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- Jimmy Herman was born on 25 October 1940 in Cold Lake Reserve, Alberta, Canada. He was an actor, known for Dances with Wolves (1990), North of 60 (1992) and Reindeer Games (2000). He died on 13 September 2013 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Bonar Bain was born on 4 February 1923 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He was an actor, known for Draw! (1984), Powder Heads (1980) and Running Brave (1983). He was married to Vella Elanor. He died on 18 February 2005 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Len really got going into acting later in life with an early retirement from the workforce. He first moved into professional theatre and was a member of C.A.E.A., then after joining Actra and doing five acting gigs as a full Actra member, he took the option of some theatre to film conversion and practice training with Bill Davidson, and made use of personal coaching for many of his auditions. Mostly retired now, his film acting credits out of a slower market like Edmonton were substantial since coming on with Great West Canadian Talent and included work in Edmonton, Calgary, and Regina. His first role since joining the agency and taking some optional training, was a principal as Chief Townsend in the CBS movie Family Blessings shot in Regina. He went on the play a Minister in the ABC movie Oklahoma City Bombing shot in Calgary, a role in another ABC movie shot in Calgary Strangers In A Small Town, then a role on the Edmonton series The Mentors, followed by a role on the docudrama In The Nick of Time. Then a role on the Edmonton shot The War Bride Feature Film, a role on the Italian/Canadian co production Feature Almost America, another role on The Mentors series, and a role on the television movie 100 Days in The Jungle for CTV. After that he had a chance to do a large important principal role on the Calgary filmed series Tom Stone for CBC. Then a role on the Edmonton filmed comedy Whitecoats, and a role on the Calgary filmed Matter of Family for CBS. He appeared with his real life wife Shirley, both in Actor roles, on the Feature Santa's Slay shot in Edmonton, and an actor role on the Feature Comeback Season in Calgary. Then came another chance for an important principal role on the Lifetime Movie Angels Fall, followed by a Principal role on the Feature Comedy Freezer Burn shot in Edmonton. After that came a role in a flashback scene as the grandfather of one of the main characters Jack, on the Calgary series Heartland. One of his last roles was on the last season of Corner Gas shot near Regina, as the crotchety Old Man Hafford. The last role Len filmed in Edmonton was on the American Feature Cut Bank in a principal role. Len's son-in-law Dick Sahuri also followed him into acting as a hobby and appeared as an extra in a number of film and TV projects as well as in a few commercials.
He worked as a supervisor at Celanese Canada until his retirement in 1984 but his true profession was acting, which he pursued at both an amateur and professional level. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends.- Susan Aceron was born on 6 July 1972 in Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was an actress, known for The In-Laws (2003), Sailor Moon (1995) and The Ladies Man (2000). She was married to Jundee Gray. She died on 9 October 2016 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
In Czechoslovakia he ran afoul of both the Nazis and the Communists who subsequently replaced the Nazis in the postwar period, and spent seven years in prison and labor camps, four of them in a uranium mine labor camp. He was one of Czechosolvakia's leading Film and TV actors and writers when the Soviet tanks rolled into Prague. Valenta fled to Canada with his family, where he directed films for the National Film Board of Canada and appeared in numerous Canadian and European Films. He once said he had lived under six different political regimes "... and when you are a character, like me, and not a collaborator, you worry every day [no matter the regime]." He played Max the Stationmaster in the 1968 Oscar winning foreign film, Closely Watched Trains. In the 1970s he collaborated with Milos Forman and Ivan Passer in the Chelsea Hotel in New York. Valenta was the subject of a National Film Board documentary called Closely Watched Freedom directed by Tom Radford in 1993.- Suzanne Maria Audy was born on 6 August 1964 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. Suzanne Maria died on 7 November 2023 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Chris Postle was an actor, known for Mass Effect (2007), Mass Effect 2 (2010) and Mass Effect: Pinnacle Station (2009). He died on 16 July 2019 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Joe Bird was an actor, known for MDK 2 (2000) and The Fringe: Acting Up (2006). He died on 1 April 2009 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Walter Kaasa was born on 25 July 1925 in Cabri, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was an actor, known for Small Sacrifices (1989), The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985) and The Beachcombers (1972). He died on 10 July 2008 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Mike Thalassitis was born on 19 January 1993 in London, England, UK. He died on 15 March 2019 in Edmonton, London, England, UK.
- Roger Deegan was born on 9 February 1928 in Turtleford, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was a composer, known for Boreal Forest: Fall and Winter (1978), Life After Hockey (1989) and The Snow War (1978). He died on 28 August 2006 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Bobby Curtola was born on 17 April 1943 in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for The New Beachcombers (2002), Shake, Rock and Roll (1973) and The Wolfman Jack Show (1976). He was married to Ava Curtola and Karyn Rochford. He died on 4 June 2016 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.- Laura Demetrious was born in 1995. She was an actress, known for Keeley (2022) and Lizziehead (2023). She died on 9 January 2024 in Edmonton, London, England, UK.
- Blanche Forsythe born in the mid 1880's. She starred in many early melodrama and historical drama with the Barker Films Company from 1912, she's perhaps best remembered in 'East Lynne' in 1913, 'Jack Tar' in 1915, the title role in 'Jane Shore' in 1915 and also the title role in 'She' in 1916, played a dramatic role in her last movie as Mary Turner in 'A Just Deception' directed by A.E. Coleby and co-starring Augustus Yorke for the I.B. Davidson Film Company in 1917.
- Actor
- Producer
Thomas Henry Banks, born in Louisiana US, father of two fraternal twins and one other child (probably others). His kids have not seen him in over 20 years to him its almost as if they never existed. Twins run in his family, two sisters and a hateful mother. His daughter writes in this in maybe hoping somehow he'll see this. probably won't but worth a try. A much appreciated action his daughter has always wished he had done.- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
George Blondheim was born on 10 April 1956 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was a composer and actor, known for 9½ Weeks (1986), Da Vinci's Inquest (1998) and The War Between Us (1995). He was married to Joanne. He died on 1 February 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.- Additional Crew
Ron Graham is known for The Making of a Leader (1919-1968) (1994), God's Dominion: Spiritual Seekers (1993) and God's Dominion: In the Name of the Father (1993). He died on 20 July 2003 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Gil Cardinal was born in 1950 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was a director and writer, known for Big Bear (1998), Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole (2003) and Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis (2006). He died on 21 November 2015 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Dwayne R. Goettel was born on 1 February 1964. He was an actor and composer, known for An American Werewolf in Paris (1997), The Manson Family (1997) and SubUrbia (1996). He died on 23 August 1995 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.- Clare Drake was born on 9 October 1928 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was an actor, known for Running Brave (1983). He was married to Dolly. He died on 13 May 2018 in Edmonton, Canadad.
- Dave Semenko was born on 12 July 1957 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He died on 29 June 2017 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Alli McCann was born on 9 January 1930 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Secret of Kells (2009). He died on 11 March 2015 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Tim Hague was born on 9 May 1983 in Boyle, Alberta, Canada. He died on 18 June 2017 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Gudrun Parker was born on 16 March 1920 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She was a director and writer, known for A City Sings (1946), Community Responsibilities (1955) and Leaving It to the Experts (1955). She was married to Morten Parker. She died in December 2022 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.- Additional Crew
Alysson Schneider was born on 28 February 1981 in Craik, Saskatchewan, Canada. She is known for White Chicks (2004) and Hollywood Flies (2005). She was married to Brad Schneider. She died on 19 January 2017 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.