About Ken McDougall
Lived 1953 – 1994 (aged 40–41). Ken McDougall was an actor and film actor.
Ken McDougall (1953–1994) was a Canadian actor and theatre director. Predominantly a stage actor in Toronto, Ontario, he is best known to film audiences for his performance as Chris, a dancer dying of AIDS, in the film The Last Supper;
As a director, he was associated with companies including Buddies in Bad Times, Platform 9 and Theatre Passe Muraille, and directed many of the early productions of plays by Daniel MacIvor and Robin Fulford. As an actor, his performances included Sky Gilbert's Suzie Goo: Private Secretary, Liitoja's Ultimate Night and David Demchuk's Mattachine. He also had a small role in Exotica as the doorman.
McDougall died of AIDS in March 1994, just four days after completing the filming of The Last Supper. He also previously won a Dora in 1988 for his direction of Fulford's play Steel Kiss.
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Ken McDougall was born in 1953.
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Ken McDougall died in 1994.
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Ken McDougall was an actor and film actor.
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