{{Short description|Canadian television awards ceremony}} {{Infobox award | name = 13th ACTRA Awards | image = | date = April 3, 1984 | location = | host = [[Laurier LaPierre]], [[Ann Mortifee]], [[Jayne Eastwood]] | most_awards = | most_nominations = | award1_type = Best TV Program | award1_winner = ''[[The Undaunted (TV series)|The Undaunted]]'' | award2_type = Best Radio Program | award2_winner = ''The Panther and the Jaguar'' | network = [[CBC Television]] | producer = | previous = [[12th ACTRA Awards|12th]] | main = [[ACTRA Awards]] | next = [[14th ACTRA Awards|14th]] }}
The '''13th ACTRA Awards''' were presented on April 3, 1984.<ref>Trish Worron, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105743721/ "Even winners agree: ACTRAs are 'bizarre'"]. ''[[Kingston Whig-Standard]]'', April 4, 1984.</ref> The ceremony was hosted by [[Laurier LaPierre]], [[Ann Mortifee]] and [[Jayne Eastwood]].<ref>Rick Groen, "Popular mini-series dominates ACTRA awards: Empire earns big dividend". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', April 4, 1984.</ref>
==Television== {| class=wikitable width="100%" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Television Program ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Children's Television Program |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''[[The Undaunted (TV series)|The Undaunted]]'''''<ref name=winners>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105743995/ "Three ACTRA winners have local connections"]. ''[[Kingston Whig-Standard]]'', April 4, 1984.</ref> * ''[[For the Record (Canadian TV series)|Ready for Slaughter]]''<ref name=finalists>"ACTRA finalists are selected". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', March 19, 1984.</ref> * ''[[Stratasphere: Portrait of Teresa Stratas]]''<ref name=finalists/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''[[In the Fall]]'''''<ref name=winners/> * ''[[Sharon, Lois and Bram|Sharon, Lois and Bram at Young People's Theatre]]''<ref name=finalists/> * ''[[You Can't Do That on Television]]''<ref name=finalists/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Television Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Television Actress |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Kenneth Welsh]], ''[[Empire, Inc.]]'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Robert Joy]], ''[[For the Record (Canadian TV series)|Out of Sight, Out of Mind]]''<ref name=finalists/> * [[Kevin Noble]], ''Joey''<ref name=finalists/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Linda Griffiths]], ''[[Empire, Inc.]]'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Martha Henry]], ''[[Empire, Inc.]]''<ref name=finalists/> * [[Elva Mai Hoover]], ''[[Anne's Story]]''<ref name=finalists/> * [[Karen Woolridge]], ''[[Anne's Story]]''<ref name=finalists/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Continuing TV Performance ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Supporting TV Performance |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Wendy Crewson]], ''[[Home Fires (Canadian TV series)|Home Fires]]'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Louis Del Grande]], ''[[Seeing Things (TV series)|Seeing Things]]''<ref name=finalists/> * [[Gerard Parkes]], ''[[Home Fires (Canadian TV series)|Home Fires]]''<ref name=finalists/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Gabriel Arcand]], ''[[Empire, Inc.]]'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Tom Harvey (actor)|Tom Harvey]], ''[[A Case of Libel]]''<ref name=finalists/> * [[Lyn Jackson]], ''[[Empire, Inc.]]''<ref name=finalists/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best TV Variety Performance ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Television Host |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Richard McMillan]], ''[[The Mikado]]'''''<ref name=winners/> * Ben Gordon, ''Anatomy of Laughter''<ref name=finalists/> * [[Oscar Peterson]], ''Oscar and Jorge''<ref name=finalists/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Barry Callaghan]], ''Enterprise'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Laurier LaPierre]], ''Vancouver Show''<ref name=finalists/> * [[Elwy Yost]], ''[[Saturday Night at the Movies]]''<ref name=finalists/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Television Comedy/Variety ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Television Drama |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Dick Blasucci]], [[John Candy]], [[Bob Dolman]], [[Joe Flaherty]], [[Paul Flaherty (director)|Paul Flaherty]], [[Eugene Levy]], [[Andrea Martin]], [[John McAndrew (writer)|John McAndrew]], [[Martin Short]], [[Michael Short (writer)|Michael Short]], [[Doug Steckler]] and [[Mary Charlotte Wilcox]], ''[[Second City Television|SCTV]]'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Rick Drew]] and [[Phil Savath]], ''Carroll Baker's Jamboree''<ref name=finalists/> * [[Jack Kahane (Canadian writer)|Jack Kahane]], [[Paul Grosney]] and [[Archie Cham]], ''[[Bizarre (TV series)|Bizarre]]''<ref name=finalists/> * [[Roger Price (television producer)|Roger Price]] and [[Geoffrey Darby]], ''[[You Can't Do That on Television]]''<ref name=finalists/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Douglas Bowie]], ''[[Empire, Inc.]]'