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person_profile-Gerard Parkes

Gerard Parkes Died at age: 90

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Gerard Parkes

Date of Birth:

Oct 16, 1924

Country of birth:

Ireland

Died:

Oct 19, 2014

Biography of

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.

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Filmography of

Gerard Parkes

Found 34 Movies in total

... 2009

... 2005

Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away

Doc (as Gerry Parkes) ( Actor )

... 2005

Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111

Bruno Mettler ( Actor )

... 2000

Deeply

Uncle Peat ( Actor )

... 2000

A House Divided

Judge Stevens ( Actor )

... 2000

... 2000

... 1999

The Boondock Saints

Doc ( Actor )

... 1999

Thanks of a Grateful Nation

Ferdinand Noble ( Actor )

... 1998

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha") ( Actor )

... 1997

Mother Night

Father Patrick Keeley ( Actor )

... 1996

It Takes Two

St. Bart's Priest ( Actor )

... 1995

Small Gifts

Priest ( Actor )

... 1994

Trapped in Paradise

Father Gorenzel ( Actor )

... 1994

The Adjuster

Tim ( Actor )

... 1991

... 1990

Common Ground

Father Foley ( Actor )

... 1990

... 1989

Speaking Parts

The Father ( Actor )

... 1989

Short Circuit 2

Priest ( Actor )

... 1988

... 1987

Fight for Life

Father Robert Hunt ( Actor )

... 1987

Draw!

Circuit Judge Fawcett ( Actor )

... 1984

Spasms

Capt. Novack ( Actor )

... 1983

Yesterday

Professor Saunders ( Actor )

... 1981

... 1979

Bethune

Dr. MacCacken ( Actor )

... 1977

Second Wind

Packard ( Actor )

... 1976

Running Time

The Old Lady's Son ( Actor )

... 1974

The Pyx

Actor

... 1973

The Apprentice

Professor ( Actor )

... 1971

The First Time

Charles ( Actor )

... 1969

Isabel

Uncle Matthew ( Actor )

... 1968