Gerard Parkes
Acting
Born 1924-10-16
Died 2014-10-19
Dublin, Ireland
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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.
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Filmography
Acting
49 credits
The Twilight Zone
The Wednesday Play
War of the Worlds
Fraggle Rock
Storm of the Century
It Takes Two
The Boondock Saints
Noddy
Short Circuit 2
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Trapped in Paradise
The First Time
Mother Night
A Muppet Family Christmas
Spasms
The Adjuster
Bethune
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
An American Christmas Carol
Draw!
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
Running Time
Speaking Parts
Money
The National Dream
Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly
Small Gifts
Deeply
Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111
Handel's Last Chance
Thunder Point
The Bells of Fraggle Rock
A House Divided
Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble
Common Ground
Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away
Fight for Life
Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock
The Apprentice
Heaven On Earth
Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot
The Suicide Murders
Yesterday
Fraggles Look For Jobs
Second Wind
David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker
Freedom of the City
Isabel
A Great Big Thing
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