Heath Lamberts
Also Known As: James Langcaster
Biography: Heath Lamberts was born James Langcaster in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on December 15, 1941 and is a Canadian actor. He began his show-business career on stage in Canada in the early 1960s, performing regularly at the Stratford Festival and the Shaw Festival. He was a well regarded stage actor, receiving good notices for his roles in "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "Beauty and the Beast." When he began making films, however, he gravitated towards more comedic roles, with appearances in such films as Nothing Personal (1980) and Utilities (1983). He kept quite busy on television, appearing in many comedy and drama series and several made-for-TV movies. He was awarded the C.M. (Member of the Order of Canada) on June 29, 1987 for his services to performing arts in Canada. He died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from cancer in 2005.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Birthday: December 15, 1941
Deathday: February 22, 2005
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Gender: Male
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Heritage Minutes: Joseph Casavant
Overview: Joseph Casavant, world renowned organ maker, builds his first organ.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-06-28
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Heritage Minutes: Jean Nicollet
Overview: French coureur des bois and explorer Jean Nicolet becomes the first European to reach Lake Michigan, but thinks it's the Pacific.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-06-28
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Six Fifty
Overview: This composition is about the hollowness of material wealth, the poverty of alienation and the different forms they take. This concept is mainly represented by two individuals; a middle aged man who `monologues to an empty chair "(Talking to God)" in a train station. This section is performed by Heath Lamberts. The other section is portrayed by Derik Caines, a painter who grew up in Newfoundland and was living in Toronto when the footage was taped.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Nothing Personal
Overview: Environmentally concerned lawyer Abigail Adams works with Professor Roger Keller in his effort to protect baby seals from slaughter.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-28
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Alligator Pie
Overview: Nicholas uses his imagination to explore the world around him with a cast of cuddly characters.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
Overview: Based on the true story of Clarence Brandley, a black man wrongly accused in 1980 of the murder of a 16-year-old white high school girl named Cheryl Ferguson. Brandley worked at Conroe High School, where Ferguson was visiting as a member of the Belleville High School volleyball team. Three days after her body was discovered, Brandley was arrested as the murderer. Jew Don Boney, a popular activist and Houston city council member, leads the fight to uncover the truth about the Ferguson murder. Mike DeGeurin, a Texas attorney, is brought in to act as the head defense attorney for Brandley, and is joined by a former minister, Jim McCloskey. The lawyers discover that not only is there a complete lack of evidence against Brandley, but the District Attorney, James Keeshan, has been strategizing with the presiding judge. After nine years in prison, three trials and a stay of execution that saved Brandley's life, justice finally prevails as Brandley is granted his freedom.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-21
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A Great Big Thing
Overview: A 23-year-old Canadian wanders aimlessly throughout his wasted life.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-06-23
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Sam & Me
Overview: 23-year-old Nikhil comes to Canada from India to find his fortune and is convinced by his uncle to work as a companion and care-giver to Sam, an elderly Jewish man. An unlikely friendship ensues, which gives both men new insight into life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-01
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By Jeeves
Overview: An adventure of the hapless Bertie Wooster, a young gentleman about town with a penchant for getting himself into personal difficulties, particularly with women. It is inevitable left to his unflappable manservant Jeeves to provide tidy and elegant rescues.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-17
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Change of Heart
Overview: An 8-year-old heads for Toronto to find her father, joined by an uncle who wants her inheritance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-21
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White Light
Overview: A police officer recovers from a nearly fatal injury with visions of a mysterious woman.
Genres: Action Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-20
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To Kill a Clown
Overview: A young hippie couple rent a secluded cabin on the beach in an attempt to re-connect with each other and save their marriage. Unfortunately, the man they rented the cabin from is a military-brat sociopath with two dogs more vicious than his temper.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-08-23
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Johann's Gift to Christmas
Overview: A mouse from the streets and a church mouse try to help a priest and an organist save Christmas by composing a Christmas carol.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-25
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Tom and Huck
Overview: A mischievous young boy, Tom Sawyer, witnesses a murder by the deadly Injun Joe. Tom becomes friends with Huckleberry Finn, a boy with no future and no family. Tom has to choose between honoring a friendship or honoring an oath because the town alcoholic is accused of the murder. Tom and Huck go through several adventures trying to retrieve evidence.
Genres: Family Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-22
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Ordinary Magic
Overview: When his father dies, Jeffrey is sent to live with his aunt Charlotte in Canada. Once there he leads his aunt and his friends in staging, a non-violent hunger strike to try to save his aunt's house from being demolished to make room for a ski resort.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-20
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Back to the Beanstalk
Overview: In this delightful twist on the traditional Jack and the Beanstalk fairy tale, Jack Jr., son of Jack the Giant Killer grows his own beanstalk in a quest to find his father and along the way meets some unusual characters. A musical fantasy on ice.
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Original Language: en
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