Brent Carver

Brent Carver (November 17, 1951 – August 4, 2020) was a Canadian actor who was best known for his performances on Broadway in "Parade" as Leo Frank and "Kiss of the Spider Woman" as Molina, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical in 1993.
Early life.
Carver was born of Welsh and Irish heritage in Cranbrook, British Columbia, the son of Lois (Wills), a clerk, and Kenneth Carver, who was in the lumber business. He was the third of seven children, none of whom went into show business, apart from himself. He almost became a teacher, but continued participating in theatre. He attended the University of British Columbia from 1969 to 1972. He sang from an early age, with his father who played guitar. Carver's favourite actors were Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis.
Career.
Carver was known for a variety of stage and film roles, including "The Wars", "Kronborg: 1582", "Lilies", "Larry's Party", "Elizabeth Rex", "Millennium", "Shadow Dancing", and "Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love". Carver originated the role of Gandalf in the Toronto stage production of "The Lord of the Rings" and appeared in several Soulpepper Theatre Company productions such as "The Wild Duck", "Don Carlos" and as the Pirate King in the 1985 production of "The Pirates of Penzance".
Carver played the character Leo on the series "Leo and Me", which aired from 1977 to 1978.
Carver made his U.S. debut in "The Tempest", playing Ariel to Anthony Hopkins's Prospero. Carver won a Dora Award as Horst in "Bent". His stage work involved an extended association with Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival in the 1980s, including an original rock version of "Hamlet", as the lead and later in 2000 as Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof".
In 1993, Carver won a Tony Award which he dedicated to the late Canadian actress Susan Wright, who had died two years earlier in a fire in his Stratford house, Ontario. In May 2014, Carver received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts, for his lifetime contribution to Canadian theatre.
Carver portrayed Ichabod Crane in the 1999 TV film "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" which aired on Odyssey. He played the title role in "The Trouble with Harry", an episode of the television series "Twice in a Lifetime". He portrayed Leonardo da Vinci in "Leonardo: A Dream of Flight" in 2002.
In 2016, Carver performed in a musical show titled "Walk Me to the Corner" at the Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company in Toronto.
Death.
Carver died on August 4, 2020, at the age of 68 at home in Cranbrook.