Jonathan Crombie
Biography
Credits
Theater
(year/play/character)
1994 Hamlet.....Guildenstern
1995 The Comedy of Erroes.....Antipholus of Ephesus
1996 Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet).....Romeo, Iago, Yorik's Ghost
Arcadia.....Valentine Coverly
As You Like It.....Orlando
1997 The Taming of the Shrew.....Lucentio
Romeo & Juliet......Romeo
1998 The Cherry Orchard.....Vepichodov
The Two Gentlemen of Verona.....Speed
1999 The Drowsy Chaperone.....No Character Info
2000 People Park.....No Character Info
2003 The Last Romantics.....Charles Holmes
This Could Be Love.....No Character Info
2004 Ouch My Toe (A Swell Musical).....No Character Info
2005 The Dishwashers.....Emmett
All Hams On Deck.....No Character Info
Sweet Bird Of Youth.....Bud (no year info)
All's Well That Ends Well.....Bertram (no year info)
Television
(year/title/episode/character)
1985 Anne of Green Gables.....Gilbert Blythe
1987 Anne of Avonlea.....Gilbert Blythe
The Day They Came to Arrest The Book.....Barney Roth
The Campbells The Face of a Stranger.....Kevin Sims
1988 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Foghound.....Rick Garrison
1989 Mount Royal.....Rob Valeur
The Hitchhiker Coach......Billy Bolt
1991 21 Jump Street The Education of Terry Carver.....Bill Howard
1992 Road To Avonlea Old Friends, Old Wounds.....Gilbert Blythe
The Good Fight.....Sam Cragin
1993 Class of '96 They Shoot Baskets, Don't They.....Sam Clive
Matrix Conviction of His Courage.....Cumberland
1998 The Waiting Game.....Matt
1999 Power Play The Truth.....Hudson James
2000 Power Play Foolish Hearts.....Hudson James
Power Play The QUarter Finals.....Hudson James
Comedy Now Skippy's Rangers:The Show they Never Gave.....Various
2002 Earth: Final Conflict Deep Sleep.....Dr Field
2005 Slings and Arrows Steeped in Blood.....Lionel Train
Slings and Arrows Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair.....Lionel Train
Slings and Arrows Birnam Wood.....Lionel Train
Film
(year/title/character)
1986 A Judgment In Stone.....Bobby Coverdale
Bullies.....Matt Morris
1988 The Jeweller's Shop....Christophe
1992 Cafe Romeo.....Bennie
Radio/Voice Work
(year/title/character)
1993 The Teddy Bear's Christmas.....Benjamin Bear (?)
2005 The Secret World of Benjamin Bear.....Benjamin Bear
Memoirs Of Montparnasse.....Glassco (no Year info)
Writing
(year/title)
Ouch My Toe Co-written with Lisa Lambert
Awards
(year/award/result)
1997 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance.....Nominated
1999 Gemini:Best Writing of a Comedy or Variety Program or Series
Misc
Was a part of the comedy troupe Skippy's Rangers
Agent Info/Where to Write
Quotes
Jonathan could not bear to watch the first "Anne" miniseries on television because he was "too scared":
"My friends have been great about all this. When Anne came on, I saw a bit of it and then hid in my room. As it was showing, my friends kept calling with good criticism. It isn't a big thing with my friends. No question about me not being invited to the prom because I was suddenly this actor. I want to keep it that way."
"My lips were quivering and I was terrified of close-ups. An epileptic Gilbert! When the scene was done Colleen whispered, 'You're wonderful!' We went out to dinner that night and she told me so much about acting. She [was] a wonderful teacher."
"I was so nervous. I was terrified. [I came] straight off singing a song on a high school stage [and into the film industry]."
"[Casting Director] Diane [Polley]... asked me to try out for 'Anne.' Kevin Sullivan had someone else in mind but she hustled me to see him. I hadn't read the 'Anne' books, so I asked my school friends what sense they had of Gilbert. Sounded good to me."
The quotes I've found up to this point are from around the time of the filming of the first Anne movies. As soon as I find some more quotes, I'll put them up here, but all I've been able to find has been on the Anne series.
