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Born: 1929 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Education: Upper Canada College; Amherst College, USA and studied theatre at the Bristol Old Vic.
A stage, screen and television actor, director/producer and dramaturge.
His early career began at the Bristol Old Vic and in London's West End, with extensive touring throughout the UK.
James B. Douglas played over 150 major roles in Canada, Britain and the United States. Highlights include Bitos in Poor Bitos (Center Theater Group, Los Angeles), Vershinin in The Three Sisters (St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto), Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night (Old Globe Theater, San Diego), Paris in Tr
Born: 1929 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Education: Upper Canada College; Amherst College, USA and studied theatre at the Bristol Old Vic.
A stage, screen and television actor, director/producer and dramaturge.
His early career began at the Bristol Old Vic and in London's West End, with extensive touring throughout the UK.
James B. Douglas played over 150 major roles in Canada, Britain and the United States. Highlights include Bitos in Poor Bitos (Center Theater Group, Los Angeles), Vershinin in The Three Sisters (St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto), Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night (Old Globe Theater, San Diego), Paris in Troilus and Cressida and Antipholus in Comedy of Errors (Stratford Festival), Polo in A Hatful of Rain (Princes Theatre, London), and Pvt. Bamforth in The Long and The Short and the Tall (Montreal, Toronto and New York)- his favorite role.
He also played roles in many Hollywood movies, including the leading role in the Oscar-nominated film After the Axe, and Col. Merrill in the original M.A.S.H. (1970).
His Canadian film and television credits include starring in 'The Drylanders' with Frances Hyland and 'Road to Avonlea' with Faye Dunnaway (1995); 'A People's History of Canada'; and 'The Hair Cut' (Bravo). He also appeared in the hit Canadian comedy 'Men with Brooms'.
He became Artistic Director of the Gryphon Theatre in 1984, where he premiered many new plays and musicals. 'War Brides: A Musical' premiered at Theatre Orangeville, toured and played six weeks at the Neptune Theatre in Halifax. He also directed and produced his own adaptation of W.O. Mitchell's 'Jake and the Kid' at Theatre Orangeville . A passionate advocate of Canadian theatre, he was one of three founding members of Tarragon Theatre.
For several years, he toured his solo performance as Stephen Leacock in 'Sunshine and Shadows', which he created, playing in England, the United States and Canada, including an open air performance in the Leacock Museum on Old Brewery Bay, Ontario.
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