Greg Malone (actor)
| Greg Malone | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 19, 1948 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | film, television and stage actor, political activist |
| Known for | CODCO, The S and M Comic Book |
David Gregory (Greg) Malone (born October 19, 1948 in St. John's, Newfoundland) is a Canadian impressionist and actor.[1] He is well known for the CODCO television series and his impersonations of Barbara Frum, Jean Chrétien, and Queen Elizabeth II.[1]
Prior to CODCO, Malone wrote and performed in a number of shows for CBC Television, including The Wonderful Grand Band, The Root Seller and The S and M Comic Book,[1] and appeared in the film The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood.[1]
After the death of his CODCO co-star Tommy Sexton in 1993, he devoted some years of his life to raising awareness of HIV and AIDS, including writing, directing and appearing in a training film for health care professionals.[1] He also directed a docudrama film, The Untold Story of the Suffragists of Newfoundland,[1] in which he appeared as Sir Richard Squires, and acted in the films Rare Birds, Extraordinary Visitor, Messiah from Montreal and Heyday!. He also appeared in a one-man special for the Comedy Channel, Pocket Queen, which won an award at the 1999 Houston International Film and Television Festival.[1] More recently, he has had a recurring guest role in Republic of Doyle.[1]
Along with Sexton and their CODCO co-star Andy Jones, Malone was a recipient of the Earle Grey Award, the lifetime achievement award of Canadian television's Gemini Awards, in 2002.[1]
His first memoir, You Better Watch Out, was published in 2009 by Knopf Canada.[1] He released a book in 2012 entitled Don't Tell the Newfoundlanders: The True Story of Newfoundland's Confederation with Canada, which is a look at how Newfoundland became a province of Canada in 1949.[1]
Politics
He participated in the campaign that stopped the privatization of Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, and has championed other environmental causes, including a campaign to ban shipping of garbage to Newfoundland. He ran as a candidate for the New Democratic Party in the St. John's West by-election in 2000, losing narrowly to Loyola Hearn.[2]
He supported Elizabeth May and the Green Party of Canada in the 2008 election, and performed at the 2009 Green Party convention in Pictou, Nova Scotia.
Electoral record
| By-election on 15 May 2000
Resignation of Charles J. Power, 31 January 2000 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Loyola Hearn | 11,392 | |||
| New Democratic | Greg Malone | 11,036 | |||
| Liberal | Anthony G. Sparrow | 8,032 | |||
| Alliance | Frank Hall | 1,315 | |||
| Independent | E. Sailor White | 332 | |||
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Greg Malone at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- ↑ "Tories narrowly win Nfld. byelection". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2000-11-10. Retrieved 2015-12-15.