Edward James "Ted" Follows (November 30, 1926 – October 21, 2016) was a Canadian film, television and stage actor."Actor Ted Follows inspired young performers". Waterloo Region Record, October 31, 2016. He was best known for playing the role of Macduff in Macbeth at the Stratford Festival and the 1961 CBC Television film adaptation,"Ted Follows: Canadian actor’s career spanned more than 70 years". The Globe and Mail, November 9, 2016. and his television roles as the title character in the CBC drama series McQueen, as crown attorney Arnold Bateman in Wojeck, and as Charles Tupper, Minister of Railways, in The National Dream.
Early life and education Follows was born in Ottawa, Ontario in 1926 to Edward James Follows and Isabella (née Latimer) Follows, and had a younger brother, Jack. He was raised in a variety of locations across Canada as his father was a serviceman with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Ted Follows attended high school in Winnipeg. He studied psychology at the University of Toronto, also acting in Hart House theatre productions, and following his graduation he had his first professional acting role in 1945.
Career Over the next number of years, Follows regularly toured Canada and the United Kingdom with the Canadian Players and the Canadian Repertory Theatre Company, before being invited to join the Stratford company in 1955.
In 2001, Follows directed a production of Noël Coward's Hay Fever in Gravenhurst, with a cast that included himself, his ex-wife Dawn Greenhalgh, all of their children and their children's spouses."Follows family affair is a high-wire act with no net". National Post, July 24, 2001. They subsequently mounted a tour of the production to several Southern Ontario cities in 2003."Follows family takes smash hit Hay Fever on tour". Waterloo Region Record, January 29, 2003.
Personal life He married actress Dawn Greenhalgh in 1958. The couple had four children, including actress Megan Follows and television writer and producer Edwina Follows, before divorcing in 1979. Follows later remarried to Susan Trethewey, a musician with the Stratford Festival Orchestra in 1988.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRole1953Rob Roy: The Highland RogueDouglas MacGregor1957Oedipus RexChorus1973Paperback HeroCagey1980VirusDr. Baines1989Cold ComfortRoy
Television YearTitleRole Notes1954Sunday Night TheatrePvt. BrownEpisode: "The Promised Years #2: The Good Partners"1956–1961General Motors TheatreVarious roles12 episodes1959Hudson's BaySam Gifford2 episodes1960 The UnforeseenCharlesEpisode: "Desire"1960StartimeRaphaelEpisode: "The Zeal of Thy House"1960–1962FestivalHurst / Mickser / Major4 episodes1961MacbethMacDuffTelevision film1961 The Conquest of CobbletownFred CobbleTelevision film1961QuestWu2 episodes1961–1962PlaydateVarious roles6 episodes1963 The United States Steel HourSeatonEpisode: "The Troubled Heart"1966SeawayDavid Miller / Darby3 episodes1966–1968WojeckArnie Bateman20 episodes1969Quentin Durgens, M.P.Cabinet ministerEpisode: "Master of the House"1969–1970McQueenMcQueen14 episodes1974 The National DreamCharles TupperEpisode: "The Great Debate"1974PerformanceImmigration OfficerEpisode: "Find Volopchi!"1979 The Spirit of Adventure: Night FlightLeblancTelevision film1979 The Great DetectivePercyEpisode: "Death Takes a Curtain Call"1980–1982 The Littlest HoboVarious roles5 episodes1988War of the WorldsGeneral Arquette2 episodes1992E.N.G.CommissionerEpisode: "True Patriot Love" 1992 Counterstrike Episode: "Cyborg"1992Wojeck: Out of the FireArnold BatemanTelevision film1993MatrixMr. PrestonEpisode: "The Yellow Chamber"1993Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney StoryAirplane ManTelevision film1993JFK: Reckless YouthPatsy Mulkern2 episodes
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