Greg Malone (actor)

David Gregory Malone (born October 19, 1948 in St. John's, Newfoundland) is a Canadian impressionist and actor.[1] He is well known for the CODCO television series and his impersonations of Barbara Frum, Jean Chrétien, and Queen Elizabeth II.[1]

Greg Malone
Born (1948-10-19) October 19, 1948
St. John's, Newfoundland
NationalityCanadian
Occupationfilm, television and stage actor, political activist
Known forCODCO, The S and M Comic Book
Political partyGreen

Career

Prior to CODCO, Malone wrote and performed in a number of shows for CBC Television, including The Wonderful Grand Band, The Root Seller and The S and M Comic Book,[1] and appeared in the film The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood.[1]

After the death of his CODCO co-star Tommy Sexton in 1993, he devoted some years of his life to raising awareness of HIV and AIDS, including writing, directing and appearing in a training film for health care professionals.[1] He also directed a docudrama film, The Untold Story of the Suffragists of Newfoundland,[1] in which he appeared as Sir Richard Squires, and acted in the films Rare Birds, Extraordinary Visitor, Messiah from Montreal and Heyday!. He also appeared in a one-man special for the Comedy Channel, Pocket Queen, which won an award at the 1999 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.[1] More recently, he has had a recurring guest role in Republic of Doyle.[1] He appeared as orphanage headmaster Mr. Hill in the Irish-Canadian co-production Maudie, widely released in 2017.[2]

Along with Sexton and their CODCO co-star Andy Jones, Malone was a recipient of the Earle Grey Award, the lifetime achievement award of Canadian television's Gemini Awards, in 2002.[1]

His first memoir, You Better Watch Out, was published in 2009 by Knopf Canada.[1] He released a book in 2012 entitled Don't Tell the Newfoundlanders: The True Story of Newfoundland's Confederation with Canada, which is a look at how Newfoundland became a province of Canada in 1949.[1] Malone is openly gay.[3][4] He is also an amateur theologian.

Politics

Malone participated in the campaign that stopped the privatization of Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, and has championed other environmental causes, including a campaign to ban shipping of garbage to Newfoundland. He ran as a candidate for the New Democratic Party in the St. John's West by-election in 2000, losing narrowly to Loyola Hearn.[5]

Malone supported Elizabeth May and the Green Party of Canada in the 2008 election, and performed at the 2009 Green Party convention in Pictou, Nova Scotia.

In June 2019, Malone was announced as the Green party candidate for the riding of Avalon for the 2019 federal election.[6][7] Malone finished a distant fourth in the election.

Electoral record
2019 Canadian federal election: Avalon
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalKen McDonald19,12246.26−9.64$63,518.25
ConservativeMatthew Chapman12,85531.10+20.00$37,082.47
New DemocraticLea Mary Movelle7,14217.28+2.85none listed
GreenGreg Malone2,2155.36+4.82none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit 41,334100.0   $104,436.05
Total rejected ballots 3970.95+0.57
Turnout 41,73160.37−1.96
Eligible voters 69,131
Liberal hold Swing −14.82
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]
By-election on 15 May 2000

Resignation of Charles J. Power, 31 January 2000

Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeLoyola Hearn11,392
New DemocraticGreg Malone11,036
LiberalAnthony G. Sparrow8,032
AllianceFrank Hall1,315
IndependentE. Sailor White332

References
  1. Wyndham Wise, "Greg Malone". The Canadian Encyclopedia, November 21, 2012.
  2. Barnard, Elissa (11 April 2017). "The movie that Maud built". Local Xpress. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  3. "Green Party Candidate for Avalon Weighs in on Carbonear Bullying Incident". VOCM. September 21, 2019. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  4. "LGBTQ Role Models & Symbols" (PDF). Government of Newfoundland - Education and Early Childhood Development. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  5. "Tories narrowly win Nfld. byelection". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2000-11-10. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  7. Emery, Rosie (18 June 2019). "Canadian comedy legend runs for Greens in Newfoundland". Ottawa: Green Party of Canada. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  8. "Results Validated by the Returning Officer". Elections Canada. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  9. "Final Election Expense Limits for Candidates: 43rd General Election - October 21, 2019". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
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