Richard Donat (born 1 June 1941) is a Canadian actor, known for his work in Canadian and American television. He is well known for playing the character
Vince Teagues in the Canadian–American TV series, ''
Haven''. Donat is the younger brother of
Peter Donat and the nephew of British actor
Robert Donat
Friedrich Robert Donat ( ; 18 March 1905 – 9 June 1958) was an English actor. Making his breakthrough film role in Alexander Korda's ''The Private Life of Henry VIII'' (1933), today he is best remembered for his roles in ''The Count of Monte C ...
.
Career
Donat has had a long career playing character roles mainly on television, though he has had roles in films such as ''
Tomorrow Never Comes'' (1978), ''
City on Fire'' (1979), ''
Gas
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'' (1981), ''
Draw!'' (1984), ''
My American Cousin'' (1985), ''
Samuel Lount'' (1985), ''
American Boyfriends'' (1989), ''
The Weight of Water'' (2000), ''
The Event
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'' (2003) and ''
Amelia'' (2009). He has also narrated several documentaries, including a number of
Nova
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episodes.
Among his TV appearances, Donat was Doctor Burnley in the Canadian television series ''
Emily of New Moon
''Emily of New Moon'' is the first in a series of novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery about a Canadian orphan girl growing up in Prince Edward Island. Montgomery is also the author of ''Anne of Green Gables'' series.
It was first published in 1923.
...
'' from 1998 to 2000. He played Colonel Boyle, the fort commander in the Canadian comedy series ''
Blackfly'' for its two seasons, 2001–2002. Between 2010 and 2015 he played Vince Teagues, one of the editors of the local newspaper in the town of Haven from the TV series of the same name. Although Haven is supposed to be in Maine, the series is filmed in Nova Scotia where Donat hails from.
In 1984, Donat won a
Dora Mavor Moore Award
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for "Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Leading Role" for his work in
Brecht's ''
In the Jungle of Cities
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''. In 2007, he won a
Merritt Award for "Outstanding Performance – Supporting Actor" for his role in Sam Shepard's ''
Fool For Love''.
Donat is also a director and won the Mecca Award in 2004 for his direction of ''
The Drawer Boy''.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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Richard Donatat Northernstars.ca
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1941 births
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male stage actors
Canadian male television actors
Canadian people of English descent
Living people
People from Kentville, Nova Scotia
Canadian theatre directors
Male actors from Nova Scotia
Canadian people of British descent