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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = R.H. Thomson
| name = R. H. Thomson
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|size=100%}}
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|size=100%}}
| image = R.H. Thomson at a CFC reception, for Business for the Arts, 2013 (9260768605).jpg
| image = R. H. Thomson in 2024.jpg
| caption = Thomson in 2013
| caption = Thomson in 2024
| birth_name = Robert Holmes Thomson
| birth_name = Robert Holmes Thomson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1947|09|24}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1947|09|24}}
| birth_place = [[Richmond Hill, Ontario|Richmond Hill]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| birth_place = [[Richmond Hill, Ontario|Richmond Hill]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| education = [[University of Toronto]]<br>[[National Theatre School of Canada]]
| occupation = Actor
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1978–present
| spouse = Laurie Matheson
| years_active = 1976–present
| children = 2
| spouse = Laurie Matheson
| children = 2
}}
}}
'''Robert Holmes Thomson''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}} (born 1947), known as '''R.&nbsp;H. Thomson''', is a Canadian television, film, and stage actor.<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rh-thomson "R.H. Thomson"]. ''[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]'', March 6, 2011.</ref> With a career spanning five decades he remains a regular presence on Canadian movie screens and television. He has received numerous awards for his contributions to the arts, and to war veterans.
'''Robert Holmes Thomson''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}} (born 1947), known as '''R.&nbsp;H. Thomson''', is a Canadian television, film, and stage actor.<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rh-thomson "R.H. Thomson"]. ''[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]'', March 6, 2011.</ref> With a career spanning five decades he remains a regular presence on Canadian movie screens and television. He has received numerous awards for his contributions to the arts, and to war veterans.
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
[[File:1914-1918-Vigil.jpg|thumb|1914-1918-Vigil Project (2009). Names of more than 68,000 Canadians who died in WWI were projected over 6 nights onto monuments including St. Paul's Church in Halifax.]]
[[File:1914-1918-Vigil.jpg|thumb|1914-1918-Vigil Project (2009). Names of more than 68,000 Canadians who died in WWI were projected over 6 nights onto monuments including St. Paul's Church in Halifax.]]
Thomson is married with two sons.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2008/11/22/at_home_with_actor_rh_thomson.html At home with actor R.H. Thomson]. ''[[Toronto Star]], November 22, 2008.</ref>
Thomson is married with two sons.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2008/11/22/at_home_with_actor_rh_thomson.html At home with actor R.H. Thomson]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', November 22, 2008.</ref>


Thomson has had a long-standing interest in Canada's military and war veterans. In 1995 he narrated a 3-part documentary series about Canada's involvement in international conflicts. On the 90th anniversary of the [[Battle of Vimy Ridge]], in which nearly 3,600 Canadians died, he co-created, with Marin Conboy, a commemoration in which the name of each fallen soldier was projected onto the [[National War Memorial (Canada)|National War Memorial]]. The following year in 2009, he and Conboy undertook an ambitious project to project the names of the more than 68,000 Canadians who died in World War I onto famous monuments across the country. Projections occurred during the night. In 2010, the Government of Canada honoured Thomson for this effort with a Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation > (R.H.) Robert Thomson |url=https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/about-vac/who-we-are/department-officials/minister/commendation/bio/612 |website=Veterans Affairs Canada |date=14 February 2019 |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=8 November 2020}}</ref>
Thomson has had a long-standing interest in Canada's military and war veterans. In 1995 he narrated a three-part documentary series about Canada's involvement in international conflicts. On the 90th anniversary of the [[Battle of Vimy Ridge]], in which nearly 3,600 Canadians died, he co-created, with lighting designer Martin Conboy, a commemoration in which the name of each fallen soldier was projected onto the [[National War Memorial (Canada)|National War Memorial]]. The following year in 2009, he and Conboy undertook an ambitious project to project the names of the more than 68,000 Canadians who died in World War I onto famous monuments across the country. Projections occurred during the night. In 2010, the Government of Canada honoured Thomson for this effort with a Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation > (R.H.) Robert Thomson |url=https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/about-vac/who-we-are/department-officials/minister/commendation/bio/612 |website=Veterans Affairs Canada |date=14 February 2019 |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=8 November 2020}}</ref>
[[File:R.H. Thomson at a CFC reception, for Business for the Arts, 2013 (9260768605).jpg|thumb|R.H. Thomson at a CFC reception, for Business for the Arts, 2013]]


