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Gerard Parkes

Actor | * 10/16/1924 († 90, 10/19/2014) | Dublin (Ireland)
Gerard Parkes (October 16, 1924 – October 19, 2014) was an Irish-born Canadian actor. He was born in Dublin and moved to Toronto in 1956. He is 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. ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | TV Movies

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Movies with Gerard Parkes as Actor(32)

as Duncan McGillivray2023 David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker
2000 Deeply
as Judge Stevens2000 A House Divided
as Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha")1997 Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
as Father Patrick Keeley1996 Mother Night
as St. Bart's Priest1995 It Takes Two
as Priest1994 Small Gifts
as Father Gorenzel1994 Trapped in Paradise
as Tim1991 The Adjuster
as Father Foley1990 Common Ground
as The Father1989 Speaking Parts
as Priest1988 Short Circuit 2
as Reverend Laird1987 Heaven On Earth
as Father Robert Hunt1987 Fight for Life
as Circuit Judge Fawcett1984 Draw!
as Capt. Novack1983 Spasms
as Professor Saunders1981 This Time Forever
as Packard1976 Second Wind
1973 The Pyx
as Professor1971 The Apprentice
as Charles1969 The First Time
as Uncle Matthew1968 Isabel
as Appie1968 A Great Big Thing

TV Shows/Series with Gerard Parkes as Actor(5)

as Wally the Wanderer1998 Noddy
as Dr. Emil Gestaine1988 War of the Worlds
as Doc1983 Fraggle Rock
as Edward Blake1974 The National Dream

Full Name: Gerard Parkes
Citizenships: Canada, Ireland
Born: Thursday, 10/16 1924 (October) in Dublin (Ireland)
Died: Sunday, 10/19 2014 (October) in Toronto (aged: 90)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Other names for Gerard Parkes (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Gerard Thomas Parkes"
"Gerry Parkes" (Nickname)
"Gerard Parks"
Gerard Parkes frequently works together with these people:
Jim Henson (14x, Actor)
Atom Egoyan (6x, Crew)
Troy Duffy (5x, Crew)
Ilse von Glatz (4x, Cast)
Al Waxman (3x, Actor)
Ken Pogue (3x, Actor)
David Hemblen (3x, Actor)
Paul Almond (3x, Crew)
Eric Till (3x, Crew)
Sean McCann (3x, Actor)
Thomas Nesi (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:96988, Added: 05/27/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024