R. H. Thomson

R. H. Thomson Biography

Robert Holmes "R. H." Thomson, (born September 24, 1947) is a Canadian television, film and stage actor.

Thomson was born in Richmond Hill, Ontario. He studied at the University of Toronto, and the National Theatre School. His own play The Lost Boys was staged at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in March 2000 and at Canadian Stage in February 2002. He has also hosted programming for CBC Radio and CBC Television.

In 2010, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. In May 2015 Thomson received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement. Eric Peterson performed in his honour at the gala celebrating the laureates at the National Arts Centre.

Thomson has portrayed a number of historical figures including Samuel Lount, Edsel Ford, Dr. Frederick Banting, Duncan Campbell Scott, Mitchell Sharp, and James Cross.

Thompson is married with two sons; Macintosh and Andrew.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	L'Homme en colre	Borke
1981	Ticket to Heaven	Linc Strunc
1981	Surfacing	David
1981	Happy Memories	Rick
1982	If You Could See What I Hear	Will Sly
1983	Snow	Jim	Short
1985	Vision Quest	Kevin
1985	Martin's Day	Paul Mennen
1985	Samuel Lount	Samuel Lount
1987	And Then You Die	Det. Sgt. James McGrath
1987	Wednesday's Children: David	Jim	Short
1989	'	Eric Anderson
1990	Defy Gravity	Bill Fiddich
1991	'	Chaim Kovler
1993	'	Hal Kingswood
1994	Max	Andy Blake
1995	Duncan Campbell Scott: The Poet and the Indians	Duncan Campbell Scott
1997	Twilight of the Ice Nymphs	Dr. Isaac Solti
1997	Silent Cradle	David Greg
1998	Bone Daddy	Stone
2000	Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace	Knobloch
2006	Population 436	Sheriff Jim Calcutt	Video
2006	Who Loves the Sun	Arthur Bloom
2008	Well Kept Secrets - Athanassia	Manuel
2009	Chloe	Frank
2010	New Year	Terry Cook
2010	Whirligig	Andre
2011	Jesus Henry Christ	Billy Herman
2018	Clara	Dr. Rickman

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	'	Thatcher	TV film
1980	Population of One	John Trueman	TV film
1981	Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper	Lee Schatz	TV film
1983	'	Dr. Simon	TV film
1983	Cornet at Night	The Stranger	TV film
1984	Charlie Grant's War	Charlie Grant	TV film
1985	'	Morgan	"The Crowd"
1986	'	Dr. Jeff Reilly	TV film
1986	Philip Marlowe, Private Eye	Frank Barsley	"Red Wind"
1987	Stranger in My Bed	Dr. Davidson	TV film
1987	Screen Two	Wilf Hawthorne	"Heaven on Earth"
1987	Ford: The Man and the Machine	Edsel Ford	TV film
1987	Moonlighting	Dr. Steven Hill	"Tale in Two Cities", "Father Knows Last"
1988	Glory Enough for All	Dr. Frederick Banting	TV film
1988	'	Andrew Jordan	"Last Time Around"
1988	'	Dr. Burrell	"Our Selena Is Dying"
1989	Champagne Charlie	Robert Morgan	TV film
1989	Love and Hate	Gerry Allbright	TV film
1990-96	Road to Avonlea	Jasper Dale	Regular role
1991	Mark Twain and Me	Albert Paine	TV film
1992-93	By Way of the Stars	Priest	TV miniseries
1993	Bonds of Love	Jake Hobart	TV film
1994	'	Bill Castellano	TV film
1994	My Breast	Luke	TV film
1994	Bizet's Dream	Delaborde / Escamillo	TV film
1995	Net Worth	Milton Mound	TV film
1996	Murder at My Door	Ed McNair	TV film
1999	Cry Rape	Ray Marcassi	TV film
1999	P.T. Barnum	James Anthony Bailey	TV film
2000	'	Rev. Smythe	TV film
2000	'	Count Nicolai Kugarin	"Rocket to the Moon"
2001	'	Angus MacGregor	"Headfirst Into Hell"
2001	'	Mycroft Holmes	TV film
2001	University	Harry Copeland	TV series
2002	'	Hugh McLean	TV film
2002	Trudeau	Mitchell Sharp	TV film
2002	'	Richard Rogers	TV film
2002	Tom Stone	Peter Krieghoff	"Deal"
2003	Bugs	Reynolds	TV film
2003	'	Frederick Wyatt	TV film
2003	Full-Court Miracle	Rabbi Lewis	TV film
2004	Human Cargo	Peter Fowler	TV miniseries
2006	Prairie Giant	Dr. Moulds	TV miniseries
2006	October 1970	James Cross	TV miniseries
2008	'	Tom Hardwick	TV miniseries
2010	Republic of Doyle	Francis Chafe	"The Tell-Tale Safe"
2012	King	Randall King	"Freddy Boise"
2013	Cracked	Robert Kelly	"The Valley"
2016	Love's Complicated	Senator	TV film
2017	Anne	Matthew Cuthbert	TV series

Awards

Wins

2015: Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement (Theatre)
1989 : Gemini Award, for Glory Enough for All
1983 : Gemini Award, for If You Could See What I Hear

Nominations

2008 : Gemini Award, for The Englishman's Boy
1994 : Gemini Award, for Road to Avonlea
1993 : Genie Award, for The Lotus Eaters
1988 : Gemini Award, for And Then You Die
1987 : Gemini Award, for Screen Two
1987 : Gemini Award, for Ford: The Man and the Machine
1986 : Gemini Award, for Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
1986 : Genie Award, for Samuel Lount
1982 : Genie Award, for Ticket to Heaven

Sources

R. H. Thomson. Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. Athabasca University; accessdate January 25, 2010.

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