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
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|1989
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|''[[The First Season]]''
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|Eric Anderson
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|1991
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|Chaim Kovler
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|''[[Who Loves the Sun]]''
|''[[Who Loves the Sun (2006 film)|Who Loves the Sun]]''
|Arthur Bloom
|Arthur Bloom
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|''[[Of the Fields, Lately]]''
|Ben Mercer
|Ben Mercer
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|1978
|1978
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|1979
|1979
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|''[[An American Christmas Carol]]''
|Thatcher
|Thatcher
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|1980
|1980
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|John Trueman
|John Trueman
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|rowspan=2|1983
|rowspan=2|1983
|''{{sortname|The|Terry Fox Story}}''
|data-sort-value="Terry Fox Story, The" | ''[[The Terry Fox Story]]''
|Dr. Simon
|Dr. Simon
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|[[Charlie Grant (activist)|Charlie Grant]]
|[[Charlie Grant (activist)|Charlie Grant]]
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|''[[The Ray Bradbury Theater]]''
|data-sort-value="Ray Bradbury Theater, The" | ''[[The Ray Bradbury Theater]]''
|Morgan
|Morgan
|Episode: "The Crowd"
|Episode: "The Crowd"
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|rowspan=2|1986
|rowspan=2|1986
|''[[The Marriage Bed]]''
|data-sort-value="Marriage Bed, The" | ''[[The Marriage Bed]]''
|Dr. Jeff Reilly
|Dr. Jeff Reilly
|TV film
|TV movie
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|-
|''[[Philip Marlowe, Private Eye]]''
|''[[Philip Marlowe, Private Eye]]''
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|''Stranger in My Bed''
|''Stranger in My Bed''
|Dr. Davidson
|Dr. Davidson
|TV film
|rowspan=4|TV movie
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|-
|''And Then You Die''
|''And Then You Die''
|Det. Sgt. James McGrath
|Det. Sgt. James McGrath
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|''[[Heaven on Earth (1987 film)|Heaven on Earth]]''
|''[[Heaven on Earth (1987 film)|Heaven on Earth]]''
|Wilf Hawthorne
|Wilf Hawthorne
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|-
|-
|''[[Ford: The Man and the Machine]]''
|''[[Ford: The Man and the Machine]]''
|[[Edsel Ford]]
|[[Edsel Ford]]
|TV film
|-
|-
|''[[Moonlighting (TV series)|Moonlighting]]''
|''[[Moonlighting (TV series)|Moonlighting]]''
|Dr. Steven Hill
|Dr. Steven Hill
|Episodes: "Tale in Two Cities", "Father Knows Last"
|Episodes: "Tale in Two Cities" & "Father Knows Last"
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|-
|rowspan=3|1988
|rowspan=3|1988
|''[[Glory Enough for All]]''
|''[[Glory Enough for All]]''
|Dr. [[Frederick Banting]]
|Dr. [[Frederick Banting]]
|TV film
|TV movie
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|-
|''[[The Campbells]]''
|data-sort-value="Campbells, The" | ''[[The Campbells]]''
|Andrew Jordan
|Andrew Jordan
|Episode: "Last Time Around"
|Episode: "Last Time Around"
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|-
|''{{sortname|The|Twilight Zone|The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)}}''
|data-sort-value="Twilight Zone, The" | ''[[The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''
|Dr. Burrell
|Dr. Burrell
|Episode: "[[Our Selena Is Dying (The Twilight Zone)|Our Selena Is Dying]]"
|Episode: "[[Our Selena Is Dying (The Twilight Zone)|Our Selena Is Dying]]"
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|''[[Champagne Charlie (miniseries)|Champagne Charlie]]''
|''[[Champagne Charlie (miniseries)|Champagne Charlie]]''
|Robert Morgan
|Robert Morgan
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|rowspan=2|TV movie
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|''[[Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher]]''
|''[[Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher]]''
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|''[[Road to Avonlea]]''
|Jasper Dale
|Jasper Dale
|Guest role; 17 episodes
|Recurring role
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|1991
|1991
|''Mark Twain and Me''
|''Mark Twain and Me''
|Albert Paine
|Albert Paine
|TV film
|TV movie
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|1992–1993
|1992–1993
|''[[By Way of the Stars]]''
|''[[By Way of the Stars]]''
