Biography
Robert Holmes "R. H." Thomson, CM (born September 24, 1947) is a Canadian television, film and stage actor.
Thomson was born in Richmond Hill, Ontario. He studied at the University of Toronto, and the National Theatre School. His own play The Lost Boys was staged at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in March 2000 and at Canadian Stage in February 2002. Thomson has also hosted programming for CBC Radio and CBC Television. In 2010, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada.
Thomson has portrayed a number of historical figures including Charlie Grant, Samuel Lount, Edsel Ford, Dr. Frederick Banting, Duncan Campbell Scott, Mitchell Sharp, and James Cross.
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Filmography (75)
Murder in a Small Town
2024
The Last Curlew
2023
Stellar
2022
Charlotte
2022
Clara
2018
Anne with an E
2017
Love's Complicated
2016
Five Stories
2015
Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven
2015
Whirligig
2011
Chloe
2010
Republic of Doyle
2010
Well Kept Secrets: Athanasia
2008
The Englishman's Boy
2008
Murdoch Mysteries
2008
Hamlet {Solo}
2007
Who Loves the Sun
2006
Population 436
2006
October 1970
2006
Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story
2006
Full-Court Miracle
2003
The Piano Man's Daughter
2003
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
2002
Trudeau
2002
The Stork Derby
2002
The Royal Scandal
2001
The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins
2001
The Associates
2001
The Dinosaur Hunter
2000
Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly
1999
P.T. Barnum
1999
P.T. Barnum
1999
Bone Daddy
1998
Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream
1998
Silent Cradle
1997
Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
1997
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
1997
Murder at My Door
1996
Net Worth
1995
My Breast
1994
Max
1994
The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story
1994
The Lotus Eaters
1993
Inner Mountains, Inner Valleys: The Life and Writing of Ernest Buckler
1993
Bonds of Love
1993
Mark Twain and Me
1991
The Quarrel
1991
The First Season
1989
Love & Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher
1989
Glory Enough For All
1988
Heaven On Earth
1987
Ford: The Man and the Machine
1987
And Then You Die
1987
Stranger in My Bed
1987
The Marriage Bed
1986
Martin's Day
1985
Charlie Grant's War
1985
Samuel Lount
1985
Vision Quest
1985
Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem
1985
Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
1985
The Twilight Zone
1985
Moonlighting
1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
Screen Two
1985
The Terry Fox Story
1983
If You Could See What I Hear
1982
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
1981
Happy Memories
1981
Surfacing
1981
Ticket to Heaven
1981
L'Homme en colère
1979
An American Christmas Carol
1979
For the Record
1976
What We Have Left