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Dan Lett
Daniel Frederick Lett (born April 16, 1959) is a Canadian actor. He has acted in films, theatre and television. His principal roles have been in the series ''F/X'', ''The X-Files'', ''E.N.G.'', ''Street Legal (Canadian TV series), Street Legal'', ''Wind at My Back'', and ''Made in Canada (TV series), Made in Canada''. Lett is a three-time Gemini Award winner. Partial filmography * ''Mrs. Soffel'' (1984) – Young Man (uncredited) * ''The Suicide Murders'' (1985, TV Movie) – Buddy * ''Big Deal (TV series), Big Deal'' (1985) – Bob Bowers * ''Blue Monkey (film), Blue Monkey'' (1987) – Ted Andrews * ''The Women of Windsor'' (1992, TV Movie) – Assistant Press Secretary * ''Paris, France (film), Paris, France'' (1993) - William / Michael's partner * ''The X-Files'' (1993, TV Series) - Sir Malcolm Marsden * ''Due South'' (1994-1998, TV Series) - Carver Dunn / Dr. Weingarten * ''Butterbox Babies'' (1995) - Robertson * ''Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story'' (1995, TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for Hypocrisy, hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the Tragedy, tragic Greek chorus, chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of acting pertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role", which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under The Piano
''Under the Piano'' is a 1995 television film directed by Stefan Scaini and features Kevin Sullivan as executive producer. The film follows the story of one woman’s overwhelming faith in her talented but emotionally defenceless sister. The film starred Megan Follows and Amanda Plummer as the sisters and opera singer Teresa Stratas as their mother. Stratas won a Gemini Award as best supporting actress for her performance. The film is loosely based on the life experiences of Dolly and Henrietta Giardini. Sullivan had seen their story on an episode of 20/20 and was moved by the potential of it. Henrietta was born an autistic savant; though her mental/emotional faculties have never fully developed, she possesses an extraordinary gift for memorization and for music. The two sisters lives were crucial to each other's survival as Dolly was handicapped, born with a paralyzed arm. Synopsis The film is set in the 1940s and 1950s. Franny Basilio is determined to help her musically gifted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Reagans
''The Reagans'' is a 2003 American biographical drama television film about U.S. President Ronald Reagan and his family. It was directed by Robert Allan Ackerman and written by Jane Marchwood, Tom Rickman, and Elizabeth Egloff, based on the 1991 biography ''First Ladies Volume II'' by Carl Sferrazza Anthony. It stars James Brolin as Reagan and Judy Davis as First Lady Nancy Reagan. The supporting cast includes Željko Ivanek, Mary Beth Peil, Bill Smitrovich, Shad Hart, Zoie Palmer, Richard Fitzpatrick, Vlasta Vrána, Francis Xavier McCarthy, Frank Moore, Aidan Devine, and John Stamos. The network CBS had planned to broadcast it as a 2-part miniseries in November 2003 during fall " sweeps", but it was ultimately broadcast as a film on November 30 of that year on cable channel Showtime due to controversy over its portrayal of Reagan. Plot The film covers the period in time from 1949 when Reagan was still in Hollywood, through his governorship of California until his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queer As Folk (2000 TV Series)
''Queer as Folk'' is a drama television series that ran from December 3, 2000, to August 7, 2005. The series was produced for Showtime and Showcase by Cowlip Productions, Tony Jonas Productions, Temple Street Productions, and Showtime Networks, in association with Crowe Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television. It was developed and written by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, who were the showrunners and also the executive producers along with Tony Jonas, former president of Warner Bros. Television. It is based on the British series created by Russell T Davies. Although it was set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, much of the series was actually shot in Toronto and employed various Canadian directors known for their independent film work (including Bruce McDonald, David Wellington, Kelly Makin, John Greyson, Jeremy Podeswa and Michael DeCarlo) as well as Australian director Russell Mulcahy, who directed the pilot episode. Additional writers in the later seasons included Michael M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Get A Clue
''Get a Clue'' is a 2002 American mystery comedy film released as a Disney Channel Original Movie. It stars Lindsay Lohan as Lexy Gold, a teenage high school student who investigates a mystery after one of her teachers goes missing. The film premiered on Disney Channel on June 28, 2002. It was directed by Maggie Greenwald and was written by Alana Sanko. Plot Lexy Gold lives amongst the wealthy and elite of Manhattan, New York. She serves as an advice columnist in her school newspaper but competes for status with middle-class Jack Downey, the editor. When an article and photograph Lexy has taken of her teacher, Mr. Orlando Walker, is published in the city's daily paper, he goes missing and his car is found in the East River. With help from Lexy's best friend Jen Hervey and one of her schoolmates Gabe ( Ali Mukaddam), Lexy and Jack set out to solve the mystery behind the disappearance. Their teacher, Miss Gertrude Dawson, becomes involved as she and Mr. Walker were romanticall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs In Ordinary Time (film)
