Leslie Yeo(1915-2006)

He was a former artistic director of the Shaw Festival (Canada) and founded Newfoundland's first professional theater company. He was an actor who played more than 500 roles on stages in Canada, the US, and Britain. He directed or appeared in plays at nearly every major theater company in Canada. He also taught master classes in comedy technique at the Banff Centre, and worked with students at Ryerson University and the University of Alberta.