| Lawrence Dane | |
| Birth Name: | Lawrence Joseph Zahab[1] |
| Birth Date: | 3 April 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Masson-Angers, Quebec, Canada |
| Death Place: | Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada |
| Other Names: | Larry Zahab |
| Occupation: | Actor, film producer |
| Years Active: | 1958–2017 |
| Spouse: | Mary Laurel MacIntosh |
Lawrence Joseph Zahab (April 3, 1937 – March 21, 2022), known professionally as Lawrence Dane, was a Canadian actor and film producer, best known for his role as Lt. Preston in Bride of Chucky.
Born in Masson, Quebec, Dane was raised in Ottawa, and was from a Lebanese family.[2] [1] He attended Ottawa Tech and LaSalle Academy.[3]
He began acting at the stage as an old policeman in the play Our Town at Ottawa's Fisher Park Community Centre under Lynne Gorman's direction in 1958.[4] His screen career began when he met film maker F. R. Crawley in the same year. Crawley gave him a job as an extra and stand-in for John Perkins as Constable Frank Scott in the TV series R.C.M.P..[4] In addition to acting, he cowrote and directed the film drama Heavenly Bodies (1984). His producing credits include The Rowdyman, written by and starring Gordon Pinsent, and the slasher film Rituals.
He was a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 1st Genie Awards in 1980 for the film Running,[5] and an Earle Grey Award nominee at the 10th ACTRA Awards in 1981 for the television film A Question of the Sixth.[6]
He married Mary Laurel MacIntosh in 1995, who survived him.
Dane died from pancreatic cancer at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario on March 21, 2022.[7] [8]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Stand By For Life | Doctor | Short | |
| 1974 | Only God Knows | Vincenzo | Producer | |
| 1975 | data-sort-value="Heatwave Lasted Four Days, The" | The Heatwave Lasted Four Days | Jerry Cuozzo | |
| It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time | Broom | |||
| 1976 | data-sort-value="Clown Murders, The" | The Clown Murders | Philip | |
| Find the Lady | Broom | |||
| 1977 | Rituals | Mitzi | Producer | |
| 1979 | Running | Coach Walker | ||
| Bear Island | Paul Hartman | |||
| 1980 | Nothing Personal | Ralston | ||
| Head On | Frank Keys | |||
| 1981 | Scanners | Braedon Keller | ||
| Happy Birthday to Me | Hal Wainwright | |||
| 1982 | Love | Mr. Wiseman (Segment: Julia) | ||
| 1983 | Of Unknown Origin | Eliot Riverton | ||
| 1987 | Rolling Vengeance | Big Joe Rosso | ||
| 1989 | Millennium | Vern Rockwell | ||
| 1992 | Twin Sisters | Boone | Video | |
| 1995 | Dr. Alfred Hathaway | Video | ||
| National Lampoon's Senior Trip | Senator John Lerman | |||
| It Takes Two | Mr. Kensington | |||
| 1998 | Bride of Chucky | Lt. Preston | ||
| 2000 | Waking the Dead | Governor Kinosis | ||
| 2001 | Fall: The Price of Silence | Joseph King | ||
| 2002 | Duct Tape Forever | Prosecutor | ||
| 2005 | King's Ransom | Officer Holland | ||
| 2007 | Still Small Voices | Henry Waiverly | ||
| 2008 | Behind the Wall | Father Hendry | ||
| 2010 | Sofia | Professor Campbell | Short | |
| 2017 | Undercover Grandpa | Wolf |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | data-sort-value="Unforeseen, The" | The Unforeseen | Granz | 1 Episode: The Freedom Fighters | |
| 1960 | Shadow of a Pale Horse | Jem | TV movie | ||
| R.C.M.P. | James Morton / Harry Benson / Johnny Wolf | 4 episodes: Three Big Men, Johnny Wolf, Tourist Bait, The Extortionist | |||
| Point of Departure | Mathias | TV movie | |||
| 1960–1961 | Encounter | Phil | 2 episodes: Rehearsal for Invasion, Riel: Part 1 | ||
| 1960-62 | Festival | Maupa | 3 episodes: Julius Caesar, The Queen and the Rebels, The Day of the Dodo[9] | ||
| 1961 | Macbeth | Seyton | TV movie | ||
| First Person | 1 Episode: Wise Guy | ||||
| 1961–1962 | Playdate | Gerry Roach / Charlie | 3 episodes: Stop the World and Let Me Off, One Man to Beat, You Can't Win 'Em All[10] | ||
| Wayne and Shuster | 3 episodes: The Mona Lisa Mystery, Bandana, The Touchables | ||||
| 1962 | On the Road | 1 Episode | |||
