (1958). He was married to Muriel Idell Morrison. He died on January 12, 2009 in Laguna Hills, California, USA.

42. Hume Cronyn

Actor | Cocoon

Hume Cronyn was a Canadian actor with a lengthy career. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "The Seventh Cross" (1944).

Cronyn was born to a prominent family. His father was politician Hume Blake Cronyn (1864-1933), Member of Parliament for London, ...

43. Larry Cross

Actor | The Wind and the Lion

Larry Cross was born on December 25, 1913 in Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Wind and the Lion (1975), A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) and The Avengers (1961). He was married to Doris Mildred Slater and Evangeline Faustina Bardeney. He died on June 29, 1976 in London, England, ...

44. Josephine Crowell

Actress | The Birth of a Nation

Josephine Crowell was a Canadian-born character actress. She appeared in vaudeville as early as 1879. On screen, she is best remembered for her dramatic portrayal of the mother in D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915), her comedic performances in Harold Lloyd's Speedy (1928) and Stan Laurel ...

45. Lawrence Dane

Actor | Scanners

Lawrence Dane was an exceptionally fine, versatile, and shamefully underrated Canadian character actor who was equally adept at both comedy and drama alike. Tall and lean, with silver gray hair, a gaunt face, and a distinguished air about him, Dane was often cast as smooth business executives, ...

46. Dorothy Davis

Actress | The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

Dorothy Davis is known for The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976), Shivers (1975) and The Vagabond King (1930).

47. Yvonne De Carlo

Actress | The Ten Commandments

Yvonne De Carlo was born Margaret Yvonne Middleton on September 1, 1922 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was three when her father abandoned the family. Her mother turned to waitressing in a restaurant to make ends meet--a rough beginning for an actress who would, one day, be one of ...

48. Sam De Grasse

Actor | The Man Who Laughs

Born in Canada, Sam De Grasse entered films in 1912 and specialized in playing thoroughly disreputable, nasty, slimy bad guys. Douglas Fairbanks was so impressed with De Grasse's villainy that he used the actor in several of his more memorable productions. He wasn't the only member of the De Grasse ...

49. Katherine DeMille

Actress | Black Gold

A dark, exotic beauty, Katherine DeMille was a fascinating screen presence in the 1930s and 1940s. She was born in Canada to a Scottish schoolteacher, Edward Gabriel Lester, and his Italian-Swiss wife, Cecile Bianca Bertha (Colani) Lester. Her father was killed in France during World War I, and her...

50. Victor Désy

Actor | Scanners

Victor Désy was born on June 8, 1932 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for Scanners (1981), Inspector Gadget (1983) and Claire... cette nuit et demain (1985). He died on August 5, 2017 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

51. Selma Diamond

Actress | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Most familiar to TV audiences as the diminutive but feisty court bailiff on Night Court (1984), Selma Diamond's entrance into acting was not through the usual venue of vaudeville, stage work or modeling - she was a writer for TV shows, once having been nominated for an Emmy for Caesar's Hour (1954)...

52. James Doohan

Actor | Star Trek

Best known as Scotty in Star Trek he was educated at High School in Sarnia, Ontario, where he acted in school productions.

When WWII began he joined the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery eventually obtaining the rank of Captain. He was wounded on D-Day, suffering severe damage to his right middle...

53. Fifi D'Orsay

Actress | Nabonga

Although she made her career playing the quintessential Parisian coquette, Fifi D'Orsay was actually a Canadian. She was born Yvonne Lussier in Montreal, Québec, in 1904. At the age of 20 she arrived in New York, determined to become an actress. She was met by Helen Morgan, whom she knew from ...

54. Shirley Douglas

Actress | Dead Ringers

Shirley Douglas was born on April 2, 1934 in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was an actress, known for Dead Ringers (1988), Wind at My Back (1996) and Lolita (1962). She was married to Donald Sutherland and Timothy Emil Sicks. She died on April 5, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

55. Susan Douglas Rubes

Actress | Five

As an actress, Susan Rubes has enjoyed a Broadway career where she won the Donaldson Award for best supporting actress in 1946. Breaking into American TV she played the character "Kathy" for 10 years on the daytime drama, Guiding Light (1952). Moving to Canada with her actor husband, Jan Rubes, she...

