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John Dunsworth (born April 12, 1946) is a Canadian actor known for playing the frequently drunk trailer park supervisor Jim Lahey on the hit TV show Trailer Park Boys. He has also appeared in Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion, a CBC film about the 1917 Halifax explosion. Dunsworth also has extensive experience in regional theatre. Dunsworth was born in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia to Frank and Frances Dunsworth. He was the second born of ten children, and the oldest son. His daughter, Sarah Dunsworth, appears on the show Trailer Park Boys with her father. Her character is also named... MORE

John Dunsworth (born April 12, 1946) is a Canadian actor known for playing the frequently drunk trailer park supervisor Jim Lahey on the hit TV show Trailer Park Boys. He has also appeared in Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion, a CBC film about the 1917 Halifax explosion. Dunsworth also has extensive experience in regional theatre. Dunsworth was born in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia to Frank and Frances Dunsworth. He was the second born of ten children, and the oldest son. His daughter, Sarah Dunsworth, appears on the show Trailer Park Boys with her father. Her character is also named Sarah. Dunsworth studied acting at the University of Guelph, but dropped out in his fourth year. Despite that, he went on to act in numerous CBC radio dramas, and has had starring roles in many stage productions at the Neptune Theatre in Halifax. In 1970, Dunsworth leased an abandoned building on Halifax's waterfront, and converted it into a playhouse. Dubbing it the Pier One Theatre, it became the city's first and most successful alternative theatre production house. In 1987, Dunsworth founded Filmworks Casting where he worked as Halifax's most renowned casting director. Dunsworth met director Mike LESS