Roland Hewgill

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Feb 11, 1929 (96 years old)
Death date
Nov 09, 1998

Roland Hewgill

Known For

The Midday Sun
1h 33m
Movie 1990

The Midday Sun

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 enthusiasm and ignorance, she consistently demonstrates her lack of understanding of the local culture. When she is robbed, she fights for the release of the man convicted of the crime and belatedly makes some attempt to understand her environment.

John and the Missus
1h 40m
Movie 1987

John and the Missus

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 stubbornly refuses the small amount of settlement money offered by the government.

Biography

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.

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