Acting

Tony Van Bridge

Born 1917-05-28

Acting credits

Oedipus Rex poster
6.0

The story of Oedipus' gradual discovery of his primal crime, killing his father and marrying his mother, filmed by the famed British theatrical director Sir Tyrone Guthrie. This elegant version of Sophocles' play adds a brilliant stroke: the actors wear masks just as the Greeks did in the playwright's day.

Oedipus Rex

1957

Riel poster
6.0

A film about the history and fate of the Metis rebel leader who opposed the Canadian government in two seperate rebellions.

Riel

1979

Divided Loyalties poster
8.0

Story of Joseph Brant, chief of the Mohawks. During the time of the American Revolution, Britain faces insurrection in its American colonies. The Iroquois Confederacy of the Six Nations must choose between their British ally and the American revolutionaries, whose democratic ideals they share.

Divided Loyalties

1990

The Pied Piper of Hamelin poster
7.5

The town of Hamelin pays the ultimate price after reneging on their promise to the pied piper. Based on the poem by Robert Browning.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

1985

Something's Afoot poster
9.0

A spoof of Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None." Guests arrive at an island mansion. A storm strands the guests. Their host is found dead. One by one the guests are murdered, leaving the survivors increasingly suspicious of each other.

Something's Afoot

1982

If You Could See What I Hear poster
5.0

A light comedy/love story based on the life of blind musician Tom Sullivan.

If You Could See What I Hear

1982

Hunter poster
10.0

A fatal crash at a racetrack injures a government agent and exposes an enemy brainwashing scheme.

Hunter

1973

No artwork available
NR

The film is an adaptation of a play written by the celebrated Canadian author and playwright W.O. Mitchell. It follows the lives of three very different women who have recently been released from a mental institution named Beulah. They move into a psychiatric halfway house together and struggle to maintain their independence while managing their personal conflicts and keeping their authoritarian psychiatrist, Dr. Anders, at bay.

Back to Beulah

1974

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

No artwork available
7.0

This short film recreates the story of David Thompson – a man who, over the course of his lifetime, mapped a-million-and-a-half square miles of uncharted territory. His achievement remains unsurpassed.

David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker

1964