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Yannick Bisson
Yannick Denis Bisson (born May 16, 1969) is a Canadian film and television actor and director best known to international audiences for playing Detective William Murdoch on the series ''Murdoch Mysteries''. Early life Bisson was born in Montreal, Quebec, and is of French and English ancestry. He moved to Toronto, Ontario, as a teenager and his acting career began when he was still in high school. His father, noting his son's interest in acting, encouraged him to reply to a newspaper advertisement seeking "child actors". Career Bisson's first major role was in the 1984 CBC Television, CBC movie of the week ''Hockey Night (1984 film), Hockey Night'', alongside Megan Follows and Rick Moranis. He starred in the Canadian television series ''Learning the Ropes'' from 1988 through 1989. From 1994 through 1997, he starred in the syndicated action series ''High Tide (TV series), High Tide'', co-starring Rick Springfield. He moved back from Los Angeles to Vancouver, British Columbia in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie is built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which obtained its name from the same origin as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. As of 2021, the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census Metropolitan Area#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest city, and List of cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lifetime Television
Lifetime is an American basic cable channel that is part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, a subsidiary of A&E Networks, which is jointly owned by Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company. It features programming that is geared toward women or features women in lead roles. , it is received by 93.8 million households in America. History Predecessors There were two television channels that preceded Lifetime in its current incarnation. Daytime, originally called BETA, was launched in March 1982 by Hearst-ABC Video Services.(June 15, 1983Hearst-ABC, Viacom in Pact. New York Times.Lifetime Entertainment Services History . International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 32. St. James Press, 2000. Hosted on Funding Universe.com. Retrieved on December 4, 2013. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ACTRA
The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) is a Canadian trade union representing performers in English-language media. It has 25,000 members working in film, television, radio, and all other recorded media. The organization negotiates, safeguards, and promotes the professional rights of its members. It also works to increase work opportunities for its members and lobbies for policy changes at the municipal, provincial, and federal levels. ACTRA's regional chapters present ACTRA Awards to honour the best in Canadian radio and television performances in their local productions. Affiliations ACTRA is affiliated with the Canadian Labour Congress and the International Federation of Actors. In July 2005, ACTRA and the United Steelworkers announced that the two unions have entered into a strategic alliance to take on the globalization of the culture industry and to address a range of common issues. Acronym Meaning The earliest form of the organizati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse
Aurora Teagarden is a fictional character created by author Charlaine Harris. She is the protagonist of a series of eleven crime novels written from 1990 to 2017. In 2014, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries began broadcasting adaptations of the novels as an original film series entitled ''The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries'', as part of their 'Mystery Wheel' umbrella series with Candace Cameron Bure in the title role. In the first book of the series, twenty-eight-year-old Aurora (Roe) Teagarden is a professional librarian at the Lawrenceton Public Library and belongs to the Real Murders Club, a group of “True Crime“ enthusiasts who gather monthly to study famous crimes from the history of their Georgia town. Aurora Teagarden book series # ''Real Murders'' (1990) # ''A Bone to Pick'' (1992) # ''Three Bedrooms, One Corpse'' (1994) # ''The Julius House'' (1995) # ''Dead over Heels'' (1996) # "Deeply Dead" in ''Murder, They Wrote'' (1997) # ''A Fool and His Honey'' (1999) # ''Last Scene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurora Teagarden
Aurora Teagarden is a fictional character created by author Charlaine Harris. She is the protagonist of a series of eleven crime novels written from 1990 to 2017. In 2014, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries began broadcasting adaptations of the novels as an original film series entitled ''The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries'', as part of their 'Mystery Wheel' umbrella series with Candace Cameron Bure in the title role. In the first book of the series, twenty-eight-year-old Aurora (Roe) Teagarden is a professional librarian at the Lawrenceton Public Library and belongs to the Real Murders Club, a group of “True Crime“ enthusiasts who gather monthly to study famous crimes from the history of their Georgia town. Aurora Teagarden book series # ''Real Murders'' (1990) # ''A Bone to Pick'' (1992) # ''Three Bedrooms, One Corpse'' (1994) # ''The Julius House'' (1995) # ''Dead over Heels'' (1996) # "Deeply Dead" in ''Murder, They Wrote'' (1997) # ''A Fool and His Honey'' (1999) # ''Last Scene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Napkin Man
''The Adventures of Napkin Man!'' is a children's television series created by Tone Thyne and Josh Selig. It premiered in 2013 on CBC Television, as part of the ''Kids' CBC'' block. Mixing live action with animation, the series stars Yannick Bisson as Mr. Anthony, a preschool teacher who writes and illustrates stories featuring Napkin Man, a superhero figure, to teach his students how to handle difficult emotions. The series was produced by Little Airplane Productions and Breakthrough Entertainment. The series won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Pre-School Program or Series at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards The 3rd Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 1, 2015, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2014. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Murdoch Mysteries Episodes
''Murdoch Mysteries'' is a Canadian mystery drama television series that began in 2008. The series is based on the ''Detective Murdoch'' novels by Maureen Jennings and is set in Toronto around the turn of the 20th century. It centres on William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson), a detective at Station House Four, who solves crimes using scientific techniques and inventions which are highly advanced for the time (e.g. fingerprinting). He is assisted by Constable George Crabtree (Jonny Harris), city coroner Doctor Julia Ogden (Hélène Joy) and Inspector Thomas Brackenreid ( Thomas Craig). The show was developed for television by R.B. Carney, Cal Coons and Alexandra Zarowny. It is produced by Shaftesbury Films. The series was preceded by three television movies, which aired on Bravo! from 2004 to 2005. These featured a different cast: Peter Outerbridge as Murdoch, Keeley Hawes as Doctor Ogden, Matthew MacFadzean as Constable Crabtree and Colm Meaney as Inspector Brackenreid. ''Murdoch My ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
