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Marvo301 07-27-2009, 11:33 PM Since waichingliu81 started a thread about British born performers on American television I thought I would make a thread celebrating Canadians on American television. Please feel free to add names to the list.
Teri Austin - Knot's Landing
Dan Aykroyd - SNL, Soul Man
Conrad Bain - Diff'rent Strokes
John Barbour - Real People
Raymond Burr - Perry Mason, Ironside
John Candy - SCTV
Jim Carrey - Duck Factory
Kim Cattrall - Sex And The City
Tommy Chong - That 70's Show
Susan Clark - Webster
Yvonne DeCarlo - The Munsters
Colleen Dewhurst - Murphy Brown
Selma Diamond - Night Court
James Doohan - Star Trek
Michael J. Fox - Family Ties, Spin City
Matt Frewer - Max Headroom
Lorne Greene - Bonanza, Battlestar Gallactica
Bruce Greenwood - St. Elsewhere
Monty Hall - Let's Make a Deal
Robert Ito - Quincy
Peter Jennings - ABC News
Eugene Levy - SCTV
Art Linkletter - House Party
Mary Livingston - The Jack Benny Program
Howie Mandel - St. Elsewhere, Deal or No Deal
Raymond Massey - Dr. Kildare
Derek McGrath - Doc
Robert MacNeil - MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour
Leslie Nielson - Police Squad
Catherine O'Hara - SCTV
Barbara Perkins - Peyton Place
Donnelly Rhodes - Soap, Danger Bay
Morley Safer - Sixty Minutes
Paul Shaffer - Late Show With David Letterman
William Shatner - Star Trek, Boston Legal
Martin Short - SCTV, SNL
Jay Silverheels - The Lone Ranger
Kiefer Sutherland - 24
Alan Thicke - Growing Pains
Dave Thomas - SCTV, Grace Under Fire
Alex Trebek - Jeopardy
Al Waxman - Cagney and Lacey
Cactus Jack 07-28-2009, 01:35 AM Seth Rogen-Freaks and Geeks,Undeclared
Michael Cera-Arrested Development
Mike Myers-SNL
JamesG 07-28-2009, 01:41 AM Elisha Cuthbert - 24
treky 07-28-2009, 03:45 AM I never knew about most of them. I knew about William Shatner, Peter Jennings, Lorne Green, and Mike Meyers, but not the others.
I think that Gilda Radner from "SNL" also was and Joe Flaherty from "SCTV" and "THE KING OF QUEENS" also is.
Also, Mary Livingstones real name was Zelda Marx-back in the 30s, on Jack Bennys radio show they had a "win a date with Jack Benny" plot for a few episodes. Jack suggested that his wife Zelda play the part of the winner; who was named "Mary Livingstone". Then they decided to make her a regular as Jacks girlfriend. That's how come everyone thinks her name was really Mary Livingstone.
In fact, since everyone though that; she had her name legally changed to it.
tv star collector 07-29-2009, 10:06 AM Since waichingliu81 started a thread about British born performers on American television I thought I would make a thread celebrating Canadians on American television. Please feel free to add names to the list.
Teri Austin - Knot's Landing
Dan Aykroyd - SNL, Soul Man
Conrad Bain - Diff'rent Strokes
John Barbour - Real People
Raymond Burr - Perry Mason, Ironside
John Candy - SCTV
Jim Carrey - Duck Factory
Kim Cattrall - Sex And The City
Tommy Chong - That 70's Show
Susan Clark - Webster
Yvonne DeCarlo - The Munsters
Colleen Dewhurst - Murphy Brown
Selma Diamond - Night Court
James Doohan - Star Trek
Michael J. Fox - Family Ties, Spin City
Matt Frewer - Max Headroom
Lorne Greene - Bonanza, Battlestar Gallactica
Bruce Greenwood - St. Elsewhere
Monty Hall - Let's Make a Deal
Robert Ito - Quincy
Peter Jennings - ABC News
Eugene Levy - SCTV
Art Linkletter - House Party
Mary Livingston - The Jack Benny Program
Howie Mandel - St. Elsewhere, Deal or No Deal
Raymond Massey - Dr. Kildare
Derek McGrath - Doc
Robert MacNeil - MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour
Leslie Nielson - Police Squad
Catherine O'Hara - SCTV
Barbara Perkins - Peyton Place
Donnelly Rhodes - Soap, Danger Bay
Morley Safer - Sixty Minutes
Paul Shaffer - Late Show With David Letterman
William Shatner - Star Trek, Boston Legal
Martin Short - SCTV, SNL
Jay Silverheels - The Lone Ranger
Kiefer Sutherland - 24
Alan Thicke - Growing Pains
Dave Thomas - SCTV, Grace Under Fire
Alex Trebek - Jeopardy
Al Waxman - Cagney and Lacey
That's quite a list. Some of them I knew about, others I did not. Other U.S.
