Popular Canadian children's and teenager's TV host. Was also a radio
announcer for CBC Radio.
Late fiddler Emile Benoit composed a reel named after the show Skipper and Company, which ran from the 1960s into the early 1970s.
Worked for years as host and announcer at CBC Radio and hosted Weekend Arts Magazine in Newfoundland and Labrador during the 1990s.
Helped many performers get some of their first exposure, such as comedians Tommy Sexton and Mary Walsh, and Jeanne Beker, current host of Fashion Television, who appeared on the show as a pantomime.