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    John Robert Roy Drainie (April 1, 1916 – October 30, 1966) was a Canadian actor and television presenter, who was called "the greatest radio actor in...
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  • The John Drainie Award was an award given to an individual who has made a significant contribution to broadcasting in Canada. Although meant to be presented...
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  • return to their home. The film's human cast consists of Émile Genest, John Drainie, Tommy Tweed, and Sandra Scott, with Rex Allen providing narration. Released...
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    has been honoured for her journalism with a Gemini Award (2002), the John Drainie Award for distinguished contributions to Canadian broadcasting (2008)...
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    Series. Additionally, in 2006, she was bestowed with the prestigious John Drainie Award by ACTRA, in recognition of her significant contributions to Canadian...
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  • entertainment impresarios, and actor John Drainie. Writer and actor Claire Drainie Taylor, the award's benefactor, was married to Drainie from 1942 until his death...
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  • genre in later decades. This Hour Has Seven Days was initially hosted by John Drainie, Laurier LaPierre, and Carole Simpson (not to be confused with the now-retired...
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    Pitt play featuring Mavor Moore as Todd, Jane Mallett as Mrs. Lovett, John Drainie as Tobias, Lloyd Bochner as Mark Ingestrie, Bernard Braden as Jarvis...
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  • the 1960s, working with such performers as Jane Mallett, Barry Morse, John Drainie, Ruth Springford, and James Doohan among others. She appeared in a number...
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  • to incorporate web series and video games. ACTRA began presenting the John Drainie Award for distinguished lifetime contribution in broadcasting in 1968...
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  • 1992) and "Best News Magazine Segment" (2004). He was also awarded the John Drainie Award (1997) and "Best Performance by a Broadcast Journalist (Gordon...
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  • diversity of Canada." Margaret Collier Award - lifetime writing honour John Drainie Award - broadcasting, not necessarily awarded every year Humanitarian...
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  • Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle or Mutilate - National Film Board of Canada, John Howe director Documentary Under 30 Minutes: Avec tambours et trompettes (With...
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  • as Lister Sinclair, Mavor Moore, W. O. Mitchell,: 111  Jane Mallett, John Drainie, Barry Morse,: 117  Christopher Plummer,: 123  James Doohan, and many...
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  • and Claire Drainie Taylor. She was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2023. Drainie, Bronwyn (1988). Living the Part: John Drainie and the Dilemma...
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  • Achievement in a Drama, episode of The Bold Ones: The Senator 2004: winner, John Drainie Award "Daryl Duke". Daryl Duke Foundation. 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015...
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  • contribution to the cause of literacy. In 2000, she was awarded the John Drainie Award for making a significant contribution to broadcasting in Canada...
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  • and married fellow actor John Drainie, with whom she had six children including journalist Bronwyn Drainie. After John Drainie's death in 1966, she remarried...
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  • Stars of Tomorrow The Small Types Club Stage Stag Party Stories Read by John Drainie Theatre of Freedom This Is the Army The Tommy Hunter Show Trans-Canada...
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  • was recorded in front of a live audience at the Oxford Union Society. John Drainie was another performer noted for his similar one-man show as Canadian...
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  • broadcaster, author, recipient of John Drainie Award John Reeves (judge) (born 1952), Australian politician, lawyer and judge John M. Reeves, after whom the Reeves...
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    Columbia, doing radio dramas. He worked with a group whose members included John Drainie, Lister Sinclair, and Alan Young on such local stations as CJOR, CKWX...
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  • achievements and made remarkable contributions to York. Budd received ACTRA's John Drainie Award in 2011 for her distinguished contribution to Canadian broadcasting...
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  • the 1940s to the 1970s, working with such notables as Andrew Allan, John Drainie, and Barry Morse. She was most noted for Travels with Aunt Jane, a 1974...
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  • grassed area near the golf course. John Drainie Memorial – The Canadian Shakespearean actor and broadcaster John Drainie is commemorated by a plaque and...
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    Long (1959-1962) John Drainie (1955-1956) Frank Peddie (1956-1959) Doug Master (1959-1962) Mavor Moore Robert Christie Puppeteers John and Linda Keogh...
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  • artist, author, and blogger Naheed Dosani – doctor Riele Downs – actress John Drainie – actor Drake – rapper Kris Draper – NHL Dream Warriors – hip hop group...
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  • [citation needed] The cast of the series included John Drainie as the Narrator, Paul Kligman as John Smith, Timothy Findley as Peter Pupkin, Eric House...
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  • Genre Science fiction comedy Kaiju Voices of Carl Banas Susan Conway John Drainie Billie Mae Richards Alf Scopp Paul Soles Bernard Cowan Theme music composer...
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  • longtime member of ACTRA, she received the following: Andrew Allan Award John Drainie Award ACTRA Award Dora Mavor Moore Award Obituary notice Ruth Springford...
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