R.H. Thomson
Robert Holmes "R. H." Thomson, CM (born September 24, 1947) is a Canadian television, film and stage actor.
Thomson was born in Richmond Hill, Ontario. He studied at the University of Toronto, and the National Theatre School. His own play The Lost Boys was staged at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in March 2000 and at Canadian Stage in February 2002. Thomson has also hosted programming for CBC Radio and CBC Television. In 2010, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada.
Thomson has portrayed a number of historical figures including Charlie Grant, Samuel Lount, Edsel Ford, Dr. Frederick Banting, Duncan Campbell Scott, Mitchell Sharp, and James Cross.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.248 |
| Birthday | 1947-09-24 |
| Place of Birth | Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada |
| Also Known As | R.H. Thomson, R.H. Thompson, RH Thomson, Роберт Холмс Томсон, Robert Holmes Thomson, |
1981
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
8/1
A dramatized account of how the staff of the Canadian Embassy helped a group of American diplomats escape from Iran during the Iranian Revolution.
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Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
2006
Who Loves the Sun
5.3/19
A man encounters a childhood friend who had an affair with his wife five years earlier.
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Who Loves the Sun
2010
Chloe
6.142/1919
Catherine and David Stewart are a well-to-do couple living in a posh area of Toronto, but all is not well in paradise. Catherine suspects that David i...
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Chloe
1987
Heaven On Earth
8/1
An armful of destitute orphans transported to the New World at the turn of the century. This is the turbulent and moving story of four British 'bricks...
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Heaven On Earth
2000
The Dinosaur Hunter
6.1/5
A 13-year-old girl and her older brother live on a farm where paleontologists search for fossils.
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The Dinosaur Hunter
2023
The Last Curlew
0/0
A grieving widower and his reluctant, teenage granddaughter embark on a pilgrimage of hope and faith that become a turning point in each of their live...
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The Last Curlew
2001
The Royal Scandal
5.9/11
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes - the world's greatest detective - faces a most alluring adversary... Legendary opera star Irene Adler is thr...
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The Royal Scandal
1987
Ford: The Man and the Machine
7.333/3
Adapted from a book by Robert Lacey, this biographical film chronicles both the private and public life of automobile manufacturer Henry Ford (Cliff R...
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Ford: The Man and the Machine
1991
Mark Twain and Me
7.6/10
During the final years of his life, the famous writer Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens is befriended by a young girl named Dorothy Quick.
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Mark Twain and Me
1995
Net Worth
6.917/6
The story of the NHL in the 1950's, focusing on the battle between the players, led by Hall of Famer Ted Lindsay, and the owners, over issues of benef...
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Net Worth
2003
Full-Court Miracle
5.817/63
Inspired by the true story of University of Virginia basketball star Lamont Carr, the film centers on a group of young Jewish basketball players who s...
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Full-Court Miracle
1985
Martin's Day
6.182/11
Threatened with recapture after a prison escape, Martin Stechert grabs a 12-year-old as hostage. He proves to be named Martin, too a quiet "good littl...
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Martin's Day
1982
If You Could See What I Hear
5/7
A light comedy/love story based on the life of blind musician Tom Sullivan.
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If You Could See What I Hear
2002
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
6.3/6
Cosmetics mogul Mary Kay Ash faces competition from a driven newcomer, who plots to take apart her control of the makeup industry.
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Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
1993
The Lotus Eaters
8.5/2
Set off the West Coast of Canada in 1965, a hip new teacher with a miniskirt and lots of ideas turns a small town upside down. The soft autumn light...
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The Lotus Eaters
1987
And Then You Die
6.5/2
An intense crime drama about a Canadian drug lord who amasses a fortune from the cocaine and marijuana trade. His empire is threatened by the Mafia, H...
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And Then You Die
1993
Inner Mountains, Inner Valleys: The Life and Writing of Ernest Buckler
0/0
Biographic film about Canadian author Ernest Buckler.