''Songs in Ordinary Time'' is a 2000 American made-for-television drama film starring Sissy Spacek and Beau Bridges. The film was written by Malcolm MacRury and directed by Rod Holcomb. It is an adaptation of the book ''Songs in Ordinary Time'' written by Mary McGarry Morris. ''Songs in Ordinary Time'' was entirely shot in Nova Scotia, Canada due to financial reasons. The film originally premiered on CBS on October 22, 2000. Plot In Vermont in the 1960s, Mary Fermoyle, a divorced woman with three children to raise, allows the secretive Omar Duvall to enter her life. Duvall, however, may hide a huge secret. Cast * Sissy Spacek as Mary Fermoyle * Beau Bridges as Omar Duvall * Keir Dullea as Sam Fermoyle * Tom Guiry as Norman Fermoyle * Careena Melia as Alice Fermoyle * Jordan Warkol as Ben Fermoyle * Angelica Torn Angelica Page (née Angelica Sue Torn; February 17, 1964) is an American actress, director, producer and screenwriter. She is the only daughter of actors Rip Torn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Continuing Story
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babar (TV Series)
''Babar'' (, ; ) is an animated television series co-produced by Canadian animation studio Nelvana Limited and The Clifford Ross Company. It premiered in 1989 on CBC in Canada, and on HBO in the United States. The series is based on Jean de Brunhoff's original ''Babar'' books, and was Nelvana's first international co-production. The show has been dubbed in 30 languages in over 150 countries. The show was the first to be based on the ''Babar'' books; previously, two ''Babar'' specials narrated by Peter Ustinov were produced by Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez for NBC: ''The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant'' on October 21, 1968, and ''Babar Comes to America'' on September 7, 1971. In 2010, a computer animated sequel/spin-off series of ''Babar'' titled ''Babar and the Adventures of Badou'' premiered on YTV in Canada and Disney Junior in the United States. The new series takes place several years after the original and focuses on Badou, Babar's grandson and Pom's son as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Life Before This
''The Life Before This'' is a 1999 Canadian drama film directed by Jerry Ciccoritti.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 125. It begins with a massacre perpetrated in a coffee shop by two gunmen, and then uses flashbacks to show how each of the people present found themselves in the shop on that day. The film was inspired by the Just Desserts shooting of 1994. The film premiered at the 1999 Toronto International Film Festival. Cast Response The film received mixed reviews from critics. Peter Howell of the ''Toronto Star'' wrote that the film had a solid cast, but that "in seeking to make an Altmanesque story about the perfidy of fate surrounding the events leading to a cafe massacre, the movie follows dull characters too far and interesting ones not far enough." Deirdre Dolan of the ''National Post'' wrote that the initial shooting scene was stiffly acted and meaningfully paced, leading her to fear that she was about to watch "another self ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of The Elephants
King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a constitutional monarch if his power is restrained by fixed laws. Kings are hereditary monarchs when they inherit power by birthright and elective monarchs when chosen to ascend the throne. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the title may refer to tribal kingship. Germanic kingship is cognate with Indo-European traditions of tribal rulership (cf. Indic ''rājan'', Gothic ''reiks'', and Old Irish ''rí'', etc.). *In the context of classical antiquity, king may translate in Latin as '' rex'' and in Greek as ''archon'' or ''basileus''. *In classical European feudalism, the title of ''king'' as the ruler of a ''kingdom'' is understood to be the highest rank in the feudal order, potentially subject, at least nominally, only to an emperor (harking back to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Date With The President's Daughter
''My Date with the President's Daughter'' is a 1998 American made-for-television romantic comedy film produced by Walt Disney Television and premiered as part of ABC's revival of '' The Wonderful World of Disney''. The film was directed by Alex Zamm and stars Dabney Coleman, Will Friedle, and Elisabeth Harnois. It was shot in various locations around Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ''My Date with President's Daughter'' premiered on April 19, 1998. The film earned a small cult following among viewers who saw the original broadcast as well as its multiple reruns on the Disney Channel. Plot Duncan Fletcher is an average teenager living in suburban Washington, D.C. In search of a date to his school's spring dance due to a bet he makes with his friends, Curtis and Arthur, he meets a girl named Hallie at the mall, whom he does not recognize as the daughter of the President of the United States, George Richmond. Hallie is in the mall hiding from the Secret Service after sneaking off du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blind Faith (1998 Film)
''Blind Faith'' is a 1998 American made-for-television drama film directed by Ernest R. Dickerson. The movie stars Charles S. Dutton, Courtney B. Vance, Kadeem Hardison, Garland Whitt and Lonette McKee. It premiered in January 1998 on Showtime. The film's screenplay was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award, while Dutton received two nominations for awards, and Vance garnered one nomination. Set in the 1950s, during a murder trial, the film deals with themes of racism and homophobia. Plot Set in 1957, Charlie is a Black 18 year old male who is secretly gay. He is accused of killing a young white man in a nearby park late at night. The white man was one of seven young white men, who had ganged up and murdered his secret boyfriend David Mercer, who is black, during a hate crime based on his sexuality. Charlie is arrested and claims to have attempted to rob the white boy, stating that his death was accidental. Charlie purposefully concealed the truth so as not to expose his o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
