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Don McKay (other)
Don McKay may refer to: * Don McKay (poet) (born 1942), Canadian poet, editor, and educator * Don McKay (actor) (1925–2018), American actor, dancer and singer * Don McKay (rugby union) (1937–2024), New Zealand rugby union player * Sir Don McKay (politician) (1908–1988), New Zealand politician * Don McKay (film) ''Don McKay'' is a 2009 independent drama thriller film written and directed by Jake Goldberger and starring Thomas Haden Church and Elisabeth Shue. It premiered at the 8th Annual Tribeca Film Festival in April 2009 and received a limited release ... a 2009 independent drama thriller film See also * Donald McKay (other) {{dab, hn=McKay, Don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don McKay (poet)
Don McKay (born 1942) is a Canadian poet, editor, and educator. Life McKay was born in Owen Sound, Ontario and raised in Cornwall. McKay was educated at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Wales, where he earned his PhD in 1971, with a dissertation on the poetry of Dylan Thomas. He taught creative writing and English for 27 years in universities including the University of Western Ontario and the University of New Brunswick. In 2008, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. McKay has lived in southwestern Ontario, New Brunswick, Vancouver Island and Newfoundland. Poetic career McKay is the author of twelve books of poetry, including ''Birding, or Desire'' (1986), ''Apparatus'' (1997) and ''Paradoxides'' (2012). He has twice won the Governor General's Award, for ''Night Field'' (1991) and ''Another Gravity'' (2000). In June 2007, he won the Griffin Poetry Prize for ''Strike/Slip'' (2006). Beginning in 2002, he has also published five books of non-ficti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don McKay (actor)
Don McKay (January 28, 1925 – December 26, 2018) was an American actor, dancer and singer. McKay was born in Buttermilk Hill, West Virginia. He played in musicals like '' Make a Wish'' and '' Top Banana'' in 1951, and ''West Side Story'' in 1958 and 1964, as well as ''Show Boat ''Show Boat'' is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock worke ...'' in 1959 and '' On the Town'' in 1963. McKay began teaching voice in Connecticut in 1957 and acting in regional theater there. References 1925 births 2018 deaths Actors from Clarksburg, West Virginia People from Manhattan American male actors 20th-century American male actors 20th-century American singers American male dancers 20th-century American dancers 20th-century American male singers {{US-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don McKay (rugby Union)
Donald William McKay (born 7 August 1937) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A wing, McKay represented at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks ( mi, Ōpango), represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987, ..., from 1961 to 1963. He played 12 matches for the All Blacks including five internationals. References 1937 births Living people Rugby union players from Auckland People educated at Takapuna Grammar School New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand international rugby union players Auckland rugby union players Rugby union wings {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don McKay (politician)
Sir Donald Norman McKay (28 November 1908 – 30 March 1988) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He was Minister of Health and Minister of Social Security in the Second National Government. Biography Early life and career McKay was born in 1908 in Waipu. He received his education from Whangarei Boys' High School and the University of Auckland. At Whangarei Boys' High School he was head prefect, captain of the first XI cricket team and captain of the first XV rugby team. Another student at the same school was future parliamentary colleague Jack Marshall who described McKay as his schoolboy hero. He then became a farmer in Waipu. He married Miriam Hilda Stehr in 1934 with whom he had 3 children. Member of Parliament McKay joined the National Party and became the chairman of the Marsden electorate committee. In early 1954 the 77 year-old MP for Marsden Alfred Murdoch was challenged for the National nomination by William Rodney Lewin Vallance, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don McKay (film)
''Don McKay'' is a 2009 independent drama thriller film written and directed by Jake Goldberger and starring Thomas Haden Church and Elisabeth Shue. It premiered at the 8th Annual Tribeca Film Festival in April 2009 and received a limited release on April 2, 2010. Plot Don McKay (Thomas Haden Church) is a lonely high school janitor who one day receives a letter from his high school sweetheart, Sonny (Elisabeth Shue). In it, she asks him to come visit her back in their home town, because she is dying of an unnamed disease. At first he is reluctant because he had been a suspect in a murder case there years before, but Don decides to go. He arrives and gets a ride to Sonny's house by an eccentric cab driver named Samuel (M. Emmet Walsh). Don meets Sonny, as well as her strange caregiver Marie (Melissa Leo). Marie's coldness towards Don makes it clear that she doesn't approve of his presence. Don spends the night, and he and Sonny make love. The next morning, Sonny's doctor, Lance Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |