R.H. Thomson

Born: 1947-09-24 in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

Known For: Acting

Biography

Robert Holmes "R. H." Thomson, CM (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. Thomson has also hosted programming for CBC Radio and CBC Television. In 2010, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. Thomson has portrayed a number of historical figures including Charlie Grant, Samuel Lount, Edsel Ford, Dr. Frederick Banting, Duncan Campbell Scott, Mitchell Sharp, and James Cross. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography

2024

Murder in a Small Town as Carlyle Burke

2023

The Last Curlew as Grandpa

2022

Stellar as Professor
Charlotte as Mr. Schmidt

2018

Clara as Dr. John Rickman

2017

Anne with an E as Matthew Cuthbert

2016

Love's Complicated as Senator Douglas Townsend

2015

Five Stories as Self
Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven as voice of J.E.H. MacDonald

2011

Whirligig as Andre

2010

Republic of Doyle as Francis Chafe
Chloe as Frank

2008

Murdoch Mysteries as Chief Inspector Stewart
The Englishman's Boy as Tom Hardwick
Well Kept Secrets: Athanasia as Manuel

2007

Hamlet {Solo} as Self

2006

Population 436 as Sheriff Calcutt
October 1970 as James Richard Cross
Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story as Dr. Moulds
Who Loves the Sun as Arthur Bloom

2003

Full-Court Miracle as Rabbi Lewis
The Piano Man's Daughter as Frederick Wyatt

2002

Trudeau as Mitchell Sharp
The Stork Derby as Huge McLean
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay as Richard Rogers

2001

The Associates as Angus MacGregor
The Royal Scandal as Mycroft Holmes
The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins as Narrator

2000

The Dinosaur Hunter as Reverend Smythe

1999

P.T. Barnum as James Anthony Bailey
P.T. Barnum as James Anthony Bailey
Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly as Ray Marcassi

1998

Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream as Self - Narrator (voice)
Bone Daddy as Stone

1997

Silent Cradle as David Greg
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight as Dr. Isaac Solti (during prod. of Twilight of the Ice Nymphs)
Twilight of the Ice Nymphs as Dr. Issac Solti

1996

Murder at My Door as Ed McNair

1995

Net Worth as Milton Mound

1994

My Breast as Dr. Luke
Max as Andy Blake
The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story as Bill Castellano

1993

Bonds of Love as Jake Hobart
The Lotus Eaters as Hal Kingswood
Inner Mountains, Inner Valleys: The Life and Writing of Ernest Buckler

1991

The Quarrel as Chaim Kovler
Mark Twain and Me as Albert Paine

1990

Road to Avonlea as Jasper Dale

1989

Love & Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher as Gerry Allbright
The First Season as Eric Anderson

1988

Glory Enough For All as Dr Frederick Banting

1987

And Then You Die as Det. Sgt. James McGrath
Stranger in My Bed as Dr. Davidson
Heaven On Earth as Wilf Hawthorne
Ford: The Man and the Machine as Edsel Ford

1986

The Marriage Bed as Dr. Jeff Reilly