Rick Green
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| Born | 1953 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Notable roles | Host of Prisoners of Gravity and History Bites |
Rick Green (born 1953 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian comedian, and writer. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Waterloo. From 1975 until 1979, he worked as a presenter at the Ontario Science Centre. In 1979, he helped found the Toronto-based comedy troop The Frantics. They were heard on their CBC Radio show Frantic Times and their short-lived television series, Four on the Floor. He can be seen as Bill on The Red Green Show
He is also known for his role as Commander Rick on the show Prisoners of Gravity and for creating and starring in the series History Bites. He and his writing partner Steven Smith developed the Red Green Show, and Green wrote for the show for eight years,
He plays a minor role in The Terminal Experiment, by Robert J. Sawyer, as the brain source for a prototype full neural network of the brain.
Green also penned a number of notable op-eds in the Globe and Mail, including a glossary of phrases for World War 3 with definitions like:
- Manhattan Project: a project to turn an entire city into an uninhabitable wasteland -- hence the name Manhattan.
- Small Theatre Nuclear Exchange: so called because it is curtains for the players after a single act.
