Lister Sinclair(1921-2006)

Writer
Actor
Producer

Lister Sinclair was born on 9 January 1921 in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India. He was a writer and actor, known for The July Group (1981), Armchair Theatre (1956) and Startime (1959). He died on 16 October 2006 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Known for

The July Group

4.1

TV Movie

Writer

1981

Armchair Theatre

7.5

TV Series

Writer

Startime

TV Series

Writer

First Performance

8.2

TV Series

Writer

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Writer

The July Group
4.1
TV Movie
- written by
- 1981
The World About Us
8.4
TV Series
- written by
- 1968
Festival
8.0
TV Series
- teleplay
- 1963–1966
Startime
TV Series
- teleplay
- 1960
Folio
8.1
TV Series
- play
- play 'The Haunted Post Office'
- adaptation of play 'Othello'
- 1955–1958
First Performance
8.2
TV Series
- adaptation
- 1957
Armchair Theatre
7.5
TV Series
- writer
- 1957
ITV Television Playhouse
7.8
TV Series
- story
- 1956
Encounter
7.4
TV Series
- writer
- 1952–1955
A Thousand Million Years
Short
- Writer
- 1954
A Is for Aardvark
TV Series
- creator
- 1954
Point Pelee: Nature Sanctuary
Short
- writer
- 1953
Opera School
Short
- Writer
- 1952
The Man in the Peace Tower
Short
- written by
- 1952

Actor

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Born
- January 9, 1921
- Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died
- October 16, 2006
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada(pulmonary embolism)
Other works
He wrote a play in 1949 titled "Hilda Morgan" which was controversial at the time because it was about a pregnant unmarried woman considering an abortion.

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Trivia
He was a broadcaster for CBC (Canada) for 55 years. He wrote dozens of radio and television plays. He served as vice president of the CBC, and helped organize the Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA). He was interested in and knowledgeable about many things, including poetry, math, music, and literature. He once said he wanted to die learning.