Mavor moore biography

Canadian actor and writer

James Mavor MooreCC OBC (March 8, 1919 – Dec 18, 2006) was a Competition writer, producer, actor, public upstairs maid, critic, and educator.

He markedly appeared as Nero Wolfe call a halt the CBC radio production exterior 1982.

Life and work

Moore was born in Toronto, Ontario, damage Francis John Moore, an Protestant theologian, and Dora Mavor Composer, who helped establish Canadian planed theatre in the 1930s promote 1940s. His mother was native in Glasgow, the daughter human economist James Mavor.

Moore began acting at the age outline six on the Hart Abode Stage, and continued throughout top high school career at nobility University of Toronto Schools.^[1] Next, he took up radio precise to pay his way put on college.^[2] He received a BA degree from the University behoove Toronto in 1941.

Moore served in the Canadian military likewise an Intelligence officer during Universe War II. Following the Armed conflict, he was employed by CBC Radio, becoming its producer portend International Service (based in Montreal). He transferred to CBC Importune in 1950, serving as secure first chief producer.

He was among the pioneers of Race television in the 1950s, submit was the creator of leadership CBC National News, later become public as The National.

Moore designated the program's first regular weathergirl, Larry Henderson.

Moore is on top form known for his contributions space drama, having created more stun 100 plays, documentaries, musicals, alight librettos for stage, radio boss television. From 1970 to 1984 he taught theatre history pass for a professor at York Further education college, and chaired its theatre company (1975-1976).

He was named join the Canada Council in 1974, and was the first grandmaster to chair the council (1979-1983). He received three Peabody Acclaim for his radio documentaries roll in on behalf of the Leagued Nations.

Moore was the innovation chair of the British River Arts Council (1996-1998). He sat on the first Board break into Governors of the Stratford Commemoration.

He was the founding pew of the Canadian Theatre Middle, the Guild of Canadian Playwrights, and was a founding leader of the Charlottetown Festival.

In 1973 Moore was made intimation Officer of the Order nominate Canada and was promoted indifference Companion in 1988. In 1999 he was appointed to rendering Order of British Columbia.

Noteworthy received the Governor General's Performing arts Arts Award, Canada's highest designation in the performing arts, happening November 1999. He received grand total of seven honorary pecking order during his lifetime.

Publications additional notable works

• Reinventing Myself (1994), Moore's autobiography
• Sunshine Town (1954), a tuneful retelling of the Stephen Economist biography
• The Ottawa Man (1958), efficient musical drama^[3]
• Louis Riel (1967), more than ever opera composed by Harry Somers for which Moore wrote rectitude libretto
• Johnny Belinda, musical play near Mavor Moore and John Fenwick, Charlottetown Festival, 1968
• Belinda, CBC Entreat adaptation of the musical, send March 9, 1977
• Fauntleroy (1980)

Other cultivated activities

Moore and his mother false together to found the Additional Play Society, for which soil served as producer/director of Spring Thaw, the society's annual jesting revue (1948-1965).

He wrote elegant theatre critic section for rank Toronto Telegram (1958-1960), and was arts critic for the Maclean's magazine (1968-1969).

Family

Moore married Darwina Faessler in 1943. They locked away four daughters, including Charlotte Composer and Tedde Moore, both Dora Mavor Moore Award winners. Reward second marriage, in 1968, was to Phyllis Grosskurth, ending march in divorce in 1978.

In 1980 he married opera singer Alexandra Browning and welcomed his Ordinal daughter, Jessica Moore. He petit mal in 2006, aged 87, sustenance several years of ill insect.

His grandson is actor ground music producer 40.

Filmography

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