Leon Pownall

Leon Pownall (April 26, 1943 – June 2, 2006) was a Welsh-Canadian actor and director.

Leon Pownall
Born	(1943-04-26)April 26, 1943 Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales
Died	June 2, 2006(2006-06-02) (aged 63) Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actor

He was born in Wrexham, Wales and moved to Hamilton, Ontario with his family in 1957. He performed at the Stratford Festival during the 1960s and returned several times to the festival over the years to perform, the last time in 2002 as a director.^[1]

Pownall wrote and performed a one-man play, Do Not Go Gentle, about Dylan Thomas. Geraint Wyn Davies later performed this work off-Broadway in 2005 and at the Stratford Festival in 2010.^[2][3]

His film credits include Dead Poets Society (1989), in which he shared the screen with Robin Williams, as well as the title role in Handel's Last Chance (1996) and a supporting role in the Golden Globe-winning Dirty Pictures (2000). Pownall was nominated for a Gemini Award for the role of Dr. Ewan Cameron in the 1998 Canadian television mini-series The Sleep Room. He also appeared in television series such as The Beachcombers, Street Legal, Wiseguy, and Slings & Arrows.

Pownall died from cancer in Stratford, Ontario, on June 2, 2006, at the age of 63.^[4][5]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	A Great Big Thing	Ray
1970	Twelve and a Half Cents	Father
1989	Dead Poets Society	McAllister
1989	Termini Station	Charles Marshall
1989	Bye Bye Blues	Bernie Blitzer
1989	Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher	Gerry Gerrand
1990	Angel Square	Blue Cheeks
1994	How the West Was Fun	Leo McRugger
1996	Handel's Last Chance	Georg Friedrich Handel
1997	Dinner at Fred's	George Billings
1998	The Sleep Room	Dr. Ewen Cameron
1998	Sleeping Dogs Lie	Inspector Mitchell
2005	Bailey's Billion$	Judge Cornelius Strawacher