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Peter Keleghan
Peter Keleghan (born September 16, 1959) is a Canadian actor and writer, perhaps best known for portraying Ben Bellow in the comedy series '' 18 to Life'', Clark Claxton Sr. in the comedy series '' Billable Hours'' and Ranger Gord in '' The Red Green Show''. As of 2024, he has a recurring role on ''Murdoch Mysteries'' as government agent/spy Terrence Meyers. Early life Keleghan was born in Montreal, Quebec. He earned his BA in English Drama from York University in Toronto, Ontario. Career Keleghan has had a long career in film and television, mostly in comedic roles starting in the '' Smith & Smith'' spin off comedy sketch show, ''Comedy Mill''. His best-known roles have been film industry CEO Alan Roy on '' Made in Canada'', news anchor Jim Walcott on '' The Newsroom'', Ranger Gord on '' The Red Green Show'', Ben Bellow on '' 18 to Life'' and special agent Terrence Myers on ''Murdoch Mysteries''. His other television performances include ''Seinfeld'', and '' Queer as Folk''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cities by population, ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital, Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census geographic units of Canada#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GravyTrain
''GravyTrain'' is a 2010 Canadian comedy film directed by April Mullen who also produced the feature with Tim Doiron under the company name G-Train Productions. Plot Charles Gravytrain (Tim Doiron) is a policeman in the community of Gypsy Creek, a present-day community whose appearance resembles the 1970s. He and his partner Uma Booma (April Mullen) are attempting to arrest Jimmy Fish Eyes, blamed for the murder of several people including Gravytrain's father. During their quest for justice, Gravytrain and Booma are themselves blamed for the murders and are forced underground until they can escape their frameup. During this time, they become actors in a snuff film produced by Hansel Suppledick (Ryan Tilley). Cast Production The film's 15-day shoot at Niagara Falls, Ontario used Red One camera technology. Many scenes were filmed at the Olde Country Antiques facility whose interiors were suitable for a 1970s-styled set. The cast includes Alan Frew of the rock band Glass Tig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goosebumps (1995 TV Series)
''Goosebumps'' is a anthology horror fantasy television series based on R. L. Stine's best-selling book series of the same name. It is an anthology of stories involving children and young adults in otherworldly situations. The series is centered around the same supernatural or occult elements featured in the novels, with most episodes being direct adaptions of the books. Production ''Goosebumps'' was filmed largely in Ontario, Canada, with different houses and historic properties in Toronto, Markham, and other outlying rural areas serving often as the sets for each episode rather than constructing artificial houses and buildings. Ontario also provided a more affordable filming location and an aesthetic that could double as American while maintaining ambiguity in terms of location and setting. Props for the series were designed by Ron Stefaniuk and Alan Doucette, while Stefaniuk retained many of the animatronic props at his own studio after ''Goosebumps'' was cancelled. Episo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forever Knight
''Forever Knight'' is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight (Forever Knight), Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern-day Toronto, Ontario. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a homicide detective on the night shift while struggling to find a way to become human again. The series premiered on May 5, 1992, and concluded with the third-season finale on May 17, 1996. Plot Nick Knight (Forever Knight), Nick Knight is a Toronto police detective who works the wikt:graveyard shift, graveyard shift with his partner. Unbeknownst to most of his colleagues, Nick is actually Nicholas, an 800-year-old vampire (his human surname was reference to his status as a literal knight in medieval France). Remorseful over centuries spent as a vampiric cold-hearted killer, Nicholas serves the public good as a police officer. He often uses his special abilities to bring criminals to justice. Whenever he works o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viper (TV Series)
''Viper'' is an American action-adventure television series about a special United States task force set up by the federal government to fight crime in the fictional city of Metro City, California, that is perpetually under siege from one crime wave after another. The weapon used by this task force is an urban assault vehicle that masquerades as a Dodge Viper RT/10 roadster and coupe (later, the Viper GTS). The series takes place in "the near future". The primary brand of vehicles driven in the show were Chrysler or subsidiary companies. The series ran on NBC for one season in 1994 before being revived two years later for three more seasons of first-run syndication. Reruns of the series have appeared on Sci-Fi Channel and USA Network. The Viper Defender "star car" was designed by Chrysler Corporation engineers unlike most Hollywood film/television cars that are usually customized by film picture designers. The exterior design of the car was produced by Chrysler stylist Steve F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burke's Law (1994 TV Series)
''Burkes Law'' is an American crime drama television series that aired on CBS during the 1993–94 and 1994–95 television seasons. It was a revival of original ''Burkes Law'' television series, and starred Gene Barry as millionaire cop Amos Burke, now deputy chief instead of a captain, and Peter Barton as his son Det. Peter Burke. It was produced by Spelling Television. Background The revival of the show, which ran on CBS from 1994 to 1995, was produced by Aaron Spelling's production company. Although the final season of the original series had the character become an agent for the government, the revival retconned this and continued the premise of the first two seasons. In the second incarnation, Burke is now a deputy chief, assisted by his son Peter ( Peter Barton). The two are assisted by Medical Examiner Lily Morgan (Bever-Leigh Banfield), and Burke's Filipino driver Henry ( Danny Kamekona). Burke and Henry raised Peter after the death of his mother when he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Non-Fat Yogurt
