Douglas Campbell, CM (June 11, 1922 – October 6, 2009) was a Canadian-based stage actor. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland.

[edit] Acting career

Campbell's interest in the theatre began at London's Old Vic Theatre at age 17, where working as a stage hand he saw Tyrone Guthrie's production of King John. He first performed in the 1941 Old Vic touring productions of Medea and Jacob's Ladder.^[1][2]

He was invited to Canada in 1953 by Guthrie, who had just been appointed the first Artistic Director of the fledgeling Stratford Festival of Canada. Campbell played Hastings in the opening production of Richard III in 1953, and King Oedipus in the stage & screen production of Oedipus Rex in 1954. His career at Stratford spanned nearly 50 years, and he drew great acclaim for his portrayl of Othello in 1959, and his many appearances as Falstaff across several decades.^[3][4]

Campbell founded the Canadian Players in 1954, and was Artistic Director at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis from 1966 to 1967. He was awarded the Order of Canada on 17 April 1997.

[edit] Personal life

He is the father of Dirk Campbell, television director; Teresa Padden who played Cordelia to his first King Lear, Tom Campbell, painter; Benedict Campbell, actor. These children are from his marriage to Ann Casson, actress and daughter of Sir Lewis Casson and Dame Sybil Thorndike. His second wife Moira Wylie is an actress and director and mother of Beatrice Campbell, a stage manager at the Shaw Festival and of Torquil Campbell, actor and lead singer/songwriter of the indie rock band Stars.

Campbell was still performing from time to time as, in his words: "In this business, you never really retire."^{[citation needed]}

Campbell died at Hôtel Dieu hospital in Montreal, Quebec from complications of diabetes and heart disease on October 6, 2009.^[5]

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Movies

• 1957: Oedipus Rex
• 1965: When Tomorrow Dies
• 1980: Double Negative
• 1982: If You Could See What I Hear
• 1983: Strange Brew
• 1985: Perfect
• 2000: Once Upon a Christmas

[edit] Television series

• 1979-1982: The Great Detective (35 episodes)
• 2000: Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (miniseries)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Douglas Campbell at the Internet Movie Database
• Order of Canada: Douglas Campbell
• A gloriously forthright, honest, full-blooded trouper (Globe and Mail obituary)

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