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Bill Luxton (actor)
Bill Luxton (1927 – 13 July 2019) was a Canadian actor who appeared in television and on stage. He was best known for the role of Uncle Willy on the "Willy and Floyd" comedy team and as voice actor for cartoons. Life and career Born in Toronto, Canada in May 1927 of English parents, Luxton and his family returned to London, where they endured The Blitz during the early 1940s. He joined the British Army at 18 and spent time in the signal corps, beginning in 1945. His experiences as a teenage actor led him to the forces broadcasting system, where he trained as an operator and announcer. He spent six months in Germany and two years in Libya, re-settling in Canada after his discharge in 1948. Post-war, the only job he could find was as a junior announcer in Port Arthur, now part of Thunder Bay, in 1948. By chance, he met Toots there and the couple remained married for 69 years. Luxton graduated from the Lorne Greene Academy of Radio Arts in Toronto in 1950, and was hired in 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
