Richard Donat
Acting
Biography
Richard Donat (born 1 June 1941) is a Canadian actor, known for his work in Canadian and American television. He is well known for playing the character Vince Teagues in the Canadian–American TV series, Haven. Also known for his role in Emily of New Moon. Donat is the younger brother of Peter Donat and the nephew of British actor Robert Donat.
Born: June 1, 1941
Place of Birth: Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada
Known For
Promise the Moon
Ranch hand Roy Leckner tries to fulfill his employer’s dying wish to find his long lost son, bring him home and groom him to run the family’s failing cattle ranch.
Major Crime
Undercover police work to bring a pedophile to justice.
Emily of New Moon
Emily of New Moon is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2000. The series originally aired in the United States on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and it is currently seen in Canada on the Viva, Bravo! and Vision TV cable channels. The series, produced by Salter Street Films, was based on the Emily of New Moon series of novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The series consisted of three seasons of thirteen episodes and one season of seven episodes, for a total of forty-six. The executive producers were Micheline Charest, Michael Donovan, and Ronald Weinberg. The series starred Martha MacIsaac as the titular orphan Emily Starr. Susan Clark and Sheila McCarthy played Emily's aunts Elizabeth and Laura, who had taken on the responsibility of raising Emily following her father's death, and Stephen McHattie played her cousin Jimmy. Susan Clark left the series after the first season when her character, Elizabeth, was killed off. Recurring cast included Chip Ciupka as Mr. Carpenter, Peter Donaldson as Ian Bowles, Richard Donat as Dr. Burnley, Kris Lemche as Perry Miller, John Neville as Uncle Malcolm, Jessica Pellerin as Ilse Burnley, Shawn Roberts as Teddy Kent, and Linda Thorson as Cousin Isabel.
Sullivan's Crossing
After Neurosurgeon Maggie Sullivan’s personal and professional life are thrown into turmoil she returns home to Sullivan’s Crossing. While there, Maggie is forced to navigate her complicated present while confronting the painful past she has chosen to ignore for years.
Pit Pony
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Canada, 1901. Willie MacLean is a 10-year-old boy with a love for horses and liking to school to cape the difficult times his family has. Willie's stern, but benevolent father is a coal miner in a local mine along with his older brother John. But when Willie's father is injured and John is killed in an accident at the mine, Willie is forced to step into his brother's shoes to support his older sister Nelle, and two younger sisters until their father recovers. Willie soon finds work at the mine lonely (aka: the pit) and unfriendly in which he forms a bond with a pit pony horse in order to make it though each day.
Trudeau
This docu-drama spans fifteen turbulent years in the political and personal life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, one of the most enigmatic and polarizing Prime Ministers in Canadian history. The film explores the many facets of his character and his vision for his country which has both inspired and frustrated Canadians.
Rookie Blue
Ambitious young cops try to prove themselves in their high-stakes careers, in which the smallest mistake can have deadly consequences. At the core of the close-knit group is perfectionist Andy McNally, whose father was a homicide detective before he burned out on the job. The series follows Andy and her four colleagues -- Dov Epstein, Gail Peck, Traci Nash and Chris Diaz -- as they experience the trials, triumphs and tribulations of police work, as well as its effect on their personal lives.
I Worship His Shadow
Fugitive security guard Stanley Tweedle, love slave Zev Bellringer, and love slave robot head 790 are thrown together by fate and on the run from His Divine Shadow after stealing The Lexx: the most powerful destructive force in two universes.
Haven
FBI agent Audrey Parker arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine to solve a murder and soon discovers the town's many secrets—which also hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of her lost past.
The Healer
The film follows a man with an unwanted gift for healing who meets a teenager with cancer who helps him to find himself.
Filmography
as Big Hawk
as Roy Gunderson
as Larry
as McDougal
as Vince Teagues
as Graham Ward
as James Bennett
as Gallagher
as Dr. Robert Darwin
as Cardinal Pietro Barbo
as Walter
as Narrator
as Earl
as Narrator
as Kmart Exec
as Undertaker
as Phillip
as Father Paul
as Karl Dean
as Narrator (voice)
as Mr. Plaisted
as Justice of the Peace
as Dr. Burnley
as Sgt. Hulce
as Rory MacLean
as Megashadow Admiral
as Deej (voice)
as Wilbur Bennett
as Megashadow Admiral
as Peter McGuire
as Jimmy Norris
as Shane
as Jim Curtis
as Hans Hooft
as Major Wilcox
as Sheriff Jarvis
as Deej (voice)
as Sheriff Harmon
as Captain Harrison Risley
as Ray
as Policeman
as Narrator