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DaVinci's Inquest
''Da Vinci's Inquest'' is a Canadian dramatic television series which originally aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. While never a ratings blockbuster, the critically acclaimed show did attract a loyal following, and ultimately seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes. The show, set and filmed in Vancouver, starred Nicholas Campbell as Dominic Da Vinci, once an undercover officer for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but now a crusading coroner who seeks justice in the cases he investigates. The cast also included Gwynyth Walsh as Da Vinci's ex-wife and chief pathologist Patricia Da Vinci, Donnelly Rhodes as detective Leo Shannon, and Ian Tracey as detective Mick Leary. Premise Dominic Da Vinci, once an undercover officer for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is now a crusading coroner who seeks justice in the cases he investigates. Episodes Cast Main *Nicholas Campbell as Coroner (Mayor in season 8) Dominic Da Vinci *S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Drama
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), drama or gangster film, but also include Comedy film, comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as Mystery film, mystery, suspense or Film noir, noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length Narrative film, narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Da Vinci's City Hall
''Da Vinci's City Hall'' is a Canadian dramatic television series, which premiered on CBC Television on 25 October 2005 and ended on 28 February 2006. It is a spin-off of the long-running Canadian series ''Da Vinci's Inquest''. The creator, writer and executive producer of the series was Chris Haddock. Overview Nicholas Campbell reprises his role as Dominic Da Vinci, a former coroner entering municipal politics as the mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia. Da Vinci is based on the real-life experiences of Larry Campbell, the former chief coroner of Vancouver who was elected that city's mayor in 2002. With the series regular Ian Tracey (playing Mick Leary) inheriting the coroner's job, the show toggles back and forth between crime scenes and politics. Haddock says: "My approach was to make all the political stuff criminal and all the criminal stuff political. When we're in city hall we're really about conspiracy and scheming, who's crooked and who's going to get caught." Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joy Coghill
Joy Dorothy Coghill-Thorne, CM, (May 13, 1926 – January 20, 2017) was a Canadian actress, director, and writer. Her obituary in ''The Vancouver Sun'' described her as having had "a seven-decade run at the top of the Vancouver theatre world." Early life and education Coghill was born in Findlater, Saskatchewan, Canada on May 13, 1926, the daughter of J.G. Coghill and Dorothy Pollard Coghill. Her father was a Presbyterian minister. She was educated at King's Park Secondary School and Queen's Park Secondary School in Glasgow, Scotland. After returning to Canada, she attended Kitsilano Secondary School and began performing in school theatre productions. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia in 1949 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1951. Career Coghill and Myra Benson founded Canada's first professional touring children's theatre, Holiday Theatre in 1953. From 1967 to 1969, Coghill was the artistic director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Clothier
Robert Allan Clothier, DFC (October 21, 1921 – February 10, 1999) was a Canadian stage and television actor most famous for his role as Relic on the CBC television series, ''The Beachcombers''. Biography Like many of his contemporaries, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force at an early age. He learned to fly at No. 1 Elementary Flying School in Malton and No. 4 Service Flying Training School in Saskatoon, and flew two tours operationally with 408 Squadron RCAF. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on December 5, 1944, the citation reading, This officer has completed numerous sorties in the role of pilot, involving attacks on most of the enemy's heavily defended targets. On all occasions he has pressed home his attacks with great determination and by his personal example of courage, coolness and confidence has set an example which has inspired all with whom he has flown. On December 23, 1944, while serving as an instructor with No. 5 Operational Training U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Perkins
Emily Jean Perkins (born May 4, 1977) is a Canadian former actress, best known for her roles as Crystal Braywood in the TV series ''Hiccups'', young Beverly Marsh in '' Stephen King's It'', and Brigitte Fitzgerald in ''Ginger Snaps''. Since the late 1980s she has appeared in various films and television series. Early life and career Perkins was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. As a child actress she was in three made-for-television films: ''Small Sacrifices'', ''Anything to Survive'', and Stephen King's ''It (1990 film), It''. In 1998, Perkins took a supporting role in the Canadian TV crime-drama series ''Da Vinci's Inquest'' as Carmen in the episode "The Most Dangerous Time". She returned to the series in 2001 to take a recurring, supporting role as the prostitute Sue Lewis for a further 34 episodes, a role which earned her a Leo Awards, Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance in 2003. In 2000, Perkins starred in the film ''Ginger Snaps'' as Brigitte Fitzgerald opposite o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Ratner
Benjamin Immanuel (also credited as Ben Ratner or Benjamin Ratner) is a Canadian actor and filmmaker. He is most noted for his performances in the films ''Last Wedding'' and '' Looking for Leonard''. Career Immanuel has appeared in the films ''Moving Malcolm'', ''Ignition'', '' Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity'', ''Amazon Falls'', '' Fathers & Sons'' and ''Sisters & Brothers'', and regular supporting roles as Sam Berger in the television series ''Da Vinci's City Hall'' and Ivon Teslia in '' Travelers''. He was also the director of ''Moving Malcolm''."Movie has feeling of baseball player who lost a close one". ''Vancouver Sun'', October 17, 2003. For his role in ''Last Wedding,'' he won a Vancouver Film Critics Circle award for Best Actor in a Canadian Film in 2001. He won the VFCC's Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film award in 2002 for ''Looking for Leonard''. He was also director of the film '' Down River'', which won the VFCC's award for Best British Columbia film in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mylène Dinh-Robic
