Douglas Campbell (actor)

Douglas Campbell, CM (11 June 1922 – 6 October 2009) was a Canadian-based stage actor.

Campbell's interest in the theatre began at London's Old Vic Theatre at age 17, where working as a stage hand he saw Tyrone Guthrie's production of King John.

He first performed in the 1941 Old Vic touring productions of Medea and Jacob's Ladder.

[3][4] Campbell founded the Canadian Players in 1954, and was artistic director at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis from 1966 to 1967.

[7] Campbell died at Hôtel Dieu hospital in Montreal, Quebec from complications of diabetes and congestive heart disease on 6 October 2009.