"The Non-Fat Yogurt" is the 71st episode of the NBC sitcom ''Seinfeld''. It is the seventh episode of the fifth season, and first aired on November 4, 1993. The episode is a fictionalized portrayal of the 1993 New York City mayoral election in which a yogurt shop patronized by the main cast and a name tag idea suggested by Elaine become key issues. Plot Jerry, Elaine, George, and Newman are fixated on a new frozen yogurt shop in which Kramer has invested. They are delighted by the fact that the yogurt is advertised as non-fat. Jerry swears near the shop owner's son Matthew, who then starts to swear frequently. Matthew's mother brings him over so that Jerry can explain to him that cursing is wrong. However, Jerry has a cassette tape of a particularly successful ad-libbed set from a comedy show the previous night, and curses at Matthew again when he destroys it. When Kramer notices that Jerry and Elaine have gained weight, they become suspicious that the yogurt may not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's English-language television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States and the BAFTA Television Awards in the United Kingdom. First held in 1986 to replace the ACTRA Award, the ceremony celebrated Canadian television productions with awards in 87 categories, along with other special awards such as lifetime achievement awards. The Academy had previously presented the one-off Bijou Awards in 1981, inclusive of some television productions. The awards' name was an allusion to Castor and Pollux, a mythological pair of twins; this was in reference to Canada's linguistic duality of English and French, with the Academy's separate awards presentation for French-language television production named the Gémeaux Awards. The statuette, designed by Toronto artist Scott Thornley, evoked twins through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheers
''Cheers'' is an American television sitcom, created by Glen and Les Charles, Glen Charles & Les Charles and James Burrows, that aired on NBC for eleven seasons from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association with Paramount Television (original), Paramount Television. The show is set in the Cheers Beacon Hill, titular bar in Boston, where a group of locals meet to drink, relax, socialize, and escape from their day-to-day issues. At the center of the show is the bar's owner and head bartender, Sam Malone, who is a womanizing former relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. The show's ensemble cast introduced in the Give Me a Ring Sometime, pilot episode are waitresses Diane Chambers and Carla Tortelli, second bartender Coach Ernie Pantusso, and regular customers Norm Peterson and Cliff Clavin. Later main characters of the show also include, Frasier Crane, Woody Boyd, Lilith Sternin, and Rebecca Howe. After premier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Opposition
''In Opposition'' was a Canadian television sitcom, which aired on CBC Television in 1989."Some Hon. Members: Yawn; In opposition a political sitcom without politics -- or laughs". ''Ottawa Citizen'', October 24, 1989. The show lasted only a single season."In Opposition loses its seat on CBC". ''Toronto Star'', January 23, 1990. It starred Kathleen Laskey as Karen Collier, a rookie Member of Parliament who represented the fictional riding of Moncton—Macquedewawa for the also-fictional Dominion Party of Canada. The show also starred Judy Marshak as her secretary Grace Kiley, Lawrence Dane as her party leader Joe Reynolds, Damir Andrei as her caucus colleague McGillivray, Peter Keleghan as backroom organizer Tom Sheridan, and Jennifer Dale as her neighbour and friend Mary Margaret McCarthy. The show's pilot had to be refilmed, after the role of Tom Sheridan, originally played by David McIlwraith, was recast."CBC reworking political sitcom In Opposition". ''Toronto Star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Comedy Mill
''The Comedy Mill'' was a Canadian sketch comedy television series, which aired from 1987 to 1991 on Hamilton, Ontario's CHCH-TV, and through syndication on other Canadian television stations."Under the veneer of a Hollywood legend". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 17, 1988. The show starred the husband and wife comedy duo of Steve Smith and Morag Smith, with a supporting cast that included Peter Keleghan, Linda Kash and Mag Ruffman. The show was a revival of their earlier '' Smith & Smith'' series, which ended in 1985. For the 85-86 television season, the Smiths and their children Max and David starred in the family sitcom '' Me & Max''. One of the show's regular features involved parody music videos, presented by Kash as a caricature of a television VJ. Some of the parody videos even made it into rotation on MuchMusic and The Nashville Network. After ''The Comedy Mill'' ended its run, Morag retired from performing and Steve launched his most famous series, '' The Red Gree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Check It Out! (Canadian TV Series)
''Check it Out!'' is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on CTV from September 1985 to April 1988. The series also aired in the United States in syndication and on the USA Network. Synopsis Based on the British series '' Tripper's Day'', ''Check It Out!'' was set in a fictional supermarket called Cobb's, located in Brampton, Ontario and stars Don Adams as manager Howard Bannister. The cast also included Dinah Christie, Henry Beckman, Gordon Clapp, Barbara Hamilton, Elizabeth Hanna, Kathleen Laskey, Jeff Pustil, Simon Reynolds, Aaron Schwartz and Tonya Williams. The series was taped in front of a studio audience at CFTO-TV in Toronto. Cast *Don Adams as Howard Bannister * Dinah Christie as Edna Moseley * Aaron Schwartz as Leslie Rappaport *Elizabeth Hanna as T.C. Collingwood (season 3) * Tonya Williams as Jennifer Woods (season 1) * Jeff Pustil as Jack Christian * Kathleen Laskey as Marlene Weimaraner * Henry Beckman as Alf (season 1) *Simon Reynolds as Murray Amhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
