Doug Lennox

A Canadian actor, writer and radio personality, Doug Lennox began his career in radio in 1965. Born in Greater Sudbury, he first worked in television as co-host of Juliette and Friends. He went on to appear in many series, among them The New Avengers, My Secret Identity, Relic Hunter, A Nero Wolfe Mystery, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Newsroom. His most notable film credits were Police Academy (1984) and X-Men. He also appeared in The Boy in Blue, Against the Ropes, Mercy, Self Defense, Apocalypse IV: Judgment, Police Academy 3: Back in Training, X-Men: The Last Stand and Harlan County War (2000). In 2000 he took the role of P.T. Boomer in Thomas and the Magic Railroad, but the part was removed from the final film after test audiences found the character too frightening for younger viewers. He was also known for writing Now You Know, The Big Book of Answers. He died in 2015.