Tag: Deceased

Jack Card had an amazing show business career. He began in the 1950s as a featured singer and dancer at Vancouver’s Cave Supper Club and within two years was staging and choreographing his own company. Jack’s dancers played The Cave and Isy’s Cabaret for 18 years, during which time Jack developed units of singers and…
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For 27 years Drew Burns added to the richness of Vancouver’s nightlife as owner of The Commodore Ballroom. He wanted to bring to Vancouver young and upcoming artists representing the full spectrum of musical styles. He presented thousands of artists, both famous and emerging, local and international. The Police (now Sting), U-2, REM, Pearl Jam,…
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Actor, director, producer Bill Buckingham initially followed in his father’s footsteps as a lawyer. As was the custom in the 1930’s, lawyers and businessmen also participated in amateur theatre, and Bill began a theatrical career at the York Theatre with the Vancouver Little Theatre Association, where he was very successful. One thing led to another,…
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After graduating from UBC with a Bachelor of Arts in Honours English, in 1953, he then completed teachers training two years later. John taught at Lord Byng High School for three years. then went on to Yale University School of Drama to get a Doctorate in Fine Arts. In 1961 he came back to UBC…
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Charles Leon Arthello Bibb was born in Louisville, KY in 1922. Leon studied classical singing in New York City, and made his first theatre appearance, as a waiter, in the original production of Annie Get Your Gun (1946), starring Ethel Merman; he was heard and credited on the 1946 cast recording of the show. Bibb later turned toward folk music,…
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