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Walter Learning est un Acteur Canadien né le 16 novembre 1938 à Quidi Vidi (Canada)

Walter Learning

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Nom de naissance Walter John Learning
Nationalité Canada
Naissance 16 novembre 1938 (85 ans) à Quidi Vidi (Canada)

Walter Learning est un acteur, réalisateur et scénariste canadien né le 16 novembre 1938 à Quidi Vidi (Canada).

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Walter Learning was born in 1938 in the small village of Quidi Vidi in Newfoundland. Learning attended Bishop Feild College in St. John's and the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick. After receiving his BA, he was awarded a Teaching Fellowship to pursue his MA, and a Commonwealth Scholarship to work on his PhD at the Australian National University in Canberra. Learning returned to Canada in May 1966. He was Director of Drama at the UNB Summer Session, and in the Fall returned to Memorial University of Newfoundland. He became a Lecturer in the Philosophy Department where he remained for two years.

In May 1968, Learning moved back to Fredericton to become the General Manager of the Beaverbrook Playhouse. There he founded Theatre New Brunswick which presented its first production in January 1969. For the next forty years, TNB remained Canada's only full-time touring regional theatre. Learning remained as General Manager of The Playhouse and Artistic Director of Theatre New Brunswick for ten years. During this time, TNB produced more than 85 productions. At the time it was founded, TNB was the first professional theatre company in New Brunswick, and is now one of the longest running regional companies in Canada.

During his tenure at TNB, Learning met, and became close friends with, prominent Canadian poet Alden Nowlan. The two collaborated on a number of play scripts including: Frankenstein, The Dollar Woman, A Gift to Last, and The Incredible Murder of Cardinal Tosca. In June 1978, Learning left Fredericton for Ottawa to take the position of Head of the Theatre Section of the Canada Council for the Arts.

Learning remained at the Canada Council until 1982 when he moved to the west coast to become Artistic Director of the Vancouver Playhouse. After five years, he returned east to Prince Edward Island where he became the Artistic Director of the Charlottetown Festival. From 1992 to 1995 Learning was a freelance broadcaster, writer, actor, and director, and from 1995 to 1999 he returned to Theatre New Brunswick as Executive Producer.

During his long career, Learning has guest directed at many theatres including the Stratford Festival, where he directed William Hutt in A Man for All Seasons. Other theatres include Neptune Theatre, the Dallas Theater Center, Persephone Theatre, Festival Antigonish, Lighthouse Theatre, Bastion Theatre, and Upper Canada Playhouse. Learning has been a frequent director at Australia's Canberra Repertory Society. He has also appeared as an actor at many theatres across Canada and has guest-starred in a number of television shows and films, including playing the role of hockey pioneer Charles Hay in the mini-series Canada Russia '72, a film depicting the famous 1972 Summit Series.

In 2011, Learning was the recipient of the Playhouse Honours award. This annual award recognizes individuals who have made a significant contribution to community life through their work in the performing arts.

R. H. Thomson's special interviews with Walter Learning are included in Theatre Museum Canada's Legend Library, a video series dedicated to preserving and celebrating Canada's performing arts heritage.

Learning is currently freelancing as an actor and director.

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Kim Chapiron
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Filmographie de Walter Learning (5 films)

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Copperhead
Copperhead (2013)
, 2h
Réalisé par Ronald F. Maxwell
Origine Canada
Genres Drame, Guerre, Historique
Thèmes Politique
Acteurs Billy Campbell, Angus Macfadyen, Peter Fonda, Augustus Prew, Lucy Boynton, François Arnaud
Note56% 2.8025652.8025652.8025652.8025652.802565
Dans une petite ville de l’État de New York, pendant la guerre de Sécession, l'opposition d'un pacifiste, baptisé Copperhead, aux autres habitants de la ville, est remise en question par le départ de son fils, volontaire pour aller faire la guerre aux rebelles. La fille de son principal opposant, un belliciste acharnée est d'autre part amoureuse du conscrit dont on est sans nouvelles après une première bataille où il est porté disparu...
Dog Pound
Dog Pound (2010)
, 1h31
Réalisé par Kim Chapiron
Origine Canada
Genres Drame
Thèmes La prison
Acteurs Adam Butcher, Shane Kippel, Lawrence Bayne, Slim Twig, Alexander Conti, Arnold Pinnock
Note70% 3.5024753.5024753.5024753.5024753.502475
L'établissement pénitentiaire pour mineurs d'Enola Vale aux États-Unis accueille trois nouveaux détenus : Davis, seize ans, condamné pour trafic de drogues, Angel, quinze ans, pour vol de voiture avec violence et Butch, dix-sept ans, transféré d'une autre prison pour avoir éborgné un officier de probation.
Grindstone Road, 1h33
Origine Canada
Genres Thriller, Horreur
Acteurs Fairuza Balk, Greg Bryk, Walter Learning, Zachary Bennett, Matt Gordon
Rôle Ted
Note45% 2.2655052.2655052.2655052.2655052.265505
Coupables de l’accident qui plongea leur fils dans un coma irréversible, Graham et Hannah ne supportent plus leur terrible fardeau. Avant de sombrer dans la folie, ils décident de s’isoler à la campagne. Ils ignorent que la vieille demeure qu’ils occupent renferme aussi ses secrets et que leurs nouveaux voisins ont des moeurs bien étranges…
Canada Russia '72, 3h
Réalisé par T.W. Peacocke
Origine Canada
Genres Drame, Documentaire
Acteurs Booth Savage, Judah Katz, David Berni, Gabriel Hogan, Mike Dopud, Sébastien Roberts
Note82% 4.1463454.1463454.1463454.1463454.146345
The miniseries begins in medias res on September 8, 1972, as Team Canada takes the ice for Game 4 of the series in Vancouver. The team is shocked from the boos they receive from their home crowd and the cheers for the Soviet team. The film then cuts back five months earlier to April 1972 with Alan Eagleson meeting with Gabrielle Fournier, an official with External Affairs Canada, and the heads of the Soviet (headed by Alexander Gresko) and Canadian hockey programmes (headed by Joe Kryczka and Charles Hay) in Prague, Czechoslovakia. They iron out the deal for an eight game hockey series between the USSR and a team compiled of the best Canadian NHLers.