TORONTO - The Stratford Shakespeare Festival will hold a memorial next week for the late actor-director Douglas Campbell.

The Glasgow-born theatre titan, who performed at the festival for 25 seasons, died Oct. 6 of heart failure in Montreal.

He was 87.

Stratford officials say they'll celebrate his life next Monday at the Festival Theatre.

Campbell joined the festival in 1953 and won rave reviews for such roles as Falstaff, Othello and Oedipus Rex.

He also directed several productions, including "Julius Caesar" and "The Alchemist."

Campbell also acted around North America, performing in every major theatre in Canada and in several in the U.S.

On Broadway, he appeared in "Gideon" and directed Orson Welles's adaptation of "Moby Dick."

Christopher Plummer, another Stratford veteran, said Campbell showed him "what discipline meant."

"Douglas did more for the growing up of professional theatre in Canada coast to coast than almost anyone I can think of," Plummer said in a release.