Leon Pownall

Leon Pownall (April 26, 1943 – June 2, 2006) was a Welsh Canadian actor and director.

Leon Pownall
Born(1943-04-26)April 26, 1943
Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
DiedJune 2, 2006(2006-06-02) (aged 63)
Stratford, Ontario, Canada
OccupationActor

He was born in Wrexham, Wales and came to Hamilton, Ontario with his family in 1957. He performed at the Stratford Festival during the 1960s and returned several times to the festival over the years to perform, the last time in 2002 as a director.[1]

Pownall wrote and performed a one-man play, Do Not Go Gentle, about Dylan Thomas. Geraint Wyn Davies later performed this work off-Broadway in 2005 and at the Stratford Festival in 2010.[2][3]

His film credits include Dead Poets Society (1989), in which he prominently shared the screen with Robin Williams, as well as the title role in Handel's Last Chance (1996) and a supporting role in the Golden Globe-winning Dirty Pictures (2000). Pownall was nominated for a Gemini Award for the role of Dr. Ewan Cameron in the 1998 Canadian television mini-series The Sleep Room. He also appeared in television series such as The Beachcombers, Street Legal, Wiseguy, and Slings & Arrows.

Pownall died on June 2, 2006, of cancer, in Stratford. He was 63 years old.[4]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1968A Great Big ThingRay
1970Twelve and a Half CentsFather
1989Dead Poets SocietyMcAllister
1989Termini StationCharles Marshall
1989Bye Bye BluesBernie Blitzer
1990Angel SquareBlue Cheeks
1997Dinner at Fred'sGeorge Billings
1998The Sleep RoomDr. Ewen Cameron
1998Sleeping Dogs LieInspector Mitchell
2005Bailey's Billion$Judge Cornelius Strawacher
gollark: First aid is valid, but "helping friends with mental and emotional problems" sounds extremely hard to teach. Although I guess that also applies to independent learning and stuff, and the solution is probably to structure stuff such that it arises easily instead of trying to manually teach it.
gollark: Well, that's different to boring adulty things and jobs.
gollark: I see.
gollark: Also, since they're not very hard you'd probably have a lot of unfilled time if you replaced all school past year 5 with them?
gollark: I would prefer childhood and school to be a respite from the horrors of paperwork and simple but annoying finance things.

References
  1. "Leon Pownall acting and directing credits". Stratford Festival Archives. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  2. "Do Not Go Gentle". Variety. 22 May 2005.
  3. "Do Not Go Gentle (2010) production credits". Stratford Festival Archives. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  4. CBC News


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