|Priest
|Priest
|Miniseries
|TV miniseries
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|1993
|1993
|''Bonds of Love''
|''Bonds of Love''
|Jake Hobart
|Jake Hobart
|rowspan=9|TV film
|rowspan=9|TV movie
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|-
|rowspan=3|1994
|rowspan=3|1994
|''[[The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story]]''
|data-sort-value="Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story, The" | ''[[The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story]]''
|Bill Castellano
|Bill Castellano
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|rowspan=2|2000
|rowspan=2|2000
|''The Dinosaur Hunter''
|data-sort-value="Dinosaur Hunter, The" | ''The Dinosaur Hunter''
|Rev. Smythe
|Rev. Smythe
|-
|-
|''{{sortname|The|Secret Adventures of Jules Verne}}''
|data-sort-value="Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, The" | ''[[The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne]]}''
|Count Nicolai Kugarin
|Count Nicolai Kugarin
|Episode: "Rocket to the Moon"
|Episode: "Rocket to the Moon"
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|-
|rowspan=3|2001
|rowspan=2|2001
|''{{sortname|The|Associates|The Associates (Canadian TV series)}}''
|data-sort-value="Associates, The" | ''[[The Associates (Canadian TV series)|The Associates]]''
|Angus MacGregor
|Angus MacGregor
|Episode: "Headfirst Into Hell"
|Episode: "Headfirst Into Hell"
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|''{{sortname|The|Royal Scandal}}''
|data-sort-value="Royal Scandal, The" | ''[[The Royal Scandal]]''
|Mycroft Holmes
|Mycroft Holmes
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|''University''
|data-sort-value="Stork Derby, The" | ''The Stork Derby''
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|Harry Copeland
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|rowspan=4|2002
|''The Stork Derby''
|Hugh McLean
|Hugh McLean
|rowspan=3|TV film
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|-
|''[[Trudeau (film)|Trudeau]]''
|''[[Trudeau (film)|Trudeau]]''
|[[Mitchell Sharp]]
|[[Mitchell Sharp]]
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|''{{sortname|The|Battle of Mary Kay|nolink=1}}''
|''[[Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay]]''
|Richard Rogers
|Richard Rogers
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|Peter Krieghoff
|Peter Krieghoff
|Episode: "Deal"
|Episode: "Deal"
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|''University''
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|Harry Copeland
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|Episode: "Welcome to Dorchester"
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|rowspan=3|2003
|rowspan=3|2003
|''[[Bugs (2003 film)|Bugs]]''
|''[[Bugs (2003 film)|Bugs]]''
|Reynolds
|Reynolds
|rowspan=3|TV film
|rowspan=3|TV movie
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|-
|''{{sortname|The|Piano Man's Daughter|The Piano Man's Daughter (film)}}''
|data-sort-value="Piano Man's Daughter, The" | ''[[The Piano Man's Daughter (film)|The Piano Man's Daughter]]''
|Frederick Wyatt
|Frederick Wyatt
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|''[[Human Cargo]]''
|''[[Human Cargo]]''
|Peter Fowler
|Peter Fowler
|rowspan=4|TV miniseries
|rowspan=4|Miniseries
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|rowspan=2|2006
|rowspan=2|2006
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|2008
|2008
|''[[The Englishman's Boy]]''
|data-sort-value="Englishman's Boy, The" | ''[[The Englishman's Boy]]''
|Tom Hardwick
|Tom Hardwick
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|''Love's Complicated''
|Senator
|Senator
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|TV movie
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|2017–2019
|2017–2019
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|Main role
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|2024
|20??
|''[[Murdoch Mysteries]]''
|''University''
| Chief Inspector Francis Stewart
|Harry Copeland
|Episodes: "A Heavy Heart" & "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
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|Episode: "Welcome to Dorchester"
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[[Category:Male actors from Ontario]]
[[Category:Male actors from Ontario]]
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[[Category:Governor General's Performing Arts Award winners]]
[[Category:Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Canadian Screen Award winners]]
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[[Category:Canadian Screen Award winning writers]]