Mylène Dinh-Robic (born April 17, 1979) is a Canadian actress. Early life Mylène Dinh-Robic was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. Her father is Québécois and her mother is Vietnamese. She attended Marianopolis College and holds a BA in Communications from Concordia University. Career Mylène is best known for her work as Rita Mah on CBC Television's Vancouver set ''Da Vinci's City Hall''. She portrayed Dr. Olivia Fawcett for the first three seasons of CTV Television Network & Fox International Channels' Toronto-based supernatural drama '' The Listener''. Mylène performed all voice and motion capture work in the creation of Liza Snow, one of the main characters in Ubisoft Montreal's 2012 video game ''Far Cry 3'', as well as a smaller role in ''Far Cry 4'' for voicing Noore Najjar. She now portrays Beatrice "Bear" Hamelin on Bravo Bravo(s) or The Bravo(s) may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music Groups and labels *Bravo (band), a Russian rock band * Bravo (Spanish gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Markinson
Brian Markinson (born September 1, 1961) is an American-Canadian actor who has appeared in a wide variety of films and television shows. Some of Markinson's best known roles include a U.S. Attorney General in ''Shooter'', an unscrupulous industrialist in ''Godzilla'', and a supporting role in ''Angels in America''. Personal life Born in Brooklyn, New York into a Jewish family, Markinson trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and subsequently graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1983. He married Canadian Nancy Kerr, and their sons Isaac and Evan were both born in Los Angeles in the late 1990s. In 1999 the family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where they have resided since. Career Throughout his career, Markinson has appeared in many American and Canadian film and television projects. He frequently plays either an authority figure or a calculating or menacing villain. One of his most prominent roles was as Police Chief Bill Jac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Strange
Sarah Strange is a Canadian actress. She has worked in a variety of American and Canadian television and film projects, including Helen in the Canadian drama ''Da Vinci's Inquest'' and as the voice actor for Ranma Saotome. Life and career Strange was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the daughter of screenwriters Susan and Marc Strange (creators of ''The Beachcombers''). She grew up in Canada's entertainment industry, and has appeared in comedic, dramatic, and science fiction projects on both big and small screens since graduating from high school. Strange has since garnered multiple Gemini Award nominations for her acting, winning an award for her guest role in the Canadian series ''Neon Rider'' at 21. Strange is also known for playing the voice of boy-type Ranma Saotome for the OVAs, movies and first three seasons of the anime series ''Ranma ½''. She played Jill Langston, the lead virologist in seasons 1 and 2 of the Canadian Science drama ''ReGenesis''. She also provided ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Diakun
Alex Diakun (born February 8, 1946) is a Canadian actor. Diakun was born in Rycroft, Alberta. He began his schooling in Chilliwack, British Columbia and finished with a BFA from the University of Alberta. Diakun has been acting for over four decades. He has appeared in over 200 stage plays, and many television guest appearances. Credits include a blue-faced alien (Chief Technical Director Hohne) in the series '' Andromeda'', '' The Outer Limits'', and the feature film '' Valentine''. Filmography Film *'' McCabe & Mrs. Miller'' (1971) – Townsperson #7 *''Firebird 2015 AD'' (1981) – Dolan *''Blood Link'' (1982) – Mr. Adams *''Hellogoodbye'' (1982) *''Utilities'' (1983) – Lavallee *'' Dead Wrong'' (1983) – The Stranger *''The Journey of Natty Gann'' (1985) – Station Master *''Rainbow War'' (1985) *''High Stakes'' (1986) – Valenta *''Malone'' (1987) – Madrid *'' Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan'' (1989) – Deck Hand *''Run'' (1991) – Casino Maitr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Hawthorne
Kimberly Hawthorne is an American actress. She began her career appearing on Broadway and daytime soap operas, before landing supporting roles on the prime time dramas. From 2000 to 2005, Hawthorne was regular cast member in the CBC Television police drama, ''Da Vinci's Inquest''. From 2016 to 2020, she starred as Kerissa Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, ''Greenleaf (TV series), Greenleaf''. Early life Hawthorne was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. She received her Bachelor of Arts in musical theatre from Birmingham–Southern College in Alabama. After graduating, she began working on stage, making her professional theatre debut at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. In mid-1990s, She moved to New York City, where she began appearing. Career Hawthorne made her first screen appearance in an episode of NBC drama series, ''I'll Fly Away (TV series), I'll Fly Away''. While living in Atlanta, she also appeared in three episodes of ''In the Heat of the Night ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coroner
A coroner is a government or judicial official who is empowered to conduct or order an inquest into Manner of death, the manner or cause of death, and to investigate or confirm the identity of an unknown person who has been found dead within the coroner's jurisdiction. In medieval times, English coroners were Crown officials who held financial powers and conducted some judicial investigations in order to counterbalance the power of sheriffs or bailiffs. Depending on the jurisdiction, the coroner may adjudge the cause of death personally, or may act as the presiding officer of a special court (a "coroner's jury"). The term ''coroner'' derives from the same source as the word ''Crown (headgear), crown''. Duties and functions Responsibilities of the coroner may include overseeing the investigation and certification of deaths related to mass disasters that occur within the coroner's jurisdiction. A coroner's office typically maintains death records of those who have died within th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
