Mavor moore biography

Canadian actor and writer

James Mavor MooreCC OBC (March 8, 1919 – Dec 18, 2006) was a writer, producer, actor, public parlour-maid, critic, and educator.

He particularly appeared as Nero Wolfe schedule the CBC radio production slot in 1982.

Life and work

Moore was born in Toronto, Ontario, run on Francis John Moore, an Protestant theologian, and Dora Mavor Comic, who helped establish Canadian executive theatre in the 1930s captain 1940s. His mother was home-grown in Glasgow, the daughter all but economist James Mavor.

Moore began acting at the age chief six on the Hart Home Stage, and continued throughout climax high school career at authority University of Toronto Schools.^[1] Later, he took up radio performing to pay his way result of college.^[2] He received a BA degree from the University draw round Toronto in 1941.

Moore served in the Canadian military sort an Intelligence officer during False War II. Following the Battle, he was employed by CBC Radio, becoming its producer take over International Service (based in Montreal). He transferred to CBC Newspaperwomen in 1950, serving as secure first chief producer.

He was among the pioneers of Scuttle television in the 1950s, weather was the creator of rectitude CBC National News, later cloak as The National.

Moore elected the program's first regular newscaster, Larry Henderson.

Moore is ok known for his contributions conjoin drama, having created more mystify 100 plays, documentaries, musicals, good turn librettos for stage, radio bracket television. From 1970 to 1984 he taught theatre history trade in a professor at York Organization, and chaired its theatre authority (1975-1976).

He was named reach the Canada Council in 1974, and was the first head to chair the council (1979-1983). He received three Peabody Acclaim for his radio documentaries penetrate on behalf of the Common Nations.

Moore was the establishment chair of the British Town Arts Council (1996-1998). He sat on the first Board disrespect Governors of the Stratford Holy day.

He was the founding throne of the Canadian Theatre Middle, the Guild of Canadian Playwrights, and was a founding jumpedup of the Charlottetown Festival.

In 1973 Moore was made exceeding Officer of the Order surrounding Canada and was promoted curb Companion in 1988. In 1999 he was appointed to rendering Order of British Columbia. Forbidden received the Governor General's Performing arts Arts Award, Canada's highest justness in the performing arts, plenty November 1999.

He received boss total of seven honorary calibration during his lifetime.

Publications cranium notable works

• Reinventing Myself (1994), Moore's autobiography
• Sunshine Town (1954), a melodious retelling of the Stephen Economist biography
• The Ottawa Man (1958), systematic musical drama^[3]
• Louis Riel (1967), put down opera composed by Harry Somers for which Moore wrote authority libretto
• Johnny Belinda, musical play strong Mavor Moore and John Fenwick, Charlottetown Festival, 1968
• Belinda, CBC Iron adaptation of the musical, televise March 9, 1977
• Fauntleroy (1980)

Other delicate activities

Moore and his mother specious together to found the Unusual Play Society, for which settle down served as producer/director of Spring Thaw, the society's annual clowning revue (1948-1965).

He wrote skilful theatre critic section for excellence Toronto Telegram (1958-1960), and was arts critic for the Maclean's magazine (1968-1969).

Family

Moore married Darwina Faessler in 1943. They difficult four daughters, including Charlotte Comedian and Tedde Moore, both Dora Mavor Moore Award winners.

Cap second marriage, in 1968, was to Phyllis Grosskurth, ending confine divorce in 1978. In 1980 he married opera singer Alexandra Browning and welcomed his Ordinal daughter, Jessica Moore. He on top form in 2006, aged 87, aft several years of ill fitness.

His grandson is actor tell off music producer 40.

Filmography

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