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Sheldon Chad]], ''[[Seeing Things (TV series)|Seeing Things]]''<ref name=finalists/> * [[Sugith Varughese]], ''The Best of Both Worlds''<ref name=finalists/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Television Public Affairs |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Robert Collison]], ''[[Prisoners of Debt: Inside a Global Banking Crisis]]'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Gwynne Dyer]], ''War''<ref name=finalists/> * [[Eric Malling]] and [[Mike Lavoie]], ''[[The Fifth Estate (TV program)|The Fifth Estate]]'': "Canadair - A Shareholder's Report"<ref name=finalists/> |}
==Radio== {| class=wikitable width="100%" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Radio Program ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Radio Host |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''''The Panther and the Jaguar'''''<ref name=winners/> * ''[[Joshua Then and Now]]''<ref name=finalists/> * ''[[Testament: The Thunder and the Word, A Life of Martin Luther]]''<ref name=finalists/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Vicki Gabereau]], ''[[Variety Tonight]]'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Peter Gzowski]], ''[[Morningside (radio program)|Morningside]]''<ref name=finalists/> * [[Otto Lowy]], ''The Transcontinental''<ref name=finalists/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Radio Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Radio Actress |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Sean Mulcahy]], ''The Panther and the Jaguar'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Otto Lowy]], ''[[Kafka in Love]]''<ref name=finalists/> * [[Saul Rubinek]], ''[[Joshua Then and Now]]''<ref name=finalists/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Patricia Phillips]], ''[[The Diviners]]'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Lillian Carlson]], ''[[The Young in One Another's Arms]]''<ref name=finalists/> * [[Dixie Seatle]], ''[[Penny Henley]]''<ref name=finalists/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Radio Variety Performance ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Radio Drama |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Dinah Christie]] and [[Tom Kneebone]], ''[[The Entertainers (radio program)|The Entertainers]]'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Darcy Dunlop]], ''Noel and Gertie''<ref name=finalists/> * [[Jane Mortifee]], ''Reflections on Crooked Walking''<ref name=finalists/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Len Peterson]], ''Évariste Galois'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Silver Donald Cameron]], ''Big Coffin Reel''<ref name=finalists/> * [[Linda Zwicker]], ''The Panther and The Jaguar''<ref name=finalists/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Radio Public Affairs ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Writing, Radio Variety |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Jay Ingram]], Anita Gordon and Penny Park, ''The World After Nuclear War'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Naomi Diamond]], ''The Talmud on Trial''<ref name=finalists/> * [[Marian Botsford Fraser]], ''Testament: World Council of Churches''<ref name=finalists/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Roger Abbott]], [[Dave Broadfoot]], [[Don Ferguson (actor)|Don Ferguson]], [[Gord Holtam]], [[John Morgan (comedian)|John Morgan]] and [[Rick Olsen]], ''[[Royal Canadian Air Farce]]'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Tom Kneebone]], ''The Best of Tom and Dinah''<ref name=finalists/> * [[J. J. McColl]], ''Griot (Identities)''<ref name=finalists/> |}
==Journalism and special awards== {| class=wikitable width="100%" |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Gordon Sinclair Award]] ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[ACTRA Foster Hewitt Award|Foster Hewitt Award]] |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Elizabeth Gray (broadcaster)|Elizabeth Gray]], ''[[As It Happens]]'''''<ref name=winners/> * [[Peter Gzowski]], ''[[Morningside (radio program)|Morningside]]''<ref name=finalists/> * [[Bob McKeown]], ''[[The Fifth Estate (TV program)|The Fifth Estate]]'': "Janise"<ref name=finalists/> | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Don Cherry]]'''<ref name=winners/> * {{blue ribbon}} '''George Young'''<ref name=winners/> * [[Dick Irvin Jr.|Dick Irvin]]<ref name=finalists/> |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[John Drainie Award]] |- | valign="top" | * {{blue ribbon}} '''[[Robert Christie (actor)|Robert Christie]]'''<ref name=winners/> |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Canadian Screen Awards}}
[[Category:1984 in Canadian television]] [[Category:1984 television awards]] [[Category:ACTRA Awards]]