R.H. Thomson

Born: 1947-09-24

Robert Holmes "R. H." Thomson, CM (born September 24, 1947) is a Canadian television, film and stage actor. Thomson was born in Richmond Hill, Ontario. He studied at the University of Toronto, and the National Theatre School. His own play The Lost Boys was staged at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in March 2000 and at Canadian Stage in February 2002. Thomson has also hosted programming for CBC Radio and CBC Television. In 2010, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. Thomson has portrayed a number of historical figures including Charlie Grant, Samuel Lount, Edsel Ford, Dr. Frederick Banting, Duncan Campbell Scott, Mitchell Sharp, and James Cross. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Placeholder

Chloe

as Frank
Released: 2010-02-25

A doctor hires an escort to seduce her husband, whom she suspects of cheating, though unforeseen...

Movie page

Population 436

as Sheriff Calcutt
Released: 2006-07-04

A census-taker is sent to investigate why a certain small town has had the same population --...

Movie page

Vision Quest

as Kevin
Released: 1985-02-15

After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden...

Movie page

Clara

as Dr. John Rickman
Released: 2018-11-30

An astronomer becomes obsessed with searching the cosmos for signs of life beyond Earth which...

Movie page

Bone Daddy

as Stone
Released: 1998-07-19

Doctor Palmer, a former pathologist, wrote a fictional book based on his real cases. In the...

Movie page

Full-Court Miracle

as Rabbi Lewis
Released: 2003-11-21

Inspired by the true story of University of Virginia basketball star Lamont Carr, the film...

Movie page

Charlotte

as Mr. Schmidt
Released: 2021-09-13

The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on...

Movie page

My Breast

as Dr. Luke
Released: 1994-05-15

Meredith Baxter plays Joyce Wadler in this heartwarming story of hope, courage and redemption...

Movie page

Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly

as Ray Marcassi
Released: 1999-03-16

About a notorious Connecticut convicted rapist.

Movie page

Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper

as Lee Schatz
Released: 1981-05-17

A dramatized account of how the staff of the Canadian Embassy helped a group of American...

Movie page

Love's Complicated

as Senator Douglas Townsend
Released: 2016-01-09

Leah thinks all is fine coasting along in a relationship with the ever-predictable Edward until...

Movie page

If You Could See What I Hear

as Will Sly
Released: 1982-01-07

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

Movie page

Twilight of the Ice Nymphs

as Dr. Issac Solti
Released: 1997-09-09

Set in a blazing land where the sun ceaselessly shines, this dramatic fantasy examines love’s...

Movie page

The Royal Scandal

as Mycroft Holmes
Released: 2001-10-19

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes - the world's greatest detective - faces a most...

Movie page

And Then You Die

as Det. Sgt. James McGrath
Released: 1987-01-01

A drug deal must deal with the mafia, Hells Angels, and police who want to arrest him. -- WorldCat

Movie page

Stellar

as Professor
Released: 2022-09-11

Set within the fluidity of time, touch, realism and reverie. Some may call this magic realism....

Movie page

Ticket to Heaven

as Linc Strunc
Released: 1981-10-09

David is a young man seduced by a religious cult that uses starvation, exhaustion, and...

Movie page

The Dinosaur Hunter

as Reverend Smythe
Released: 2000-08-05

A 13-year-old girl and her older brother live on a farm where paleontologists search for fossils.

Movie page

An American Christmas Carol

as Thatcher
Released: 1979-12-16

In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a...

Movie page

Net Worth

as Milton Mound
Released: 1995-01-01

The story of the NHL's early years, focusing on the battle between the players, led by Hall of...

Movie page

The Angry Man

as Borke
Released: 1979-03-14

Romain Dupree arrives to Montreal from France only to be informed that his son is dead. However...

Movie page

Mark Twain and Me

as Albert Paine
Released: 1991-11-22

During the final years of his life, the famous writer Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens is befriended...

Movie page

The Terry Fox Story

as Dr. Simon
Released: 1983-05-22

The true story about the Canadian cancer amputee hero who decided to run across Canada on only...

Movie page

Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay

as Richard Rogers
Released: 2002-10-06

Cosmetics mogul Mary Kay Ash faces competition from a driven newcomer, who plots to take apart...

Movie page

Who Loves the Sun

as Arthur Bloom
Released: 2006-01-04

A man (Lukas Haas) encounters a childhood friend (Adam Scott) who had an affair with his wife...

Movie page

Trudeau

as Mitchell Sharp
Released: 2002-03-31

This docu-drama spans fifteen turbulent years in the political and personal life of Pierre...

