Steve Weston was a Canadian television

Television

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 and theatre

Theatre

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 actor

Actor

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. He is best known to Canadian audiences from his stint as the husband in the sitcom

Situation comedy

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 The Trouble With Tracy

The Trouble with Tracy

The Trouble with Tracy was a Canadian television series produced by CTV for the 1970–1971 television season, with intended distribution by the U.S.-based National General Pictures. It is considered by some to be one of the worst situation comedies ever produced.The show was produced as a daily...

, and as a series regular on the sketch comedy

Sketch comedy

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 series Bizarre

Bizarre (TV series)

Bizarre is a weekly Canadian sketch comedy series, airing from 1980 to 1985. The show was hosted by John Byner, and produced by CTV at the CFTO Glen-Warren Studios in suburban Toronto for first-run airing in Canada on CTV and in the United States on the Showtime premium cable network.-Synopsis:The...

. However, he was also an accomplished stage actor and once played the role of Gooper Pollitt in a Toronto

Toronto

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 production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

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Weston's death was the result of a fall from a roof.

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