Murray Westgate

Acting Apr 16, 1918 Aug 27, 2018 (aged 100) Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

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 group of young actors toured the West. He then joined the CBC in Vancouver and was cast in radio dramas for which the CBC Vancouver studios were famous. In 1949 he moved to Toronto where his voice was soon heard in many CBC network radio productions out of the Toronto studios, among them the long-running Sunday series which began as Stage 44, directed by Andrew Allan, and the Ford Television Theatre, produced by Allan Savage. Westgate won an ACTRA Award in 1979 for his work on the made-for-television movie, Tyler. He is probably best remembered by a certain age group for being the spokesman for Imperial Oil, appearing in commercials for 17 years, especially when they were a major sponsor of Hockey Night In Canada on the CBC. Westgate died at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto.

26 Acting Credits

Acting

Knight Rider

as Technician

1982

Murray Westgate

Acting

Knight Rider

Happy Birthday to Me

Scanners II: The New Order

Rituals

Sunday in the Country

Heavenly Bodies

Running

L'Homme en colère

The Kidnapping of the President

The House Without a Christmas Tree

The Borrowers

The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog

Crossbar

Class of '44

She Cried Murder

F.D.R.: The Last Year

Homer

A Matter of Sex

Fish Hawk

Last Bride Of Salem

Tom Sawyer

Torn Between Two Lovers

Salty

Tell Me My Name