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Jon Granik (December 10, 1930 - October 29, 2003) was a Canadian actor.[1] Although he had radio, film, television and stage roles throughout his career, he ultimately became best known as a narrator of documentary films.[2]

Born and raised in the small rural hamlet of Pakan, Alberta, he moved to Edmonton in 1947 to attend the University of Alberta, studying modern languages while pursuing acting with community theatres due to the lack of a drama department at the university in that era.[1] He moved to Toronto in 1954, beginning his career with stage roles for Theatre '49 and the Stratford Festival,[3] and soon appearing in episodes of television series such as Playbill, Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans, Cannonball and Hudson's Bay.

In 1966 he had his first role in a film, playing an Indigenous Canadian warrior in The Trap. In 1970 he had his first leading role in a film, as the title character in The Last Act of Martin Weston.[4]

Through the 1970s and 1980s he had principally supporting rather than lead roles in film and television, but continued to work extensively in radio and as a documentary narrator,[2] and was a regular performer of commercial voice-overs.[5]

With Colin Fox, he was a narrator of Islam, a 1972 CBC Television documentary series about Islam.[6] For his work on the series, he received a nomination for the Earle Grey Award at the 2nd ACTRA Awards in 1973.[7]

In the 1980s he hosted Verdict, a Global Television Network true crime anthology series.[8] In the early 1990s he hosted Music from Castles and Chateaux, a documentary series on classical music for VisionTV.

He died on October 29, 2003, in Toronto.[9]

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  1. 1 2 Barry Westgate, "From radio to the movies: Career Reviewed". Edmonton Journal, December 31, 1965.
  2. 1 2 "Heritage on CTV". Regina Leader-Post, October 11, 1974.
  3. ↑ "Theatre News—In Town and Out". Toronto Telegram, March 6, 1954.
  4. ↑ Clyde Gilmour, "Planning a self-murder but why?". Toronto Telegram, October 2, 1970.
  5. ↑ Jim Bawden, "Canada's first nudie soap a boon for local beauties". Toronto Star, April 26, 1982.
  6. ↑ "World of Islam examined on series". Times & Transcript, June 17, 1972.
  7. ↑ Ron Base, "Words of love". Windsor Star, April 28, 1973.
  8. ↑ Sylvia Train, "Actor blows out winter". Toronto Sun, January 10, 1986.
  9. ↑ "Granik, Jon". Edmonton Journal, November 5, 2003.
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