Winston Rekert
Acting
Born 1949-06-10
Died 2012-09-14
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Winston Houghton Rekert (June 10, 1949 – September 14, 2012) was a Canadian actor. He was best known for starring in the television series Adderly and Neon Rider.
In 1985, he played the role of Detective Langevin in the American film Agnes of God. In the same year, he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 6th Genie Awards for his performance in the film Walls.
From 1986 to 1988, he starred as the lead character in the Canadian television series Adderly, a comedy drama that was a spoof of the spy genre. In 1987, he won a Gemini Award for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Continuing Dramatic Role for his work on the series.
Following Adderly's cancellation, Rekert's childhood friend, Danny Virtue, pitched him an idea for a television series that eventually became Neon Rider. The series ran from 1990 to 1995 and starred Rekert as Michael Terry, a therapist who ran a ranch for troubled adolescents. He also worked on the series as a writer, director and producer. Through the show, he became involved with a variety of youth groups and was named the national spokesman for Youth at Risk.
In 2003, he won his second Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series for his appearance on the television series Blue Murder.
In April 2012, he was awarded with the Sam Payne Lifetime Achievement Award—an annual award that "recognizes professional performers displaying humanity, artistic integrity and encouragement of new talent."
He died on September 14, 2012, at the age of 63 after a three-year battle with cancer.
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Supernatural
Stargate SG-1
First Wave
Battlestar Galactica
Sliders
Andromeda
The L Word
Due South
Caprica
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
Wicked Minds
Night Heat
The Collector
Danger Bay
Higher Ground
Star Wars: Droids
Neon Rider
Adderly
Secret Agent Man
The Art of War II: Betrayal
Agnes of God
Eternal Evil
Freefall: Flight 174
Roughing It
Eve's Christmas
Loving Evangeline
Star Wars: Droids - The Great Heep
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
Trial by Fire
Love
Undercover Christmas
NYC: Tornado Terror
Phantom Racer
Trapped Ashes
Savage Island
Before I Say Goodbye
The Last Stop
Honeymoon with Mom
Glory! Glory!
A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster
Walls
Murder at the Cannes Film Festival
The World's Oldest Living Bridesmaid
To Brave Alaska
High Stakes
The Secret of Hidden Lake
Cabin Pressure
Moonlight Becomes You
Suzanne
A Cooler Climate
Star Wars: Droids - Treasure of the Hidden Planet
Christmas Crash
Heartaches
Toby McTeague
Coming Out Alive
Who'll Save Our Children?
Dead Wrong
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