17 Facts About Charles Templeton

Charles Bradley Templeton was a Canadian media figure and a former Christian evangelist.

Charles Templeton was born on October 7,1915, in Toronto, Canada.

In 1932, at age 17, Charles Templeton was hired to create Chuck Templeton's Sportraits, a daily sports cartoon, for The Toronto Globe, leaving high school to pursue the job.

Charles Templeton's work became syndicated and earned him a comfortable living.

Charles Templeton converted to Christianity while working as a cartoonist, and in 1936, left his job to become a preacher.

In 1941, Charles Templeton started the Nazarene Avenue Road Church where he served as its preacher, renting a building that once housed a Presbyterian church.

Eager to deepen his understanding about Christianity, Charles Templeton attended Princeton Theological Seminary in the 1940s.

Charles Templeton later received an honorary doctorate from Lafayette College.

Charles Templeton hosted the religious television show Look Up and Live.

Charles Templeton began to struggle with doubts about his religion eventually becoming an agnostic.

Charles Templeton was a close friend of fellow evangelist Billy Graham, and the two shared billing as they co-founded Youth for Christ International.

In 1959, Charles Templeton quit evangelism and transitioned into a media career.

Charles Templeton later collaborated with Pierre Berton on the radio show Dialogue from 1966 to 1970 on CFRB, and from 1970 to 1984 on CKEY, where Templeton served as the morning news reader.

Charles Templeton won two ACTRA Awards for broadcasting and in 1992, he was awarded the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal.

Charles Templeton came second in an election for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party, although he was its vice-president in 1964 and 1965.

Charles Templeton made his own unsuccessful designs of a child-resistant medicine cap, a cigarette filter and a pipeline.

On June 7,2001, Charles Templeton died from Alzheimer's disease.