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Inner Mountains, Inner Valleys: The Life and Writing of Ernest Buckler
1988
Glory Enough For All
10/1
Glory Enough for All is the 1988 television movie depicting the discovery and isolation of insulin at the University of Toronto by Frederick Banting a...
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Glory Enough For All
1997
Silent Cradle
6.8/2
A woman has a miscarriage. After her grief becomes bearable, she attempts to adopt a baby, but discovers evidence that her baby might not have been de...
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Silent Cradle
1981
Happy Memories
5.333/6
A woman attempts to resume her place in the family that she abandoned years earlier.
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Happy Memories
2002
Trudeau
8.167/6
This docu-drama spans fifteen turbulent years in the political and personal life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, one of the most enigmatic and polarizing P...
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Trudeau
2008
Well Kept Secrets: Athanasia
6.2/5
A young American woman returns to her Greek roots in search of her real father. Accompanied by her stepfather, she shatters the very myths designed to...
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Well Kept Secrets: Athanasia
1991
The Quarrel
6.3/3
In Montreal, on Rosh Hashanah, 1948, writer Chaim is forced to reflect on his religion when asked to be the tenth in a minyan. As he sits in the park,...
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The Quarrel
1981
Surfacing
4.714/7
Following her father's puzzling disappearance, Kate and her city-bred companions brave the untamed backwoods in a desperate search for him. However, t...
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Surfacing
2022
Stellar
1/1
Set within the fluidity of time, touch, realism and reverie. Some may call this magic realism. Based within Indigenous knowledge and way of life, this...
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Stellar
2001
The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins
6.357/7
This feature documentary is a portrait of Peter Watkins, an Oscar®-winning British filmmaker who, for the past 4 decades, has proved that films can be...
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The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins
1981
Ticket to Heaven
6.821/14
David is a young man seduced by a religious cult that uses starvation, exhaustion, and brainwashing to mold recruits into money hustling disciples of...
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Ticket to Heaven
2022
Charlotte
6.452/31
The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on the eve of the Second World War. Fiercely imaginative...
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Charlotte
1999
Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly
4.985/33
About a notorious Connecticut convicted rapist.
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Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly
1979
L'Homme en colère
5.575/20
Romain Dupree arrives to Montreal from France only to be informed that his son is dead. However, the deceased is not his son, but an individual who wa...
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L'Homme en colère
1985
Charlie Grant's War
8/2
A Canadian artist turned diamond merchant in Vienna, Austria risks his life to smuggle Jews out of the Third Reich.
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Charlie Grant's War
1993
Bonds of Love
5.75/4
A divorced woman falls in love with a mentally-disabled man, but his family objects to their relationship.
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Bonds of Love
1979
An American Christmas Carol
6.195/41
In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is vis...
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An American Christmas Carol
1994
My Breast
7/3
Meredith Baxter plays Joyce Wadler in this heartwarming story of hope, courage and redemption inspired by the New York City journalist's real-life str...
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My Breast
1996
Murder at My Door
3.7/6
In a quiet neighborhood, a suburban family is shocked when their son is the prime suspect in the brutal murder of a neighbor's daughter.
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Murder at My Door
1986
The Marriage Bed
8.5/2
Linda Griffiths stars as very pregnant Annie Graham, who's about to give birth to her third child in seven years. Annie looks back via flashbacks at h...
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The Marriage Bed
1998
Bone Daddy
4.6/26
Doctor Palmer, a former pathologist, wrote a fictional book based on his real cases. In the book, the madman gets caught, but in reality he is still u...
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Bone Daddy
1997
Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
5.886/22
Set in a blazing land where the sun ceaselessly shines, this dramatic fantasy examines love’s darker aspects.
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Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
1985
Samuel Lount
9/1
Back in 1837 in the Northwoods of Canada and beyond, a movement was started among the colonialists to demand the right to own property in the New Worl...
