Acting

Powys Thomas

Born 1925-12-25 · Wales

Powys Thomas (25 December 1925 – 22 June 1977) was a British-born actor who played an important role in the development of theatre in Canada. Description above from the Wikipedia article Powys Thomas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Macbeth poster
4.8

This is a very theatrical version, full of sound & fury, histrionics and big arm movements. Cynical audiences might not buy into it, but if you were to go back to the early 1600s this is probably the way you'd see it. The plot of Macbeth, if you were snoozing during high school English class, is about an 11th century Scottish warrior who hatches a dubious plan to steal the throne. Spurred on by his wife Lady Macbeth, who wears the pants in the household, he finds himself swiftly slipping down the path of evil.

Macbeth

1961

The Luck of Ginger Coffey poster
6.8

An out-of-work Irish immigrant in Montreal remains hopeful that his luck is about to change but his disillusioned family grow tired of his constant lying, pigheadedness and instability.

The Luck of Ginger Coffey

1964

Les ludions poster
8.0

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Les ludions

1965

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10.0

This short drama is a portrait of colonial administrator, Governor General and statesman Lord Durham (1792-1840). When Durham recommended self-government in Canada, he closed the door on his own political success. But in the end, the policies he declared for Canada became the pattern for self-rule in the rest of the Commonwealth.

Lord Durham

1961

Rough Shoot poster
6.7

An American military officer and his wife move to a cottage in what they think is the peaceful English countryside, only to discover the area is a hotbed of spies and secret agents.

Rough Shoot

1953

The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson poster
10.0

This short film realistically portrays the conflict Henry Hudson experienced when he went in search of an open water route to the Orient, and no one would follow him. What he discovered instead was an inland sea, a discovery that ended in tragedy.

The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson

1964