Ray Bellew (March 26, 1939 â€" October 10, 2006) was a Canadian actor
and performer.Bellew was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He had two
sisters, Claudette and Majorie. Claudette, his younger sister, died on
January 4, 2012.In the 1960s he moved to Newfoundland to host a teen
radio show, Now Sound. He starred as the title character in the TV
series Skipper and Company in St. John's, Newfoundland, which ran on
the CBC's Newfoundland affiliate CBNT from 1974 to 1982.Throughout the
1960s, Bellew was in the Canadian series Last of the Mohicans with Lon
Chaney Jr, as well as Razzle Dazzle, featuring puppet Howard the
Turtle. Bellew also performed in The Forest Rangers, Gordon Pinsent's
Quentin Durgens, M.P., Cannonball, CBC TV Theatre, On Camera, Folio,
and Star Time Theatre, among others. He was in CBC Toronto's
production of Macbeth with Sean Connery (before Connery starred in his
first James Bond film).
and performer.Bellew was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He had two
sisters, Claudette and Majorie. Claudette, his younger sister, died on
January 4, 2012.In the 1960s he moved to Newfoundland to host a teen
radio show, Now Sound. He starred as the title character in the TV
series Skipper and Company in St. John's, Newfoundland, which ran on
the CBC's Newfoundland affiliate CBNT from 1974 to 1982.Throughout the
1960s, Bellew was in the Canadian series Last of the Mohicans with Lon
Chaney Jr, as well as Razzle Dazzle, featuring puppet Howard the
Turtle. Bellew also performed in The Forest Rangers, Gordon Pinsent's
Quentin Durgens, M.P., Cannonball, CBC TV Theatre, On Camera, Folio,
and Star Time Theatre, among others. He was in CBC Toronto's
production of Macbeth with Sean Connery (before Connery starred in his
first James Bond film).
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