David King

David King (1944-2020) made seven appearances with Merlyn Productions between 2011 and 2017. His roles included Dr Albert Prince in “And Then There Was One” for ChristieFest 2017, the Shoemaker in multiple runs of “The World of The Brothers Grimm”, and the Property Man in “Ming Lee and The Magic Tree” at the 2013 Winnipeg Fringe Festival.

David also stage managed six plays for the company at both the Ellice Theatre and the Forrest Nickerson Theatre, remaining a consistently active supporter behind-the-scenes.

For more than fifty years, David was involved in both amateur and professional theatre, and wore many hats, including acting, set construction, and stage management, with theatre companies in Toronto, Ontario and Cornwall, Ontario, as well as Wichita, Kansas.

On the film and television scene, David was involved in several films and commercials shot locally in Winnipeg, and worked as a background performer on the television series “The Pinkertons”.