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Samuel Lount
2003
The Piano Man's Daughter
10/1
Terrified of passing on the madness that runs in his family, Charlie Kilworth (Christian Campbell) stays away from relationships that could lead to ma...
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The Piano Man's Daughter
1987
Stranger in My Bed
4.636/11
A woman gets amnesia after an accident, and doesn't remember her life, including her husband. While she tries to recall, she meets a man and begins a...
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Stranger in My Bed
2016
Love's Complicated
6.231/39
Leah thinks all is fine coasting along in a relationship with the ever-predictable Edward until he surprises her and enrolls her in a conflict-managem...
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Love's Complicated
1994
Max
5.7/5
The Blakes have a rancher in the burbs, 2 kids, a mid-sized American car, a gas barbecue and lawn furniture. Dad works in an office, Mom does somethin...
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Max
2002
The Stork Derby
6.5/2
The woman who birthed the most children in the City of Toronto within a certain time period would inherit a fortune in the midst of the Great Depressi...
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The Stork Derby
1985
Vision Quest
6.378/144
After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and challenge...
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Vision Quest
1998
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream
7.286/7
This film discusses the effect on how major American films in Hollywood were influenced by the Eastern European Jewish culture that most of the major...
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Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream
2006
Population 436
5.815/303
A census-taker is sent to investigate why a certain small town has had the same population -- 436 residents -- for the last 100 years.
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Population 436
1985
Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem
9/1
One of a series of short, open-ended dramas designed to stimulate discussion of values and ethics in relation to modern medical technology. This film...
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Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem
1997
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
7.286/7
Interviews with Guy Maddin and his pals are included in this documentary about the Canadian film-maker's life and movies. Features clips from most of...
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Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
2018
Clara
7.375/236
An astronomer becomes obsessed with searching the cosmos for signs of life beyond Earth which leads to a shocking discovery.
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Clara
1983
The Terry Fox Story
6.222/18
The true story about the Canadian cancer amputee hero, who decided to run across Canada on only one leg to raise money for cancer research.
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The Terry Fox Story
1989
The First Season
9/1
A British Columbia woman struggles to support herself and her daughter after the death of her husband. Nominated for achievements in editing and cinem...
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The First Season
1999
P.T. Barnum
7/3
This series illustrates the life and career of P.T. Barnum, America's greatest showman and promoter. Starting as a young man who managed an old woman...
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P.T. Barnum
2007
Hamlet {Solo}
0/0
"Hamlet {Solo}" chronicles the six-year journey of actor Raoul Bhaneja as he mounts a one-man version of Shakespeare's Hamlet. The film includes a num...
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Hamlet {Solo}
1989
Love & Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher
7.7/3
Narcissistic Saskatchewan Tory politician Colin Thatcher is engaged in a bitter divorce from his wife Jo-Ann. When a series of court rulings over the...
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Love & Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher
1985
Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
7/3
A biographical drama that profiles the life of Hal C. Banks, a controversial American labour union leader, who came to Canada in 1949 to lead a viole...
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Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
2015
Five Stories
0/0
In this inventive short, celebrated actor and director R.H. Thomson playfully deconstructs narrative, parting the curtain on the five central stories...
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Five Stories
What We Have Left
0/0
70-something Melanie invites her once young and idealistic hippie friends for a long-overdue reunion where everyone is told they have inherited the ca...
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What We Have Left
2015
Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven
9.5/2
Past meets present in a film that is evocative in approach, energized by breathtaking cinematography and an uplifting musical score, and offers a new...
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Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven
2011
Whirligig
0/0
Floundering twenty-something Nicolas Sinclair attempts to win the heart of a married woman by befriending her 12-year-old son in this independent come...
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Whirligig
1994
The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story
6/2
Married couples, unable to conceive, are thrilled to find they are going to become parents, thanks to a larger-than-life "miracle doctor" and his unus...
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