As reported by Variety, Canadian actor John Dunsworthâbest known for his role as Jim Lahey on Trailer Park Boysâhas died. The news was first reported by his daughter, Sarah Dunsworth, who shared a statement on social media explaining that her father âleft this world peacefully after a short and unexpected illness.â
Dunsworth was born in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1946, and he originally went to school for acting before dropping out. After that, he became a prominent figure in Halifaxâs local theater community, opening a successful production house called the Pier One Theatre in the â70s. He first played the character that would become Trailer Park Boysâ Jim Lahey in Mike Clattenburgâs 1998 short film One Last Shot. Clattenburg then went on to create Trailer Park Boys and Dunsworth on board to play Lahey, the frequently drunk supervisor of a trailer park thatâs home to a few residents with a propensity for wacky/illegal schemes. Dunsworth appeared in all seven seasons of the showâs original run, and returned with the rest of the cast when Netflix picked up the show. He also played Lahey in the Trailer Park Boys movies and specials.
Dunsworth also had a recurring role as Dave Teagues on Syfyâs Haven, which was filmed in Nova Scotia like Trailer Park Boys. That series was loosely based on the Stephen King story The Colorado Kid, and it ran for five seasons.
The Trailer Park Boys Twitter page shared a brief note about Dunsworth yesterday:
