McMillan, "In the roles he took on, he was noted for presenting fiercely passionate characters that he illuminated with compassion and, conversely, he was a master of the clown — roles that were at once humorous and sad ... As an actor he understood the absurd and the contradictory. I don’t think I have ever seen anyone quite that sad on the stage, and for that the audiences just loved him. You couldn’t take your eyes off him.” McMillan was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2009, and after a remission, later died of the disease on 17 February 2017 in Toronto, Ontario at Princess Margaret Hospital at the age of 65. Filmography Films (selected) See also List of Canadian actors References External links Richard McMillan at MUBI Richard McMillan in The Mikado (CBC;1982) 1951 births 2017 deaths Canadian male film actors Canadian male Shakespearean actors Canadian male voice actors People from Brock, Ontario 20th-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian male actors