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Paul Gross (born on 30 April 1959), is a Canadian actor, producer, director,
singer and writer born in Calgary, Alberta. He is married to fellow actor
Martha Burns. He is internationally best known for his lead role as
Constable Benton Fraser in the television series Due South.
A stalwart leading man best known in the USA and internationally as Benton
Fraser, the Canadian Mountie who moves to Chicago to solve crimes in the CBS
series "Due South", Paul Gross was also a successful TV writer in his native
Canada.
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"Due South" first aired as a TV-movie in April 1994, with Gross' character
heading to Chicago and teaming with a detective there (David Marciano) in
order to catch a thug. CBS put the show on its fall 1994 schedule, where it
attracted a following. Gross had previously appeared on American TV in PBS'
"Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City," in which he was Brian Hawkins, the "straight"
suitor of Laura Linney, and in an episode of "The Ray Bradbury Theatre". On
Canadian TV, he had extensive acting and writing credits. Gross was one of
the writers on "For the Record", a successful series there. He began acting
in feature films in Canada as well. Gross appeared in "Cold Comfort" and was
the ranch hand in "Getting Married in Buffalo Jump" (both 1989). He was the
lead in "Buried on Sunday" (1992), and played a ski instructor in "Aspen
Extreme" (1993), among other credits. Stage roles, all in Canada, include
Brick in a production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." |
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