Ted Follows obit

Ted Follows: Canadian actor’s career spanned more than 70 years

 

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Edward James Follows (November 30, 1926 – October 21, 2016) was a Canadian film, television and stage actor. He was best known for playing the role of Macduff in Macbeth at the Stratford Festival and the 1961 CBC Television film adaptation, and his television roles as the title character in the CBC drama series McQueen, as crown attorney Arnold Bateman in Wojeck, and as Charles Tupper, Minister of Railways, in The National Dream.

Follows was born in Ottawa, Ontario in 1926 to Edward James Follows and Isabella (née Latimer) Follows, and had a younger brother, Jack. He was raised in a variety of locations across Canada as his father was a serviceman with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Ted Follows attended high school in Winnipeg. He studied psychology at the University of Toronto, also acting in Hart House theatre productions, and following his graduation he had his first professional acting role in 1945.

He was married to Susan Trethewey and Dawn Greenhalgh. He died on October 21, 2016 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

 

Filmography

Film

Year     Title            Role

1953    Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue            Douglas MacGregor

1957            Oedipus Rex    Chorus

1973            Paperback Hero            Cagey

1980    Virus            Dr. Baines

1989    Cold Comfort            Roy

 

Television

Year     Title            Role            Notes

1954    Sunday Night Theatre            Pvt. Brown            Episode: "The Promised Years #2: The Good Partners"

1956–1961            General Motors Theatre            Various roles     12 episodes

1959            Hudson's Bay   Sam Gifford 2 episodes

1960    The Unforeseen            Charles            Episode: "Desire"

1960            Startime            Raphael            Episode: "The Zeal of Thy House"

1960–1962            Festival            Hurst / Mickser / Major   4 episodes

1961            Macbeth            MacDuff            Television film

1961    The Conquest of Cobbletown            Fred Cobble            Television film

1961    Quest            Wu            2 episodes

1961–1962            Playdate          Various roles     6 episodes

1963    The United States Steel Hour            Seaton            Episode: "The Troubled Heart"

1966    Seaway            David Miller / Darby            3 episodes

1966–1968            Wojeck          Arnie Bateman            4 episodes

1969    Quentin Durgens, M.P.            Cabinet minister            Episode: "Master of the House"

1969–1970            McQueen            McQueen         14 episodes

1974    The National Dream            Charles Tupper            Episode: "The Great Debate"

1974            Performance            Immigration Officer            Episode: "Find Volopchi!"

1979    The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight            Leblanc            Television film

1979    The Great Detective            Percy            Episode: "Death Takes a Curtain Call"

1980–1982            The Littlest Hobo            Various roles     5 episodes

1988    War of the Worlds            General Arquette            2 episodes

1992    E.N.G.            Commissioner            Episode: "True Patriot Love"

1992            Wojeck: Out of the Fire      Arnold Bateman            Television film

1993    Matrix            Mr. Preston            Episode: "The Yellow Chamber"

1993            Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story            Airplane Man            Television film

1993    JFK: Reckless Youth            Patsy Mulkern            2 episodes