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Gerard Parkes
Actor

Gerard Parkes

16 Oct 1924Born
19 Oct 2014Died
90Age at death
54Credits

Biography

Gerard "Gerry" Parkes was an Irish-born Canadian actor. He was born in Dublin, and moved to Toronto in 1956. He is best known for playing "Doc" on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television series Fraggle Rock and the bartender in the film The Boondock Saints and its sequel The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. His acting career spanned film, radio, television, and the stage. Parkes worked often on CBC radio, beginning in 1959, and shifted into television and film, acting in such diverse series as the 1960s' ecological adventure series The Forest Rangers, children's show The Littlest Hobo, and the detective series Cagney and Lacey.

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In 1968, Parkes won the first Canadian film award (then called the Etrog and now known as the Gemini) for his portrayal of Uncle Matthew in the movie Isabel. He received the Andrew Allan Award in 1983 for Best Radio Actor, and in 1999, he won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role for Kilt. In 1996, he portrayed Jonathan Swift in the HBO Original Film Handel's Last Chance. In 1998, he appeared on an episode of PBS's Noddy, as Wally the Wanderer in "Noah's Leaving". He appeared with Willem Dafoe and Billy Connolly in The Boondock Saints (playing a Tourette's syndrome-afflicted bartender, also named "Doc"). He reprised the role for The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day.

He appeared in The Adjuster (1991), premiering at the New York Film Festival. In 1991, it won the Special Silver St. George at the 17th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1993, the Toronto International Film Festival ranked the film 10th in the Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time.

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Known for

Filmography

  1. 2009The Boondock Saints II: All Saints DayFilm: Doc
  2. 2005Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares AwayFilm: Doc (as Gerry Parkes)
  3. 2000Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111Film: Bruno Mettler
  4. 2000DeeplyFilm: Uncle Peat
  5. 2000A House DividedFilm: Judge Stevens
  6. 2000Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny KembleFilm: Charles Kemble
  7. 1999Must Be SantaFilm
  8. 1999Storm of the CenturySeries: Orville Boucher (2 episodes)
  9. 1999The Boondock SaintsFilm: Doc
  10. 1998NoddySeries: Wally the Wanderer (1 episode)
  11. 1998Thanks of a Grateful NationFilm: Ferdinand Noble
  12. 1998Thunder PointFilm: Prime Minister
  13. 1997Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two WomenFilm: Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha")
  14. 1996Mother NightFilm: Father Patrick Keeley
  15. 1996Handel's Last ChanceFilm: Jonathan Swift
  16. 1995It Takes TwoFilm: St. Bart's Priest
  17. 1994Small GiftsFilm: Priest
  18. 1994Trapped in ParadiseFilm: Father Gorenzel
  19. 1992That Scatterbrain BookyFilm
  20. 1991The AdjusterFilm: Tim
  21. 1991MoneyFilm: Henry Clay Adams
  22. 1990The GunrunnerFilm
  23. 1990Common GroundFilm: Father Foley
  24. 1990Speaking PartsFilm: The Father
  25. 1989The Last WinterFilm
  26. 1988War of the WorldsSeries: Dr. Emil Gestaine (1 episode)
  27. 1988Short Circuit 2Film: Priest
  28. 1987A Muppet Family ChristmasFilm: Doc
  29. 1987Fight for LifeFilm: Father Robert Hunt
  30. 1987Heaven On EarthFilm: Reverend Laird
  31. 1985The Twilight ZoneSeries: Monsignor Perrault (1 episode)
  32. 1985Fraggle Rock: Scared SillyFilm: Doc
  33. 1985The Suicide MurdersFilm: Frank Bushmill
  34. 1984The Bells of Fraggle RockFilm: Doc
  35. 1984Draw!Film: Circuit Judge Fawcett
  36. 1983SpasmsFilm: Captain Novack
  37. 1983Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the RockFilm: Doc
  38. 1983Fraggle RockSeries: Doc (96 episodes)
  39. 1981Cagney and Lacey: The PilotFilm: Capt. Wells
  40. 1980YesterdayFilm: Professor Saunders
  41. 1979An American Christmas CarolFilm: Jessup
  42. 1977BethuneFilm: Dr. MacCacken
  43. 1976TeleplaySeries (1 episode)
  44. 1976Second WindFilm: Packard
  45. 1975Freedom of the CityFilm: Priest
  46. 1974The National DreamSeries: Edward Blake (7 episodes)
  47. 1974Running TimeFilm: The Old Lady's Son
  48. 1973The PyxFilm
  49. 1971The ApprenticeFilm: Professor
  50. 1969The First TimeFilm: Charles
  51. 1968A Great Big ThingFilm: Appie
  52. 1968IsabelFilm: Uncle Matthew
  53. 1964The Wednesday PlaySeries: Guvariov (1 episode)
  54. 1964David Thompson: The Great MapmakerFilm: Duncan McGillivray

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