Drew Thompson

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Andrew Ruthven Stovin Thompson, known professionally as Drew Thompson, (March 9, 1922 – September 8, 1992) was a Canadian actor and director who worked in theatre and television. With Arthur Sullivan he co-founded the International Players theatre troupe in Kingston, Ontario in 1948, one of the earliest professional regional theatre organizations in Canada. He co-led this organization with Sullivan until Sullivan's death in 1953, and remained the sole director of the organization until is dissolved in 1956. He thereafter worked primarily as an actor out of Toronto. His television work included the recurring role of Mendel Mantelpiece Mason on Howdy Doody in the 1950s. He made one appearance on Broadway as Philippe Ploquin in The Heavenly Twins at the Booth Theatre in 1955.