Roland Hewgill (February 11, 1929 – November 9, 1998) was a

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actor."Hewgill began career in Stratford". '' The Globe and Mail'', November 13, 1998. Primarily a stage actor, most famously associated with the

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, he also had a number of film and television roles. Born in

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and raised primarily in

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, Hewgill joined the Stratford Festival in 1954. Roles he played at Stratford over the course of his career included

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in ''

The Merchant of Venice ''The Merchant of Venice'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock. Although classified as ...

'', Uncle Ben in ''

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'', Ferdinand in ''

The Duchess of Malfi ''The Duchess of Malfi'' (originally published as ''The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy'') is a Jacobean revenge tragedy written by English dramatist John Webster in 1612–1613. It was first performed privately at the Blackfriars Theatr ...

'',

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in ''

As You Like It ''As You Like It'' is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has ...

'', Cornwall in ''

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'' and

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in ''

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''. His roles for other theatres included Phil Hogan in ''

A Moon for the Misbegotten ''A Moon for the Misbegotten'' is a play in four acts by Eugene O'Neill. The play is a sequel to O'Neill's '' Long Day's Journey into Night'', with the Jim Tyrone character as an older version of Jamie Tyrone. He began drafting the play late in 1 ...

'', Relling in ''

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'', Dr. Rank in ''

A Doll's House ''A Doll's House'' ( Danish and nb, Et dukkehjem; also translated as ''A Doll House'') is a three-act play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having be ...

'' and Andrey Bottvinik in '' A Walk in the Woods''. He won a

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as Best Actor in a Featured Role in 1986 for his performance in ''A Moon for the Misbegotten'', and was a shortlisted nominee as Actor in a Principal Role in a Play in 1988 for ''Play Memory''. On television he was most noted for his role as Bob Lipton in the comedy-drama series '' Airwaves'', and in film he appeared in ''

John and the Missus ''John and the Missus'' is a 1986 Canadian drama film. The film was directed by and starred Gordon Pinsent who wrote the screenplay from his 1974 novel of the same name. Plot John Munn (Pinsent) is a miner from a small Newfoundland town who ge ...

'' and ''

Beautiful Dreamers ''Beautiful Dreamers'' is a 1990 Canadian film directed by John Kent Harrison. It stars Colm Feore and Rip Torn. It was nominated for four Genie Awards in 1991. Synopsis Rip Torn is the American poet Walt Whitman. The setting is a 19th-century C ...

''. He was a shortlisted

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nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the

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in 1987 for ''John and the Missus''."Nominees for Genie awards". ''

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'', February 5, 1987.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hewgill, Roland 1929 births 1998 deaths Anglophone Quebec people Canadian male stage actors Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Male actors from Kingston, Ontario Male actors from Montreal Dora Mavor Moore Award winners Canadian male Shakespearean actors 20th-century Canadian male actors