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Gerard Parkes

Gerard Parkes

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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The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

2009

as Doc

Fraggle Rock - Dance Your Cares Away

Fraggle Rock - Dance Your Cares Away

2005

as Doc (as Gerry Parkes)

Fraggle Rock - Live by the Rule of the Rock

Fraggle Rock - Live by the Rule of the Rock

2005

as Doc

Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111

Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111

2000

as Bruno Mettler

Deeply

Deeply

2000

as Uncle Peat

A House Divided

A House Divided

2000

as Judge Stevens

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble

2000

as Charles Kemble

Must Be Santa

Must Be Santa

1999

Storm of the Century

Storm of the Century

1999

as Orville Boucher

The Boondock Saints

The Boondock Saints

1999

as Doc

Noddy

Noddy

1998

as Wally the Wanderer

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

1997

as Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha")

Mother Night

Mother Night

1996

as Father Patrick Keeley

It Takes Two

It Takes Two

1995

as St. Bart's Priest

Small Gifts

Small Gifts

1994

as Priest

Trapped in Paradise

Trapped in Paradise

1994

as Father Gorenzel

That Scatterbrain Booky

That Scatterbrain Booky

1992

The Adjuster

The Adjuster

1991

as Tim

The Gunrunner

The Gunrunner

1990

Common Ground

Common Ground

1990

as Father Foley

The Last Winter

The Last Winter

1989

Speaking Parts

Speaking Parts

1989

as The Father

War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds

1988

as Dr. Emil Gestaine

Short Circuit 2

Short Circuit 2

1988

as Priest

A Muppet Family Christmas

A Muppet Family Christmas

1987

as Doc

Fight for Life

Fight for Life

1987

as Father Robert Hunt

Heaven On Earth

Heaven On Earth

1987

as Reverend Laird

Fraggles Look For Jobs

Fraggles Look For Jobs

1986

as Himself

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

1985

as Monsignor Perrault

The Suicide Murders

The Suicide Murders

1985

as Frank Bushmill

The Bells of Fraggle Rock

The Bells of Fraggle Rock

1984

as Doc

Draw!

Draw!

1984

as Circuit Judge Fawcett

Spasms

Spasms

1983

as Captain Novack

Fraggle Rock

Fraggle Rock

1983

as Doc

Cagney & Lacey

Cagney & Lacey

1982

as Captain Wells

Yesterday

Yesterday

1981

as Professor Saunders

An American Christmas Carol

An American Christmas Carol

1979

as Jessup

Bethune

Bethune

1977

as Dr. MacCacken

Second Wind

Second Wind

1976

as Packard

The National Dream

The National Dream

1974

as Edward Blake

Running Time

Running Time

1974

as The Old Lady's Son

The Pyx

The Pyx

1973

The Apprentice

The Apprentice

1971

as Professor

The First Time

The First Time

1969

as Charles

A Great Big Thing

A Great Big Thing

1968

as Appie

Isabel

Isabel

1968

as Uncle Matthew

David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker

David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker

1964

as Duncan McGillivray