Patrick Watson

Patrick Watson

Birth : 1929-12-23, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

History

Patrick Watson is a Canadian actor, television host, writer and producer. He became chairman of the CBC Board of Directors in 1989 and resigned four and a half years later.

Profile

Patrick Watson

Movies

The Fourth Angel
U.S. Ambassador
Workaholic reporter, Jack Elgin takes his family on a working trip to India, but their aircraft is hijacked in Cyprus by a previously-unknown terrorist movement, and his wife and daughter are among the slaughtered. With western governments suppressing key facts and unwilling to go after the terrorists, Jack uses his contacts and snooping skill to seek the truth himself.
Heritage Minutes: Grey Owl
Narrator (voice)
Englishman Archie Belaney rises to prominence as a notable author and lecturer after he took on the First Nations identity called Grey Owl. Adapted from the film of the same name.
Heritage Minutes: Marion Orr
Narrator (voice)
The ferry command pilot delivers fighter planes to Britain during the Second World War, and plans her post-war career as Canada's first female flight school operator.
Heritage Minutes: Water Pump
Writer
Mennonite communities in Southwestern Ontario serve as inspiration in the design of tools and practices of sustainable development for developing countries.
Heritage Minutes: Paul-Émile Borduas
Writer
Paul-Émile Borduas, Québec's voice of the Quiet Revolution, reflects on the impact of his writing and art in his Paris studio.
Heritage Minutes: Marshall McLuhan
Script
Philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan coins the phrases "the medium is the message" and "global village."
Heritage Minutes: Emily Murphy
Writer
Women's rights activist, jurist, and author Emily Murphy's quest for equal rights for women.
Heritage Minutes: Emily Carr
Narrator (voice)
The British Columbia painter discovers the artistic muse that will drive her life's work.
Heritage Minutes: Agnes Macphail
Producer
The first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons Agnes Macphail fights for penal reform.
Heritage Minutes: Underground Railroad
Producer
An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.
Heritage Minutes: Jacques Plante
Producer
Jacques Plante becomes the first NHL player to wear a goaltender mask in regular play.
Heritage Minutes: Valour Road
Producer
Three men from Pine Street in Winnipeg win the Victoria Cross in World War I, and the street's name is changed to Valour Road in their honour.
Countdown to Looking Glass
Don Tobin
A fictional confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the Strait of Hormuz, the gateway to the Persian Gulf. The narrative of the film details the events that lead up to the initial exchange of nuclear weapons from the perspective of an on-going news broadcast.
The Land That Devours Ships
Narrator (voice)
For almost a century and a half, Her Majesty's Ship Breadalbane lay wrecked and forgotten under the Arctic ice. In the spring of 1983, noted undersea explorer Dr. Joseph MacInnis led a team of twenty men on one of the most difficult, dangerous and unforgettable undersea adventures of the century--to put a diver on board the sunken vessel and recover some artifacts. This film, introduced by H.R.H. Prince Charles, provides a stunning visual account of this historic expedition.
The Terry Fox Story
Peg Leg
The true story about the Canadian cancer amputee hero who decided to run across Canada on only one leg to raise money for cancer research.
The Seven Hundred Million
Producer
A sympathetic documentary profile of modern China (the first shot in the People’s Republic of China by a North American television crew)
The Seven Hundred Million
Director
A sympathetic documentary profile of modern China (the first shot in the People’s Republic of China by a North American television crew)