Tag: Television

Will Sasso stars in Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage on CBS, the Young Sheldon spin-off, after playing ‘Jim’ during the hit show’s final two seasons. He will appear in Netflix’s upcoming feature Office Romance, opposite Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein. He also stars in the newly released film Deaner ’89, for which he was nominated…
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Frank Vyvyan. Born on 22 Feb 1891,in Croydon, the youngest son of actor Herbert Vyvyan and his wife Alice. Frank was awarded MM Lfor his actions in September 1916. He was later a regular performer as a member of the Willies, the C Bn concert party. He continued to serve with the Company and later C Bn, for…
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Those of us who grew up in the Lower Mainland remember fondly witnessing Peter Rolston’s talent as a comedian, magician and ventriloquist on local television programs. In 1960, the year BCTV was born as CHAN TV, Geoff Theobald engaged him as a recurring novelty performer in Fun Fair, the live Saturday kids’ show. As a…
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A native of Seattle, WA, Mankuma made Vancouver his home during the turbulent years of the Vietnam war and has established himself as one of Canada’s busiest actors ever since. A unique actor with an easy grace on film despite his commanding six foot, 230 lb. girth, Mankuma quickly established a following among producers and…
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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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