Editing Michael Ironside (section)

==Early life==
Frederick Reginald Ironside was born in [[Toronto]] on February 12, 1950, the son of housewife Patricia June (née Passmore) and street lighting technician Robert Walter Ironside.<ref name="fullname">{{cite web |url=http://www.canadianactors.info/michael_ironside_bio_info.htm |title=Michael Ironside |website=Canadian Actors Info |access-date=January 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051228061104/http://www.canadianactors.info/michael_ironside_bio_info.htm |archive-date=December 28, 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{not in citation given|date=December 2024}} He has four siblings and is of [[English Canadians|English]], [[Irish Canadians|Irish]], and [[Scottish Canadians|Scottish]] and Welsh descent.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Allis |first=Tim |url=https://people.com/archive/a-face-you-cant-totally-recall-bad-guy-michael-ironside-chased-arnold-schwarzenegger-to-mars-vol-34-no-2/ |title=A Face You Can't Totally Recall? Bad Guy Michael Ironside Chased Arnold Schwarzenegger to Mars |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |volume=34 |number=2 |access-date=January 16, 2014 |date=July 16, 1990}}</ref> He attended the [[Ontario College of Art]] in Toronto. At age 15, he wrote a play called ''The Shelter'', which won first prize in a university contest.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800025929/bio |title=Michael Ironside Biography |website=[[Yahoo! Movies]] |access-date=January 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629001929/https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800025929/bio |archive-date=June 29, 2011}}</ref> He also won the senior year writing award at [[Riverdale Collegiate Institute]] in 1968.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michael Ironside_1968_Grade_11_Poem2.jpg by Rainer Bessel |url=https://pbase.com/raineredward/image/145282169 |access-date=September 16, 2020 |website=PBase |language=en-US}}</ref>