He was a former artistic director of the Shaw Festival (Canada) and
founded Newfoundland's first professional theater company. He was an
actor who played more than 500 roles on stages in Canada, the US, and
Britain. He directed or appeared in plays at nearly every major theater
company in Canada. He also taught master classes in comedy technique at
the Banff Centre, and worked with students at Ryerson University and
the University of Alberta.