| 1963 | ITV Play of the Week | John James Davis | 1 Episode: The Fixers | ||
| Wayne and Shuster | El Rojo | 1 Episode: Theresa | |||
| 1964 | Espionage | Guard | 1 Episode: The Liberators | ||
| data-sort-value="Detective, The" | The Detective | Jeff Pastor | 1 Episode: The Night of the Horns | ||
| data-sort-value="Sullavan Brothers, The" | The Sullavan Brothers | Capt. Hersch | 1 Episode: One for the Day of Judgement | ||
| data-sort-value="Strangers in Ste. Angele" | Strangers in Ste. Angele | Sgt. Bellemare | 1 episode[11] | ||
| 1965 | data-sort-value="Forest Rangers, The" | The Forest Rangers | John Mandamin / Indian | 2 episodes: Santa Macleod, The Choice | |
| data-sort-value="Mask of Janus, The" | The Mask of Janus | Bob Miller | 2 episodes: The Cold Equation, The Arranger | ||
| 1966 | This Man Craig | Bardossy | 1 Episode: Three's Company | ||
| 1967 | Jericho | Colonel Baumer | 1 Episode: The Loot of All Evil | ||
| I Spy | Boris | 1 Episode: Blackout | |||
| data-sort-value="Invaders, The" | The Invaders | Josef Dansk | 1 Episode: The Captive | ||
| 1967–1969 | Felony Squad | Jack Heath / Protector (Garth) / Metz | 3 episodes: Let Him Die!, The Pat Hand of Death, The Last Man in the World | ||
| 1967–1971 | Mission: Impossible | Martin Stoner / Commandante Juan Acero / Dr. Anton Yubov | 3 episodes: The Survivors, Commandante, Encounter | ||
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief | Capt. Van Zandt | 1 Episode: A Matter of Royal Larceny | ||
| 1968–1969 | data-sort-value="Virginian, The" | The Virginian | Jacques / Tasker | 3 episodes: The Decision, The Wind of Outrage, Journey to Scathelock | |
| 1968–1973 | data-sort-value="F.B.I., The" | The F.B.I. | Lorne Joseph Staley / Frank Sawyer / Julian Young | 3 episodes: Wind It Up and It Betrays You, The Inside Man, Memory of a Legend | |
| 1969 | Bonanza | Paul Rodgers | 1 Episode: Sweet Annie Laurie | ||
| Lancer | Dave Macall | 1 Episode: The Wedding | |||
| 1970 | House on Greenapple Road | Reverend Ryan Hagen | TV movie | ||
| data-sort-value="Young Rebels, The" | The Young Rebels | 1 Episode: Father and I Went Down to Camp | |||
| data-sort-value="Mod Squad, The" | The Mod Squad | John Mackey / Major Sarif | 2 episodes: The Exile, Just Ring the Bell Once | ||
| 1976 | Our Man Flint: Dead on Target | TV movie | |||
| 1978 | Hedda Gabler | Judge Brack | TV movie | ||
| 1980 | data-sort-value="Question of the Sixth, A" | A Question of the Sixth | Garnet Burton | TV movie | |
| 1982 | Little Gloria... Happy at Last | 1 Episode: Part 1 | |||
| Shocktrauma | Dr. Jordan Tracy | TV movie | |||
| 1983 | data-sort-value="Littlest Hobo, The" | The Littlest Hobo | Alistair McLeod | 1 Episode: Lumberjacks | |
| data-sort-value="Case of Libel, A" | A Case of Libel | Coles | TV movie | ||
| 1985 | In Like Flynn | Gavin | TV movie | ||
| data-sort-value="Park Is Mine, The" | The Park Is Mine | Commissioner Keller | TV movie | ||
| data-sort-value="Hitchhiker, The" | The Hitchhiker | Surgeon / Cop | 1 Episode: Out of the Night | ||
| 1986–1988 | Danger Bay | Montgomery Dunn | 2 episodes: Poison Bay, To Glimpse a Unicorn | ||
| 1987 | Seeing Things | Jonathan | 1 Episode: Eye of the Beholder | ||
| Airwolf | Commander Kirov | 2 episodes: Stavograd: Part 1 & 2 | |||
| 1987–1988 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Joe Metcalf / Mr. Adams | 2 episodes: If the Shoe Fits, Prosecutor | ||
| 1988 | data-sort-value="Equalizer, The" | The Equalizer | Arthur Trent | 1 Episode: The Mystery of Manon: Part 2 | |
| Memories of Manon | Arthur Trent | TV movie | |||
| data-sort-value="Christmas Wife, The" | The Christmas Wife | Michael Rosten | TV movie Uncredited | ||
| 1989 | E.N.G. | Mayor Dane | 3 episodes: Dirty Trick, E.N.G. Pilot: Part 1 & 2 | ||
| Day One | TV movie | ||||
| General Dzerinsky | TV movie | ||||
| In Opposition | Joe Reynolds | 1 Episode | |||
| 1990 | Counterstrike | Inspector Dantley | 1 Episode: The Dealbreaker | ||
| Top Cops | Paul LeBeouf | 1 Episode: Paul LeBoeuf/Johnny Kai | |||
