Jonathan Crombie (b. 1966, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for playing Gilbert Blythe in CBC Television's 1985 telefilm Anne of Green Gables and its two sequels. He was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for his role in the Canadian Stage Company's 1997 production of Tom Stoppard's play Arcadia. Recently, he was featured in the second season of Slings & Arrows (2005), as playwright Lionel Train. 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages None Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seats - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total... Spoiler warning: Gilbert Blythe is the acquaintance and eventual husband of Anne Shirley in Lucy Maud Montgomerys Anne of Green Gables series of novels. ... CBC Television is the primary English language television service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... Anne of Green Gables is a 1985 television film, based on the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. ... The Dora Mavor Moore Award (also known as the Dora Award) is a Canadian award presented annually which honours Canadian theatre and dance productions given in five major categories: General Theatre, Independent Theatre, Dance, Opera, and Theatre for Young Audiences. ... Tom Stoppard in a 1985 documentary for the film Brazil Tom Stoppard OM, CBE (born Tomáš Straussler on July 3, 1937) is a British playwright. ... Arcadia is a play by Tom Stoppard which first opened at the Royal National Theatre in London on 13 April 1993 and has played at many theatres since. ... Slings and Arrows is a Canadian single-camera comedy series set at a troubled Shakespearean festival many believe is modelled after the one held in the Southwestern Ontario town of Stratford. ...
Crombie's father, David Crombie, is a former mayor of Toronto. David Edward Crombie (born 1936) is a Canadian politician and professor and consultant. ...