Author of Who's in the Goose Tonight?, Vernon Chapman's career as an actor stretched back to the amateur theatre in Toronto in the 1930s. He was one of the co-founders of the first post-war Canadian professional theatre company, acted in radio, television, and film, as well as acted and directed on stages from coast to coast. He served for many years on the boards of directors of ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists and Canadian Actors' Equity Association), and was chairman of Equity for six terms. He was a theatre producer and for five years was the artistic director of the Gryphon Theatre in Barrie, Ontario. Vernon Chapman died on February 12th, 2008.