Genie Award for Best Actor (Non-Feature) explained

Best Performance by an Actor (Non-Feature) was a Canadian award which was presented by the Canadian Film Awards from 1969 to 1978, by the Genie Awards in 1980 and by the shortlived Bijou Awards in 1981, to honour the best performance by an actor in film which was not a theatrical feature film, such as television films or short films.[1]

1960s

YearNomineeFilm
1969
21st Canadian Film Awards
Chris WigginsThe Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar
John ColicosDulcima
Eric HouseQuentin Durgens, M.P.

"The Night Nothing Happened"

1970s

YearNomineeFilm
1970
22nd Canadian Film Awards
Joey SmallwoodA Little Fellow from Gambo
1971
23rd Canadian Film Awards
Colin FoxDurham and the Two Nations
1972
24th Canadian Film Awards
Sean SullivanSpringhill
1973
25th Canadian Film Awards
Marcel SabourinDes armes et les hommes
1974
No award presented
1975
26th Canadian Film Awards
William HuttThe National Dream
1976
27th Canadian Film Awards
Ed McNamaraFor Gentlemen Only
Hugh Webster
1977
28th Canadian Film Awards
George ClutesiDreamspeaker
1978
29th Canadian Film Awards
Brent CarverOne Night Stand
Gabriel ArcandThe Machine Age (L'Âge de la machine)
Gary ReinekeA Matter of Choice
R. H. ThomsonTyler

1980s

YearNomineeFilm
1980
1st Genie Awards
Rudi LippRevolution's Orphans
Ken PogueEvery Person Is Guilty
Saul RubinekThe Wordsmith
1981[2]
Bijou Awards
Chuck ShamataThe Running Man
Richard MonetteA Far Cry from Home
Al WaxmanThe Winnings of Frankie Walls

Notes and References

  1. Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. .
  2. "Gems among Bijous". Vancouver Sun, October 8, 1991.