1918-04-16 ( 106 years old ) in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Like most young men at the time with the outbreak of World War Two, Murray Westgate signed up to serve his country. He joined the Canadian navy and was posted to Halifax where he was trained as a wireless operator. On his discharge in 1945, he heard that a repertory company was being formed on the west coast and so he became a member of Vancouver`s first professional theatre company, Everyman Theatre, which had been formed in 1946 by Sydney Risk. A touring company resulted and Westgate and a group of young actors toured the West. He then joined the CBC in Vancouver and was cast in radio dramas for which the CBC Vancouver studios were famous. In 1949 he moved to Toronto where his voice was soon heard in many CBC network radio productions out of the Toronto studios, among them the long-running Sunday series which began as Stage 44, directed by Andrew Allan, and the Ford Television Theatre, produced by Allan Savage. Westgate won an ACTRA Award in 1979 for his work on the made-for-television movie, Tyler. He is probably best remembered by a certain age group for being the spokesman for Imperial Oil, appearing in commercials for 17 years, especially when they were a major sponsor of Hockey Night In Canada on the CBC. Westgate died at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto.
Movies
Scanners II: The New Order
1991-05-03
Heavenly Bodies
1984-02-01
A Matter of Sex
1984-01-01
Shock-Trauma
1982-10-27
Honeyboy
1982-10-17
Happy Birthday to Me
1981-05-15
The Kidnapping of the President
1980-08-15
F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980-05-15
Fish Hawk
1980-01-25
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog
1980-01-20
Running
1979-10-30
Crossbar
1979-07-21
Torn Between Two Lovers
1979-02-07
Tell Me My Name
1977-12-20
Rituals
1977-07-21
Sunday in the Country
1974-11-22
Last Bride Of Salem
1974-05-08
The Borrowers
1973-12-14
She Cried Murder
1973-09-25
Class of '44
1973-04-10
Tom Sawyer
1973-03-23
The House Without a Christmas Tree
1972-12-03
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