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Murray Westgate
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Like most young men at the time with the outbreak of World War Two, Murray Westgate signed up to serve his country. He joined the Canadian navy and was posted to Halifax where he…
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Like most young men at the time with the outbreak of World War Two, Murray Westgate signed up to serve his country. He joined the Canadian navy and was posted to Halifax where he was trained as a wireless operator. On his discharge in 1945, he heard that a repertory company was being formed on the west coast and so he became a member of Vancouver`s first professional theatre company, Everyman Theatre, which had been formed in 1946 by Sydney Risk. A touring company resulted and Westgate and a group of young actors toured the West. He then joined the CBC in Vancouver and was cast in radio dramas for which the CBC Vancouver studios were famous. In 1949 he moved to Toronto where his voice was soon heard in many CBC network radio productions out of the Toronto studios, among them the long-running Sunday series which began as Stage 44, directed by Andrew Allan, and the Ford Television Theatre, produced by Allan Savage. Westgate won an ACTRA Award in 1979 for his work on the made-for-television movie, Tyler. He is probably best remembered by a certain age group for being the spokesman for Imperial Oil, appearing in commercials for 17 years, especially when they were a major sponsor of Hockey Night In Canada on the CBC. Westgate died at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto.
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1991
Scanners II: The New Order
Movie George Kellum
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1984
Heavenly Bodies
Movie Coach Hudson
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1984
A Matter of Sex
Movie 1st Union Man
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1982
Shock-Trauma
Movie Police Superintendent Grier
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1982
Honeyboy
Movie Doctor
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1982
Knight Rider
TV show Technician
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1981
Happy Birthday to Me
Movie Gatekeeper
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1980
The Kidnapping of the President
Movie Archie Standler
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1980
F.D.R.: The Last Year
Movie Cordell Hull
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1980
Fish Hawk
Movie Billie Firman
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1980
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog
Movie Mac
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1979
Running
Movie Mr. Finlay
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1979
Crossbar
Movie Carver
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1979
L'Homme en colère
Movie Police station sergeant
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1979
Torn Between Two Lovers
Movie Jack DeWitt
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1977
Tell Me My Name
Movie Thurmond
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1977
Rituals
Movie Pilot
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1976
Tom Sawyer
Movie Coroner
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1974
Sunday in the Country
Movie Conway
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1974
Salty
TV show Trumbull
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1974
Last Bride Of Salem
Movie Rev. Hiram Fletcher
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1973
The Borrowers
Movie Ernie
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1973
She Cried Murder
Movie Sergeant Withers
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1973
Class of '44
Movie Principal
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1972
The House Without a Christmas Tree
Movie Mr. Brady
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1970
Homer
Movie Mr. Cochran
