James B.
Douglas
James
B. DouglJames
B. Douglas (abt 1928- 29 December 2009) was a stage, screen and
television actor, director/producer, and dramaturge, born in Cape
Town, South Africa.
He was educated at Upper Canada College,
and at Amherst College in the United States, and studied theatre at
the Bristol Old Vic. His early career began at the Bristol Old Vic,
and in London's West End, with extensive touring throughout the UK.
James B. Douglas played over 150 major roles in Canada, Britain,
and the United States. Highlights include Bitos in Poor Bitos (Center
Theater Group, Los Angeles), Vershinin in The Three Sisters ( St.
Lawrence Centre , Toronto), Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night (Old
Globe Theater, San Diego), Paris in Troilus and Cressida and
Antipholus in Comedy of Errors ( Stratford Festival ), Polo in A
Hatful of Rain (Princes Theatre, London), and Pvt. Bamforth in The
Long and The Short and the Tall (Montreal, Toronto and New York)-
his favorite role.
He also played roles in many Hollywood
movies, including the leading role in the Oscar-nominated film After
the Axe, and Col. Merrill in the original M.A.S.H. (1970).
His Canadian film and television credits include starring in The
Drylanders with Frances Hyland and Road to Avonlea with Faye
Dunnaway (1995); A People's History of Canada; and The Hair Cut
(Bravo). His also appeared in the hit Canadian comedy, Men with
Brooms.
He became Artistic Director of the Gryphon Theatre in
1984, where he premiered many new plays and musicals. War Brides: A
Musical premiered at Theatre Orangeville, toured, and played six
weeks at the Neptune Theatre in Halifax. He also directed and
produced his own adaptation of W.O. Mitchell 's Jake and the Kid at
Theatre Orangeville. A passionate advocate of Canadian theatre, he
was one of three founding members of Tarragon Theatre .
For
several years, he toured his solo performance as Stephen Leacock in
Sunshine and Shadows, which he created, playing in England, the
United States, and Canada, and including an open air performance in
the Leacock Museum on Old Brewery Bay, Ontario.
He died at
the age of 81. He was survived by his wife, Myfanwy, daughter
Glenella, sons Aidan Patric and Andrew, and stepchildren Alison,
David and Robin.
James B. Douglas was predeceased by his
brother Hugh and half-brother Graham. bsp;
Any contributions to this item will be
gratefully accepted
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