Category: Inductees

Ray Bidwell Collins (December 10, 1889 – July 11, 1965) was an American actor in film, stage, radio, and television  He started acting on stage at the age of 14, and moved to British Columbia where he headed up his own theatrical stock company until moving on to Broadway. In the mid-1930s, now an established…
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Eleanor (Elnora Ruth) Collins (nee Procter) was born in Edmonton on November 21st, 1919. At 15 she won an amateur contest in Edmonton and subsequently sang with Joe Macelli’s dance band, with the Three ‘E’s, and on CFRN radio. She moved in 1938 to Vancouver and performed during the 1940s on CBC radio with a…
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Joy Coghill was born on May 13, 1926 in Findlater, Saskatchewan, 1939). Joy attended Kitsilano High School, took elocution lessons, and earned an Associate of Trinity College, London. In 1944 she entered the University of British Columbia (UBC) to study social work. Joy first appeared on stage at the age of 15, in a Vancouver Little Theatre production of…
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Founded in 1966 by Luman and Arlyn Coad, the Coad Canada Puppets’ first major project was “Master Peter’s Puppet Show” with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.  For over thirty five years, the Coad Canada Puppets toured elementary schools throughout the Province of British Columbia and introduced young audiences to the magic of theatre.  Arlyn and Luman…
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Robert Clothier was born in Prince Rupert, British Columbia in 1921 and attended St. Georges School in Vancouver. Following the war, Clothier studied architecture UBC and attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. As well as having a successful television career in which he played more than fifty roles, Clothier was a highly accomplished…
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