Louis Del Grande (born March 23, 1943) is a retired American-Canadian actor, comedian, and television writer. He is best known as the co-creator and star of the mystery-comedy CBC Television series Seeing Things (1981–87). He won four Gemini Awards for his work on the series, two for Best Actor in a Comedy Series and two for Best Comedy Series.
Early life
Del Grande was born and raised in Union City, New Jersey. At age 16, Del Grande began acting in New York City, eventually landing a part in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Career
Del Grande moved to Toronto in 1964, drawn to Canada by the Stratford Festival, He has also appeared in numerous theatrical and television movies and series, including Monkeys in the Attic, Due South, The Outer Limits and Goosebumps.
Personal life
Del Grande is married to actress Martha Gibson.
Filmography
Film
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!Year
!Title
!Role
!class="unsortable" | Notes
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|1973
|Monkeys in the Attic
|Frederick
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|1976
|Second Wind
|Howie
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|1980
|Atlantic City
|Mr. Shapiro
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|1981
|Scanners
|First Scanner
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|1981
|Happy Birthday to Me
|Surgeon
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|1983
|Of Unknown Origin
|Clete
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|1989
|Speed Zone
|Mr. Benson
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|1992
|Buried on Sunday
|Prime Minister
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|1993
|Cadillac Girls
|Adam
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|-
|1997
|Hostile Intent
|Soames
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|-
|2016
|data-sort-value="Second Time Around, The" | The Second Time Around
|Charlie
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|}
Television
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1973–75
|Dr. Simon Locke
|Man / Al Kutner / Boulder
|3 episodes
|-
|1975-79
|King of Kensington
|Fred
|Actor; 2 episodes<br>Writer; 4 episodes
|-
|1978
|Home to Stay
|Richard
| rowspan="2" |Television film
|-
|1978
|Tom and Joann
|Norman
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|1980, 1981
|data-sort-value="Littlest Hobo, The" | The Littlest Hobo
|Kent / Detective Woods
|2 episodes
|-
|1981
|data-sort-value="Far Cry from Home, A" | A Far Cry from Home
|Lawyer
|Television film
|-
|1981–87
|Seeing Things
|Louis Ciccone
|Actor; 43 episodes<br>Writer; 2 episodes<br>Co-creator
|-
|1988
|data-sort-value="Elephant Show, The" | The Elephant Show
|Willy Bookem
|Episode: "The Early Years"
|-
|1990
|Sanity Clause
|Leo
| rowspan="2" |Television film
|-
|1990
|Clarence
|Brimmer
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|1991
|Tropical Heat
|Glenn Lawson
|Episode: "Big Brother Is Watching"
|-
|1995
|Sugartime
|Chuckie English
|Television film
|-
|1996
|Due South
|Lyndon Buxley
|Episode: "We Are the Eggmen"
|-
|1997
|F/X: The Series
|Director
|Episode: "Medea"
|-
|1997
|North Shore Fish
|Markie
| rowspan="3" |Television film
|-
|1997
|Let Me Call You Sweetheart
|Joe
|-
|1997
|Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants
|Colombe
|-
|1998
|data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | The Outer Limits
|Detective Renfro
|Episode: "Criminal Nature"
|-
|1998
|data-sort-value="Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The" | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
|Frank Stonehouse
|Television film
|-
|1998
|Goosebumps
|Mr. Saur
|Episode: "Say Cheese and Die... Again"
|-
|1998
|data-sort-value="Dumb Bunnies, The" | The Dumb Bunnies
|Mr. Grudge
|Episode: "Stressed to Impress"
|-
|1998
|Traders
|Sonny Palin
|Episode: "Independence Days"
|-
|1999
|Family of Cops 3
|Sean the Bartender
|Television film
|-
|1999
|Ned's Newt
|Dump Hermit / Big Criminal
| rowspan="2" |2 episodes
|-
|1999, 2002
|Lexx
|Louie / Roada
|-
|2000
|Big Wolf on Campus
|Dr. Frank Stein
|Episode: "Frank Stein"
|}