stars who hailed from Canada include: Hee Haw's Gordie Tapp, Rich Little, Hank Snow, Anne Murray,
and Celine Dion. That's all I can think of at the moment.
TripperFan 07-29-2009, 10:29 AM Actually I'm pretty sure Gilda Radner was American, but worked at Second City and The Olde Firehall in Toronto honing her skills with Akroyd and the boys (and then Chicago with Belushi).
That guy that's married to Tori Spelling (forget his name) is Canuck and so is the hot guy who's Halle Berry's boyfriend/father of her child.
Katherine O'Hara is another SCTV alumni (Best In Show)
browneyes106 07-29-2009, 12:44 PM Rachel Blanchard-Clueless, 7th Heaven
Vanessa Lengies- American Dreams, Hawthorne
Cameron Mathison-All My Children
Shenae Grimes-90210
Jason Priestly-Beverly Hills 90210
browneyes106 07-29-2009, 01:45 PM Taylor Kitsch-Friday Night Lights
JamesG 07-30-2009, 03:54 AM Tahmoh Penikett - Battlestar Galactica, Dollhouse
Anna Paquin - True Blood
Caroline Rhea - Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Joshua Jackson - Dawson's Creek, Fringe
Kristin Kreuk - Smallville
Neve Campbell - Party of Five
Pamela Anderson - Baywatch
Phil Hartman - Newsradio, The Simpsons
Cameron Mathison - All My Children
JamesG 07-30-2009, 03:58 AM Kim Cattrall - Sex And The City
Kim Cattrall was actually born in Liverpool, UK. Her family moved to Canada when she was little.
comedyfreak 07-30-2009, 08:38 AM Trish Stratus-Former WWE wrestler/Diva on WWE Raw.
browneyes106 07-30-2009, 03:15 PM Claudette Mink-Harper's Island
Victor Webster-Days of Our Lives, Harper's Island
Ben Cotton-Harper's Island
David Lewis-Harper's Island
Brandon Jay McLaren-Harper's Island
Amber Borycki-Harper's Island
Sarah Smyth-Harper's Island
Dave Coulier-Full House
browneyes106 07-30-2009, 08:06 PM Christian Campbell brother of Neve also did some acting on All My Children.
Actually I'm pretty sure Gilda Radner was American, but worked at Second City and The Olde Firehall in Toronto honing her skills with Akroyd and the boys (and then Chicago with Belushi).
:nod:
That's right, Gilda Radner was a fellow Michigander!
http://www.cosmomovieawards.com/actors/images/gildaradner.jpg
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Christopher Plummer, Donald Sutherland, and the first lady of Canadian Television, Miss Megan Follows:
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Kiefer Sutherland - 24
Nope. Kiefer was born in England and raised in America. His father, Donald Sutherland, is the Canadian :)
JamesG 07-30-2009, 08:46 PM Trish Stratus-Former WWE wrestler/Diva on WWE Raw.
The Hart family and Chris Jericho also come from Canada.
Marvo301 07-30-2009, 08:54 PM Nope. Kiefer was born in England and raised in America. His father, Donald Sutherland, is the Canadian :)
Both of Kiefer's parents are Canadian, so even though he was born outside of the country, Kiefer is also Canadian. He lived in Canada from the age of 8 til he was 16. So he grew up here.
