Neil Vipond
Born
Neil Chester Vipond

(1929-12-24)December 24, 1929
DiedJuly 15, 2022 (aged 92)
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Actor, stage director

Neil Chester Vipond (December 24, 1929 – July 15, 2022)[1] was an American-based Canadian actor and stage director.[2]

Life and career

Neil Vipond, the son of a salesman and a former performer on the vaudeville circuit, was born and grew up in Toronto.[3] He started his acting career with the International Players in Kingston, Ontario in 1951.[4] Two years later he appeared at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, and stayed there for five seasons. He 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.[5]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1957 Oedipus Rex Chorus
1973 The Hard Part Begins Hank Riley
1980 Phobia Dr. Clegg
1981 Kings and Desperate Men Henry Sutton
1982 Paradise Reverend Aviva Marks
1999 The Fair Rachel
2021 Floaty Cecil
TV
Year Title Role Notes
1953 General Motors Theatre Will Episode: "Teach Me How to Cry"
1956 General Motors Theatre Don Episode: "Somewhere Every Summer"
1958 Kraft Television Theatre Episode: "The Last of the Belles"
1972 To See Ourselves Episode: "The Ninth Summer"
1975 Sidestreet Episode: "The Rebellion of Bertha MacKenzie"
1976 Performance Episode: "Fellowship"
1977 The New Avengers Chuck Peters Episode: "The Gladiators"
1982 Macbeth Duncan TV film
1987 Bay Coven Mr. Welsley TV film
1988 Adderly Episode: "Adventures in Bodysitting"
1988 War of the Worlds Reverend Episode: "A Multitude of Idols"
1990 Neon Rider Alister Craddige Episode: "Devil's Child"
1991 Life Goes On Waiter Episode: "Last Stand in Glen Brook"
1991 L.A. Law Judge Kennedy Episode: "As God Is My Co-Defendant"
1991 Darrow Edward Lorber TV film
1991 Marilyn and Me Henry Hathaway TV film
1991 The Woman Who Sinned Novack TV film
1992 Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story Administrator TV film
1993 Mad About You Friendly Man Episode: "The Wedding Affair"
1993 Melrose Place Minister Episode: "End Game"
1993 Street Legal Gordon Duffy Episode: "What's Love Got to Do with It?"
1996 Tracey Takes On... Judge Episode: "Vanity"
1996 Dream On Priest Episode: "Finale with a Vengeance"
1996 Frasier Judge Episode: "Crane vs. Crane"
1996 Once You Meet a Stranger Mr. Cunningham TV film
1997 Poltergeist: The Legacy Benjamin Caldwell Episode: "Silent Partner"
1998 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Darok Episode: "Once More unto the Breach"
1998-1999 Any Day Now
1999-2005 Will & Grace Julius Recurring Role
2001 Star Trek: Voyager Kleg, Flying Instructor Episode: "Natural Law"

References

  1. Neil Vipond obituary, legacy.com. Accessed October 26, 2022.
  2. "Full-Scale 'Merchant': Neil Vipond Weighs In on Shylock, Shakespeare and the Pound of Flesh". Los Angeles Times. July 18, 1997. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  3. "Don't Cast Him as Just an Actor". Los Angeles Times. 9 March 1997. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  4. "Note". The Gazette. June 9, 1956. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  5. Obituary: Neil Vipond, legacy.com. Accessed October 26, 2022.
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