Heath Lamberts

Heath Lamberts

Born: December 15, 1941
Died: February 22, 2005
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Heath Lamberts was born James Langcaster in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on December 15, 1941 and is a Canadian actor. He began his show-business career on stage in Canada in the early 1960s, performing regularly at the Stratford Festival and the Shaw Festival. He was a well regarded stage actor, receiving good notices for his roles in "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "Beauty and the Beast." When he began making films, however, he gravitated towards more comedic roles, with appearances in such films as Nothing Personal (1980) and Utilities (1983). He kept quite busy on television, appearing in many comedy and drama series and several made-for-TV movies. He was awarded the C.M. (Member of the Order of Canada) on June 29, 1987 for his services to performing arts in Canada.

He died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from cancer in 2005.

Movies for Heath Lamberts...

Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
Title: Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
Character: Judge Perry Pickett
Released: April 21, 2002
Type: Movie
Based on the true story of Clarence Brandley, a black man wrongly accused in 1980 of the murder of a 16-year-old white high school girl named Cheryl Ferguson. Brandley worked at Conroe High School, where Ferguson was visiting as a member of the Belleville High School volleyball team. Three days after her body was discovered, Brandley was arrested as the murderer. Jew Don Boney, a popular activist and Houston city council member, leads the fight to uncover the truth about the Ferguson murder. Mike DeGeurin, a Texas attorney, is brought in to act as the head defense attorney for Brandley, and is joined by a former minister, Jim McCloskey. The lawyers discover that not only is there a complete lack of evidence against Brandley, but the District Attorney, James Keeshan, has been strategizing with the presiding judge. After nine years in prison, three trials and a stay of execution that saved Brandley's life, justice finally prevails as Brandley is granted his freedom.
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Title: Mentors
Character: P.T. Barnum
Released: June 12, 1999
Type: TV
Mentors was a 30-minute Canadian fantasy series that aired on Canada's Family Channel. It was broadcast on Discovery Kids in the United States and Latin American.
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Title: More Tales of the City
Character: Arnold Littlefield
Released: June 7, 1998
Type: TV
Lonely inhabitants at 28 Barbary Lane search for love and identity, turning to each other in the hope of finding happiness in San Francisco.
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Tom and Huck
Title: Tom and Huck
Character: Schoolmaster Dobbins
Released: December 22, 1995
Type: Movie
A mischievous young boy, Tom Sawyer, witnesses a murder by the deadly Injun Joe. Tom becomes friends with Huckleberry Finn, a boy with no future and no family. Tom has to choose between honoring a friendship or honoring an oath because the town alcoholic is accused of the murder. Tom and Huck go through several adventures trying to retrieve evidence.
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Ordinary Magic
Title: Ordinary Magic
Character: Mayor
Released: October 20, 1993
Type: Movie
When his father dies, Jeffrey is sent to live with his aunt Charlotte in Canada. Once there he leads his aunt and his friends in staging, a non-violent hunger strike to try to save his aunt's house from being demolished to make room for a ski resort.
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Change of Heart
Title: Change of Heart
Character: Alex
Released: May 21, 1993
Type: Movie
An 8-year-old heads for Toronto to find her father, joined by an uncle who wants her inheritance.
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Johann's Gift to Christmas
Title: Johann's Gift to Christmas
Character: Father Mohr
Released: September 25, 1992
Type: Movie
A mouse from the streets and a church mouse try to help a priest and an organist save Christmas by composing a Christmas carol.
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Heritage Minutes: Jean Nicollet
Title: Heritage Minutes: Jean Nicollet
Character: Additional Cast
Released: June 28, 1992
Type: Movie
French coureur des bois and explorer Jean Nicolet becomes the first European to reach Lake Michigan, but thinks it's the Pacific.
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Heritage Minutes: Joseph Casavant
Title: Heritage Minutes: Joseph Casavant
Character: Additional Cast
Released: June 28, 1992
Type: Movie
Joseph Casavant, world renowned organ maker, builds his first organ.
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White Light
Title: White Light
Character: Andy Wesley
Released: September 20, 1991
Type: Movie
A police officer recovers from a nearly fatal injury with visions of a mysterious woman.
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Sam & Me
Title: Sam & Me
Released: May 1, 1991
Type: Movie
23-year-old Nikhil comes to Canada from India to find his fortune and is convinced by his uncle to work as a companion and care-giver to Sam, an elderly Jewish man. An unlikely friendship ensues, which gives both men new insight into life.
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Alligator Pie
Title: Alligator Pie
Character: Mr. Hoobody
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Nicholas uses his imagination to explore the world around him with a cast of cuddly characters.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Forensic Handwriting Expert
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Six Fifty
Title: Six Fifty
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
This composition is about the hollowness of material wealth, the poverty of alienation and the different forms they take. This concept is mainly represented by two individuals; a middle aged man who `monologues to an empty chair "(Talking to God)" in a train station. This section is performed by Heath Lamberts. The other section is portrayed by Derik Caines, a painter who grew up in Newfoundland and was living in Toronto when the footage was taped.
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Nothing Personal
Title: Nothing Personal
Character: Mr. Farkus
Released: March 28, 1980
Type: Movie
Environmentally concerned lawyer Abigail Adams works with Professor Roger Keller in his effort to protect baby seals from slaughter.
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Title: For The Record
Character: Alex Patterson
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: TV
For The Record, a series of one-hour and ninety-minute film dramas, started on the series, Performance, as a subseries called Camera ’76. Aired Sundays 9:00-10:00 p.m., January 1977 to 1986. A collection of docudrama-style short stories on diverse but socially relevant (and very Canadian) topics such as unemployment, euthanasia, spousal abuse, televangelists, aboriginal issues, and anglophone-francophone relations. This series attracted most of the 'big name' Canadian actors and directors of the time.
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To Kill a Clown
Title: To Kill a Clown
Character: Timothy Frischer
Released: August 23, 1972
Type: Movie
A young hippie couple rent a secluded cabin on the beach in an attempt to re-connect with each other and save their marriage. Unfortunately, the man they rented the cabin from is a military-brat sociopath with two dogs more vicious than his temper.
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A Great Big Thing
Title: A Great Big Thing
Character: Bill
Released: June 23, 1968
Type: Movie
A 23-year-old Canadian wanders aimlessly throughout his wasted life.