Name Leon Pownall | Role Actor | |
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Nominations Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Movies and TV shows Dead Poets Society, How the West Was Fun, Handel's Last Chance, Slings & Arrows, The Sleep Room Similar People Anne Wheeler, Milan Cheylov, Stuart Margolin, Peter Weir, Martin Rosen | ||
Leon Pownall (April 26, 1943 – June 2, 2006) was a Welsh Canadian actor and director.
He was born in Wrexham in Denbighshire, 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.
Pownall wrote and performed a one-man play, Do Not Go Gentle, about Dylan Thomas. Geraint Wyn Davies later performed this work at the Stratford Festival in 2002 and off-Broadway in 2005.
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.
Filmography
Actor
2005
Four Minutes (TV Movie) as
Dr. Walker
2005
Bailey's Billion$ as
Judge Cornelius Strawacher
2003
Slings and Arrows (TV Series) as
Brian
- Birnam Wood (2005) - Brian
- Steeped in Blood (2005) - Brian
- Fair Is Foul and Foul Is Fair (2005) - Brian
- Rarer Monsters (2005) - Brian
- Fallow Time (2005) - Brian
- Season's End (2005) - Brian
- Playing the Swan (2003) - Brian (uncredited)
- Mirror up to Nature (2003) - Brian (uncredited)
- Outrageous Fortune (2003) - Brian (uncredited)
- Madness in Great Ones (2003) - Brian (uncredited)
- Geoffrey Returns (2003) - Brian (uncredited)
- Oliver's Dream (2003) - Brian (uncredited)
2003
Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (TV Series) as
Commander Frederick Wyatt
- Episode #1.2 (2003) - Commander Frederick Wyatt
- Part 1 (2003) - Commander Frederick Wyatt
2003
Mutant X (TV Series) as
Dr. Victor Palance
- Shadows of Darkness (2003) - Dr. Victor Palance
2001
The Day Reagan Was Shot (TV Movie) as
Ed Meese
2000
Dirty Pictures (TV Movie) as
Mr. Prouty
1999
The City (TV Series) as
Katharine's Father
- Confessions (1999) - Katharine's Father
- Fire in the Garden (1999) - Katharine's Father
- Joy Ride: Part II (1999) - Katharine's Father
- Joy Ride: Part I (1999) - Katharine's Father
1999
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (TV Mini Series) as
Clark Warner
1998
Sleeping Dogs Lie as
Inspector Mitchell
1998
Evidence of Blood (TV Movie) as
Gordon Townsend
1998
The Sleep Room as
Dr. Ewen Cameron
1997
Black Harbour (TV Series) as
Bill Haskell
- Another Country (1997) - Bill Haskell
1997
Dinner at Fred's as
George Billings
1997
Wind at My Back (TV Series) as
Judge Elliot
- Back in My Arms Again (1997) - Judge Elliot
1997
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (TV Series) as
Dr. Stanley Forbes / The White Crow Killer
- The Light (1997) - Dr. Stanley Forbes / The White Crow Killer
1996
Forever Knight (TV Series) as
Davis Ogden
- Dead of Night (1996) - Davis Ogden
1996
Handel's Last Chance (TV Movie) as
George Friedrich Handel
1996
Leonardo: A Dream of Flight (TV Movie) as
Grand Marshal
1996
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story (TV Movie) as
Dr. Webster
1995
Hiroshima (TV Movie) as
Gen. George C. Marshall
1995
The Great Defender (TV Series)
- Pilot (1995)
1995
X-Men: The Animated Series (TV Series) as
Raknar
- Orphan's End (1995) - Raknar (voice)
1991
Avonlea (TV Series) as
Heath Hymus / Mr. Hardy
- Fools and Kings (1995) - Heath Hymus
- Old Quarrels, Old Love (1991) - Mr. Hardy
1994
Million Dollar Babies (TV Mini Series) as
William Randolph Hearst
- Episode #1.2 (1994) - William Randolph Hearst
- Episode #1.1 (1994) - William Randolph Hearst
1994
Side Effects (TV Series) as
Ray Ferguson
- Worth It (1994) - Ray Ferguson
1994
Spenser: The Judas Goat (TV Movie) as
Hugh Dixon
1994
How the West Was Fun (TV Movie) as
Leo McRugger
1994
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (TV Series) as
Counselor Derrick
- The Innocent (1994) - Counselor Derrick
1988
Street Legal (TV Series) as
Anthony Harris / Paul McBride
- Strange Bedfellows (1993) - Anthony Harris
- Act of Silence (1988) - Paul McBride
1993
Beyond Reality (TV Series) as
Mr. Winter
- The Passion (1993) - Mr. Winter
1991
Conspiracy of Silence (TV Mini Series) as
Donald MacIver
- Episode #1.2 (1991) - Donald MacIver (as Leon Powell)
1991
E.N.G. (TV Series) as
Jerry Kasells
- Past Imperfect (1991) - Jerry Kasells
1991
Iran: Days of Crisis (TV Movie) as
National Security Advisor
1990
The Comic Book Christmas Caper as
Blue Cheeks
1989
Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher (TV Movie) as
Gerry Gerrand
1989
Bye Bye Blues as
Bernie Blitzer
1989
Termini Station as
Charles Marshall
1989
Dead Poets Society as
McAllister
1989
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) as
Richard Martin
- Don't Sell Yourself Short (1989) - Richard Martin
1988
T and T (TV Series) as
Sam Smale
- A Secret No More (1988) - Sam Smale
1987
Adderly (TV Series)
- Horse Cents (1987)
1987
Wiseguy (TV Series) as
Stan D'Amato
- Pilot (1987) - Stan D'Amato
1986
Danger Bay (TV Series)
- Grand Theft Whale (1986)
1970
Twelve and a Half Cents as
Father
1968
A Great Big Thing as
Ray
1966
Henry V (TV Movie) as
Scroop
References
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