56. Marie Dressler

Actress | Dinner at Eight

Once you saw her, you would not forget her. Despite her age and weight, she became one of the top box office draws of the sound era. She was 14 when she joined a theater group and she went on to work on stage and in light opera. By 1892, she was on Broadway and she later became a star comedienne on...

57. Jean Duceppe

Actor | Mon oncle Antoine

Jean Duceppe was born on October 25, 1923 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was an actor, known for My Uncle Antoine (1971), La mort d'un commis-voyageur (1962) and Terre humaine (1978). He was married to Hélène Rowley. He died on December 7, 1990 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

58. Yvan Ducharme

Actor | 2001: A Space Travesty

Yvan Ducharme was born on August 24, 1937 in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor, known for 2001: A Space Travesty (2000), Pas de vacances pour les idoles (1965) and Visiting Hours (1982). He died on March 21, 2013 in Laval, Québec, Canada.

59. Jack Duffy

Actor | It's a Boy Girl Thing

Jack Duffy was born in Montreal, Canada. He began his career as a singer and actor on CBC Radio at age 19. After this he joined a vocal group called the Bob-O-Links that toured America for two years with Tommy Dorsey's orchestra. Jack continued as a solo singer with Dorsey's band until 1950. In ...

60. Douglass Dumbrille

Actor | The Ten Commandments

Distinguished character villain Douglass (R.) Dumbrille, whose distinctive stern features, beady eyes, tidy mustache, prominent hook nose and suave, cultivated presence graced scores of talking films, was born on October 13, 1889, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He was first employed as a bank clerk ...

61. Paul Dupuis

Actor | Sleeping Car to Trieste

Paul Dupuis was born on August 11, 1913 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948), Passport to Pimlico (1949) and Madness of the Heart (1949). He died on January 23, 1976 in St-Sauveur, Québec, Canada.

62. Deanna Durbin

Actress | It Started with Eve

The girl who one day would be known as "Winnipeg's Sweetheart" was born at Grace Hospital on December 4, 1921, as Edna Mae Durbin. In her early childhood there were no obvious signs that one day she would be a bigger box office attraction than Shirley Temple. Renamed Deanna Durbin for show business...

63. Louisette Dussault

Actress | Les héritiers Duval

Louisette Dussault was born on June 11, 1940 in Thetford Mines, Québec, Canada. She was an actress and writer, known for Les héritiers Duval (1994), IXE-13 (1972) and Chez Denise (1979). She died on March 14, 2023 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

64. Edward Earle

Actor | The Wind

Canadian native Edward Earle was born in Toronto on July 16, 1882, and was raised and schooled there. His stage career took form in Canada with an early emphasis on musical comedy, and he later toured in vaudeville and stock in association with Belasco, DeWolf Hopper Sr., Marie Cahill and the ...

65. Richard Easton

Actor | Revolutionary Road

Richard Easton was born on March 22, 1933 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Revolutionary Road (2008), Dead Again (1991) and Henry V (1989). He died on December 2, 2019 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

66. Maude Eburne

Actress | The Bat Whispers

Eburne started on the stage in Ontario and New York, later appearing on Broadway in 1914, playing a cockney maid. She played comic servants on stage until 1930 then moved to films in 1931. On screen, she played a variety of roles from maids to aristocrats to pipe-smoking harridans. Eburne retired ...

67. Clive Endersby

Actor | Alexander Graham Bell

Clive Endersby was born on December 9, 1944 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a writer and actor, known for Alexander Graham Bell (1965), The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (2010) and Read All About It! (1979).

68. Marc Favreau

Actor | Témoignages

Marc Favreau was born on November 9, 1929 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for Témoignages (1973), J'ai pas dit mon dernier mot (1986) and Bye-Bye (1968). He died on December 17, 2005 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

69. Rockliffe Fellowes

Actor | Monkey Business

Rockliffe Fellowes was born on March 17, 1884 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Monkey Business (1931), The Understanding Heart (1927) and The Crystal Cup (1927). He was married to Lucile Watson. He died on January 28, 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

70. Rosemary Forsyth

Actress | Disclosure

A tall, willowy, highly attractive blonde, Canadian leading lady Rosemary Forsyth was born in Montreal on July 6, 1943, who moved to New York at age 5 with her divorced mother who found work as a model. Rosemary was keen on the idea of acting and studied drama both in high school. Inspired by her ...

