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In 1955 Ken Gibson emigrated from England to Canada. He joined CBC TV in Vancouver in ‘61, progressing from Props Specialist to Production Assistant to Producer/Director in Variety programming in ‘67  when he was assigned to the weekly pop music series LET’S GO which was retitled WHERE IT’S AT a year later. When the series…
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Don (Donald) Garrard. Bass, b Vancouver 31 Jul 1929. He was a semi-finalist in the CBC’s ‘Singing Stars of Tomorrow’ . He made his COC debut as the Speaker in The Magic Flute and won a leading role in the premiere of Dolores Claman’s Timber!! at Vancouver’s TUTS. He undertook a sustained course of study…
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Don Francks was born in Vancouver, BC. Don’s stage career began with the play The Willow Pattern Plate at age 11, which convinced him to pursue acting professionally. He appeared on and off Broadway helping him gain experience and exposure. At a young age he landed a job singing on the radio, and was affectionately referred to as “Don Francksinatra.”…
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Not many others have done so much for this town’s performing arts as Ernie. Born in Brooklyn in 1925, he served in the US Army in Europe. His first job led to a sales-promotion job with NBC, and then to his own ad agency. In 1971, he and his family moved to Vancouver. Ernie went…
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