Neil Vipond Explained

Neil Vipond
Birth Name:Neil Chester Vipond
Birth Date:24 December 1929
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Death Date:July 15, 2022 (aged 92)
Death Place:Quakertown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation:Actor, stage director

Neil Chester Vipond (December 24, 1929 – July 15, 2022)[1] was an American-based Canadian actor and stage director.[2]

Life and career

Neil Vipond, the son of a salesman and a former performer on the vaudeville circuit, was born and grew up in Toronto.[3] He started his acting career with the International Players in Kingston, Ontario in 1951.[4] Two years later he appeared at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, and stayed there for five seasons. He spent much of his adult life in New York and Toronto, but in the early 1990s, he moved to Los Angeles. He died on July 15, 2022, aged 92, at his home in Quakertown, Pennsylvania.[5]

Filmography

Notes
1957Oedipus RexChorus
1973The Hard Part BeginsHank Riley
1980PhobiaDr. Clegg
1981Kings and Desperate MenHenry Sutton
1982ParadiseReverend Aviva Marks
1999The FairRachel
2021FloatyCecil
Notes
1953General Motors TheatreWillEpisode: "Teach Me How to Cry"
1956General Motors TheatreDonEpisode: "Somewhere Every Summer"
1958Kraft Television TheatreEpisode: "The Last of the Belles"
1972To See OurselvesEpisode: "The Ninth Summer"
1975SidestreetEpisode: "The Rebellion of Bertha MacKenzie"
1976PerformanceEpisode: "Fellowship"
1977The New AvengersChuck PetersEpisode: "The Gladiators"
1982MacbethDuncanTV film
1987Bay CovenMr. WelsleyTV film
1988AdderlyEpisode: "Adventures in Bodysitting"
1988War of the WorldsReverendEpisode: "A Multitude of Idols"
1990Neon RiderAlister CraddigeEpisode: "Devil's Child"
1991Life Goes OnWaiterEpisode: "Last Stand in Glen Brook"
1991L.A. LawJudge KennedyEpisode: "As God Is My Co-Defendant"
1991DarrowEdward LorberTV film
1991Marilyn and MeHenry HathawayTV film
1991The Woman Who SinnedNovackTV film
1992AdministratorTV film
1993Mad About YouFriendly ManEpisode: "The Wedding Affair"
1993Melrose PlaceMinisterEpisode: "End Game"
1993Street LegalGordon DuffyEpisode: "What's Love Got to Do with It?"
1996Tracey Takes On...JudgeEpisode: "Vanity"
1996Dream OnPriestEpisode: "Finale with a Vengeance"
1996FrasierJudgeEpisode: "Crane vs. Crane"
1996Once You Meet a StrangerMr. CunninghamTV film
1997Benjamin CaldwellEpisode: "Silent Partner"
1998DarokEpisode: "Once More unto the Breach"
1998-1999Any Day Now
1999-2005Will & GraceJuliusRecurring Role
2001Kleg, Flying InstructorEpisode: "Natural Law"
2005MediumOld Henry StollerEpisode: "I married a mind reader"

Notes and References

  1. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/mcall/name/neil-vipond-obituary?id=36131809 Neil Vipond obituary
  2. News: Full-Scale 'Merchant': Neil Vipond Weighs In on Shylock, Shakespeare and the Pound of Flesh . . July 18, 1997 . 2022-04-02 .
  3. News: Don't Cast Him as Just an Actor . . 9 March 1997 . 2022-04-02 .
  4. News: Note . . June 9, 1956 . 2022-04-02 .
  5. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/mcall/name/neil-vipond-obituary?n=neil-vipond&pid=202509151 Obituary: Neil Vipond