Gerard Parkes
Born: 1924-10-16 in Dublin, Ireland
Died: 2014-10-19
Known For: Acting
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 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.
Filmography
2009
2005
- Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away as Doc (as Gerry Parkes)
2000
- Deeply as Uncle Peat
- Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111 as Bruno Mettler
- A House Divided as Judge Stevens
- Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble as Charles Kemble
1999
- The Boondock Saints as Doc
- Storm of the Century as Orville Boucher
- Must Be Santa
1998
- Noddy as Wally the Wanderer
- Thunder Point as Prime Minister
- Thanks of a Grateful Nation as Ferdinand Noble
1997
- Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women as Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha")
1996
- Handel's Last Chance as Jonathan Swift
- Mother Night as Father Patrick Keeley
1995
- It Takes Two as St. Bart's Priest
1994
- Small Gifts as Priest
- Trapped in Paradise as Father Gorenzel
1991
- The Adjuster as Tim
- Money as Henry Clay Adams
1990
- Common Ground as Father Foley
- Speaking Parts as The Father
- The Gunrunner
1989
1988
- War of the Worlds as Dr. Emil Gestaine
- Short Circuit 2 as Priest
1987
- A Muppet Family Christmas as Doc
- Fight for Life as Father Robert Hunt
- Heaven On Earth as Reverend Laird
1986
- Fraggles Look For Jobs as Himself
1985
- The Twilight Zone as Monsignor Perrault
- The Suicide Murders as Frank Bushmill
- Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly as Doc
1984
- Draw! as Circuit Judge Fawcett
- The Bells of Fraggle Rock as Doc
1983
- Fraggle Rock as Doc
- Spasms as Captain Novack
- Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock as Doc
1981
- Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot as Capt. Wells
1980
- Yesterday as Professor Saunders
1979
- An American Christmas Carol as Jessup
1977
- Bethune as Dr. MacCacken
1976
- Second Wind as Packard
1974
- The National Dream as Edward Blake
- Running Time as The Old Lady's Son
1973
1971
- The Apprentice as Professor
1969
- The First Time as Charles
1968
- Isabel as Uncle Matthew
- A Great Big Thing as Appie
1964
- The Wednesday Play as Guvariov
- David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker as Duncan McGillivray