Robert Holmes "R. H." Thomson, CM (born September 24, 1947) is a Canadian television, film and stage actor. Thomson was born in Richmond Hill, Ontario. He studied at the University of Toronto, and the National Theatre School. His own play The Lost Boys was staged at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in March 2000 and at Canadian Stage in February 2002. Thomson has also hosted programming for CBC Radio and CBC Television. In 2010, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. Thomson has portrayed a number of historical figures including Charlie Grant, Samuel Lount, Edsel Ford, Dr. Frederick Banting, Duncan Campbell Scott, Mitchell Sharp, and James Cross. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography

• Murder in a Small Town — Carlyle Burke
• 2023The Last Curlew — Grandpa
• 2022Charlotte — Mr. Schmidt
• 2022Stellar — Professor
• 2018Clara — Dr. John Rickman
• Anne with an E — Matthew Cuthbert
• 2016Love's Complicated — Senator Douglas Townsend
• 2015Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven — voice of J.E.H. MacDonald
• The Land Between — Narrator
• 2011Whirligig — Andre
• 2010Chloe — Frank
• Republic of Doyle — Francis Chafe
• Murdoch Mysteries — Chief Inspector Stewart
• The Englishman's Boy — Tom Hardwick
• 2008Well Kept Secrets: Athanasia — Manuel
• October 1970 — James Richard Cross
• 2006Population 436 — Sheriff Calcutt
• Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story — Dr. Moulds
• 2006Who Loves the Sun — Arthur Bloom
• 2003Full-Court Miracle — Rabbi Lewis
• 2003The Piano Man's Daughter — Frederick Wyatt
• 2002Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay — Richard Rogers
• 2002The Stork Derby — Huge McLean
• 2002Trudeau — Mitchell Sharp
• The Associates — Angus MacGregor
• 2001The Royal Scandal — Mycroft Holmes
• 2001The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins — Narrator
• 2000The Dinosaur Hunter — Reverend Smythe
• 1999Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly — Ray Marcassi
• 1999P.T. Barnum — James Anthony Bailey
• P.T. Barnum — James Anthony Bailey
• 1998Bone Daddy — Stone
• 1997Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight — Dr. Isaac Solti (during prod. of Twilight of the Ice Nymphs)
• 1997Silent Cradle — David Greg
• 1997Twilight of the Ice Nymphs — Dr. Issac Solti
• 1996Murder at My Door — Ed McNair
• 1995Net Worth — Milton Mound
• 1994Max — Andy Blake
• 1994My Breast — Dr. Luke
• 1994The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story — Bill Castellano
• 1993Bonds of Love — Jake Hobart
• 1993Inner Mountains, Inner Valleys: The Life and Writing of Ernest Buckler
• 1993The Lotus Eaters — Hal Kingswood
• 1991Mark Twain and Me — Albert Paine
• 1991The Quarrel — Chaim Kovler
• Road to Avonlea — Jasper Dale
• 1989Love & Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher — Gerry Allbright
• 1989The First Season — Eric Anderson
• 1988Glory Enough For All — Dr Frederick Banting
• 1987And Then You Die — Det. Sgt. James McGrath
• 1987Ford: The Man and the Machine — Edsel Ford
• 1987Heaven On Earth — Wilf Hawthorne
• 1987Stranger in My Bed — Dr. Davidson
• 1986The Marriage Bed — Dr. Jeff Reilly
• 1985Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
• 1985Charlie Grant's War — Charlie Grant
• 1985Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem
• 1985Martin's Day — Paul Mennen
• Moonlighting — Dr. Steve Hill (as R.H. Thompson)
• 1985Samuel Lount — Samuel Lount
• Screen Two — Wilf Hawthorne
• The Ray Bradbury Theater — Morgan
• The Twilight Zone
• 1985Vision Quest — Kevin
• 1983The Terry Fox Story — Dr. Simon
• American Playhouse — Chaim Kovler
• 1982If You Could See What I Hear — Will Sly
• 1981Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper — Lee Schatz
• 1981Happy Memories — Rick
• 1981Surfacing — David
• 1981Ticket to Heaven — Linc Strunc
• 1979An American Christmas Carol — Thatcher
• 1979L'Homme en colère — Borke
• For the Record
• What We Have Left

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2015Five Stories — Self
• 2007Hamlet {Solo} — Self
• 1998Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream — Self - Narrator (voice)