6th ACTRA Awards

6th ACTRA Awards
6th ACTRA Awards
Date	April 14, 1977
Hosted by	Pierre Berton
Highlights
Best TV Program	Beaverbrook: Life and Times of Max Aitken
Best Radio Program	The Assassination of Christopher Marlowe
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBC Television

The 6th ACTRA Awards were presented on April 14, 1977.[1]

Winners

Best Television Program	Best Radio Program
Beaverbrook: Life and Times of Max Aitken[1] Of the Fields, Lately[2] Sarah[2]	The Assassination of Christopher Marlowe[1] Eye Witness to the Gold Rush[2] A Touch of the Poet[2]
Best Television Actor	Best Radio Actor
Sean Sullivan, Of the Fields, Lately[1] John Colicos, Beaverbrook: Life and Times of Max Aitken[2] Jane Mallett, The Larsens[2] Gerard Parkes, As Loved Our Fathers[2]	Maureen Fitzgerald, A Touch of the Poet[1] Chris Wiggins, A Touch of the Poet[2] Jack Scott, Crabdance[2]
Best Continuing TV Performance	Best Public Affairs Broadcaster
Robert Clothier, The Beachcombers[1] Bruno Gerussi, The Beachcombers[2] Fiona Reid, King of Kensington[2]	Patrick Watson, The Last Nazi[1] Roy Bonisteel, Man Alive[2] Adrienne Clarkson, The Fifth Estate[2]
Best Television Variety Performance	Best Radio Variety Performance
Diane Stapley, The Diane Stapley Show[1] Julie Amato, The Julie Show[2] The Irish Rovers[2]	Roger Abbott, Dave Broadfoot, Don Ferguson, Luba Goy and John Morgan, Royal Canadian Air Farce[1] Bill Buck, Donna Christie, Norm Grohman and Bill Reiter, Dr. Bundolo's Pandemonium Medicine Show[2] Mary Nelson, Jazz Radio Canada[2]
Best News Broadcaster	Best Sports Broadcaster
Peter Desbarats[1] Peter Kent[2] Terri Stacey[2]	Ernie Afaganis[1] Ted Reynolds[2] Don Wittman[2]
Best Writing, Television or Film Drama	Best Writing, Radio Drama
Peter Pearson and Norman Hartley, The Insurance Man from Ingersoll[1] David French, Of the Fields, Lately[2] Gordon Pinsent, A Gift to Last[2]	Michael Mercer, Freydis of Greenland[1] Len Peterson, Étienne Brûlé[2] Marian Waldman, Palindrome[2]
Best Writing, Television Documentary	Best Writing, Radio Documentary
*Adrienne Clarkson and Brian McKenna, The Fifth Estate: "The Olympic Connection"[1] Donald Brittain, Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry[2] Steve Hyde, Rodeo*[2]	Brenda Rabkin, Adolescent Suicide[1] Malka Himel, The Holocaust[2] George R. Robertson, The Lost Patrol[2]
Gordon Sinclair Award	John Drainie Award
Judy LaMarsh, The Government We Deserve[1] Adrienne Clarkson and David Gerrard, The Fifth Estate: "Dioxin" Adrienne Clarkson, Michael Smedley and Gerard McAuliffe, The Fifth Estate: "Citizen McCain"	John Reeves[1]

References

Keith Ashford, "ACTRA awards not pretentious, anyway". Ottawa Citizen, April 15, 1977.
"Non-CBC performers in ACTRA line-up". The Globe and Mail, April 6, 1977.

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[ashford-1] Keith Ashford, "ACTRA awards not pretentious, anyway". Ottawa Citizen, April 15, 1977.

[kirby-2] "Non-CBC performers in ACTRA line-up". The Globe and Mail, April 6, 1977.

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