Background
Dafoe was born in Madoc, Ontario, the son of a prosperous hardware merchant.
Dafoe was born in Madoc, Ontario, the son of a prosperous hardware merchant.
The Dafoe family was well established in the area and had already produced one visibly successful son in John Wesley Dafoe, editor-in-chief of the Manitoba (later Winnipeg) Free Press from 1901 until his death in 1944.