Latest revision as of 23:19, 8 January 2025

For the Seattle civil engineer, see Reginald H. Thomson.
R. H. Thomson
CM
Thomson in 2024
Born
Robert Holmes Thomson

(1947-09-24) September 24, 1947 (age 77)
Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
EducationUniversity of Toronto
National Theatre School of Canada
OccupationActor
Years active1976–present
SpouseLaurie Matheson
Children2

Robert Holmes Thomson CM (born 1947), known as R. H. Thomson, is a Canadian television, film, and stage actor.[1] With a career spanning five decades he remains a regular presence on Canadian movie screens and television. He has received numerous awards for his contributions to the arts, and to war veterans.

Life and career

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Thomson was born on September 24, 1947, in Richmond Hill, Ontario. He studied at the University of Toronto and the National Theatre School.[2]

His own play The Lost Boys was staged at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in March 2000 and at Canadian Stage in February 2002. He has also hosted programming for CBC Radio and CBC Television. Thomson has portrayed a number of historical figures including Samuel Lount, Edsel Ford, Frederick Banting, Duncan Campbell Scott, Mitchell Sharp, and James Cross.

In 2010, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada.[3] In May 2015 Thomson received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement. Eric Peterson performed in his honour at the gala celebrating the laureates at the National Arts Centre.[4]

Personal life

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1914-1918-Vigil Project (2009). Names of more than 68,000 Canadians who died in WWI were projected over 6 nights onto monuments including St. Paul's Church in Halifax.

Thomson is married with two sons.[5]

Thomson has had a long-standing interest in Canada's military and war veterans. In 1995 he narrated a three-part documentary series about Canada's involvement in international conflicts. On the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, in which nearly 3,600 Canadians died, he co-created, with lighting designer Martin Conboy, a commemoration in which the name of each fallen soldier was projected onto the National War Memorial. The following year in 2009, he and Conboy undertook an ambitious project to project the names of the more than 68,000 Canadians who died in World War I onto famous monuments across the country. Projections occurred during the night. In 2010, the Government of Canada honoured Thomson for this effort with a Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation.[6]

R.H. Thomson at a CFC reception, for Business for the Arts, 2013

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1979 Jigsaw (L'Homme en colère) Borke
1981 Ticket to Heaven Linc Strunc
Surfacing David
Happy Memories Rick
1982 If You Could See What I Hear Will Sly
1983 Snow Jim Short
1985 Vision Quest Kevin
Martin's Day Paul Mennen
Samuel Lount Samuel Lount
1987 Wednesday's Children: David Jim Short
1989 The First Season Eric Anderson
1990 Defy Gravity Bill Fiddich
1991 The Quarrel Chaim Kovler
1993 The Lotus Eaters Hal Kingswood
1994 Max Andy Blake
1995 Duncan Campbell Scott: The Poet and the Indians Duncan Campbell Scott
1997 Twilight of the Ice Nymphs Dr. Isaac Solti
Silent Cradle David Greg
1998 Bone Daddy Stone
2000 Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace [de] Knobloch
2006 Population 436 Sheriff Jim Calcutt Video
Who Loves the Sun Arthur Bloom
2008 Well Kept Secrets - Athanassia Manuel
2009 Chloe Frank
2010 New Year Terry Cook
Whirligig Andre
2011 Jesus Henry Christ Billy Herman
2018 Clara Dr. Rickman
2022 Stellar Professor

