Gerard Parkes
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 16, 1924
- Died
- October 19, 2014 (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- Dublin, Ireland
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.
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Filmography
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Movie · as Doc
Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away
Movie · as Doc (as Gerry Parkes)
Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble
Movie · as Charles Kemble
A House Divided
Movie · as Judge Stevens
Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111
Movie · as Bruno Mettler
Deeply
Movie · as Uncle Peat
The Boondock Saints
Movie · as Doc
Must Be Santa
Movie
Storm of the Century
TV · as Orville Boucher · 2 eps
Thunder Point
Movie · as Prime Minister
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
Movie · as Ferdinand Noble
Noddy
TV · as Wally the Wanderer · 1 ep
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
Movie · as Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha")
Mother Night
Movie · as Father Patrick Keeley
Handel's Last Chance
Movie · as Jonathan Swift
It Takes Two
Movie · as St. Bart's Priest
Small Gifts
Movie · as Priest
Trapped in Paradise
Movie · as Father Gorenzel
That Scatterbrain Booky
Movie
The Adjuster
Movie · as Tim
Money
Movie · as Henry Clay Adams
Speaking Parts
Movie · as The Father
Common Ground
Movie · as Father Foley
The Gunrunner
Movie
The Last Winter
Movie
Short Circuit 2
Movie · as Priest
War of the Worlds
TV · as Dr. Emil Gestaine · 1 ep
Fight for Life
Movie · as Father Robert Hunt
Heaven On Earth
Movie · as Reverend Laird
A Muppet Family Christmas
Movie · as Doc
Fraggles Look For Jobs
Movie · as Himself
The Suicide Murders
Movie · as Frank Bushmill
Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly
Movie · as Doc
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Monsignor Perrault · 1 ep
Draw!
Movie · as Circuit Judge Fawcett
The Bells of Fraggle Rock
Movie · as Doc
Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock
Movie · as Doc
Spasms
Movie · as Captain Novack
Fraggle Rock
TV · as Doc · 96 eps
Yesterday
Movie · as Professor Saunders
An American Christmas Carol
Movie · as Jessup
Bethune
Movie · as Dr. MacCacken
Second Wind
Movie · as Packard
Teleplay
TV · 1 ep
Freedom of the City
Movie · as Priest
Running Time
Movie · as The Old Lady's Son
The National Dream
TV · as Edward Blake · 7 eps
The Pyx
Movie
The Apprentice
Movie · as Professor
The First Time
Movie · as Charles
A Great Big Thing
Movie · as Appie
Isabel
Movie · as Uncle Matthew
David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker
Movie · as Duncan McGillivray
The Wednesday Play
TV · as Guvariov · 1 ep