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1 Career  



1.1  SCTV  





1.2  Television  





1.3  Scitt's Creek  







2 Awards  





3 References  





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John Hemphill (actor)






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John Hemphill (born 1953) is a Canadian comic actor, writer and producer.

Career

SCTV

A longtime player with The Second City troupe's Toronto cast,[1] he was a writer for SCTV as well as appearing in supporting character roles such as Happy Marsden, Wesley Wilks, Willem DeCooney and Dr Ryne Thurman.[2]

Television

He has also appeared in the television series RoboRoach, The Jane Show,[3] Little Mosque on the Prairie and Maniac Mansion,[4] and the television films Hostage for a Day[5] and Sodbusters.[6] He was cowriter with Eugene LevyofSodbusters,[6]

Scitt's Creek

He portrays Bob Currie on Schitt's Creek (2018). [7]

Awards

In Sodbusters he received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Program at the 9th Gemini Awards in 1995.[8]


For his performance as Bob Currie on Schitt's Creek (2018), he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Second City turns improv formula into an art form". Montreal Gazette, July 16, 1988.
  • ^ "Wacky SCTV put Canada on comedy map ; Odd characters on mythical TV station live on in reruns". Toronto Star, March 9, 2002.
  • ^ "Global picks up The Jane Show; Show could be described as The Office meets Sex And The City". Telegraph-Journal, January 24, 2006.
  • ^ "YTV cancels Maniac Mansion". Toronto Star, March 28, 1993.
  • ^ "Candy's TV-movie directorial debut a winner". Toronto Star, April 24, 1994.
  • ^ a b "Eugene Levy's Sodbusters pours on chuckles". The Record, April 25, 1994.
  • ^ "2017 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Revealed". ET Canada, January 17, 2017.
  • ^ "Major Gemini Nominations". Toronto Star, January 18, 1995.
  • ^ "2017 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Revealed". ET Canada, January 17, 2017.
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