John Dunsworth

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Despite not drinking for the role, John Francis Dunsworth (April 12, 1946-2017) was a Canadian actor best known for portraying Jim Lahey on the comedy series Trailer Park Boys.

He is also known for his role as a cryptic reporter on Haven's supernatural drama series Haven, as well as playing Officer McNabb in Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion, a CBC film about the 1917 Halifax Explosion.

He had extensive training in regional theater.

Early life

Dunsworth, the second of ten children born to Frank and Frances Dunsworth, was born in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. He appeared in a video documentary short titled John Dunsworth: The Candidate, directed by Neal Livingston in 1988. The film follows an underdog provincial candidate for the New Democratic Party in Halifax Bedford Basin's riding, based on Dunsworth's candidacy in the 1988 Nova Scotia general election.

Personal life

Dunsworth and his wife, Elizabeth, whom he married sometime after 1974, lived in Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia. They had three children (Sarah, Zo, and Molly), as well as one son (Geoff). Sarah and Molly, two of his children, are actors.

Dunsworth rarely drank alcohol; the 'alcohol' he drank on the program was usually iced tea, unlike the character he played on Trailer Park Boys. In his early years, he admitted to suffering from a gambling disorder. He had been instrumental in the attempts to ban video lottery terminals from bars in Nova Scotia as a result of his recuperation.

Axl Rose, a fan of Trailer Park Boys and Dunsworth, appeared on stage with Guns N' Roses in Halifax. He was a boating enthusiast and spent a lot of time on his boat, Emerald Princess. He loved designing granite sculptures and buildings from local stone and concrete.

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Career

Dunsworth studied at the University of Guelph, but he was forced to leave in his fourth year. He went on to appear in numerous CBC radio dramas and appeared in numerous stage productions at the Neptune Theatre in Halifax. Dunsworth converted an abandoned building on Halifax's waterfront in 1970 and turned it into a playhouse. It's first and most profitable alternative theater performance house, it's dubbed the Pier One Theatre. Dalhousie University recruited Dunsworth to produce the university's Welcome Show for new students at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, in which he also served in an unseen voice-over role occasionally. Dunsworth founded Filmworks Casting in 1987, where he spent his time as Halifax's most well-known casting director. When Dunsworth attempted to be in a small part of Clattenburg's film short "One Last Shot," he met director Mike Clattenburg in the mid-1990s. Dunsworth's little part developed into a leading role for him, earning him a Best Performance award from the Atlantic Film Festival. He continued to develop the character into what would become Jim Lahey in Trailer Park Boys.

In the 2002 film Virginia's Run starring Gabriel Byrne and Joanne Whalley, Dunsworth, John Paul Tremblay, and Robb Wells can be seen. Dunsworth is a local cop, while Tremblay and Wells play active and verbal townsmen like their Trailer Park Boys counterparts. The actor is credited with John Dunsworth, J.P., for John Paul Tremblay (credits as J.P. Tremblay), and Robb Wells as Rob. The film was shot in Nova Scotia, Canada. In Haven, the Stephen King's television series adaptation of the Stephen King novel The Colorado Kid, Dunsworth appeared.

In the new series The Drunk and On Drugs Happy Fun Time Hour (2010), Dunsworth reunited with many of his former Trailer Park Boys co-stars.

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