John Drainie wurde am 1 April 1916 in Kanada geboren. Er war Schauspieler und Autor, bekannt für Folio (1955), Startime (1959) und Bush Pilot (1947). Er starb am 30 Oktober 1966 in Kanada.
John Drainie was on the short list in 1966 to be one of the first group of recipients to the Order of Canada at its initial investiture on 1 July 1967.
However he was ill at that time and subsequently died on 30 October 1976 after being proposed for this ultimate Canadian honour where he , most unfortunately eight months later on, was not ultimately awarded this high decoration as it is never given posthumously.
