David William Thomas (born May 20, 1949) is a Canadian comedian, actor
and television writer. He is best known for being one half of the duo
Bob and Doug McKenzie with Rick Moranis. He appeared as Doug McKenzie
on SCTV, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award out of two
nominations, and in the film Strange Brew (1983), which he also
co-directed. As a duo, they made two albums, The Great White North and
Strange Brew, the former gaining them a Grammy Award nomination and a
Juno Award.His other notable acting credits include Stripes (1981),
Love at Stake (1987), Moving (1988), Coneheads (1993) and Rat Race
(2001). He provided the voice of Tuke in Brother Bear (2003) and
Brother Bear 2 (2006).David William Thomas was born May 20, 1949, in
St. Catharines, Ontario. He is the eldest son of Moreen Duff (Muir), a
Scottish-born church organist for thirty years, and composer of church
music, and John E. Thomas (1926â€"1996), a Welsh-born medical
ethicist, head of the Philosophy Department at McMaster University,
and the author of several books. His younger brother Ian is a Canadian
singer-songwriter. The family moved to Durham, North Carolina, where
his father attended Duke University and earned a PhD in Philosophy.
Thomas attended George Watts and Moorehead elementary schools. The
family moved back to Dundas, Ontario in 1961 where Thomas attended
Dundas District high school, and later graduated with an honours
Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from McMaster University
in Hamilton, Ontario.Starting his career as a copywriter at ad agency
McCann Erickson in 1974, he became the head writer of the Coca-Cola
account in Canada within a year. After watching a Second City stage
show in Toronto, and while suffering from self-proclaimed "boredom" in
his advertising work, he auditioned for the Second City troupe and was
chosen as a performer. He was a cast member of the Toronto production
of Godspell, along with Victor Garber, Martin Short, Eugene Levy,
Gilda Radner, and Andrea Martin. Paul Shaffer was the musical
director. He first achieved fame as a cast member of the Canadian TV
comedy series SCTV, joining Godspell castmates Levy, Martin and later
Short, plus Rick Moranis, John Candy, Harold Ramis, Catherine O'Hara
and others. Notable characters on the show include Doug McKenzie of
beer-swilling brothers Bob and Doug McKenzie, editorialist Bill
Needle, Scottish scone-chef/bluesman Angus Crock, motor-mouthed TV ad
announcer Harvey K-Tel, Lowery organist/curio pitchman Tex Boil and
the unforgettable "Cruising Gourmet".
and television writer. He is best known for being one half of the duo
Bob and Doug McKenzie with Rick Moranis. He appeared as Doug McKenzie
on SCTV, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award out of two
nominations, and in the film Strange Brew (1983), which he also
co-directed. As a duo, they made two albums, The Great White North and
Strange Brew, the former gaining them a Grammy Award nomination and a
Juno Award.His other notable acting credits include Stripes (1981),
Love at Stake (1987), Moving (1988), Coneheads (1993) and Rat Race
(2001). He provided the voice of Tuke in Brother Bear (2003) and
Brother Bear 2 (2006).David William Thomas was born May 20, 1949, in
St. Catharines, Ontario. He is the eldest son of Moreen Duff (Muir), a
Scottish-born church organist for thirty years, and composer of church
music, and John E. Thomas (1926â€"1996), a Welsh-born medical
ethicist, head of the Philosophy Department at McMaster University,
and the author of several books. His younger brother Ian is a Canadian
singer-songwriter. The family moved to Durham, North Carolina, where
his father attended Duke University and earned a PhD in Philosophy.
Thomas attended George Watts and Moorehead elementary schools. The
family moved back to Dundas, Ontario in 1961 where Thomas attended
Dundas District high school, and later graduated with an honours
Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from McMaster University
in Hamilton, Ontario.Starting his career as a copywriter at ad agency
McCann Erickson in 1974, he became the head writer of the Coca-Cola
account in Canada within a year. After watching a Second City stage
show in Toronto, and while suffering from self-proclaimed "boredom" in
his advertising work, he auditioned for the Second City troupe and was
chosen as a performer. He was a cast member of the Toronto production
of Godspell, along with Victor Garber, Martin Short, Eugene Levy,
Gilda Radner, and Andrea Martin. Paul Shaffer was the musical
director. He first achieved fame as a cast member of the Canadian TV
comedy series SCTV, joining Godspell castmates Levy, Martin and later
Short, plus Rick Moranis, John Candy, Harold Ramis, Catherine O'Hara
and others. Notable characters on the show include Doug McKenzie of
beer-swilling brothers Bob and Doug McKenzie, editorialist Bill
Needle, Scottish scone-chef/bluesman Angus Crock, motor-mouthed TV ad
announcer Harvey K-Tel, Lowery organist/curio pitchman Tex Boil and
the unforgettable "Cruising Gourmet".
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