Random & Misc
Others on Jonathan
"It's difficult to get a perforance out of new people, but this young man really surprised me. Jonathan Crombie was a wonderful actor. He learned really fast."
"Jonathan Crombie is very funny. A wonderful sense of humor. He really makes me laugh."
Q & A
The Books | The Movies | LM MontgomeryJonathan David Crombie was born on October 12, 1966 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His parent's, David and Shirley Anne (no, I'm not kidding) Crombie , youngest child and only boy. His family live in Toronto until he was 13, then moved to Ottawa for his dad's job. They moved back to Toronto a year later.
It wasn't until casting director Diane Polley saw him in a school production of the Wizard of OZ and suggested he audition for Anne of Green Gables that he ever considered acting professionally.
He graduated in 1995 from University of Toronto's Victoria College.
It wasn't until casting director Diane Polley saw him in a school production of the Wizard of OZ and suggested he audition for Anne of Green Gables that he ever considered acting professionally.
He graduated in 1995 from University of Toronto's Victoria College.
Credits
Theater
(year/play/character)
1994 Hamlet.....Guildenstern
1995 The Comedy of Erroes.....Antipholus of Ephesus
1996 Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet).....Romeo, Iago, Yorik's Ghost
Arcadia.....Valentine Coverly
As You Like It.....Orlando
1997 The Taming of the Shrew.....Lucentio
Romeo & Juliet......Romeo
1998 The Cherry Orchard.....Vepichodov
The Two Gentlemen of Verona.....Speed
1999 The Drowsy Chaperone.....No Character Info
2000 People Park.....No Character Info
2003 The Last Romantics.....Charles Holmes
This Could Be Love.....No Character Info
2004 Ouch My Toe (A Swell Musical).....No Character Info
2005 The Dishwashers.....Emmett
All Hams On Deck.....No Character Info
Sweet Bird Of Youth.....Bud (no year info)
All's Well That Ends Well.....Bertram (no year info)
Television
(year/title/episode/character)
1985 Anne of Green Gables.....Gilbert Blythe
1987 Anne of Avonlea.....Gilbert Blythe
The Day They Came to Arrest The Book.....Barney Roth
The Campbells The Face of a Stranger.....Kevin Sims
1988 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Foghound.....Rick Garrison
1989 Mount Royal.....Rob Valeur
The Hitchhiker Coach......Billy Bolt
1991 21 Jump Street The Education of Terry Carver.....Bill Howard
1992 Road To Avonlea Old Friends, Old Wounds.....Gilbert Blythe
The Good Fight.....Sam Cragin
1993 Class of '96 They Shoot Baskets, Don't They.....Sam Clive
Matrix Conviction of His Courage.....Cumberland
1998 The Waiting Game.....Matt
1999 Power Play The Truth.....Hudson James
2000 Power Play Foolish Hearts.....Hudson James
Power Play The QUarter Finals.....Hudson James
Comedy Now Skippy's Rangers:The Show they Never Gave.....Various
(Credited as Skippy's Rangers)
Anne of Green Gables The Continuing Story.....Gilbert Blythe2002 Earth: Final Conflict Deep Sleep.....Dr Field
2005 Slings and Arrows Steeped in Blood.....Lionel Train
Slings and Arrows Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair.....Lionel Train
Slings and Arrows Birnam Wood.....Lionel Train
Film
(year/title/character)
1986 A Judgment In Stone.....Bobby Coverdale
Bullies.....Matt Morris
1988 The Jeweller's Shop....Christophe
1992 Cafe Romeo.....Bennie
Radio/Voice Work
(year/title/character)
