William Hutt (actor)
William Hutt | |
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Born | William Ian DeWitt Hutt May 2, 1920 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Died | June 27, 2007 Stratford, Ontario, Canada | (aged 87)
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Occupation | Actor |
William Ian DeWitt Hutt, CC, OOnt, MM (May 2, 1920 – June 27, 2007) was a Canadian actor of stage, television and film. Hutt's distinguished career spanned over fifty years and won him many accolades and awards. While his base throughout his career remained at the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, he appeared on the stage in London, New York and across Canada.[1]
Early life
Hutt was born in
About his early life, theatre director Richard Nielsen said, "As a young man, he was openly gay at a time when being openly gay was a very dangerous identity. He shunned violence, but he volunteered as a medic in the Second World War, and he later won the Military Medal for his services; and this I found most fascinating: he committed to a career in theatre when such a thing as the 'Canadian theatre' simply did not exist."[2]
Acting career
Hutt's acting career was centered around the
He appeared in film and on television in such roles as Le Moyne in the 2003 film
Awards
In 1969 he was made a Companion of the
In 2000, a bridge on Waterloo Street North that crosses the Avon River in downtown Stratford, Ontario, was named the "William Hutt Bridge" in his honour. The bridge lies a few metres away from the house in which Hutt had lived for many years.
Later life and death
Hutt retired from the Stratford stage in 2005 with his most renowned role in a reprise of Prospero in
Hutt was diagnosed with leukemia, and died peacefully in his sleep on June 27, 2007, in Stratford, Ontario.[9][12]
Filmography
Films
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1957 | Oedipus Rex | Chorus Leader | a film version of the Canadian Stratford Festival production |
1960 | There Was a Crooked Man | Unnamed role | |
1961 | Macbeth | Ross | |
1968 | The Fixer | The Tzar | |
1979 | The Shape of Things to Come | Lomax (voice) | |
1983 | The Wars | Mr. Ross | |
1984 | Covergirl | Alton Cockridge | |
1996 | Long Day's Journey into Night | James | Winner, Genie Award for Best Actor
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2003 | The Statement | Le Moyne |
TV
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1955 | First Performance | Unnamed role | (TV Series), 1 episode: "The Colonel and the Lady" |
Scope (TV Series) | Bernardo | (TV Series), 3 episodes: "Oh, Canada!", "Hamlet" and "The Colonel and the Lady" | |
Playbill (TV Series) | Unnamed roles | (TV Series), 1 episode: "The Mayerling Riddle" and "The Typewriter Murder" | |
1955-1961 | Encounter (1958 TV series)Encounter (TV Series) | Unnamed role (1955)/ Harbon (1957)/ Heathcliff (1957)/ Serge (1961)/ 2 Unnamed roles (1961) | (TV Series), 6 episodes |
1956 | The Hill | Unnamed role | (TV Movie) |
1956-1959 | Folio | Unnamed role (1955)/ Gloumov, the Scoundrel (1958)/ Rakitin (1958)/ Nicholas Ivanov (1959) | (TV Series), 4 episodes |
1958 | Armchair Theatre | General Galway | (TV Series), 1 episode: "The Greatest Man in the World" |
On Camera | Conrad | (TV Series), 1 episode: "The Devil's Bar" | |
1959-1960 | Startime
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Edward Chamberlayne | (TV Series), 2 episodes: "The Secret Agent" and "The Cocktail Party" |
1960 | ITV Television Playhouse | Lemesle | (TV Series), 1 episode: "The Unquiet Spirit" |
1961-1964 | Festival | Captain Charles (1962)/ James (segment "The Collection")(1962)/ Inquisitor (1962)/ Uncle Vanya (1964)/ Unnamed role (1962) | (TV Series), 6 episodes |
1962 | Cyrano De Bergerac | Le Bret | (TV Movie) |
Playdate | The Interrogator | (TV Series), 1 episode: "The Prisoner" | |
1964 | The Wayne and Shuster Hour
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Unnamed role | (TV Series), 1 episode: "From Bombay with Love" |
1966 | Henry V | Chorus | (TV Movie) |
1973 | The Starlost | Dr. Pete Marshall | (TV Series), 1 episode: "The Beehive" |
1974 | The Naked Mind | Unnamed roles | (TV Series), 4 episodes |
The National Dream: Building the Impossible Railway | John A. Macdonald | (TV Mini-Series documentary), 5 episodes | |
1975 | The First Night of Pygmalion | George Bernard Shaw | (TV Movie) |
1982 | The Elephant Man | Bishop How | (TV Movie) |
1987 | Much Ado About Nothing | Leonato | (TV Movie) |
1998 | Emily of New Moon | Reverend Pitch / Satan | (TV Series), 1 episode: "The Devil's Punchbowl" |
2000 | Twice in a Lifetime | Lionel | (TV Series), 1 episode: "Take Two" |
2006 | Slings and Arrows | Charles | (TV Series), 6 episodes |
2008 | The Trojan Horse | Miles Fortnum | (TV Mini-Series), 1 episode: "Part One" |
References
- ^ Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. Hutt, William. Athabasca University. Retrieved on: May 14, 2008.
- ^ "CBC-TV: Life and Times - William Hutt". CBC News. Archived from the original on May 25, 2007.
- ^ "Canada's Walk of Fame: William Hutt, actor". Archived from the original on 2006-08-26. Retrieved 2006-07-12.
- ^ "William Hutt acting & directing credits". Stratford Festival Archives. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ISBN 0-88962-583-2.
- ^ "Entertainment news: Movie version of Timothy Findley's 'The Wars' will be seen onscreen for the first time in 35 years". Toronto Star, November 12, 2020.
- ^ Order of Canada citation
- ^ "LGBT Foreign Stamps". www.glhsonline.org. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ a b CBC Arts (June 27, 2007). Canada's great classical actor William Hutt dies at 87.
- ^ "The Tao of Bill". CBC News. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
- ^ "William Hutt withdraws from role in 2007 Season" (PDF). Stratford Festival. March 26, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 16, 2008.
- ^ "June 27, 2007: As It Happens". CBC Radio. Archived from the original on January 20, 2008.
External links
- "William Hutt". U or T Magazine Winter 2003. Archived from the original on June 28, 2006. Retrieved March 28, 2005.
- William Hutt at IMDb
- William Hutt at the Internet Broadway Database
- Legend Library Interview with William Hutt - Theatre Museum Canada
- William Hutt at Northern Stars — Canadians in the Movies
- Induction to the Canadian Walk of Fame