Gary Files was born in Melbourne, Australia and is an Australian-Canadian actor, writer and director who has resided in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. He has lived in Australia since 1976.
Files started his career in early Australian television and semi-professional theatre in 1956 and left for Canada in 1959. Once there he attended the National Theatre School of Canada at both Montreal and Stratford, Ontario – joining the second acti...
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Gary Files was born in Melbourne, Australia and is an Australian-Canadian actor, writer and director who has resided in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. He has lived in Australia since 1976.
Files started his career in early Australian television and semi-professional theatre in 1956 and left for Canada in 1959. Once there he attended the National Theatre School of Canada at both Montreal and Stratford, Ontario – joining the second acting year of the school in 1961 and graduating three years later. Almost immediately he joined John Hirsch's Manitoba Theatre Company for a season during which he appeared in The Taming of the Shrew starring Len Cariou and a seminal production of Mother Courage starring the Australian actress Zoe Caldwell. Returning to Toronto he played leads in The Provok'd Wife and Oh, What a Lovely War! at the Crest Theatre – winning a Telegram Award for the most promising newcomer for the latter. He then left Canada to pursue his career in the United Kingdom...
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