Doug Lennox
Douglas Joseph Lennox (21 January 1938 – 28 November 2015) was a Canadian actor, writer and radio personality, who was perhaps best known for his book Now You Know, The Big Book of Answers and his many appearances in movies such as X-Men and Police Academy.
Also recorded as Douglas Joseph Lennox
Doug Lennox
- Birth Name
- Douglas Joseph Lennox
- Born
- 21 January 1938
- Birthplace
- Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
- Died
- 28 November 2015
- Place of death
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Occupation
- * Actor
- Nationality
- Canada
- Languages
- English
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Doug Lennox. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q5300660 · wikipedia · Doug Lennox
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Birth Name — Douglas Joseph Lennox • Born — 21 January 1938 • Birthplace — Sudbury, Ontario, Canada • Died — 28 November 2015 • Place of death — Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Occupation — * Actor • writer • radio personality • Years Active — 1965–2015
Career
Career
Lennox originally began his career in radio in 1965. His first television credit was in Juliette and Friends as the co-host of the series, he has also appeared in several other television series, including The New Avengers, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, My Secret Identity, The Hitchhiker, E.N.G., Once a Thief, Earth: Final Conflict, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, Cold Squad, The Famous Jett Jackson, Relic Hunter, A Nero Wolfe Mystery, Odyssey 5, 1-800-Missing, Soul Food, The Newsroom, Darcy's Wild Life and The Jon Dore Television Show. Lennox has also appeared in several films through his career including his most notable credits in X-Men and Police Academy. He has also appeared in Police Academy 3: Back in Training, The Boy in Blue, X-Men: The Last Stand, Harlan County War, Against the Ropes, Mercy, Self Defense and Apocalypse IV: Judgment. In 2000, Lennox was cast as P.T. Boomer in Britt Allcroft's fantasy adventure film, Thomas and the Magic Railroad. However, he was later cut from the final film due to test audiences saying his character was too scary for younger viewers.
Death
Death
Lennox died in his sleep on 28 November 2015 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 77.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Greater Sudbury.
Birth place
Toronto.
Death place
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Doug Lennox, revision 1372038210 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 24 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Film memorabilia
38,713 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Doug DavidsonPerson
- Doug E. DougPerson
- Doug LangwayPerson
- Doug LeflerPerson
- Doug LimanPerson
- Doug McClurePerson
- Doug McKeonPerson
- Doug NicholPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Doug Lennox?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.