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He created King of Kensington, directed the troops in the Royal Canadian Air Farce, and his creative eye was behind the lens for television shows starring Johnny Cash, Tom Jones, Mr. Dress-Up and the Friendly Giant.
He also wrote and developed the Canadian version of Sesame Street during his time as the head of school and preschool programming for CBC in Toronto, and directed a televised special in 2002 for Winnipeg sketch comedy troupe Royal Liechtenstein Theatre Company.
But before his name featured in the credits of some of the most iconic and influential pieces of the Cancon canon, Perry Rosemond was an only child living in a crammed, multi-generational home in Winnipeg’s North End, racing each day to beat the morning bell next door at William Whyte School.
CBC producer Perry Rosemond in Toronto (Jack Dobson / The Globe and Mail files)
Survived by his wife Nora, sons Michael (Erica) and Calvin, and his grandson, Maxwell, Rosemond died on Aug. 20 in Toronto at age 89. In his published obituary, Rosemond requested that donations be made in his memory to the Royal Manitoba Theatre Company.
He never forgot the place where it started.
Read more about Perry Rosemond in our weekly A Life’s Story feature.
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