Biography
Leon Pownall (April 26, 1943 β June 2, 2006) was a Welsh Canadian actor and director.
He was born in Wrexham, Wales and moved 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 off-Broadway in 2005 and at the Stratford Festival in 2010.His film credits include Dead Poets Society (1989), in which he 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
all 24
Movies 16
TV Shows 8
Four Minutes (2005)
Slings & Arrows (2003)
Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003)
Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003)
The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001)
Mutant X (2001)
Dirty Pictures (2000)
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999)
Evidence of Blood (1998)
The Sleep Room (1998)
Sleeping Dogs Lie (1998)
Dinner at Fred's (1997)
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996)
Handel's Last Chance (1996)
Leonardo: A Dream of Flight (1996)
How the West Was Fun (1994)
Forever Knight (1992)
Dark Horse (1990)
Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher (1989)
Bye Bye Blues (1989)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Wiseguy (1987)
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
A Great Big Thing (1968)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1943-04-26
Deathday2006-06-02 (63 years old)
Birth PlaceWrexham, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsWales, Canada
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