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Mavor Moore(1919-2006)

  • Actor
  • Writer
  • Composer
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Mavor Moore was born on 8 March 1919 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for Scanners (1981), Folio (1955) and Heavy Metal (1981). He was married to Alexandra Browning, Phyllis Grosskurth and Darwina "Dilly" Faessler. He died on 18 December 2006 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
BornMarch 8, 1919
DiedDecember 18, 2006(87)
BornMarch 8, 1919
DiedDecember 18, 2006(87)
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Known for

Michael Ironside in Scanners (1981)
Scanners
6.7
  • Trevellyan
  • 1981
Anne Fielding in Folio (1955)
Folio
6.1
TV Series
  • Commander
  • Shatunovsky
  • Doctor Ragin
Heavy Metal (1981)
Heavy Metal
6.6
  • Elder(segment "Taarna", voice)
  • 1981
Festival (1960)
Festival
5.2
TV Series
  • General Biante
  • Korchmarov
  • Psychiatrist
  • General

Credits

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Actor

  • Henry Czerny, Elliott Gould, Lisa Jakub, Saul Rubinek, Tom Cavanagh, Chad Krowchuk, Sarah Lind, Stevie Mitchell, and Michael Sarrazin in Mentors (1998)
    Mentors
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Grandpa Cates
    • 2001
  • The Crow: Stairway to Heaven (1998)
    The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Frederick Balsam
    • 1999
  • Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996)
    Poltergeist: The Legacy
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Arthur Middleton
    • 1999
  • Brian Dennehy in Shadow of a Doubt (1995)
    Shadow of a Doubt
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • Max Webster
    • 1995
  • Faye Dunaway and Stephen Collins in A Family Divided (1995)
    A Family Divided
    5.9
    TV Movie
    • Vernon
    • 1995
  • Mortal Sins (1992)
    Mortal Sins
    5.5
    TV Movie
    • Archbishop
    • 1992
  • And the Sea Will Tell (1991)
    And the Sea Will Tell
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • Judge King
    • 1991
  • Bordertown (1989)
    Bordertown
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Rev. Harrison Bennett
    • 1990
  • Donnelly Rhodes in Danger Bay (1983)
    Danger Bay
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Dr. Arnold Stanton
    • 1988
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Dean Compton
    • 1988
  • Burt Reynolds, Lauren Hutton, and Cliff Robertson in Malone (1987)
    Malone
    5.8
    • Hausmann
    • 1987
  • Sworn to Silence (1987)
    Sworn to Silence
    5.5
    TV Movie
    • Judge Bingham
    • 1987
  • Orson Welles and Michael Murphy in Hot Money (1986)
    Hot Money
    6.0
    • Bartholomew
    • 1986
  • Spot Marks the X (1986)
    Spot Marks the X
    6.3
    TV Movie
    • Saul Frobel
    • 1986
  • Powers Boothe in Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983)
    Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Commissioner Drew
    • 1986

Writer

  • The National in Depth
    TV Mini Series
    • series idea created by
    • created by
    • 2018
  • The Store
    8.3
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 2002
  • Getting In
    • Writer
    • 2001
  • Dracula (1973)
    Purple Playhouse
    TV Series
    • screenwriter
    • teleplay
    • 1973
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
    Thirty-Minute Theatre
    7.0
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1971–1972
  • NET Playhouse (1964)
    NET Playhouse
    6.6
    TV Series
    • translation
    • 1970
  • Louis Riel
    TV Movie
    • libretto
    • 1969
  • Festival (1960)
    Festival
    5.2
    TV Series
    • adaptation
    • teleplay
    • 1966–1967
  • The Man Born to Be King
    TV Movie
    • teleplay
    • 1961
  • First Person (1960)
    First Person
    TV Series
    • teleplay
    • 1961
  • William Shatner and Basil Rathbone in Encounter (1952)
    Encounter
    6.8
    TV Series
    • teleplay
    • Writer
    • adaptation
    • 1952–1960
  • Startime (1959)
    Startime
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1959
  • Anne Fielding in Folio (1955)
    Folio
    6.1
    TV Series
    • adapted for television by
    • adaptation
    • Writer
    • 1957–1959
  • First Performance
    6.7
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1958
  • Gilles Lamontagne in Scope (1949)
    Scope
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1954

Composer

  • Gilles Lamontagne in Scope (1949)
    Scope
    TV Series
    • music
    • 1954

Personal details

  • Born
    • March 8, 1919
    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Died
    • December 18, 2006
    • Victoria, British Columbia, Canada(undisclosed)
  • Spouses
      Alexandra Browning1980 - December 18, 2006 (his death)
  • Children
    • Tedde Moore
  • Relatives
      FourTee(Grandchild)
  • Other works
    Author of "Sunshine Town", a musical adaptation of Stephen Leacock's "Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town".

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  • Trivia
    A Canadian cultural icon, he was an actor, writer, director, producer, critic, and teacher. He was a major influence on the arts in Canada, especially theatre. He was an actor on radio, stage, film, and television; and wrote more than 100 plays, documentaries, musicals, and librettos.

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