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Gerard Parkes

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. 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. This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.

  • Nacimiento: 1924-10-16, Dublin, Ireland
  • Fallecimiento: 2014-10-19
  • Valoración en CMNetwork Actors: 3,0 de 5

En CMNetwork Actors

Conocido por

  • Los elegidos (1999) — Doc
  • Los elegidos 2: El día de todos los santos (2009) — Doc
  • Los Fraguel (1983) — Doc
  • Dos por el precio de una (1995) — St. Bart's Priest
  • Cortocircuito 2 (1988) — Priest
  • La tormenta del siglo (1999) — Orville Boucher
  • Cautivos en Paradise (1994) — Father Gorenzel
  • Los Teleñecos celebran la Navidad (1987) — Doc

Filmografía

  • Los elegidos 2: El día de todos los santos (2009) — Doc
  • Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away (2005) — Doc (as Gerry Parkes)
  • Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111 (2000) — Bruno Mettler
  • La fuerza del pasado (2000) — Uncle Peat
  • A House Divided (2000) — Judge Stevens
  • La verdadera historia de Fanny Kemble (2000) — Charles Kemble
  • Must Be Santa (1999)
  • La tormenta del siglo (1999) — Orville Boucher
  • Los elegidos (1999) — Doc
  • Noddy (1998) — Wally the Wanderer
  • Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998) — Ferdinand Noble
  • Thunder Point (1998) — Prime Minister
  • Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women (1997) — Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha")
  • Mother Night (1996) — Father Patrick Keeley
  • Handel's Last Chance (1996) — Jonathan Swift
  • Dos por el precio de una (1995) — St. Bart's Priest
  • Small Gifts (1994) — Priest
  • Cautivos en Paradise (1994) — Father Gorenzel
  • That Scatterbrain Booky (1992)
  • El liquidador (1991) — Tim
  • Money (1991) — Henry Clay Adams
  • Corrupción (The gunrunner) (1990)
  • Common Ground (1990) — Father Foley
  • Guiones cambiados (1990) — The Father
  • The Last Winter (1989)
  • War of the Worlds (1988) — Dr. Emil Gestaine
  • Cortocircuito 2 (1988) — Priest
  • Los Teleñecos celebran la Navidad (1987) — Doc
  • Fight for Life (1987) — Father Robert Hunt
  • Heaven On Earth (1987) — Reverend Laird
  • Más allá de los límites de la realidad (1985) — Monsignor Perrault
  • Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly (1985) — Doc
  • The Suicide Murders (1985) — Frank Bushmill
  • The Bells of Fraggle Rock (1984) — Doc
  • Desenfunda (1984) — Circuit Judge Fawcett
  • Muerte por espasmos (Mordisco mortal) (1983) — Captain Novack
  • Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock (1983) — Doc
  • Los Fraguel (1983) — Doc
  • Yesterday (1980) — Professor Saunders
  • An American Christmas Carol (1979) — Jessup
  • Bethune (1977) — Dr. MacCacken
  • Teleplay (1976)
  • Second Wind (1976) — Packard
  • Freedom of the City (1975) — Priest
  • Running Time (1974) — The Old Lady's Son
  • El rastro (1973)
  • Fleur Bleue (1971) — Professor
  • La primera conquista (1969) — Charles
  • A Great Big Thing (1968) — Appie
  • Isabel (1968) — Uncle Matthew
  • The Wednesday Play (1964) — Guvariov
  • David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker (1964) — Duncan McGillivray