Thomas Peacocke

Charles Thomas Peacocke CM, (March 31, 1933 – November 2022) was a Canadian actor.

[1] Born in Lethbridge in 1933,[2] Peacocke grew up in Barons, Alberta[3] and studied acting at the University of Alberta and directing at Carnegie Mellon University.

Peacocke began teaching drama at the University of Alberta in 1961.

MacKinnon in The Bay Boy, Herbert Hoover in The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue and Dick Collver in Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher, as well as television roles in North of 60, Street Legal, Chasing Rainbows and Blue Murder.

In 1995, he was appointed to the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honour, for his contributions to Canadian theatre, primarily because of his sustained excellence in producing young actors and playwrights of quality.