Cine AI
Gerard Parkes

Gerard Parkes

Actor · Born 1924-10-16 · Dublin, Ireland

Get the app Browse on web

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. 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 Conno…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Boondock Saints (1999) — Doc
  2. It Takes Two (1995) — St. Bart's Priest
  3. The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009) — Doc
  4. Short Circuit 2 (1988) — Priest
  5. Storm of the Century (1999) — Orville Boucher
  6. Trapped in Paradise (1994) — Father Gorenzel
  7. The Twilight Zone (1985) — Monsignor Perrault
  8. Fraggle Rock (1983) — Doc
  9. A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) — Doc
  10. The Adjuster (1991) — Tim
  11. Mother Night (1996) — Father Patrick Keeley
  12. An American Christmas Carol (1979) — Jessup
  13. Spasms (1983) — Captain Novack
  14. Speaking Parts (1990) — The Father
  15. Deeply (2000) — Uncle Peat
  16. War of the Worlds (1988) — Dr. Emil Gestaine
  17. Noddy (1998) — Wally the Wanderer
  18. The Pyx (1973)
  19. The First Time (1969) — Charles
  20. Draw! (1984) — Circuit Judge Fawcett
  21. The Gunrunner (1990)
  22. Isabel (1968) — Uncle Matthew
  23. Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111 (2000) — Bruno Mettler
  24. The Apprentice (1971) — Professor
  25. Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble (2000) — Charles Kemble
  26. Fight for Life (1987) — Father Robert Hunt
  27. Thunder Point (1998) — Prime Minister
  28. Money (1991) — Henry Clay Adams
  29. The Wednesday Play (1964) — Guvariov
  30. The Last Winter (1989)
  31. A House Divided (2000) — Judge Stevens
  32. Bethune (1977) — Dr. MacCacken
  33. Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998) — Ferdinand Noble
  34. Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot (1981) — Capt. Wells
  35. Handel's Last Chance (1996) — Jonathan Swift
  36. Small Gifts (1994) — Priest
  37. Common Ground (1990) — Father Foley
  38. Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women (1997) — Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha")
  39. Second Wind (1976) — Packard
  40. Yesterday (1980) — Professor Saunders