Booth Savage (born May 21, 1948) is a

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film, stage, and television veteran

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. He is perhaps best known for his role as Team Canada head coach

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in the 2006 CBC miniseries, ''

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''.

Career

Savage graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from

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in 1992. Savage is also a playwright and avid stage actor. His self-written plays ''Savage Heat'', ''DADS'', ''Reversing Falls'', ''Pillow Talk'', ''Pajama Games'' and ''This Bloody Business'' have been performed on stages across Canada. Moreover, he is an original actor member of

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and Toronto Free Theatre. He has performed in over 100 plays in every province and territory in

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, with the exception of

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. Savage is currently part of the Canadore College Theatre program faculty.

Awards

In 1987, he won a Gemini Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role as Felix Batterinski in Allan King's ''The Last Season''.

Personal life

Savage is married to actress

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, and has two children. Their son Tyrone Savage is also an actor.

Filmography

Movies

* '' Stone Cold Dead'' (1979) * ''

Silence of the North ''Silence of the North'' is a 1981 semi-autobiographical Canadian film of author Olive Frederickson, taken from the book of the same name. The film stars Ellen Burstyn as Olive, Tom Skerritt as her first husband Walter Reamer who was killed, and ...

'' (1981) Howard * ''

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'' (1983) Amanda's Boyfriend * ''

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'' (1985) Edward Kennedy * '' Striker's Mountain'' (1985) Dave Cameron * '' The Last Season'' (1986) Felix Batterinski * ''

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'' (1991) Gordon * '' Harvard Man'' (2001) Steve Jensen * '' Narc'' (2002) Cecil Mitchum * '' Isabelle'' (2018) Clifford Kane

Television

* For The Record * Search and Rescue * Every Person is Guilty * Maria * Collaborators * Say You Are Real * On The Evidence * ''

Top Cops ''Top Cops'' is a documentary program broadcast in the United States on the CBS television network from 1990 to 1993. Reruns aired on the USA Network in 1996. Each episode of ''Top Cops'' consisted of two to three segments featuring commende ...

'' (3 episodes) * '' Sweating Bullets'' * You've Come a Long Way, Katie (TV miniseries) (1980) (3 Episodes) * '' Home Fires'' (1980) Bruce McLeod (Main role) * ''

The Littlest Hobo ''The Littlest Hobo'' is a Canadian television series (French title: ''Le Vagabond'') based upon a 1958 well-known film of the same name directed by Charles R. Rondeau. The series first aired from 1963 to 1965 in syndication, and was revived fo ...

''(1980) Truck Driver - Joe (1 Episode) * ''

'' (1981) Flier * '' Little Gloria... Happy at Last'' (1982) (2 Episodes) * '' Seeing Things'' (1986) Nick (2 Episodes) * ''

Philip Marlowe, Private Eye ''Philip Marlowe, Private Eye'' is an American mystery series that aired on HBO in the United States from April 16, 1983 through June 3, 1986, and on ITV in the United Kingdom. The series features Powers Boothe as Raymond Chandler's title char ...

'' (1986) George Carter (1 Episode) * ''

Night Heat ''Night Heat'' is a Canadian police crime drama series that aired on both CTV in Canada and CBS in the United States. Original episodes were broadcast from 1985 to 1989. ''Night Heat'' was the first Canadian original drama series that was also ...

'' (1986) Cliff Colclough (1 Episode) * '' Hot Shots'' (1986) Jason 'Jake' West (Main Role, 13 Episodes) * '' Chasing Rainbows'' (1988) 'Chicago' Benny Rose (14 Episodes) * '' T. and T.'' (1988) Harry (1 Episode) * ''

The Beachcombers ''The Beachcombers'' is a Canadian comedy-drama television series that ran on CBC Television from October 1, 1972, to December 12, 1990. With over 350 episodes, it is one of the longest-running dramatic series ever made for English-language Canad ...

'' (1989) Ted Blake (2 Episodes) * Sanity Clause (TV movie) (1990) Mike * Labor of Love (TV movie) (1990) * The Photographer's Wife (short) (1991) Gordon * '' Street Legal'' (1990–1991) Sid Novak Jr. (3 Episodes) * ''

Secret Service A secret service is a government agency, intelligence agency, or the activities of a government agency, concerned with the gathering of intelligence data. The tasks and powers of a secret service can vary greatly from one country to another. For ...