Both of Kiefer's parents are Canadian, so even though he was born outside of the country, Kiefer is also Canadian. He lived in Canada from the age of 8 til he was 16. So he grew up here.
For some reason, I always thought his mother was English. Well, you learn something new every day :)
TripperFan 07-31-2009, 07:37 AM Nope. Kiefer was born in England and raised in America. His father, Donald Sutherland, is the Canadian :)
Sorry - born in England, lived in Toronto from the age of 4 until 15 and starting his acting career in Canada as well.
He has dual citizenship - British and Canadian so he fully qualifies. ;)
browneyes106 07-31-2009, 01:58 PM Evangeline Lilly-Lost
Jennifer Finnigan-Bold and the Beautiful, Crossing Jordan, Close to Home
Zebra 3 07-31-2009, 02:03 PM John Roberts - CNN, CBS news
70s show watcher 07-31-2009, 10:33 PM don harron hee haw sarah chalke scrubs roseanne and before he created snl lorne michaels had several tv shows with hart pomerantz
browneyes106 08-02-2009, 10:39 PM Laura Harris (Dead Like Me, Women's Murder Club)
oz615 08-03-2009, 12:14 AM AJ Cook - Criminal Minds
Zoneboy 08-03-2009, 12:19 AM The ones I was going to name have already been mentioned. :(
Zoneboy 08-03-2009, 12:21 AM John Roberts - CNN, CBS news
And former Much Music VJ. :)
browneyes106 08-06-2009, 05:26 PM Tamara Taylor-Bones
waichingliu81 08-06-2009, 07:00 PM eric mccormack- will in will and grace
JamesG 08-12-2009, 06:49 AM Jewel Staite - Firefly
James 08-12-2009, 01:10 PM Dave Coulier-Full House
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Coulier he was born in Michigan.
Adamantium 08-12-2009, 01:15 PM Dave Foley - NewsRadio - His character was originally from Wisconsin, but in season three, they "outed" Dave as Canadian, lol.
treky 08-13-2009, 03:03 AM I'm surprised that noone's mentioned that guy on the freecreditreport.com commercials; since he's french-canadian.
James 08-13-2009, 03:30 AM ISTR reading that Dave Madden from The Partridge Family was from Sarnia, Ontario, yet he grew up in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Not necessarily from TV, but some famous movie actors and directors:
Hume Cronyn
Brendan Fraser (born in Indiana, but grew up in Ottowa)
Robert Goulet
Fay Wray
Mary Pickford
Norma Shearer
James Cameron
Arthur Hiller
Norman Jewison
JamesG 03-19-2010, 03:19 PM Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic on "Castle".
browneyes106 03-19-2010, 10:57 PM Cory Monteith-Glee
MrCleveland 03-28-2010, 02:04 PM David Steinberg from "The Smothers Brothers" is from Winnipeg. He was the satirical preacher (Ironically...Steinberg's Jewish)!
I wonder how many Canadians help make the show "South Park"?
And speaking of "South Park", I have a few Cartoon Characters that claim the country of Canada home....
Terrence and Phillip (South Park)
Klondike Kat (Underdog)
Loopy de Loop (Hanna-Barbera)
I wonder how many other Canadian Cartoon Characters are there that's on US TV?
Zebra 3 04-03-2010, 08:34 PM Keith Morrison - Dateline NBC
Chris Benoit(French Canadian)
James 04-05-2010, 12:31 AM According to Wikipedia Wendel Meldrum, who played Kevin's English teacher Miss White for a handful of episodes on The Wonder Years, is a Canadian actress, despite having been born in Italy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendel_Meldrum
There is very little on the Internet about her, unfortunately.
Penny Lane 04-06-2010, 04:16 AM Barbara Perkins - Peyton Place
Her last name is Parkins.:D
treky 04-06-2010, 04:22 AM Lorne Greene was canadian.
JamesG 04-07-2010, 08:11 PM Jessalyn Gilsig: "Boston Public", "Nip/Tuck", "GLEE"
Cobie Smulders(How I Met Your Mother)
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