Editing Lorne Greene (section)

==Lorne Greene Academy of Radio Arts==
Greene founded the Lorne Greene Academy of Radio Arts in Toronto in 1945 and was its dean. The school trained a number of future broadcasters and actors including [[Leslie Nielsen]], [[James Doohan]], [[Les Rubie]], [[Gordie Tapp]], [[Fred Davis (broadcaster)|Fred Davis]], [[Billie Mae Richards]], [[William Davidson (filmmaker)|William Davidson]], [[Alfie Scopp]], [[Murray Chercover]], [[Jonathan Frid]], [[Cec Linder]], [[Les Lye]], [[Bill Luxton (actor)|Bill Luxton]], and Roy Currie. The school was located on Jarvis Street across from what was then the CBC Radio building. Its faculty included many CBC staff such as [[Mavor Moore]], [[Fletcher Markle]], [[Lister Sinclair]], [[Andrew Allan (radio executive)|Andrew Allan]], and [[Esse Ljungh]], and graduated a total of 381 students in seven years, 90% of whom found work in the industry. Though successful academically, the school continually lost money, resulting in Greene closing the school in 1952, allowing him to sell the building to recoup his losses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/?p=44821|title = Sign Offs|date = 29 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="GTapp">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nxtidl5kRJsC&q=%22alfie+scopp%22+%22television%22&pg=PA47|title='Greatest experience' entering radio academy|publisher=What's on Tapp?: The Gordie Tapp Story|date=21 March 2007|isbn=9781426980664|accessdate=18 October 2019}}</ref><ref>Lorne Greene academy reunion at Royal York: [FIN Edition]
Toronto Star; Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]. 02 Oct 1986: F6.</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nxtidl5kRJsC&q=%22lorne+greene+academy+of+radio+arts%22+jarvis|title = What's on Tapp?: The Gordie Tapp Story|isbn = 9781426980664|last1 = Clem|first1 = Alias Cousin|date = 21 March 2007| publisher=Trafford }}</ref><ref name="macleans">{{cite news |last1=Macdonald |first1=Wallace |title=The Voice of Doom |url=https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1952/09/15/the-voice-of-doom |access-date=February 14, 2022 |work=Maclean's Magazine |date=September 15, 1952 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214135938/https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1952/09/15/the-voice-of-doom |url-status=dead }}</ref>