William Ian DeWitt Hutt Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
William Hutt was born on May 2, 1920 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as William Ian DeWitt Hutt. He was an actor, known for The Statement (2003), The Elephant Man (1982) and The First Night of 'Pygmalion' (1975). He died on June 27, 2007 in Stratford, Ontario.
People sometimes come up to me to say, "You were so good as ....," and I think, "Oh, this time, please let it be Lear, or Prospero, or James Tyrone [in "Long Day's Journey into Night"]," but no, it's always, "I absolutely loved you as .... Lady Bracknell [in "The Importance of Being Earnest"]." (from a 2005 interview with CBC News)
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Fact
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After 39 years at the Stratford Festival in Canada, Hutt has announced that this season will be his last. His final appearance will be in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" in the role of Prospero. [April 2005]
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Playing the part of the King of France in Shakespeare's "All's Well that Ends Well" at the Stratford Festival, Ontario [June 2002]
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He appeared on stages in London and New York as well as Canada, cast alongside Alec Guinness, Maggie Smith, John Gielgud, Jessica Tandy, and Peter Ustinov.
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He began acting in high school productions.
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He became a friend of playwright Edward Albee, who created a role in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" with Hutt in mind.
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He first appeared on stage at the Stratford Festival during its inaugural season in 1953, and remained closely associated with it until his retirement in 2005, at the age of 85. Over the years, he played numerous roles including Brutus, Macbeth, Hamlet, Falstaff, King Lear, and Prospero. He was said to be the first actor at Stratford to insist on delivering Shakespeare's lines in "pure, unadulterated Canadian".
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Received an honorary Doctor of Letters from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario: October 1997.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Trojan Horse
2008
TV Mini-Series
Miles Fortnum
Slings and Arrows
2006
TV Series
Charles
The Statement
2003
Le Moyne
Twice in a Lifetime
2000
TV Series
Lionel
Emily of New Moon
1998
TV Series
Reverend Pitch
Great Performances
1995
TV Series
James Tyrone
Much Ado About Nothing
1987
TV Movie
Leonato
Covergirl
1984
Alton Cockridge
The Wars
1983
Mr. Ross
The Elephant Man
1982
TV Movie
Bishop How
The Shape of Things to Come
1979
Lomax (voice)
The First Night of 'Pygmalion'
1975
TV Movie
George Bernard Shaw
The Naked Mind
1974
TV Series
The National Dream: Building the Impossible Railway
1974
TV Mini-Series
John A. Macdonald
The Starlost
1973
TV Series
Dr. Pete Marshall
The Fixer
1968
The Tzar
Henry V
1966
TV Movie
Chorus
The Wayne and Shuster Hour
1964
TV Series
Festival
1961-1964
TV Series
Uncle Vanya / Inquisitor / James (segment "The Collection") / ...
Cyrano De Bergerac
1962
TV Movie
Le Bret
Playdate
1962
TV Series
The Interrogator
Encounter
1955-1961
TV Series
Serge / Heathcliff / Harbon / ...
Macbeth
1960/III
TV Movie
Ross
There Was a Crooked Man
1960
ITV Television Playhouse
1960
TV Series
Lemesle
Startime
1959-1960
TV Series
Edward Chamberlayne
Folio
1956-1959
TV Series
Nicholas Ivanov / Rakitin / Gloumov, the Scoundrel
Armchair Theatre
1958
TV Series
General Galway
On Camera
1958
TV Series
Conrad
Oedipus Rex
1957
Chorus Leader
The Hill
1956
TV Movie
First Performance
1955
TV Series
Scope
1955
TV Series
Bernardo
Playbill
1955
TV Series
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Life and Times
1997-2006
TV Series documentary
Himself
Madness of King Richard
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Offstage, Onstage: Inside the Stratford Festival
2002
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The New North with Farley Mowat
1987
Documentary
Narrator
The Kid Who Couldn't Miss
1983
Documentary
Narrator (voice)
Something Hidden - A Portrait of Wilder Penfield
1981
Documentary
Dr. Wilder Penfield (voice)
W.O. Mitchell: Novelist in Hiding
1980
Documentary
Narrator
Tennessee Williams' South
1973
TV Movie documentary
Monk
The Photographer
1953
Documentary short
Narrator
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1996
Genie
Genie Awards
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Great Performances (1971)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2007
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
Slings and Arrows (2003)
Known for movies
The Statement (2003) as Le Moyne
The Elephant Man (1982) as Bishop How
The First Night of 'Pygmalion' (1975) as George Bernard Shaw
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