William Needles
George William Needles CM, LL.D, (January 2, 1919 – January 12, 2016) was an American-born Canadian actor and teacher. He was born in Yonkers, New York, and raised in Kitchener, Ontario.
Needles member of the acting company of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival since its inception in 1953, he has appeared in over one hundred roles with the company, among which are Albany in King Lear (1964 and 1972); the Duke of Venice in The Merchant of Venice (1996); the White King in Alice Through the Looking Glass (1996); the Lord Mayor in Richard III (1997); the Shepherd in Oedipus Rex (1997); Merriman in The Importance of Being Earnest (2000); Mortimer in Henry VI: Revenge in France(2002).
Needles died in Allison, Ontario from natural causes at the age of 97.[1]
References
- ↑ "William Needles, Canada's oldest working actor, dies at 97". Yahoo.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
Other websites
- William Needles on IMDb
- An Interview with William Needles Archived 2016-05-02 at the Wayback Machine, Legend Library, TheatreMuseumCanada
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