 CEDRIC SMITH as Alec King |
Mr. Alexander (Alec) Abraham King: (b. January 7, 1863) Alec is the second child
and eldest son of Abraham and Elizabeth King. He was married to Janet Ward
in 1889 and they have four children. As the eldest son, he has posession
of the prosperous King Farm and the main house. He loves his children very
much, but was and is often too easy on them in their upbringing. He is known
to be indulgent with all of them and does not believe in whipping them as
most parents of the time do. He works hard on the farm and has a great love
for farming and the land. He tries his best to raise his children the right
way and be a good father, but gives in too easily to their faults and vices.
His wife also has a great deal of influence on him at times, though he does
make some decisions for himself. He is not a large man, but he is not tiny
and slender, either. He has thinning gray hair which was once dark brown
like his sister's. He is clean-shaven and often reveals his emotions through
sighing and unusual eye and eyebrow expressions. One of his gifts is a fine
singing voice.
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Cedric Smith never thought
he would have children -- until he was cast as Alec King,
the calm, insightful and often enlightened father of four
on Road To Avonlea. His seemingly effortless
portrayal of the easy-going P.E.I. farmer earned him
a Gemini Award for Best Actor in 1993, and prepared
him for the role of proud father in his private life. Cedric Smith is well
known as a singer and musician, but he is also a veteran performer. In 1993, for his
role as Alec King in 'Road to Avonlea', Cedric won the prestigious Canadian Gemini Award,
for Best Actor. He has also appeared in 'Witchboard III: The Possession' (1995), and the
TV mini series, 'Million Dollar Babies' (1994) and 'JFK : Reckless Youth' (1993). He had a
small role in the mini-series 'Anne of Green Gables' (1985), in which he played Rev.
Allan. His latest work includes 'Thunder Point' (1996) and 'The Long Island
Incident' (1998).
Father... actor ... singer ... song-writer ...
commentator ... Cedric Smith can do it all. He began his
career as a folk-singer in Stratford where he founded 'Perth
County Conspiracy', a folk group which incorporated
social and political satire into their music. The
group recorded five albums and toured extensively.
His television work includes the regular role of Captain
Sims on the Global Television series The Campbells;
principal roles in series such as Night Heat and
Street Legal, as well as strong performances in
the TV movie JFK: Reckless Youth; and the CBC
mini-series Love And Hate. He also starred in The
Colin Thatcher Story, earning rave reviews and
drawing unprecedented audiences after it was broadcast on
NBC in the U.S.
Cedric's theatrical career includes
co-adapting and composing music for Ten Lost Years,
the stage adaptation of Barry Broadfoot's classic history
of the Great Depression, co-writing and composing music
for Road To Charlottetown, based on the
writing of P.E.I. poet Milton Acorn. His stage roles
include the lead in Richard The Third at the
Manitoba Theatre Centre; Salieri in the Vancouver
Playhouse production of Amadeus; and Billy
Bishop in over 350 performances of Billy Bishop Goes
To War. Cedric's other stage credits include four
seasons at the Stratford Festival.
Cedric Smith's film credits include the lead in In
The Falls, for which he received the Yorkton Film
Festival Best Actor Award; Who Has Seen The Wind;
Samuel Lount; Grey Owl; Millennium;
and Heaven On Earth, and numerous others.
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