| data-sort-value="Last Best Year, The" | The Last Best Year | John Dennis | TV movie | ||
| Star Runner | Fenton | TV movie | |||
| 1990–1992 | Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop | Nelson Beck | 3 episodes: Endangered Species, Counterfeit Love, Trapped | ||
| 1991–1992 | Street Legal | Judge Appleby | 7 episodes | ||
| 1992 | Devlin | Art Wolfe | TV movie | ||
| Secret Service | Nooch | 1 Episode: Curiosity Killed the Cat/Murder, He Broke | |||
| Tropical Heat | Plentera | 1 Episode: White Hot | |||
| Scales of Justice | Justice Toy | 1 Episode: Regina vs. Pappajohn | |||
| data-sort-value="Good Fight, The" | The Good Fight | Tom Rothermill | TV movie | ||
| Elliot Fisher | TV movie | ||||
| 1993 | African Skies | Tom Dutton | 1 Episode: The Hunted | ||
| 1993–1994 | data-sort-value="Red Green Show, The" | The Red Green Show | Reg Hunter | 5 episodes | |
| 1994 | Sibert | 1 Episode: Out of the Woods | |||
| 1995 | Vanished | Judge Morrison | TV movie | ||
| Black Fox | Colonel McKensie | TV movie | |||
| Black Fox: Good Men and Bad | Colonel McKensie | TV movie | |||
| Emmertz Canterbury | TV movie | ||||
| 1994–1996 | Side Effects | Tom Stockton | 15 episodes | ||
| 1996 | Double Jeopardy | Judge Thornim | TV movie | ||
| data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | The Outer Limits | General Covington | 1 Episode: Trial by Fire | ||
| Mr. and Mrs. Loving | Sheriff | TV movie | |||
| 1996–1997 | Ned Gregson / Sir Edmund Tremain | 2 episodes: A Traitor Among Us, Silent Partner | |||
| 1997 | On the Second Day of Christmas | Mr. Limber | TV movie | ||
| 1998 | Moonlight Becomes You | Malcolm Moore | TV movie | ||
| Mr. Headmistress | Rawlings | TV movie | |||
| Pinder | TV movie | ||||
| data-sort-value="Long Island Incident, The" | The Long Island Incident | Tommy | TV movie | ||
| Charlie Johnson Sr. | 1 Episode: So Shall You Reap | ||||
| 1999 | John Radford | TV movie | |||
| Lethal Vows | Detective Rick Mauser | TV movie | |||
| Thrill Seekers | FBI Agent Baker | TV movie | |||
| 2000 | data-sort-value="Hunger, The" | The Hunger | Barry Seecam | 1 Episode: I'm Very Dangerous Tonight | |
| Rated X | Robert De Salvo | TV movie | |||
| La Femme Nikita | Maurice Grenet | 2 episodes: Face in the Mirror, Up the Rabbit Hole | |||
| data-sort-value="Last Debate, The" | The Last Debate | Sidney Robert Mulvane | TV movie | ||
| 2001 | Stargate SG-1 | Major General Bauer | 1 Episode: Chain Reaction | ||
| Fall: The Price of Silence | Joseph King | TV movie | |||
| Queer as Folk | Jack Kinney | 3 episodes: Babylon Boomerang, A Change of Heart, Surprise Kill | |||
| MythQuest | King Minos | 1 Episode: The Minotaur | |||
| Doc | 1 Episode: Gypsies, Janitors and Thieves | ||||
| 2002 | Guilty Hearts | Les Moran | TV movie | ||
| Crossing the Line | Coach Tom Holliday | TV movies | |||
| Breaking News | Donald Simms | 1 Episode: Wall-To-Wall Plane Crash | |||
| 2003 | Phenomenon II | Rawlings | TV movie | ||
| 2005 | Puppets Who Kill | The Colonel | 1 Episode: Buttons on a Hot Tin Roof | ||
| 2006 | data-sort-value="Perfect Marriage, The" | The Perfect Marriage | Donald Danforth | TV movie | |
| Angela's Eyes | August Lambert | 1 Episode: Open Your Eyes | |||
| Absolution | Bishop Edward Werther | TV movie | |||
| 2008 | data-sort-value="Perfect Marriage, The" | The Perfect Marriage | Wade, Nugget's Dad | 1 Episode: Pill for Men | |
| 2009 | Everything She Ever Wanted | George Allanson | Mini-Series | ||
| 2010 | You Lucky Dog | Clay Rayborn | TV movie | ||
| 2011 | Flashpoint | Arthur Bell | 1 Episode: The War Within | ||
| 2013 | data-sort-value="Very Merry Mix-Up, A" | A Very Merry Mix-Up | Charles | TV movie |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Dark of the Moon | Mr. Allen | run started on 12 January at Ottawa Little Theatre[12] |
| 1962 | Macbeth | Angus | 18 June – 29 September at Festival Theatre, Stratford, Ontario |
| The Tempest | various roles | 18 June – 29 September at Festival Theatre, Stratford, Ontario | |
| Cyrano de Bergerac | 18 June – 29 September at Festival Theatre, Stratford, Ontario |