'' (1993) Wade (1 Episode) * Survive the Night (TV movie) (1993) Andrew * '' Counterstrike'' (1993) Malecki (1 Episode) * '' E.N.G.'' (1991, 1993) Tex Yeager, Terance Graves (respectively) (2 Episodes) * '' Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story'' (TV movie) (1994) David Meadows * '' Kung Fu: The Legend Continues'' (1995) Greg Vinson (1 Episode) * ''

Wind at My Back ''Wind at My Back'' is a television series which aired in Canada on CBC Television between 1996 and 2001. It was created and produced by Kevin Sullivan, best known for his adaptation of ''Anne of Green Gables'' and ''Road to Avonlea''. The ser ...

'' (1996) Jack Bailey (1 Episode) * ''

Goosebumps ''Goosebumps'' is a series of children's horror fiction novels by American author R. L. Stine, published by Scholastic Publishing. The protagonists in these stories are tweens or young teens who find themselves in scary circumstances usually ...

'' (1998) Tom Morgan (1 Episode) * '' Thanks of a Grateful Nation'' (TV movie) (1998) Gary Wall * ''

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'': Original Teen Idol (TV movie) (1999) Lew Chudd * ''

Sanctuary A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred place, such as a shrine. By the use of such places as a haven, by extension the term has come to be used for any place of safety. This secondary use can be categorized into human sanctuary, a sa ...

'' (2001) Sheriff Bill Duer * '' Blue Murder'' (2003) Constable Phil Bishop (1 Episode) * ''

Bury the Lead ''The Eleventh Hour'' is a Canadian television drama series which aired weekly on CTV from 2002 to 2005. The show revolves around the reporters and producers at a fictional television news magazine series, ''The Eleventh Hour''. Unhappy with t ...

'' (2004) Simon Redner (1 Episode) * '' This Is Wonderland'' (2005) (1 Episode) * '' Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye (2005) (1 Episode) * ''

Swarmed ''Swarmed'' is a 2005 Canadian film directed by Paul Miller (theatre director), Paul Ziller and starring Michael Shanks as a scientist trying to save a town from yellow jacket wasps. The film was Television film, made for television by Syfy, Sci ...

'' (2005) Agent Doug Heydon * '' Missing'' (2006) Mark Stryker (2 Episodes) * ''

'' (2006) Harry Sinden * ''

The Jane Show ''The Jane Show'' is a Canadian television sitcom produced by Shaftesbury Films that was shown on Global from 2006 to 2007. The series stars Teresa Pavlinek as Jane Black, an aspiring novelist who takes a corporate job after her life undergoes a ...

'' - (2007) Brady O'Flynn (4 Episodes) * ''

Monster Warriors ''Monster Warriors'' is an original Canadian television series which aired on YTV in Canada and also on Jetix since April 2006 in the United Kingdom. It was created by Wilson Coneybeare and produced by Coneybeare Stories. The series concluded its ...

'' - recurring * The Call (TV movie) (2008) Brakka * '' M.V.P.'' - (2008) (2 Episodes) * '' Rabbit Fall'' (2007–2008) Stanton Martinsky (Main Role, 8 Episodes) * '' The Listener'' (2009) Wade Lassiter (1 Episode) * ''

Being Erica ''Being Erica'' is a Canadian comedy-drama television series that aired on CBC from January 5, 2009, to December 12, 2011. Created by Jana Sinyor, the series was originally announced by the CBC as ''The Session'', but was later retitled ''Bein ...

'' (2009) Larry Horowitz (1 Episode) * ''

King King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

'' (2011) Defense Attorney (1 Episode) * ''

Mr. D ''Mr. D'' is a Canadian television series starring comedian Gerry Dee. The series follows the misadventures of an underqualified schoolteacher named Gerry Duncan, nicknamed Mr. D. It debuted on CBC on January 9, 2012 and concluded after eight s ...

'' (2011–2015) Principal Callaghan (46 Episodes) * '' Slasher'' (2016) Ronald Edwards (3 Episodes)

References

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