71. Dianne Foster

Actress | Night Passage

A curvaceous and comely lead and second lead actress of the 1950s and 1960s, Dianne Foster was born Olga Helen Laruska on October 31, 1928 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Of Ukrainian parentage, she began her stage career performing in high school plays and in local community theater productions. Her...

72. Ivor Francis

Actor | Dusty's Trail

Ivor Francis, besides his many roles on television and at the movies, acted on radio as well in shows like "Fibber McGee and Molly"; on Broadway in shows such as "J.B." with Christopher Plummer, and came west to California when New York plays turned mostly to musicals. He worked in films, ...

73. Don Francks

Actor | Heavy Metal

A man who has many irons in the entertainment fire, hirsutely handsome Canadian actor, vocalist and jazz musician Don Francks (also known as "Iron Buffalo") was born Donald Harvey Francks on February 28, 1932, in Vancouver, British Columbia. One can, with confidence, add drummer, poet, motorcyclist...

74. Oscar Gahan

Actor | Ambush Valley

Canada's child prodigy violinist. Played a command performance for the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII, at age 5.) First cousin of Walter Huston, father of child actress Baby Rose, Grandfather of Sharmagne Leland-St. John-Sylbert, Great-grandfather of 'Daisy Alexandra Sylbert'.

75. Jacques Galipeau

Actor | Tang

Jacques Galipeau was born on September 22, 1923 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Tang (1971), La petite patrie (1974) and The Pyx (1973). He was married to Pauline Julien and Irène Poujol. He died on August 30, 2020 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

76. Robin Gammell

Actor | Skyline

Robin Gammell was born on September 22, 1936 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is an actor, known for Skyline (2010), Bulworth (1998) and Contact (1997).

77. Gabriel Gascon

Actor | Les belles histoires des pays d'en haut

Gabriel Gascon was born on January 8, 1927 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Les belles histoires des pays d'en haut (1956), Possible Worlds (2000) and Mars and April (2012). He was married to Gisèle Mauricet. He died on May 30, 2018 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

78. Claude Gauthier

Actor | Les ordres

Claude Gauthier was born on January 31, 1939 in Lac-Saguay, Quebec, Canada. He is an actor and composer, known for Orders (1974), Entre la mer et l'eau douce (1967) and La guêpe (1986).

79. Émile Genest

Actor | The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Émile Genest was born on July 27, 1921 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964), The Plouffe Family (1981) and Mission: Impossible (1966). He was married to Anita Gwendolyn Kugel and Suzanne Begin. He died on March 19, 2003 in Hollywood, Florida, USA.

80. Chief Dan George

Actor | Little Big Man

Actor, author, and musician Chief Dan George was born in present-day North Vancouver as Geswanouth Slahoot (later anglicized as 'Dan Slaholt'), the son of a tribal chief on Burrard Indian Reserve Nº. 3. He is the only Aboriginal actor in Canadian history to date with the right to use the title "...

81. Philip Gilbert

Actor | Superman III

Philip Gilbert was born on March 29, 1930 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was an actor, known for Superman III (1983), Dentist in the Chair (1960) and The Tomorrow People (1973). He died on January 6, 2004 in Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK.

82. Antoinette Giroux

Actress | The Serial

Antoinette Giroux was born on September 27, 1899 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was an actress, known for The Serial (1963), Séraphin (1950) and Rue des Pignons (1966). She died on July 8, 1978 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

83. Claude Godbout

Producer | Les bons débarras

Claude Godbout was born on January 29, 1941 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He is a producer and actor, known for Good Riddance (1980), Platinum (1997) and Comme les six doigts de la main (1978).

84. Jacques Godin

Actor | Vieux Jeu

Jacques Godin was born on September 14, 1930 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Vieux Jeu (2017), O.K. ... Laliberté (1973) and Being at Home with Claude (1992). He died on October 26, 2020 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

85. Huntley Gordon

Actor | Red-Haired Alibi

Montreal-born Huntley Gordon was educated in both Canada and England, and upon completing his education took a job with the Bank of Montreal, later starting his own stock trading firm. However, he had had a taste of "the stage" in amateur productions, and soon gave up the business life for that of ...

