What is William Needles?
[[File:William Needles in 2005.jpg|thumb|180px|William Needles in 2005]] '''George William Needles''' [[Order of Canada|CM]], [[Doctor of Laws|LL.D]], (January 2, 1919 &ndash; January 12, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]]-born [[Canadians|Canadian]] actor and teacher. He was born in [[Yonkers, New York]], and raised in [[Kitchener, Ontario]]. Needles member of the acting company of the [[Stratford Shakespeare Festival]] since its inception in 1953, he has appeared in over one hundred roles with the company, among which are Albany in ''[[King Lear]]'' (1964 and 1972); the Duke of Venice in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' (1996); the White King in ''[[Alice Through the Looking Glass]]'' (1996); the Lord Mayor in ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'' (1997); the Shepherd in ''[[Oedipus Rex]]'' (1997); Merriman in ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' (2000); Mortimer in ''[[Henry VI: Revenge in France]]''(2002). Needles died in [[Allison, Ontario]] from [[natural causes]] at the age of 97.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/william-needles-canadas-oldest-working-actor-dies-97-215653694.html|title=William Needles, Canada's oldest working actor, dies at 97|publisher=[[Yahoo]].com|access-date=January 14, 2016|archive-date=January 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116042427/http://news.yahoo.com/william-needles-canadas-oldest-working-actor-dies-97-215653694.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|id=0624142}} *[http://theatremuseumcanada.ca/legend.php?aid=2453784 An Interview with William Needles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502223206/http://theatremuseumcanada.ca/legend.php?aid=2453784 |date=2016-05-02 }}, Legend Library, TheatreMuseumCanada {{DEFAULTSORT:Needles, William}} [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from New York (state)]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:Canadian stage actors]] [[Category:Actors from Kitchener, Ontario]] [[Category:People from Yonkers, New Yor