Martin Bronstein
British-Canadian actor, writer
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Early life and education
Career
Bronstein moved to Canada in 1959 and worked as a copywriter, journalist and comedy writer.[1] He also worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation interviewing a series of entertainers, including Oscar Peterson, Dave Brubeck, Bob Dylan, Jack Benny, Dudley Moore,[2] Dizzy Gillespie, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Nina Simone, and Duke Ellington. With John Morgan, he wrote a comedy series, Funny You Should Say That, for CBC.[3]
Bronstein was a founding member in 1970 of the Jest Society, which became the Royal Canadian Air Farce in 1973.[4][5] He left the comedy troupe to return to journalism in 1974 but continued to write for the troupe for the rest of the decade.[6] In 1982, he returned to Britain to become editor of Squash Player International magazine and has written extensively on the sport in the ensuing decades.