86. Robert Goulet

Actor | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

Robert Gerard Goulet was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to a family of French-Canadian origin. He was the son of Jeanette (Gauthier) and Joseph Georges André Goulet. After hearing his son sing "Lead Kindly Light", in their church hall, his father told him, "I'm proud of you, son". A few weeks ...

87. Françoise Graton

Actress | This Is My Father

Françoise Graton was born on June 4, 1930 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was an actress, known for This Is My Father (1998), À la croisée des chemins (1943) and Bonheur d'occasion (1983). She was married to Gilles Pelletier. She died on November 8, 2014 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

88. Vernon Gray

Actor | The Barretts of Wimpole Street

Vernon Gray grew up in Elk Point, Alta., as Vernon Raham-Gray. "Ever since I can remember, I've wanted to be an actor," said Gray in a 1953 interview, but his family was dead set against his bid for a show-business career. Chief opponents were his father, Arthur Raham, a railway agent in Elk Point,...

89. Lorne Greene

Actor | Bonanza

Lorne Greene was born Lyon Himan "Chaim" Green on February 12, 1915, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He began acting while attending Canada's Queen's University, and after graduation got a job in radio broadcasting. His rich, deep, authoritarian voice quickly propelled him to prominence as Canada's top...

90. James K. Hackett

Actor | The Prisoner of Zenda

Handsome classical stage and screen actor James K. Hackett born James Keteltas Hackett in Ontario, Canada in 1869. Son of the celebrated Shakespearian actor James Henry Hackett. Like his father he studied law at the College of the City of New York, his outstanding acting talent soon became evident ...

91. Jonathan Hale

Actor | The Saint's Double Trouble

Canadian-born character actor Jonathan Hale had a long and distinguished film career, appearing in over 260 pictures and television programs.

He was a member of the diplomatic service prior to his film career, and his stately bearing stood him in good stead for the large variety of corporate ...

92. Monty Hall

Producer | Let's Make a Deal

Monty Hall was born Maurice Halperin on August 25, 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Manitoba in 1945. He's the father of Tony Award winner Joanna Gleason, television writer/director Sharon Hall, and Emmy Award winner ...

93. Barbara Hamilton

Actress | Lost and Found

Barbara Hamilton was born on December 11, 1926 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for Lost and Found (1979), Avonlea (1990) and Car 54, Where Are You? (1994). She died on February 7, 1996 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

94. Clarence Handyside

Actor | The Jungle

Clarence Handyside was born in 1854 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Jungle (1914), The Turn of the Wheel (1918) and Mice and Men (1916). He was married to Blanche Sharp and Kate D. Baker. He died on December 20, 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

95. June Havoc

Actress | Gentleman's Agreement

Musical theater devotees will undoubtedly know that the song "Let Me Entertain You" was from the classic musical "Gypsy", the born-in-a-trunk story of resilient kid troopers Gypsy Rose Lee and June Havoc who were mercilessly pushed into vaudeville careers by an unbearably headstrong mother. While ...

96. Peter Helm

Actor | The Andromeda Strain

Peter Helm was born on December 22, 1941 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and director, known for The Andromeda Strain (1971), The Longest Day (1962) and Wagon Train (1957).

97. Dell Henderson

Actor | Show People

Dell Henderson was born on July 5, 1883 in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor and director, known for Show People (1928), The Servant Question (1920) and The Dead Line (1920). He was married to Florence Lee. He died on December 2, 1956 in Hollywood, California, USA.

98. Tim Henry

Actor | AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem

Tim Henry was born on August 3, 1944 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007), 88 Minutes (2007) and Love Happens (2009).

99. Sean Hewitt

Actor | Battlefield Earth

Sean Hewitt was born on October 4, 1935 in Matheson, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor and producer, known for Battlefield Earth (2000), Crimson Peak (2015) and Read All About It! (1979). He was married to Claire Hewitt. He died on June 6, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

100. Arthur Hill

Actor | The Andromeda Strain

Canadian-born actor Arthur Hill was raised in the Saskatchewan town of Melfort. The son of a lawyer, he served with the Royal Canadian Air Force during WWII before receiving his college education at the University of British Columbia. Intending on following in his father's footsteps in the field of...