Acting
Jack Webster
Born — Died
1918-04-15 — 1999-03-02
Place of birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Known for
Acting
Credits
2 titles
John Edgar Webster CM (15 April 1918 – 2 March 1999) was a Scottish-born Canadian journalist, radio, and television personality, regarded as "king of the Vancouver airwaves" from the 1950s to his retirement, in 1988.
Known for
NRA feature documentary investigation into the colourful and sometimes controversial life of Vancouver lawyer, city councillor and socialist icon Harry Rankin.
The Rankin File: Legacy of a Radical
2018
1.0On a misty morning in the fall of 1985, a small group of Haida people blockaded a muddy dirt road on Lyell Island, demanding the government work with Indigenous people to find a way to protect the land and the future. In a riveting new feature documentary drawn from more than a hundred hours of archival footage and audio, award-winning director Christopher Auchter (Now Is the Time) recreates the critical moment when the Haida Nation’s resolute act of vision and conscience changed the world.
The Stand
2024