of Canadian Stardom, in 1988. Two major Canadian awards, ACTRA's John Drainie Award and the Writers' Trust of Canada's Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize, were named in Drainie's honour. He was also posthumously inducted into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame with a Star Walk plaque on Granville Street. References External links John Drainie at the Canadian Communications Foundation John Drainie fonds (R781) at Library and Archives Canada 1916 births 1966 deaths 20th-century Canadian male actors Canadian male radio actors Canadian male stage actors Canadian radio personalities Canadian television hosts Male actors from Vancouver