Risk, Sydney

RISK, Sydney, actor, director (b 26 May 1908, Vancouver; d 5 Sept 1985, Vancouver). One of the pioneers of THEATRE in VANCOUVER, he began acting as a student at Kitsilano High School and UBC, where he became director of the Players Club after graduation. During this time he used the stage name Dickson McNaughton. In 1933 he went to England and trained at the Old Vic theatre school under Tyrone Guthrie, while performing with various companies. After returning to Canada in 1938 he taught theatre...

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