Art Hindle

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article does not cite any references or sources. (March 2008)
Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.

This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.
Please improve this article if you can. (March 2008)

Art Hindle

Born	July 21, 1948 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Arthur Hindle^[1] (born July 21, 1948) is a Canadian actor and director.

His inspiration for becoming an actor was his uncle, Michael Kane, also an actor. Art finally had the opportunity to work with Michael in the film "The Gunfighters". He has 5 children and 2 grandchildren and married Brooke in 2004. He is currently starring in and directing the popular series "Paradise Falls" showing on the cable stations "here" in the USA and Showcase in Canada.

He has made guest appearances in a long list of television programs in North America, and has also appeared in several movies, dating from 1971.Born in Halifax to a Canadian Navy father, Art's mother soon had him back in their home town of Toronto, Ontario. He grew up in the "Beaches" of Toronto a big fan of Elvis and rock n' roll. Although shy as a child, he grew to be a rebellious and independent teenager. This lead him to much travelling, mostly by hitch-hiking, picking up odd jobs, meeting all sorts of people from red-necks to freedom marchers to surfers and everyone in between. By the time he was 21 he was a father, a stockbroker and an amateur photographer. A much admired uncle of Art's was Michael Kane, a talented and successful actor. This had piqued Art's interest in acting during his teens. Although fairly successful, himself, as a broker, he basically felt unfulfilled and eventually, after being inspired and touched by a Toronto Workshop Productions play, he made the commitment to leave the stock market for theatre. Although he worked, basically, as an unglorified gofer for a few months with TWP eventually he got an acting agent mostly with a false resume and started auditioning for mostly commercials. It was at this time that Art credits a discovery that changed his future. Someone, he can’t remember who, directed him to the Eli Rill Workshop. Eli had moved to Toronto from New York, where he taught at the Actor’s Studio. Kind, gentle and articulate, Eli lucidly communicated techniques and explorations of the Method. Art thrived in this environment and soon started applying his knowledge to getting acting jobs. His 1st big role was in a biker movie, The Proud Rider, spawned by the popularity of Easy Rider. Art actually worked a real motorcycle gang, the Satan’s Choice. It was during the making of this rather bad movie; Art almost changed his professional name to Jeremy Kane. The producers thought that Art should have a more “show biz” name and took his photo to a girl’s school and asked the students to suggest 1st names and last names. They then took these names to Art and asked him to pick one of each. He liked the name Jeremy and chose Kane in honour of his uncle. The 1st person he called was his Uncle Michael. Michael told him in no uncertain terms to stick to his own name. Art did so but the other name is still connected to the film. The other anecdote was when the producers asked Art if he could rider a “bike” he took them “literally” and said he could but that when it came to motorcycles his brother Lang Hindle was much better, being a champion road racer. Cast for the part late on a Thursday Art had to learn to ride a motorcycle by Monday morning. The next big step was being cast as Billy Duke, the best hockey player in the world, drafted by the Maple Leafs to lead them back to the playoffs in the film Face-off, Canada’s 1st million dollar movie. This film led to offers from Hollywood which he resisted until work dried up and Art, who had 4 children by this time, finally moved to Los Angeles. Art credits much of his success in California to luck. He felt he was lucky having Patricia McQueeney as his manager and a dynamic pair of agents in Arnold Rifkin and Nichole David. Over the years Art has come to be known as a “working actor” involved as a leading actor in some ‘classic‘films and numerous pilots and series. His work in ENG, one Canada’s most successful series, won him an Acting Gemini and his Pete Braga in Paradise Falls has been described as a “classic performance” although Art credits brilliant writing for all the plaudits. Also, in the early 90’s Art added the credit “Director” to his impressive resume. He now splits time between California and Canada trying to spend time with his much loved children, all 5 of them, and his grandchildren.