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- Jimmy Herman was born on 25 October 1940 in Cold Lake Reserve, Alberta, Canada. He was an actor, known for Dances with Wolves (1990), North of 60 (1992) and Reindeer Games (2000). He died on 13 September 2013 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Bonar Bain was born on 4 February 1923 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He was an actor, known for Draw! (1984), Powder Heads (1980) and Running Brave (1983). He was married to Vella Elanor. He died on 18 February 2005 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Susan Aceron was born on 6 July 1972 in Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was an actress, known for The In-Laws (2003), Sailor Moon (1995) and The Ladies Man (2000). She was married to Jundee Gray. She died on 9 October 2016 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Bobby Curtola was born on 17 April 1943 in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for The New Beachcombers (2002), Shake, Rock and Roll (1973) and The Wolfman Jack Show (1976). He was married to Ava Curtola and Karyn Rochford. He died on 4 June 2016 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.- Suzanne Maria Audy was born on 6 August 1964 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. Suzanne Maria died on 7 November 2023 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Mike Thalassitis was born on 19 January 1993 in London, England, UK. He died on 15 March 2019 in Edmonton, London, England, UK.
- Chris Postle was an actor, known for Mass Effect (2007), Mass Effect 2 (2010) and Mass Effect: Pinnacle Station (2009). He died on 16 July 2019 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Len really got going into acting later in life with an early retirement from the workforce. He first moved into professional theatre and was a member of C.A.E.A., then after joining Actra and doing five acting gigs as a full Actra member, he took the option of some theatre to film conversion and practice training with Bill Davidson, and made use of personal coaching for many of his auditions. Mostly retired now, his film acting credits out of a slower market like Edmonton were substantial since coming on with Great West Canadian Talent and included work in Edmonton, Calgary, and Regina. His first role since joining the agency and taking some optional training, was a principal as Chief Townsend in the CBS movie Family Blessings shot in Regina. He went on the play a Minister in the ABC movie Oklahoma City Bombing shot in Calgary, a role in another ABC movie shot in Calgary Strangers In A Small Town, then a role on the Edmonton series The Mentors, followed by a role on the docudrama In The Nick of Time. Then a role on the Edmonton shot The War Bride Feature Film, a role on the Italian/Canadian co production Feature Almost America, another role on The Mentors series, and a role on the television movie 100 Days in The Jungle for CTV. After that he had a chance to do a large important principal role on the Calgary filmed series Tom Stone for CBC. Then a role on the Edmonton filmed comedy Whitecoats, and a role on the Calgary filmed Matter of Family for CBS. He appeared with his real life wife Shirley, both in Actor roles, on the Feature Santa's Slay shot in Edmonton, and an actor role on the Feature Comeback Season in Calgary. Then came another chance for an important principal role on the Lifetime Movie Angels Fall, followed by a Principal role on the Feature Comedy Freezer Burn shot in Edmonton. After that came a role in a flashback scene as the grandfather of one of the main characters Jack, on the Calgary series Heartland. One of his last roles was on the last season of Corner Gas shot near Regina, as the crotchety Old Man Hafford. The last role Len filmed in Edmonton was on the American Feature Cut Bank in a principal role. Len's son-in-law Dick Sahuri also followed him into acting as a hobby and appeared as an extra in a number of film and TV projects as well as in a few commercials.
He worked as a supervisor at Celanese Canada until his retirement in 1984 but his true profession was acting, which he pursued at both an amateur and professional level. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Gil Cardinal was born in 1950 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was a director and writer, known for Big Bear (1998), Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole (2003) and Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis (2006). He died on 21 November 2015 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Michael Hamm was born on 12 March 1953 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Michael was a writer and director, known for The Greatest Auto Race on Earth (2008), Swedenborg: Mystical Cowboy (2005) and Powder Heads (1980). Michael was married to Kerrie Long. Michael died on 16 May 2023 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
In Czechoslovakia he ran afoul of both the Nazis and the Communists who subsequently replaced the Nazis in the postwar period, and spent seven years in prison and labor camps, four of them in a uranium mine labor camp. He was one of Czechosolvakia's leading Film and TV actors and writers when the Soviet tanks rolled into Prague. Valenta fled to Canada with his family, where he directed films for the National Film Board of Canada and appeared in numerous Canadian and European Films. He once said he had lived under six different political regimes "... and when you are a character, like me, and not a collaborator, you worry every day [no matter the regime]." He played Max the Stationmaster in the 1968 Oscar winning foreign film, Closely Watched Trains. In the 1970s he collaborated with Milos Forman and Ivan Passer in the Chelsea Hotel in New York. Valenta was the subject of a National Film Board documentary called Closely Watched Freedom directed by Tom Radford in 1993.- Joe Bird was an actor, known for MDK 2 (2000) and The Fringe: Acting Up (2006). He died on 1 April 2009 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Dwayne R. Goettel was born on 1 February 1964. He was an actor and composer, known for An American Werewolf in Paris (1997), The Manson Family (1997) and SubUrbia (1996). He died on 23 August 1995 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.- Roger Deegan was born on 9 February 1928 in Turtleford, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was a composer, known for Boreal Forest: Fall and Winter (1978), Life After Hockey (1989) and The Snow War (1978). He died on 28 August 2006 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Elsie Park Gowan was born on 9 September 1905 in Helensburgh, Scotland, UK. Elsie Park was a writer, known for On Camera (1954). Elsie Park died on 23 January 1999 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- David Grain was born in 1929 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Educated Evans (1957), Huntingtower (1957) and Christmas in the Market-Place (1956). He was married to Mary Fouracres. He died in 1960 in Edmonton, London, England, UK.
- Dave Semenko was born on 12 July 1957 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He died on 29 June 2017 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Clarence 'Big' Miller was born on 18 December 1922 in Sioux City, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for Big Meat Eater (1982), A Name for Evil (1973) and Jazz Scene USA (1962). He died on 9 June 1992 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.- Al Oeming was born on 9 April 1925 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He died on 17 March 2014 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Dennis Edney was born on 19 December 1946 in Dundee, Scotland, UK. He was married to Patricia Edney. He died on 30 December 2023 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- David Bako was born in 1913 in Hlohovec, Austria-Hungary. He was married to Charlotte Valentine. He died on 29 October 2005 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Walter Kaasa was born on 25 July 1925 in Cabri, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was an actor, known for Small Sacrifices (1989), The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985) and The Beachcombers (1972). He died on 10 July 2008 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Malcolm Forsyth was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. He was a composer, known for A Pairing of Swans: The Swan Sees His Reflection (2003), Bear: Looks Within (2009) and Radio Worth Fighting For (2004). He died on 5 July 2011 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Gordon Hirabayashi was born on 23 April 1918 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He was married to Susan Carnahan and Esther Schmoe. He died on 2 January 2012 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Camera and Electrical Department
Stan Hodson was born on 1 October 1944 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Stan is known for SCTV (1976) and SCTV Network (1981). Stan died on 19 April 2021 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.