Walter Borden

Walter Marven Borden, CM ONS (born July 20, 1942) is a Canadian actor, poet, and playwright. He is originally from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.[1] His film and television credits include Nurse.Fighter.Boy, The Event, Gerontophilia, Lexx and Platinum.

Walter Borden
Born
Walter Marven Borden

(1942-07-20) July 20, 1942
New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
OccupationActor

Most prominent as a stage actor, he joined Halifax's Neptune Theatre company in 1972.[2] He has since appeared in stage productions across Canada, including William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Richard III, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice and Henry VIII, Aeschylus' Agamemnon, Jean-Paul Sartre's The Flies, James Weldon Johnson's God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse, Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Djanet Sears' Harlem Duet and The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God.[2] Since 2003, he has been a member of the Stratford Festival of Canada.[2]

He has also recorded and released an album, Walter Borden Reads Shakespeare's Sonnets to the Music of Fernando Sor, in collaboration with classical guitarist Paul Martell.

Personal life

Openly gay,[1] he also wrote and performed his own autobiographical play Tightrope Time: Ain't Nuthin' More Than Some Itty Bitty Madness Between Twilight and Dawn, one of the first plays in the history of Black Canadian literature to directly present themes of male homosexuality.[1] His later writing credits include Testifyin′ and Tellin′ It Like It Is.[2]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1998 One Heart Broken Into Song Reverend Skinner
2000 Our Daily Bread Sam Downey (TV Movie)
Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111 Grieving Father (TV Movie)
2001 The Feast of All Saints Grampere Lermontant (TV Movie)
Passion and Prejudice Mr. Peterson (TV Movie)
2003 The Event Fred
2008 Nurse.Fighter.Boy Horace
2012 100 Musicians Narration (voice) (Short film)
2013 Gerontophilia Melvyn Peabody directed by Bruce LaBruce
A Dark Matter The Demon
2015 Grandpa Was Here Grandpa (Short film)
The Hexecutioners Mr. Poole written by Tony Burgess, directed by Milos Somborac
2012 GUION John Brice (Short film)

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1996-1997 Lexx: The Dark Zone Stories His Divine Shadow 2 episodes
1997-2002 Lexx His Divine Shadow / Dr. Ernst Longbore / Dr. Ernst W. Longbore 9 episodes, part of main cast
2003 Platinum Alderman Ray 1 episode, aired on UPN
2004-2005 Da Boom Crew Additional Voice 13 episodes, Canadian/American children's television animated series
2020 Coroner Harold Carruthers 1 episode

Awards

Borden was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, the African Nova Scotia Music Association (ANSMA) Music Heritage Award, and the Portia White Prize, which is awarded annually by the Nova Scotia Arts Council to someone who has made a significant contribution to culture and the arts in Nova Scotia.[3] He was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 2006.[2] In 2007, Borden was awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award for his prominence as a theater actor.

References
  1. "Poet radical: The adventures of Walter Borden. Xtra!, October 30, 2003.
  2. Dawn Williams, Who's Who in Black Canada, Volume 2, p. 73. 2006. ISBN 0973138424.
  3. Premier Presents Portia White Prize to Walter Borden. Government of Nova Scotia, March 1, 2006.


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