Louis Del Grande

Del Grande was born in Union City New Jersey United States on March 23 1943 In 1964 he moved to Toronto after being drawn by the Stratford Festival In Toronto he pursued a career as a standup comedian and comedy writer Eventually he became the head writer for the successful sitcom The King of Kensington which aired until the late 1970s Del Grande also occasionally appeared on the show as Fred a friend of the main character Later on he became the coproducer of the show alongside Jack Humphries Del Grandes next venture was Seeing Things a series that he created wrote and produced It ran from 1981 to 1987 and featured Del Grande as a clairvoyant tabloid reporter who solved crimes His reallife wife Martha Gibson portrayed his characters wife on the show Seeing Things gained popularity and earned Del Grande four Gemini Awards In addition he gained recognition beyond Canada for his role as the ConSec scanner in the memorable head explosion scene in the film Scanners directed by David Cronenberg Del Grande has also made appearances in various TV movies and series including Due South The Outer Limits and Goosebumps