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Murray Westgate

Murray Westgate

Acting
16 Apr 1918
27 Aug 2018
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Biography

Like most young men at the time with the outbreak of World War Two, Murray Westgate signed up to serve his country. He joined the Canadian navy and was posted to Halifax where he was trained as a wireless operator. On his discharge in 1945, he heard that a repertory company was being formed on the west coast and so he became a member of Vancouver`s first professional theatre company, Everyman Theatre, which had been formed in 1946 by Sydney Risk. A touring company resulted and Westgate and a gro...

Also Known As

Arthur Murray Westgate

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