Henry Ramer
Henry Conrad Ramer (April 29, 1924 – August 11, 2009) was a Canadian actor.[1] He was most noted for his supporting performance as Jerry Dingleman in The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz,[2] for which he received an ACTRA Award nomination for Best Film Actor at the 4th ACTRA Awards in 1975.[3]
Born in Chernivtsi when it was still Romanian territory, he moved with his family to Montreal, Quebec, in childhood.[1] He made his acting debut as a teenager in a stage production of The Cherry Orchard.[1] He attempted to enlist in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, but after being turned down he devoted himself more actively to acting, and was soon hired as a staff announcer and radio actor for CBC Radio.[1]
In 1951 he made his first film appearance in The Butler's Night Off, a film which also marked the debut of William Shatner. He frequently appeared in CBC Television drama anthologies through the 1950s and 1960s, and frequently did voice-over roles in animation, television commercials and narration.[4] Despite not actually being a fluent speaker of the French language, he was also skilled enough in phonetically reading French-language dialogue in a native-sounding accent that he was frequently given French dubbing roles.[4] He also continued to have stage roles, most notably as Tiger Brown in a 1972 production of The Threepenny Opera at the Stratford Festival alongside Jack Creley, Anton Rodgers and Lila Kedrova.[5]
In addition to his ACTRA nomination for Duddy Kravitz, he also received nominations for Best Television Actor at the 2nd ACTRA Awards in 1973 for Here Come the Seventies,[6] and Best Radio Actor at the 9th ACTRA Awards in 1980 for Grasshopper Hill.[7]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | The Butler's Night Off | ||
| 1955 | First Performance | Luhan | Episode "Montserrat" |
| 1956 | Folio | Narrator | Episode "The Trial" |
| 1957 | Eyewitness No. 98 | Narrator | |
| 1960 | R.C.M.P. | George McKendrick | One episode |
| 1960 | General Motors Theatre | Stan | Episode "Blue Is for Boys" |
| 1960 | La Côte de Sable | Ken | |
| 1960-64 | Shoestring Theatre | Various | Nine episodes |
| 1961 | Robert Baldwin: A Matter of Principle | Francis Hincks | |
| 1961 | William Lyon Mackenzie: A Friend to His Country | Francis Hincks | |
| 1963 | Playdate | Charles Napier | Episode "A Suitable Case for Treatment" |
| 1964 | A Very Close Family | Charlie | |
| 1964-68 | Festival | Episodes "The Magician of Lublin", "The True Bleeding Heart of Martin B., The Write-Off | |
| 1965 | The Fasting Friar | Four episodes | |
| 1965 | The Powers of Darkness | Dietrich | |
| 1966 | The Marvel Super Heroes | Mandarin,> Major Uberhart, Melter, Doctor Doom, Wolfgang, Vashti, Sando / Colonel Kranz | |
| 1967 | Spider-Man | Henry Smythe, Dr. Noah Boddy, Grandini the Mystic, Lee Patterson, Mr. Flintridge | |
| 1969 | Change of Mind | Chief Enfield | |
| 1969 | Adventures in Rainbow Country | Ralph Walters | One episode |
| 1970 | McQueen | Hillyer | One episode |
| 1972 | Another Smith for Paradise | Harold "Smitty" Smith | |
| 1973 | Delilah | One episode | |
| 1974 | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | Jerry Dingleman | |
| 1974 | Why Rock the Boat? | Club president | |
| 1974 | Witness to Yesterday | Al Capone | |
| 1975 | It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time | Prince | |
| 1975 | My Pleasure Is My Business | His Excellency | |
| 1976 | Noah's Animals | Noah | |
| 1976 | The Spirit of Independence | Grizzly | |
| 1977 | J.A. Martin Photographer (J.A. Martin photographe) | Scott | |
| 1977 | Welcome to Blood City | Chumley | |
| 1977 | Custard Pie | One episode | |
| 1977 | Spinnolio | Narrator | |
| 1977 | Starship Invasions | Malcolm | |
| 1977 | Language and Canadian Citizenship | Narrator | |
| 1977 | The Little Brown Burro | ||
| 1978 | In Praise of Older Women | Narrator | |
| 1979 | A Gift to Last | Timothy Eaton | One episode |
| 1980 | Cordélia | Det. McCasill | |
| 1980 | The Dream Never Dies | Narrator | |
| 1980 | Virus | TV Narrator | |
| 1981 | B.C.: A Special Christmas | Thor | |
| 1983 | Between Friends | Sam Tucker | |
| 1983 | Cover Girl | Klaus Kringelein | |
| 1983 | The Old Lady's Camping Trip | ||
| 1984 | Reno and the Doc | Doc | |
| 1984 | Hockey Night | Bill Moss | |
| 1985 | Final Offer | Narrator | |
| 1985 | Reckless Disregard | Jack Coburn | |
| 1986 | Hangin' In | Lou | One episode |
| 1986 | Night Heat | McShane | One episode |
| 1986 | Loose Ends | Dadapopoulos | |
| 1986 | Doing Life | Edelbaum | |
| 1987 | Seeing Things | Charles Foster Klein | One episode |
| 1988 | Mount Royal | Duncan Elliott | One episode |
| 1988 | Friday the 13th: The Series | Radio announcer | One episode |
| 1988 | Family Reunion | Sam | |
| 1988 | The King Chronicle | One episode | |
| 1989 | Passion and Paradise | Lt. Charles Haffenden | |
| 1991 | The Big Slice | Max Bernstein | |
| 1991 | Tropical Heat | Michael Trask | One episode |
| 1991 | Diplomatic Immunity | Smith Reynolds | |
| 1992 | Terror on Track 9 | Finkel | |
| 1992-93 | Street Legal | Ronald Shackleton | Three episodes |
| 1994 | And Then There Was One | Roxy's dad | |
| 1994 | Sodbusters | Governor | |
| 1995 | Screamers | Narrator | |
| 1995-97 | Jake and the Kid | Adult Ben (narrator) | |
| 1996 | We the Jury | ||
| 1997 | Shipwreck: The Floating Inferno | Narrator | |
| 1998 | Jewels II: The Ultimate Challenge | Professor Bhandam | |
| 1999 | M.U.G.E.N | ||
| 1999 | Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend | Emperor |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Alan Hustak, "He could play Macbeth or sell you a muffler". The Globe and Mail, August 15, 2009.
- ^ Jamie Portman, "Duddy simply can't miss". Calgary Herald, May 4, 1974.
- ^ Blaik Kirby, "Can ACTRA awards end Canada's inferiority complex?". The Globe and Mail, April 22, 1975.
- ^ a b Mary Ellen Lewis, "Talking a good line". The Globe and Mail, March 26, 1983.
- ^ "Lila Kedrova to play at Stratford". Ottawa Citizen, April 22, 1972.
- ^ Ron Base, "Words of love". Windsor Star, April 28, 1973.
- ^ "ACTRA Award nominations". Vancouver Sun, March 28, 1980.
External links
[edit]- Henry Ramer at IMDb