2nd ACTRA Awards

2nd ACTRA Awards
Date	April 30, 1973
Hosted by	Pierre Berton
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The 2nd ACTRA Awards were presented on April 30, 1973 to honour achievements in Canadian television in 1972. ^[1] The ceremony was hosted by Pierre Berton, and featured several new categories which had not been presented at the 1st ACTRA Awards the previous year. ^[1]

Winners and nominees

Earle Grey Award	Gordon Sinclair Award
Gordon Pinsent, The Rowdyman [1] Jon Granik, Islam [2] Dawn Greenhalgh, Psychiatrist [2] Michael Kane, The Disposable Man [2] Henry Ramer, Here Come the Seventies [2] Deborah Turnbull, Peace of Utrecht [2]	Max Ferguson [1] Barbara Frum [2] Michael Magee [2]
Best Variety Performer	Best Public Affairs Broadcaster
Anne Murray [1] Julie Amato and Jack Duffy, Half the George Kirby Comedy Hour [2] Laurie Bower, The Laurie Bower Singers [2] Barbara Hamilton, Inside from the Outside [2] Wayne and Shuster [2]	Peter Gzowski, This Country in the Morning [1] Pierre Berton [2] Barbara Frum, As It Happens [2] Jack McGaw [2] Carole Taylor [2] Warner Troyer [2]
Best Dramatic Writer	Best Documentary Writer
Len Peterson, Trouble with Giants [1] Ron Kelly, Springhill [1] Grahame Woods, Strike [1]	Neil Copeland, Titanic: Six Decades of Controversy and The Oak Island Mystery: Fact or Fiction? [1] John David Hamilton, York-Scarboro Revisited 1972 [1] William Whitehead, The Nature of Things [1]
John Drainie Award
Rupert Caplan [3]

References

1. "Murray, Pinsent win ACTRA awards". Red Deer Advocate , May 1, 1973.
2. Ron Base, "Words of love". Windsor Star , April 28, 1973.
3. Jack Kapica, "Rupert Caplan loves radio". Montreal Gazette , May 1, 1973.