[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]
Wilfred Mervin Campone was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada on May 31, 1932. He drove a cab for 12 years before starting his acting career in 1958. In 1969 he read a radio script he thought so terrible that he could write a better one himself. Thus began his alternate career as a scriptwriter for radio, TV and stage.
As a writer and actor, he’s best known for creating one of Canada’s most successful television series ‘The Beachcombers’ (1972-1990) also ‘Leo and Me’ (1978) and ‘The Manipulators’ (1970-1971).
In 1996, he co-founded the spiritual growth organization 'Spirit's Call' with holistic practitioner Dorothy Becker.
Merv Campone was married twice and had four daughters and a stepdaughter. He died from colon cancer on December 29, 2000, in Langley, British Columbia, Canada at the age of 68.
Campone appeared in only one Euroe western “The Trap” in 1966 where he played the role of Yellow Dog. The film starred Oliver Reed and Rita Tushingham.
CAMPONE, Merv (aka Merve Campone) (Wilfred Mervin
Campone) [5/31/1932, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada – 12/29/2000,
Langley, British Columbia, Canada (colon cancer)] – producer, writer, film, TV
actor, married to Lorraine Darlene Rosanna Haug [1938-2018] (1957-19??), father
of Debbie Campone, Kathy Campone, Michelle Campone, Tracy Campone, Married to
Jo-Anne Moyes (19??-2000) stepfather of Diane J. Hilliard co-founded spiritual
growth organization 'Spirit's Call' [1996].
The Trap – 1966 (Yellow Dog)
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