Denis Simpson

Denis Simpson was a Canadian actor and singer known for hosting the children's series Polka Dot Door. Born in Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica, and raised in Canada, he studied music, theater, and dance at York University. He began as the bass voice in the vocal group The Nylons in 1978 and 1979, then left for the Broadway musical Indigo before the band achieved commercial success. From 1978 through the mid-1980s he was a host of Polka Dot Door. He appeared in many television series, including MacGyver, Seeing Things, Mr. Dressup, and Night Visions, and he was a participant on the game shows Acting Crazy and Talk About. He hosted the cooking program Café m on Channel M and served as the Live Eye Guy for Breakfast Television on Citytv Vancouver. His theater work earned him several Jessie Award nominations, and he won one for his solo show Denis Anyone? He died in 2010.