Tommy Sexton

Acting

Tommy Sexton

Born 1959-03-07

Canadian comedy icon Tommy Sexton (1957-1993). A founding member of the Newfoundland comedy troupe CODCO, Tommy died of complications from AIDS on December 13, 1993.

Acting credits

Dolly Cake poster
NR

A Codco documentary turned improvised drama about a woman named Dolly who, fed up with taking care of a group of ungrateful layabouts, runs away. The story is intercut with footage from another Codco project called "Borkin the Spineless Servant."

Dolly Cake

1976

A Whale for the Killing poster
7.0

A conservationst, stranded with his family at a Newfoundland coastal resort, flies in the face of custom and fights an entire community to prevent a trapped whale's slaughter with only the support of his wife and one of the locals.

A Whale for the Killing

1981

Tommy... A Family Portrait poster
10.0

A tribute to Canadian comedy icon Tommy Sexton (1957-1993). A founding member of the Newfoundland comedy troupe CODCO Tommy died of complications from AIDS on December 13, 1993.

Tommy... A Family Portrait

2001

Sisters of the Silver Scalpel poster
NR

A nature documentary about the wild Nuns of Newfoundland-- Originated as a "filmeo" to be performed live by Codco, but eventually overdubbed with audio and released as a short film.

Sisters of the Silver Scalpel

1981

The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood poster
8.7

Faustus is a clerk in St. John's at the Newfoundland Department of Education. He dreams of becoming ruler of Newfoundland and seceding from Canada. In the real world, Faustus' boss Eddie Peddle plans to indoctrinate the citizenry of Newfoundland with a cult-like geometric theory known as Total Education, but Peddle may be foiled by the revelation of a secret from his past career.

The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood

1986

The Story of Faustus Bidgood poster
NR

This is the story of The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood, a surreal comedy about a lowly bureaucrat and his fantasies of becoming president of an independent Newfoundland, that was released in 1986. A cult classic in Canadian cinema, the film is well known for the marathon it took to even get made. Principal photography on the film began eight years earlier, in 1978. Written and directed by comedy legend Andy Jones and his brother, Mike Jones, the movie was made on a shoestring budget, is packed with familiar faces and helped pave the way for Newfoundland and Labrador's vibrant film industry. And it was the first film ever both filmed and produced, from start to finish, in Newfoundland.

The Story of Faustus Bidgood

2023

Buried on Sunday poster
10.0

Angry island fishermen declare independence and use a Soviet nuclear submarine to get Ottawa's attention.

Buried on Sunday

1992

Behind the camera