David Gregory Malone (born October 19, 1948 in St. John's,

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and actor. Wyndham Wise
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'', November 21, 2012. He is well known for the ''

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, and

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Career

Prior to CODCO, Malone wrote and performed in a number of shows for

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, including '' The Wonderful Grand Band'', '' The Root Seller'' and '' The S and M Comic Book'', and appeared in the film '' The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood''. After the death of his ''CODCO'' co-star

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in 1993, he devoted some years of his life to raising awareness of

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and

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, including writing, directing and appearing in a training film for health care professionals. He also directed a

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film, ''The Untold Story of the Suffragists of Newfoundland'', in which he appeared as Sir Richard Squires, and acted in the films '' Rare Birds'', '' Extraordinary Visitor'', ''Messiah from Montreal'' and ''Heyday!''. He also appeared in a one-man special for '' Comedy Now!'', ''Pocket Queen'', which won an award at the 1999 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. More recently, he has had a recurring guest role in ''

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''. He appeared as orphanage headmaster Mr. Hill in the Irish-Canadian co-production '' Maudie'', widely released in 2017. Along with Sexton and their ''CODCO'' co-star Andy Jones, Malone was a recipient of the

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, the lifetime achievement award of Canadian television's

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, in 2002. His first memoir, ''You Better Watch Out'', was published in 2009 by Knopf Canada. He released a book in 2012 entitled ''Don't Tell the Newfoundlanders: The True Story of Newfoundland's Confederation with Canada'', which is a look at how

became a province of

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in 1949. Malone is openly gay. He is also an amateur theologian.

Filmography

Films

TV

Politics

Malone participated in the campaign that stopped the privatization of

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, and has championed other environmental causes, including a campaign to ban shipping of garbage to

. He ran as a candidate for the

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in the

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in 2000, losing narrowly to

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. Malone supported

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and the

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in the 2008 election, and performed at the 2009 Green Party convention in

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. In June 2019, Malone was announced as the Green party candidate for the riding of

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for the 2019 federal election. Malone finished a distant fourth in the election.

Electoral record

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References

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