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- This page is on the Canadian actor. For the former Canadian soccer goalkeeper see Don Ferguson (soccer).
Don Ferguson Born May 30, 1946
Montreal, QuebecDon Ferguson (born May 30, 1946) is a Canadian actor and is one of the stars of XPM and Royal Canadian Air Farce. He is also the only Canadian-born original cast member of Air Farce.
His many Air Farce roles include parodies of Paul Martin, Pierre Trudeau, Ron MacLean, Jack Layton, Joe Clark, Preston Manning, Stockwell Day, Rex Murphy, Lucien Bouchard, Bill Clinton, Brian Mulroney, Vladimir Putin, Bob Dylan, Mike Myers and John Kerry. Many of these portrayals involve Ferguson as the 'straight man' to the more eccentric personalities played by Roger Abbott.
Don Ferguson is a graduate from Loyola High School, Loyola College, now Concordia University, in Montreal, with an Honours English degree, and afterward worked in radio and as an audio-visual producer and photographer until he discovered that he preferred comedy writing and performing. He has written and directed documentary programs for CBC, a science-fiction series for radio, a political farce for the stage, ("Skin Deep"), and a stage drama about the World War II raid of Dieppe. Don Ferguson is a widely popular Canadian after-dinner entertainer, and an enthusiastic sailor.
Projects
Fair Vote Canada - 'Doctor' Don Ferguson prescribes a cure for Canada's Electoral Dysfunction. As the star of a doctor skit, in a citizen's driven group, he prescribes a cure for some of the failings of the countries current Single Member Plurality (SMP) voting system (sometimes called First Past the Post, FPTP).
External links
- http://fairvote.ca/toronto/images/fair_vote_final.wmv
- http://www.fairvote.ca
- Don Ferguson at the Internet Movie Database
Royal Canadian Air Farce Programs Cast Present: Don Ferguson · Luba Goy · Jessica Holmes · Craig Lauzon · Alan Park · Penelope Corrin
Past members: Roger Abbott · Dave Broadfoot · Martin Bronstein · Barbara Budd · John MorganAlbums Related articles
Al Karim is a Canadian actor who began his stage career as a dancer, having trained in various forms of the art including jazz. A popular dance instructor with the Toronto Board of Education for several years, Al has performed and choreographed staged performances emphasizing a fusion of dance styles for both television and live audiences. His theatrical credits include Toronto productions of The Poor Immigrant and The Mousetrap. Al has appeared in such films as Masala (1992), The Kite (2006) and most recently Daylight Savings. Presently, Al appears in a recurring role in Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays, a CBC comedy written by Bob Martin, directed by Don McKellar and stars Matt Watts and Tommie-Amber Pirie.Categories:- 1946 births
- Living people
- Canadian television comedians
- Canadian people of Scottish descent
- Royal Canadian Air Farce
- People from Montreal
- Anglophone Quebec people
- Loyola College alumni
- Canadian radio personalities
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