Del Grande, Louis

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Del GRANDE, Louis

PERSONAL

Born in NJ; raised in Union City, NJ; married Martha Gibson (an actress); children: three.


Career: Actor, writer, and producer.


Member: Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists.


Awards, Honors: Gemini awards (with others), Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, best comedy series, 1986 and 1987, best performance by a lead actor in a continuing role in a comedy series, 1986 and 1987, and Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists Award, all for Seeing Things; Gemini Award nomination, best performance by a lead actor in a dramatic program or miniseries, 1990, for Sanity Clause.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Frederick, Monkeys in the Attic, Ambassador Film Distributors, 1974.

(Uncredited) Howie, Second Wind, Ambassador Film Distributors, 1976, Health and Entertainment Corporation of America, 1980.

Mr. Shapiro, Atlantic City, Paramount, 1980.

First scanner, Scanners (also known as Telepathy 2000), Avco–Embassy, 1981.

Surgeon, Happy Birthday to Me, Columbia, 1981.

Clete, Of Unknown Origin, Warner Bros., 1983.

Mr. Benson, Speed Zone! (also known as Cannonball Fever), Orion, 1989.

The prime minister, Buried on Sunday (also known as Northern Extremes), Salter Street Films International, 1992.

Adam, Cadillac Girls, First Choice Canadian Communication Corporation/National Film Board of Canada/Telefilm Canada, 1993.

Soames, Hostile Intent (also known as Sans foi ni loi), Alliance Entertainment, 1997.


Television Appearances; Series:

Louis Ciccone, Seeing Things, CBC, 1981–87, also broadcast on PBS.


Television Appearances; Movies:

Richard, Home to Stay, CBS, 1978.

Clarence, The Family Channel, 1990.

Sanity Clause, 1990.

What Are Families For?, 1993.

Chuckie English, Sugartime, HBO, 1995.

Markie, North Shore Fish, Showtime, 1997.

Let Me Call You Sweetheart (also known as Mary Higgins Clark's "Let Me Call You Sweetheart"), The Family Channel, 1997.

Frank Stonehouse, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, ABC, 1998.

Sean the bartender, Family of Cops III, CBS, 1999.


Television Appearances; Specials:

Norman, Tom and Joann, CBS, 1978.

Colombe, Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants, HBO, 1998.


Television Appearances; Episodic:

"Kensington Achievement Award," King of Kensington, CBC and syndicated, 1975.

Fred, "King's Brave New World," King of Kensington, CBC and syndicated, 1979.

Police lieutenant, "Escape," The Littlest Hobo, CTV and syndicated, 1980.

Kent, "Hidden Room," The Littlest Hobo, CTV and syndicated, 1981.

Little Al, "By the Book," Diamonds, CBS, 1989.

Little Al, "Hot Property," Diamonds, CBS, 1989.

Glenn Lawson, "Big Brother Is Watching," Sweating Bullets (also known as Tropical Heat), CBS, 1991.

Lyndon Buxley, "We Are the Eggmen," Due South (also known as Due South: The Series, Direction: Sud, and Un tandem de choc), CTV and CBS, 1996.

Director, "Medea," F/X: The Series, CTV and syndicated, 1997.

Sonny Palin, "Independence Days," Traders, CanWest Global Television, c. 1997.

Detective Renfro, "Criminal Nature," The Outer Limits, Showtime and syndicated, 1998.

Mr. Saur, "Say Cheese and Die ... Again," Goosebumps, Fox, 1998.

Roada, "Twilight," Lexx (also known as Lexx—The Dark Zone and Lexx: The Series), Space, 1999.

Mad scientist, "Frank Stein," Big Wolf on Campus, Fox Family, 2000.

Louie, "Viva Lexx Vegas," Lexx (also known as Lexx–The Dark Zone and Lexx: The Series), Space, 2002.


Appeared in For the Record, CBC.


Television Work; Series:

Producer, Seeing Things, CBC, 1981–87, also broadcast on PBS.

Additional voices, Mischief City (animated), YTV, 2005—.


Television Work; Movies:

Producer, Sanity Clause, 1990.


Stage Appearances:

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Stratford Festival of Canada, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 1963.

Romeo and Juliet, Stratford Festival of Canada, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 1963.

Appeared in Leaving Home, Theatre London.


WRITINGS

Teleplays; with Others; Series:

Seeing Things, CBC, 1981–87, also broadcast on PBS.


Teleplays; Movies:

Sanity Clause, 1990.