Booth Savage

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Booth Savage
BornMay 21, 1948 (1948-05-21) (age 75)
Occupation Actor
Years active1974–present
Spouse Janet-Laine Green
Children2

Booth Savage (born May 21, 1948) is a Canadian film, stage, and television veteran actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Team Canada head coach Harry Sinden in the 2006 CBC miniseries, Canada Russia '72 .

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Career

Savage graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from York University in 1992.

Savage is also a playwright and avid stage actor. His self-written plays Savage Heat, DADS, Reversing Falls, Pillow Talk, Pajama Games and This Bloody Business have been performed on stages across Canada. Moreover, he is an original actor member of Toronto's Theatre Passe Muraille and Toronto Free Theatre. He has performed in over 100 plays in every province and territory in Canada, with the exception of Yukon. [3]

Savage is currently part of the Canadore College Theatre program faculty.

Awards

In 1987, he won a Gemini Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role as Felix Batterinski in Allan King's The Last Season. [4]

Personal life

Savage is married to actress Janet-Laine Green, and has two children. Their son Tyrone Savage is also an actor. [5]

Filmography

Movies

Television

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References

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  2. "Booth's Chasing Rainbows" by Ted Shaw, Windsor Star (5 March, 1988) [Final Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest   253706951
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  4. "Booth Savage's Dads explores the relationship between father and son" by Greg Burliuk, The Kingston Whig-Standard (11 July, 1994) [Final Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest   353234408
  5. "She's the MayorOf Green Fold Lane, that is | Toronto Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  6. "Scoring the big one" by Shawna Richer at www.theglobeandmail.com
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