2nd ACTRA Awards

2nd ACTRA Awards
Date	April 30, 1973
Hosted by	Pierre Berton
ACTRA Awards

The 2nd ACTRA Awards were presented on April 30, 1973 to honour achievements in Canadian television in 1972.^[1] The ceremony was hosted by Pierre Berton, and featured several new categories which had not been presented at the 1st ACTRA Awards the previous year.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Earle Grey Award	Gordon Sinclair Award
Gordon Pinsent, The Rowdyman[1] Jon Granik, Islam[2] Dawn Greenhalgh, Paul Bernard, Psychiatrist[2] Michael Kane, The Disposable Man[2] Henry Ramer, Here Come the Seventies[2] Deborah Turnbull, Peace of Utrecht[2]	Max Ferguson[1] Barbara Frum[2] Michael Magee[2]
Best Variety Performer	Best Public Affairs Broadcaster
Anne Murray[1] Julie Amato and Jack Duffy, Half the George Kirby Comedy Hour[2] Laurie Bower, The Laurie Bower Singers[2] Barbara Hamilton, Inside from the Outside[2] Wayne and Shuster[2]	Peter Gzowski, This Country in the Morning[1] Pierre Berton[2] Barbara Frum, As It Happens[2] Jack McGaw[2] Carole Taylor[2] Warner Troyer[2]
Best Dramatic Writer	Best Documentary Writer
Len Peterson, Trouble with Giants[1] Ron Kelly, Springhill[1] Grahame Woods, Strike[1]	Neil Copeland, Titanic: Six Decades of Controversy and The Oak Island Mystery: Fact or Fiction?[1] John David Hamilton, York-Scarboro Revisited 1972[1] William Whitehead, The Nature of Things[1]
John Drainie Award
Rupert Caplan[3]

References

1. "Murray, Pinsent win ACTRA awards". Red Deer Advocate, May 1, 1973.
2. Ron Base, "Words of love". Windsor Star, April 28, 1973.
3. Jack Kapica, "Rupert Caplan loves radio". Montreal Gazette, May 1, 1973.