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1976 Of the Fields, Lately Ben Mercer TV movie
1978 Tyler Tyler Dorsett
1979 An American Christmas Carol Thatcher
1980 A Population of One John Trueman
1981 Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper Lee Schatz
1983 The Terry Fox Story Dr. Simon
Cornet at Night The Stranger
1985 Charlie Grant's War Charlie Grant
The Ray Bradbury Theater Morgan Episode: "The Crowd"
1986 The Marriage Bed Dr. Jeff Reilly TV movie
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye Frank Barsley Episode: "Red Wind"
1987 Stranger in My Bed Dr. Davidson TV movie
And Then You Die Det. Sgt. James McGrath
Heaven on Earth Wilf Hawthorne
Ford: The Man and the Machine Edsel Ford
Moonlighting Dr. Steven Hill Episodes: "Tale in Two Cities" & "Father Knows Last"
1988 Glory Enough for All Dr. Frederick Banting TV movie
The Campbells Andrew Jordan Episode: "Last Time Around"
The Twilight Zone Dr. Burrell Episode: "Our Selena Is Dying"
1989 Champagne Charlie Robert Morgan TV movie
Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher Gerry Allbright
1990–1996 Road to Avonlea Jasper Dale Recurring role
1991 Mark Twain and Me Albert Paine TV movie
1992–1993 By Way of the Stars Priest Miniseries
1993 Bonds of Love Jake Hobart TV movie
1994 The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story Bill Castellano
My Breast Luke
Bizet's Dream Delaborde/Escamillo
1995 Net Worth Milton Mound
1996 Murder at My Door Ed McNair
1999 Cry Rape Ray Marcassi
P.T. Barnum James Anthony Bailey
2000 The Dinosaur Hunter Rev. Smythe
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne} Count Nicolai Kugarin Episode: "Rocket to the Moon"
2001 The Associates Angus MacGregor Episode: "Headfirst Into Hell"
The Royal Scandal Mycroft Holmes TV movie
2002 The Stork Derby Hugh McLean
Trudeau Mitchell Sharp
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay Richard Rogers
Tom Stone Peter Krieghoff Episode: "Deal"
University Harry Copeland Episode: "Welcome to Dorchester"
2003 Bugs Reynolds TV movie
The Piano Man's Daughter Frederick Wyatt
Full-Court Miracle Rabbi Lewis
2004 Human Cargo Peter Fowler Miniseries
2006 Prairie Giant Dr. Moulds
October 1970 James Cross
2008 The Englishman's Boy Tom Hardwick
2010 Republic of Doyle Francis Chafe Episode: "The Tell-Tale Safe"
2012 King Randall King Episode: "Freddy Boise"
2013 Cracked Robert Kelly Episode: "The Valley"
2016 Love's Complicated Senator TV movie
2017–2019 Anne with an E Matthew Cuthbert Main role
2024 Murdoch Mysteries Chief Inspector Francis Stewart Episodes: "A Heavy Heart" & "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"

Awards

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Wins

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Nominations

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References

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  1. ^ "R.H. Thomson". The Canadian Encyclopedia, March 6, 2011.
  2. ^ R. H. Thomson. Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia.
  3. ^ Governor General announces 74 new appointments to the Order of Canada
  4. ^ "R.H. Thomson". Governor General's Performing Arts Awards. Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  5. ^ At home with actor R.H. Thomson. Toronto Star, November 22, 2008.
  6. ^ "Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation > (R.H.) Robert Thomson". Veterans Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
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