Don Borisenko

Born: 1939-05-22

Canadian performer who was seen in films and television from late 1950s to the 1970s. Called "the Canadian James Dean", after appearing in several features with success, Borisenko went to England where he had starring roles in two films by fellow Canadians: Sidney J. Furie's wartime melodrama "During One Night" (1960), and Mark Robson's account of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, "Nine Hours to Rama" (1963), in which he played Naryan Apte, the friend of Gandhi's murderer, Nathuram Vinayak Godse (played by Horst Buchholz). After he walked off the set of Robert Aldrich's "The Dirty Dozen" (1967), dissatisfied with his role (which was then given to Donald Sutherland), Borisenko appeared on different television shows, back in Canada and in England. Moving in the 1970s to Los Angeles, he changed his name to Jonas Wolfe, appeared in several films, as "Black Gunn" (1972) and "The Laughing Policeman" (1973), and opened a music club, where he reportedly gave the rock group Van Halen their first paying gig. Borisenko finally retired from acting and dedicated his life to poetry, painting and sculpture.


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Genghis Khan

as uncredited
Released: 1965-04-15

This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the...

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as Val
Released: 1972-12-20

A successful and popular nightclub owner who believes financial independence is the path to...

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The Psychopath

as Donald Loftis
Released: 1966-02-04

Inspector Holloway is investigating a series of brutal murders in which a doll of each victim is...

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Nine Hours to Rama

as Naryan Apte
Released: 1963-04-30

José Ferrer and Horst Buchholz star in this fictionalised account of events leading up to the...

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During One Night

as David
Released: 1960-12-01

Story of a young U.S. Army officer, stationed in England during World War II, who is suddenly...

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The Hired Gun

as uncredited
Released: 1961-06-30

Gunman Don Borisenko is hired by the townsfolk to mete out justice to a cruel land baron....

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Now That April's Here

as David Munro
Released: 1958-06-19

An anthology based on the works of Canadian author Morley Callaghan “Silk Stockings” is about a...

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Gideon's Way

as Alan Blake
First aired: 1965-03-18

Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on...

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