# 2nd ACTRA Awards

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Canadian television awards ceremony

2nd ACTRA Awards Date April 30, 1973 Hosted by Pierre Berton ← 1st · ACTRA Awards · 3rd →

The **2nd ACTRA Awards** were presented on April 30, 1973 to honour achievements in [Canadian](/source/Canada) television in 1972.[1] The ceremony was hosted by [Pierre Berton](/source/Pierre_Berton), and featured several new categories which had not been presented at the [1st ACTRA Awards](/source/1st_ACTRA_Awards) the previous year.[1]

## Winners and nominees

Earle Grey Award Gordon Sinclair Award Gordon Pinsent, The Rowdyman[1] Jon Granik, Islam[2] Dawn Greenhalgh, Paul Bernard, Psychiatrist[2] Michael Kane, The Disposable Man[2] Henry Ramer, Here Come the Seventies[2] Deborah Turnbull, Peace of Utrecht[2] Max Ferguson[1] Barbara Frum[2] Michael Magee[2] Best Variety Performer Best Public Affairs Broadcaster Anne Murray[1] Julie Amato and Jack Duffy, Half the George Kirby Comedy Hour[2] Laurie Bower, The Laurie Bower Singers[2] Barbara Hamilton, Inside from the Outside[2] Wayne and Shuster[2] Peter Gzowski, This Country in the Morning[1] Pierre Berton[2] Barbara Frum, As It Happens[2] Jack McGaw[2] Carole Taylor[2] Warner Troyer[2] Best Dramatic Writer Best Documentary Writer Len Peterson, Trouble with Giants[1] Ron Kelly, Springhill[1] Grahame Woods, Strike[1] Neil Copeland, Titanic: Six Decades of Controversy and The Oak Island Mystery: Fact or Fiction?[1] John David Hamilton, York-Scarboro Revisited 1972[1] William Whitehead, The Nature of Things[1] John Drainie Award Rupert Caplan[3]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-murray_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-murray_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-murray_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-murray_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-murray_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-murray_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-murray_1-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-murray_1-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-murray_1-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-murray_1-9) [***k***](#cite_ref-murray_1-10) [***l***](#cite_ref-murray_1-11) ["Murray, Pinsent win ACTRA awards"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105754542/). *[Red Deer Advocate](/source/Red_Deer_Advocate)*, May 1, 1973.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-base_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-base_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-base_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-base_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-base_2-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-base_2-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-base_2-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-base_2-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-base_2-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-base_2-9) [***k***](#cite_ref-base_2-10) [***l***](#cite_ref-base_2-11) [***m***](#cite_ref-base_2-12) [***n***](#cite_ref-base_2-13) [***o***](#cite_ref-base_2-14) [***p***](#cite_ref-base_2-15) Ron Base, ["Words of love"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105755472/). *[Windsor Star](/source/Windsor_Star)*, April 28, 1973.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Jack Kapica, ["Rupert Caplan loves radio"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105754832/). *[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)*, May 1, 1973.

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