Roland Hewgill

Roland Hewgill

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Roland Hewgill (February 11, 1929 – November 9, 1998) was a Canadian actor. Primarily a stage actor, most famously associated with the Stratford Festival, he also had a number of film and television roles. Born in Montreal, Quebec and raised primarily in Kingston, Ontario, Hewgill joined the Stratford Festival in 1954. Roles he played at Stratford over the course of his career included Antonio in The Merchant of Venice, Uncle Ben in Death of a Salesman, Ferdinand in The Duchess of Malfi, Jaques in As You Like It, Cornwall in King Lear and Creon in Oedipus Rex. His roles for other theatres included Phil Hogan in A Moon for the Misbegotten, Relling in The Wild Duck, Dr. Rank in A Doll's House and Andrey Bottvinik in A Walk in the Woods. He won a Dora Mavor Moore Award as Best Actor in a Featured Role in 1986 for his performance in A Moon for the Misbegotten, and was a shortlisted nominee as Actor in a Principal Role in a Play in 1988 for Play Memory. On television he was most noted for his role as Bob Lipton in the comedy-drama series Airwaves, and in film he appeared in John and the Missus and Beautiful Dreamers. He was a shortlisted Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987 for John and the Missus.

  • Title: Roland Hewgill
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  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1929-02-11
  • Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Also Known As: Roland William Dowler Hewgill
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Roland Hewgill Movies

  • 1990
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    The Midday Sun

    The Midday Sun

    1 1990 HD

    Maggie is an ordinary Canadian girl with the best of intentions who has signed on to work in a Catholic mission in Zimbabwe. With an ample supply of...

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  • 1989
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    Day One

    Day One

    6.5 1989 HD

    Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to...

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  • 1957
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    Oedipus Rex

    Oedipus Rex

    6.3 1957 HD

    The story of Oedipus' gradual discovery of his primal crime, killing his father and marrying his mother, filmed by the famed British theatrical...

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  • 1990
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    Beautiful Dreamers

    Beautiful Dreamers

    5.2 1990 HD

    When the superintendent of the Canadian insane asylum, Dr. Maurice Bucke, meets poet Walt Whitman, his life and that of his wife and patients is...

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  • 1987
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    John and the Missus

    John and the Missus

    6 1987 HD

    A small Canadian town is devasted when a local mine--the town's only source of income--is closed. One man incurs the wrath of the townsmen when he...

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