Elwy McMurran Yost, Template:Post-nominals (July 10, 1925 – July 21, 2011) was a television host, best known for hosting CBC Television's weekday Passport to Adventure series from 1965 to 1967, and TVOntario's weekday Magic Shadows, from 1974 until the mid-1980s, and Saturday Night at the Movies from 1974 to 1999.
West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada [July 2007]
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Before his career as a TV host, he worked in a variety of occupations. He served in the Canadian Army, worked in construction, tried his hand at acting, worked for Avro Aircraft Ltd in industrial relations, and taught high-school English. He met his future wife while working in the circulation department of the Toronto Star.
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He was awarded the C.M. (Member of the Order of Canada) on April 15, 1999 and given the honor by Governor-General Roméo Leblanc on September 23, 1999 for his services to communications in Canada.
Because he always appears seated in a comfortable chair on these shows, a furniture store once hired him to do a TV commercial for them.
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Long-time host of movie presentations, and interviewer of many film celebrities, for TVOntario (a regional noncommercial TV network in Ontario, Canada). (1974-1999).
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ida Makes a Movie
1979
Short
Mr. Druffle
The Kids of Degrassi Street
1979
TV Series
Mr. Druffle
Talking Film
1978
TV Series
Host (host)
Magic Shadows
1974
TV Series
Host
The Superior Sex
1961
TV Series
Moulin Rouge
1952
Moulin Rouge Customer (uncredited)
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Moviemakers
1983
TV Series associate producer - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Legend of the Arrow
1997
TV Movie
Himself (Avro employee)
The Moviemakers
1985-1986
TV Series
Himself - Host / Interviewer
The National Scream
1980
Short
Himself (English version)
The Bob McLean Show
1979
TV Series
Himself
Saturday Night at the Movies
1974
TV Series
Himself - Host (1974-1999)
Passport to Adventure
1965
Himself - Host
Flashback
1962
TV Series
Himself / panelist (1964-1968)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
Documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1999
Clyde Gilmour Award
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
Known for movies
The National Scream (1980) as Himself (English version)
$7 Million