1993 The Teddy Bear's Christmas.....Benjamin Bear (?)
2005 The Secret World of Benjamin Bear.....Benjamin Bear
Memoirs Of Montparnasse.....Glassco (no Year info)
Writing
(year/title)
Ouch My Toe Co-written with Lisa Lambert
Awards
(year/award/result)
1997 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance.....Nominated
1999 Gemini:Best Writing of a Comedy or Variety Program or Series
(With Skippy's Rangers) .....Nominated
2000 Canadian Comedy Award:Live Comedy>Pretty Funny Sketch Troupe
(With Skippy's Rangers).....Won
Misc
Was a part of the comedy troupe Skippy's Rangers
Agent Info/Where to Write
You Can write to
Jonathan Crombie
c/o OAZ & Associates Inc
438 Queen St. East
Toronto, Ontario
M5A 1T4
Canada
Jonathan Crombie
c/o OAZ & Associates Inc
438 Queen St. East
Toronto, Ontario
M5A 1T4
Canada
Quotes
Jonathan could not bear to watch the first "Anne" miniseries on television because he was "too scared":
"My friends have been great about all this. When Anne came on, I saw a bit of it and then hid in my room. As it was showing, my friends kept calling with good criticism. It isn't a big thing with my friends. No question about me not being invited to the prom because I was suddenly this actor. I want to keep it that way."
"My lips were quivering and I was terrified of close-ups. An epileptic Gilbert! When the scene was done Colleen whispered, 'You're wonderful!' We went out to dinner that night and she told me so much about acting. She [was] a wonderful teacher."
Jonathan on filming his first scene
"I was so nervous. I was terrified. [I came] straight off singing a song on a high school stage [and into the film industry]."
"[Casting Director] Diane [Polley]... asked me to try out for 'Anne.' Kevin Sullivan had someone else in mind but she hustled me to see him. I hadn't read the 'Anne' books, so I asked my school friends what sense they had of Gilbert. Sounded good to me."
The quotes I've found up to this point are from around the time of the filming of the first Anne movies. As soon as I find some more quotes, I'll put them up here, but all I've been able to find has been on the Anne series.
Random & Misc
Coming soon
Others on Jonathan
"It's difficult to get a perforance out of new people, but this young man really surprised me. Jonathan Crombie was a wonderful actor. He learned really fast."
-Paul Lynch, director of Bullies
"Jonathan Crombie is very funny. A wonderful sense of humor. He really makes me laugh."
-Megan Follows
Q & A
A big thanks to Mr Crombie for taking the time to fill out my questionnaire !
Due to the size of the files, I'm not going to put the scans of the questionnaire up here, but if you really, really want to see them you can click here for page 1 and here for page 2.
Favorites
Color
Yellow
Book
The Dubliners by James Joyce
Flower
Various types of wild flowers
Kind of Food
spaghetti
Fruit
apples
Pizza Toppings
almost all of them (believe me, I even go fo anchovies)
Vegetable
broccoli and carrots together
Ice Cream Flavor
chocolate s'more
Movie
there are so many-but a lot of the old Marx Brothers films are up there (Horsefeathers, Duck Soup)
Actor/Actress
Walter Matthau/Anne Bancroft
Saying
'If you can fly, then soar'
Anne Related Questions
Did you relizes the impact the Anne series would have when you filmed them?
At the time I was so nervous I just wanted not to embarrass myself. I didn't know the lasting impact the series would have.
About the scene in Anne2 when Anne decides to sell DOlly (when she and Diana fall into the mud), was you're hitting Megan in the script or was it your idea of a prank?
It was written in the script that 'Gilbert thwacks (or some word like that) Anne'
Do you ever get sick of hearing about the Anne movies?
No, it's great to hear how so many people enjoyed them.
Do you have a favorite Anne movies or scene from one of them?
-Megan and I had a great time doing the bike race.
-The first scene I ever did was with Marilla on the bridge-I'll remember that fondly.
Do you have a least favorite movie or scene?
Not a least favorite, but I do remember some really cold days shooting in a meadow in November.
What did you first think of Gilbert when you first read the script?
I appreciated and understood why he was so crazy about Anne
How are you most like Gilbert?
I actually enjoy school and academic studies (I still take classes at university)
How are you most unlike Gilbert?
I'm not a great horseback rider
What did you think when you first watched the movie?
I found it kind of hard to watch myself, but I was knocked out by Megan's preformance
If there were blooper reels from the movies, what would we see on them?
Many, many line goofs and Megan and I cracking each other up!
Funniest thing(s) to happen on the sets?
