John Hemphill (actor): Difference between revisions

A longtime player with [[The Second City]] troupe's [[Toronto]] cast,<ref>"Second City turns improv formula into an art form". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', July 16, 1988.</ref> Hemphill was a writer for ''[[Second City Television]]'' and appeared in supporting character roles such as Happy Marsden, Wesley Wilks, Willem DeCooney and Dr. Ryne Thurman.<ref>"Wacky SCTV put Canada on comedy map; Odd characters on mythical TV station live on in reruns". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', March 9, 2002.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-10 |title=The dark, twisted backstory of Eugene Levy's Bobby Bittman character |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-dark-twisted-backstory-of-eugene-levy-s-bobby-bitt-1798245116 |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en}}</ref>

Hemphill has appeared in the television series ''[[RoboRoach]]'', ''[[The Jane Show]]'',<ref>"Global picks up The Jane Show; Show could be described as The Office meets Sex And The City". ''[[Telegraph-Journal]]'', January 24, 2006.</ref> ''[[Little Mosque on the Prairie]]'' and ''[[Maniac Mansion (TV series)|Maniac Mansion]]'',<ref>"YTV cancels Maniac Mansion". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', March 28, 1993.</ref> and the television films ''[[Hostage for a Day]]''<ref>"Candy's TV-movie directorial debut a winner". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', April 24, 1994.</ref> and ''Sodbusters''.<ref name=sodbusters>"Eugene Levy's Sodbusters pours on chuckles". ''[[The Record (Waterloo Region)|The Record]]'', April 25, 1994.</ref> He was also the co-writer, with [[Eugene Levy]], of ''Sodbusters''.<ref name=sodbusters/> Hemphill appeared in ''[[Adventures in Babysitting]]'' in 1987. In 2003, he began directing the comedy troupe Women Fully Clothed, composed of Second City alumnae Debra McGrath, Robin Duke, Jayne Eastwood, Teresa Pavlinek and Kathy Greenwood.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0376159/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm/ | title=John Hemphill | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>

Hemphill portrayed Bob Currie on ''[[Schitt's Creek]]'' from 2015 to 2020.<ref name="etcanada.com">[https://web.archive.org/web/20170118150400/http://etcanada.com/news/196011/2017-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-revealed/ "2017 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Revealed"]. ''[[ET Canada]]'', January 17, 2017.</ref> For his performance, he was nominated for a [[Canadian Screen Award]] for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series|Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series]] at the [[5th Canadian Screen Awards]].<ref name="etcanada.com" />

He received a [[Gemini Award]] nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Program for ''Sodbusters'' at the [[9th Gemini Awards]] in 1995.<ref>"Major Gemini Nominations". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', January 18, 1995.</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Film ===

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|+

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

|-

|1986

|''[[The Pink Chiquitas]]''

|Ernie Bodine

|

|-

|1987

|''[[Adventures in Babysitting]]''

|Drunk at Party

|

|-

|1987

|''Goofballs''

|Aldo

|

|-

|2004

|[[New York Minute (film)|''New York Minute'']]

|Tim Brooger

|

|-

|2005

|[[The Man (2005 film)|''The Man'']]

|Ted

|

|}

=== Television ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

|-

|1981–1984

|[[Bizarre (TV series)|''Bizarre'']]

| rowspan="3" |Various roles

|14 episodes; also writer

|-

|1982–1983

|''SCTV Network''

|12 episodes; also writer

|-

|1983–1984

|''SCTV Channel''

|13 episodes; also writer

|-

|1985

|''Workin' for Peanuts''

|Al

| rowspan="4" |Television role

|-

|1987

|''Really Weird Tales''

|Mervis Jutt

|-

|1988

|''Biographies: The Enigma of Bobby Bittman''

|Buddy Phelps

|-

|1988

|''The Second City Toronto 15th Anniversary''

|Johnny Prolongo

|-

|1990–1993

|[[Maniac Mansion (TV series)|''Maniac Mansion'']]

|Harry the Fly

|65 episodes; also creator, writer, and director

|-

|1992

|''Partners 'n Love''

|Lloyd Peters

|Television role

|-

|1994

|''Sodbusters''

|Cole

|Television role; also writer

|-

|1997

|[[Goosebumps (1995 TV series)|''Goosebumps'']]

|Doctor / SWAT Team Leader

|Episode: "Don't Go to Sleep"

|-

|1997

|[[Once a Thief (TV series)|''Once a Thief'']]

|Master Jamboree

|Episode: "It Happened One Night"

|-

|1998

|''[[Due South]]''

|Van Zant's Cleaner

|Episode: "Dead Men Don't Throw Rice"

|-

|1998

|''[[Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension]]''

|Freddie Foster

|Episode: "Last Laugh"

|-

|2000

|[[Power Play (1998 TV series)|''Power Play'']]

|Dr. Eugene Tockette

|Episode: "The Quarter Finals"

|-

|2000

|''[[Relic Hunter]]''

|Richard Ferguson

|Episode: "Emperor's Bride"

|-

|2001–2003

|''[[RoboRoach]]''

|Voice

|7 episodes

|-

|2002, 2006

|''[[Puppets Who Kill]]''

|Good Ol' Joe / Curious Bob

|2 episodes

|-

|2004

|''[[Untold Stories of the E.R.]]''

|Reenactments

|Episode: "The Big Save"

|-

|2006

|''[[The Jane Show]]''

|Jane's Dad, Dave Black

|Episode: "Daddy's Home"

|-

|2008–2011

|''[[Little Mosque on the Prairie]]''

|George Wispinski / Alvin Wispinski

|3 episodes

|-

|2015–2020

|''[[Schitt's Creek]]''

|Bob Currie

|29 episodes

|}

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