Neil Vipond
Neil Chester Vipond was an American-based Canadian actor and stage director.
Life and career
Vipond was born and grew up in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, his father a salesman and his mother a former performer on the vaudeville circuit. He started his acting career with the International Players in Kingston, Ontario in 1951. Two years later he appeared at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, and was in the company for five seasons.Vipond also appeared on stage in Toronto. He appeared in the premiere production by the Crest Theatre in Toronto, Richard of Bordeaux in January 1954 and The Man Who Came to Dinner later that year.
Vipond spent much of his adult life in New York and Toronto, but in the early 1990s, he moved to Los Angeles. He died on July 15, 2022, aged 92, at his home in Quakertown, Pennsylvania.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1953 | General Motors Theatre | Will | Episode: "Teach Me How to Cry" |
| 1956 | General Motors Theatre | Don | Episode: "Somewhere Every Summer" |
| 1958 | Kraft Television Theatre | Episode: "The Last of the Belles" | |
| 1972 | To See Ourselves | Episode: "The Ninth Summer" | |
| 1975 | Sidestreet | Episode: "The Rebellion of Bertha MacKenzie" | |
| 1976 | Performance | Episode: "Fellowship" | |
| 1977 | The [New Avengers (TV series)|The New Avengers] | Chuck Peters | Episode: "The Gladiators" |
| 1982 | Macbeth | Duncan | TV film |
| 1987 | Bay Coven | Mr. Welsley | TV film |
| 1988 | Adderly | Episode: "Adventures in Bodysitting" | |
| 1988 | War of the Worlds | Reverend | Episode: "A Multitude of Idols" |
| 1990 | Neon Rider | Alister Craddige | Episode: "Devil's Child" |
| 1991 | Life Goes On | Waiter | Episode: "Last Stand in Glen Brook" |
| 1991 | L.A. Law | Judge Kennedy | Episode: "As God Is My Co-Defendant" |
| 1991 | Darrow | Edward Lorber | TV film |
| 1991 | Marilyn and Me | Henry Hathaway | TV film |
| 1991 | The Woman Who Sinned | Novack | TV film |
| 1992 | Something [to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story] | Administrator | TV film |
| 1993 | Mad About You | Friendly Man | Episode: "The Wedding Affair" |
| 1993 | Melrose Place | Minister | Episode: "End Game" |
| 1993 | Street Legal | Gordon Duffy | Episode: "What's Love Got to Do with It?" |
| 1996 | Tracey Takes On... | Judge | Episode: "Vanity" |
| 1996 | Dream On | Priest | Episode: "Finale with a Vengeance" |
| 1996 | Frasier | Judge | Episode: "Crane vs. Crane" |
| 1996 | Once You Meet a Stranger | Mr. Cunningham | TV film |
| 1997 | Poltergeist: The Legacy | Benjamin Caldwell | Episode: "Silent Partner" |
| 1998 | Star Trek: [Deep Space Nine] | Darok | Episode: "Once More unto the Breach" |
| 1998-1999 | Any Day Now | ||
| 1999-2005 | Will & Grace | Julius | Recurring Role |
| 2001 | Star Trek: Voyager | Kleg, Flying Instructor | Episode: "Natural Law" |
| 2005 | Medium | Old Henry Stoller | Episode: "I married a mind reader" |