Maybe our dancing (Waltzing) lessons (I'm pretty unco-ordinated)
How was filming Anne3 different from the first two?
It was much later and not entirely based on the books so it was a little scarier.
What was it like working with Megan, Patricia, Schuylar, Colleen and Richard?
They were all amazing and so supportive. Colleen really helped me get over my nerves
Was the slate rigged to break?/Did it take many takes to do that scene?
Yes/ only two or three
Did it hurt?
No, so the director had to tell me to act more 'hurt' when it hit me.
Had you read any of the Anne books before filming/Have you read any since?
No, I read them when I got the role.
Do you prefer theater or screen work better?
I love them both, but I think theater is where I feel more at home and have probably done my best work.
Due to the size of the files, I'm not going to put the scans of the questionnaire up here, but if you really, really want to see them you can click here for page 1 and here for page 2.
Favorites
Color
Yellow
Book
The Dubliners by James Joyce
Flower
Various types of wild flowers
Kind of Food
spaghetti
Fruit
apples
Pizza Toppings
almost all of them (believe me, I even go fo anchovies)
Vegetable
broccoli and carrots together
Ice Cream Flavor
chocolate s'more
Movie
there are so many-but a lot of the old Marx Brothers films are up there (Horsefeathers, Duck Soup)
Actor/Actress
Walter Matthau/Anne Bancroft
Saying
'If you can fly, then soar'
Anne Related Questions
Did you relizes the impact the Anne series would have when you filmed them?
At the time I was so nervous I just wanted not to embarrass myself. I didn't know the lasting impact the series would have.
About the scene in Anne2 when Anne decides to sell DOlly (when she and Diana fall into the mud), was you're hitting Megan in the script or was it your idea of a prank?
It was written in the script that 'Gilbert thwacks (or some word like that) Anne'
Do you ever get sick of hearing about the Anne movies?
No, it's great to hear how so many people enjoyed them.
Do you have a favorite Anne movies or scene from one of them?
-Megan and I had a great time doing the bike race.
-The first scene I ever did was with Marilla on the bridge-I'll remember that fondly.
Do you have a least favorite movie or scene?
Not a least favorite, but I do remember some really cold days shooting in a meadow in November.
What did you first think of Gilbert when you first read the script?
I appreciated and understood why he was so crazy about Anne
How are you most like Gilbert?
I actually enjoy school and academic studies (I still take classes at university)
How are you most unlike Gilbert?
I'm not a great horseback rider
What did you think when you first watched the movie?
I found it kind of hard to watch myself, but I was knocked out by Megan's preformance
If there were blooper reels from the movies, what would we see on them?
Many, many line goofs and Megan and I cracking each other up!
Funniest thing(s) to happen on the sets?
Maybe our dancing (Waltzing) lessons (I'm pretty unco-ordinated)
How was filming Anne3 different from the first two?
It was much later and not entirely based on the books so it was a little scarier.
What was it like working with Megan, Patricia, Schuylar, Colleen and Richard?
They were all amazing and so supportive. Colleen really helped me get over my nerves
Was the slate rigged to break?/Did it take many takes to do that scene?
Yes/ only two or three
Did it hurt?
No, so the director had to tell me to act more 'hurt' when it hit me.
Had you read any of the Anne books before filming/Have you read any since?
No, I read them when I got the role.
Do you prefer theater or screen work better?
I love them both, but I think theater is where I feel more at home and have probably done my best work.
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Jonathan Crombie's World
Jonathan Crombie Wonderland PowerPlay's Jonathan Crombie Page
Jonathan Crombie & A Fan After A Play
Jonathan Crombie's TV.COM Page
Jonathan Crombie's Current American TV Schedual
The Unofficial Anne of Green Gables' Jonathan Crombie Page
Avonlea Addict's Jonathan Crombie Page
The Jonathan Crombie Fan Listing
Jonathan Crombie Yahoo Group
Jonathan Crombie MySpace Group
Jonathan Crombie's World
Jonathan Crombie Wonderland PowerPlay's Jonathan Crombie Page
Jonathan Crombie & A Fan After A Play
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