Movie page

Bonds of Love

as Jake Hobart
Released: 1993-01-24

A divorced woman falls in love with a mentally-disabled man, but his family objects to their...

Movie page

The Stork Derby

as Huge McLean
Released: 2002-01-08

The woman who birthed the most children in the City of Toronto within a certain time period...

Movie page

Stranger in My Bed

as Dr. Davidson
Released: 1987-01-12

A woman gets amnesia after an accident, and doesn't remember her life, including her husband....

Movie page

Surfacing

as David
Released: 1981-07-25

Following her father's puzzling disappearance, Kate and her city-bred companions brave the...

Movie page

Murder at My Door

as Ed McNair
Released: 1996-10-08

In a quiet neighborhood, a suburban family is shocked when their son is the prime suspect in the...

Movie page

Ford: The Man and the Machine

as Edsel Ford
Released: 1987-05-11

Adapted from a book by Robert Lacey, this biographical film chronicles both the private and...

Movie page

Martin's Day

as Paul Mennen
Released: 1985-02-22

Threatened with recapture after a prison escape, Martin Stechert grabs a 12-year-old as hostage....

Movie page

The Lotus Eaters

as Hal Kingswood
Released: 1993-09-12

Set off the West Coast of Canada in 1965, a hip new teacher with a miniskirt and lots of ideas...

Movie page

Heaven On Earth

as Wilf Hawthorne
Released: 1987-03-01

An armful of destitute orphans transported to the New World at the turn of the century. This is...

Movie page

Glory Enough For All

as Dr Frederick Banting
Released: 1988-06-27

Glory Enough for All is the 1988 television movie depicting the discovery and isolation of...

Movie page

The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins

as Narrator
Released: 2001-09-07

This feature documentary is a portrait of Peter Watkins, an Oscar®-winning British filmmaker...

Movie page

The Marriage Bed

as Dr. Jeff Reilly
Released: 1986-12-22

Linda Griffiths stars as very pregnant Annie Graham, who's about to give birth to her third...

Movie page

Max

as Andy Blake
Released: 1994-12-02

The Blakes have a rancher in the burbs, 2 kids, a mid-sized American car, a gas barbecue and...

Movie page

The Piano Man's Daughter

as Frederick Wyatt
Released: 2003-09-22

Terrified of passing on the madness that runs in his family, Charlie Kilworth (Christian...

Movie page

Well Kept Secrets: Athanasia

as Manuel
Released: 2008-12-04

A young American woman returns to her Greek roots in search of her real father. Accompanied by...

Movie page

The Last Curlew

as Grandpa
Released: 2023-04-15

A grieving widower and his reluctant, teenage granddaughter embark on a pilgrimage of hope and...

Movie page

Charlie Grant's War

as Charlie Grant
Released: 1985-01-27

A Canadian artist turned diamond merchant in Vienna, Austria risks his life to smuggle Jews out...

Movie page

Happy Memories

as Rick
Released: 1981-10-08

A woman attempts to resume her place in the family that she abandoned years earlier.

Movie page

The Quarrel

as Chaim Kovler
Released: 1991-03-01

Montreal 1948. On Rosh Hashanah, Chaim (a Yiddish writer) is forced to think of his religion...

Movie page

Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

as Dr. Isaac Solti (during prod. of Twilight of the Ice Nymphs)
Released: 1997-09-07

Interviews with Guy Maddin and his pals are included in this documentary about the Canadian...

Movie page

Samuel Lount

as Samuel Lount
Released: 1985-09-12

Back in 1837 in the Northwoods of Canada and beyond, a movement was started among the...

Movie page

Anne with an E

as Matthew Cuthbert
First aired: 2017-03-19

A coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights...

TV Show page

The Twilight Zone

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-09-27

This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original...

TV Show page

Moonlighting

as Dr. Steve Hill (as R.H. Thompson)
First aired: 1985-03-03

After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in...

TV Show page

Republic of Doyle

as Francis Chafe
First aired: 2010-01-06

Jake Doyle and his ex-cop father, Malachy, run a Newfoundland detective agency. Their rugged...

TV Show page

Murder in a Small Town

as uncredited
First aired: 2024-09-24

Karl Alberg moves to a quiet coastal town to soothe a psyche that has been battered by big-city...

TV Show page

The Ray Bradbury Theater

as Morgan
First aired: 1985-05-21

A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray...

TV Show page

For The Record

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-01-01

For The Record, a series of one-hour and ninety-minute film dramas, started on the series,...

TV Show page

The Englishman's Boy

as Tom Hardwick
First aired: 2008-03-02

Haunting Film recalls a tragic journey that culminates in one of the most brutal historical...

TV Show page