Neil Vipond
Canadian actor (1929–2022)
Neil Chester Vipond (December 24, 1929 – July 15, 2022) was an American-based Canadian actor and stage director.
Life and career
Vipond was born and grew up in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, his father a salesman and his mother a former performer on the vaudeville circuit. He started his acting career with the International Players in Kingston, Ontario in 1951. Two years later he appeared at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, and was in the company for five seasons.
Vipond also appeared on stage in Toronto. He appeared in the premiere production by the Crest Theatre in Toronto, Richard of Bordeaux in January 1954 and The Man Who Came to Dinner later that year.
Vipond spent much of his adult life in New York and Toronto, but in the early 1990s, he moved to Los Angeles. He died on July 15, 2022, aged 92, at his home in Quakertown, Pennsylvania.
Filmography
References
Sources
Illidge, Paul (2005). Glass Cage: The Crest Theatre Story.
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