Booth Savage
Booth Savage | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 21, 1948 (age 76) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Spouse | Janet-Laine Green |
| Children | 2 |
Booth Savage (born May 21, 1948) is a Canadian film, stage, and television veteran actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Team Canada head coach Harry Sinden in the 2006 CBC miniseries, Canada Russia '72.
Career
[edit]Savage graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from York University in 1992.
Savage is also a playwright and avid stage actor. His self-written plays Savage Heat, DADS, Reversing Falls, Pillow Talk, Pajama Games and This Bloody Business have been performed on stages across Canada. Moreover, he is an original actor member of Toronto's Theatre Passe Muraille and Toronto Free Theatre. He has performed in over 100 plays in every province and territory in Canada, with the exception of Yukon.[3]
Savage is currently part of the Canadore College Theatre program faculty.
Awards
[edit]In 1987, he won a Gemini Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role as Felix Batterinski in Allan King's The Last Season.[4]
Booth also taught Dramatic Arts at York University in 1992. [5]
Personal life
[edit]Savage is married to actress Janet-Laine Green, and has two children. Their son Tyrone Savage is also an actor.[6]
Filmography
[edit]Movies
[edit]- Stone Cold Dead (1979)
- Silence of the North (1981) Howard
- Curtains (1983) Amanda's Boyfriend
- Samuel Lount (1985) Edward Kennedy
- Striker's Mountain (1985) Dave Cameron
- The Last Season (1986) Felix Batterinski
- The Photographer's Wife (1991) Gordon
- Harvard Man (2001) Steve Jensen
- Narc (2002) Cecil Mitchum
- Isabelle (2018) Clifford Kane
Television
[edit]- For The Record
- Search and Rescue
- Every Person is Guilty
- Maria
- Collaborators
- Say You Are Real
- On The Evidence
- Top Cops (3 episodes)
- Sweating Bullets
- You've Come a Long Way, Katie (TV miniseries) (1980) (3 Episodes)
- Home Fires (1980) Bruce McLeod (Main role)
- The Littlest Hobo(1980) Truck Driver - Joe (1 Episode)
- Silence of the North (1981) Flier
- Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982) (2 Episodes)
- Seeing Things (1986) Nick (2 Episodes)
- Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1986) George Carter (1 Episode)
- Night Heat (1986) Cliff Colclough (1 Episode)
- Hot Shots (1986) Jason 'Jake' West (Main Role, 13 Episodes)
- Chasing Rainbows (1988) 'Chicago' Benny Rose (14 Episodes)
- T. and T. (1988) Harry (1 Episode)
- The Beachcombers (1989) Ted Blake (2 Episodes)
- Sanity Clause (TV movie) (1990) Mike
- Labor of Love (TV movie) (1990)
- The Photographer's Wife (short) (1991) Gordon
- Street Legal (1990–1991) Sid Novak Jr. (3 Episodes)
- Secret Service (1993) Wade (1 Episode)
- Survive the Night (TV movie) (1993) Andrew
- Counterstrike (1993) Malecki (1 Episode)
- E.N.G. (1991, 1993) Tex Yeager, Terance Graves (respectively) (2 Episodes)
- Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story (TV movie) (1994) David Meadows
- Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1995) Greg Vinson (1 Episode)
- Wind at My Back (1996) Jack Bailey (1 Episode)
- Goosebumps (1998) Tom Morgan (1 Episode)
- Thanks of a Grateful Nation (TV movie) (1998) Gary Wall
- Ricky Nelson: Original Teen Idol (TV movie) (1999) Lew Chudd
- Sanctuary (2001) Sheriff Bill Duer
- Blue Murder (2003) Constable Phil Bishop (1 Episode)
- Bury the Lead (2004) Simon Redner (1 Episode)
- This Is Wonderland (2005) (1 Episode)
- Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye (2005) (1 Episode)
- Swarmed (2005) Agent Doug Heydon
- Missing (2006) Mark Stryker (2 Episodes)
- Canada Russia '72 (2006) Harry Sinden[7]
- The Jane Show - (2007) Brady O'Flynn (4 Episodes)
- Monster Warriors - recurring
- The Call (TV movie) (2008) Brakka
- M.V.P. - (2008) (2 Episodes)
- Rabbit Fall (2007–2008) Stanton Martinsky (Main Role, 8 Episodes)
- The Listener (2009) Wade Lassiter (1 Episode)
- Being Erica (2009) Larry Horowitz (1 Episode)
- King (2011) Defense Attorney (1 Episode)
- Mr. D (2011–2015) Principal Callaghan (46 Episodes)[8]
- Slasher (2016) Ronald Edwards (3 Episodes)
References
[edit]- ^ "At least 20 NBers take to ice for hockey miniseries" by Karen Rawlines, Telegraph-Journal (15 March, 2005) Retrieved from ProQuest 423215107
- ^ "Booth's Chasing Rainbows" by Ted Shaw, Windsor Star (5 March, 1988) [Final Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest 253706951
- ^ "Cover Story – Janet-Laine Green and Booth Savage – Nov/Dec2016 | Active Life Magazine". active-life.ca. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Booth Savage's Dads explores the relationship between father and son" by Greg Burliuk, The Kingston Whig-Standard (11 July, 1994) [Final Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest 353234408
- ^ Robert Zolumoff was his student
- ^ "She's the MayorOf Green Fold Lane, that is | Toronto Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Scoring the big one" by Shawna Richer at www.theglobeandmail.com
- ^ "Interview With Mr D's Booth Savage « Abbas Karimjee's Weblog". abbaskarimjeeweblog.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
External links
[edit]- Booth Savage at IMDb
- Living people
- Canadian male film actors
- Canadian male television actors
- Academic staff of Humber College
- Canadian educators
- Male actors from New Brunswick
- 20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
- Writers from Fredericton
- Canadian male dramatists and playwrights
- 1948 births
- 20th-century Canadian male writers
- 21st-century Canadian male writers
- Academic staff of Canadore College