Mavor Moore

James Mavor Moore, CC, OBC (March 8, 1919 – December 18, 2006) was a Canadian writer, producer, actor, public servant, critic, and educator. Born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Francis John Moore, an Anglican theologian, and Dora Mavor, who helped establish Canadian professional theatre in the 1930s and 1940s, Moore graduated with a BA from the University of Toronto in 1941. During World War II, he was an intelligence officer. As a director and known as Mavor Moore was a pioneer of Canadian television in the 1950s and was the creator of the CBC National News, later known as The National selecting the program's first regular newsreader, Larry Henderson. He is better known for his contribution to drama having created more than 100 plays,...