Tommy Sexton

Acting

Tommy Sexton

Born

1959-03-07 (67)

Known for

Acting

Credits

9 titles

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.

Known for

CODCO poster
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CODCO was a Canadian comedy troupe from Newfoundland, best known for a sketch comedy series which aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1992. Founded as a theatrical revue in 1973, CODCO drew on the province's cultural history of self-deprecating "Newfie" humour, frequently focusing on the cod fishing industry. The troupe's name was an abbreviation of "Cod Company". Following the end of CODCO, two of the troupe's core members and an occasional guest collaborator, as well as some of their sketch characters, moved on to the new series This Hour Has 22 Minutes.

CODCO

1986

Dolly Cake poster
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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

The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood poster
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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

A Whale for the Killing poster
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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
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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

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

Film credits

1980s · 3 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera