Martin Bronstein (born 1935) is a British-Canadian actor, writer, columnist, broadcaster and journalist.
Life and career Bronstein was born in London, England. He moved to Canada in 1959 and worked as a copywriter, journalist and comedy writer."John Morgan". The Canadian Encyclopedia. He also worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation interviewing a series of entertainers, including Oscar Peterson, Dave Brubeck, Bob Dylan, Jack Benny, Dudley Moore,Kevin J. H. Dettmar. The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan. Cambridge University Press; 19 February 2009. . p. 140–. Dizzy Gillespie, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Nina Simone, and Duke Ellington. With John Morgan, he wrote a comedy series, Funny You Should Say That, for CBC."John Morgan, 74". The Globe and Mail, F.F. LANGAN. Toronto. November 17, 2004
Bronstein was a founding member in 1970 of the Jest Society, which became the Royal Canadian Air Farce in 1973.Harris M. Lentz III. Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2011. McFarland; 3 May 2012. . p. 1–.Donald F. Forster. Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs. University of Toronto Press; 1971. p. 533. He left the comedy troupe to return to journalism in 1974 but continued to write for the troupe for the rest of the decade."Tour de Farce The Royal Canadian Air Farce, CBC's oldest troupe of zanies, is still crazy after all these years". Toronto Star - Toronto, Ont. Henry Mietkiewicz, Mar 1, 1986 Page F.1 In 1982, he returned to Britain to become editor of Squash Player International magazine and has written extensively on the sport in the ensuing decades.
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External links Royal Canadian Air Farce history Canada's Walk of Fame