[1] Primarily a stage actor, most famously associated with the Stratford Festival,[1] he also had a number of film and television roles.
Born in Montreal, Quebec and raised primarily in Kingston, Ontario, Hewgill joined the Stratford Festival in 1954.
[2] Roles he played at Stratford over the course of his career included Antonio in The Merchant of Venice, Uncle Ben in Death of a Salesman, Ferdinand in The Duchess of Malfi, Jaques in As You Like It, Cornwall in King Lear and Creon in Oedipus Rex.
[1] His roles for other theatres included Phil Hogan in A Moon for the Misbegotten,[3] Relling in The Wild Duck,[4] Dr. Rank in A Doll's House[5] and Andrey Bottvinik in A Walk in the Woods.
[8] On television he was most noted for his role as Bob Lipton in the comedy-drama series Airwaves,[9] and in film he appeared in John and the Missus and Beautiful Dreamers.