Duddy Kravitz Essay, Research Paper
Morley Callaghan
Born:?September,22,1903, Toronto, Ontario
Died:?August,25,1990,Toronto,Ontario
Nationality:??Canadian
Genre(s):??Novels, Short Stories, Plays
Personal
Born September 22, 1903, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; died August 25, 1990, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; son of Thomas and Mary (Dewan) Callaghan; married Loretto Florence Dee, April 16, 1929; children: Michael, Barry.
Education
St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto, B.A., 1925; Osgoode Hall Law School, LL.B., 1928.
Interests
Spectator sports.
Career
Novelist and short story writer, 1926- 90. Toronto Daily Star, Ontario, reporter, beginning 1923. Called to the bar, 1928. Traveled across Canada for Canadian Broadcasting Company as chair of the radio program Of Things to Come (renamed Citizen’s Forum), 1943-47. Panel member of radio quiz show Beat the Champs, beginning 1947, member of radio show Now I Ask You, and panelist on television show Fighting Words, beginning c. 1950.
Military
Worked during World War II with the Royal Canadian Navy on assignment for the National Film Board.