Gerard Parkes
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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. 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.
Known for
Credits
The Boondock Saints (1999)
as Doc
It Takes Two (1995)
as St. Bart's Priest
The First Time (1969)
as Charles
Short Circuit 2 (1988)
as Priest
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009)
as Doc
Spasms (1983)
as Captain Novack
Trapped in Paradise (1994)
as Father Gorenzel
A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
as Doc
Speaking Parts (1990)
as The Father
Bethune (1977)
as Dr. MacCacken
The Adjuster (1991)
as Tim
Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998)
as Ferdinand Noble
Mother Night (1996)
as Father Patrick Keeley
Small Gifts (1994)
as Priest
A House Divided (2000)
as Judge Stevens
Common Ground (1990)
as Father Foley
Deeply (2000)
as Uncle Peat
Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly (1985)
as Doc
The Gunrunner (1990)
Actor
An American Christmas Carol (1979)
as Jessup
Fight for Life (1987)
as Father Robert Hunt
Freedom of the City (1975)
as Priest
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women (1997)
as Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha")
Thunder Point (1998)
as Prime Minister
The Apprentice (1971)
as Professor
Draw! (1984)
as Circuit Judge Fawcett
The Pyx (1973)
Actor
Running Time (1974)
as The Old Lady's Son
Handel's Last Chance (1996)
as Jonathan Swift
The Suicide Murders (1985)
as Frank Bushmill
Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away (2005)
as Doc (as Gerry Parkes)
Fraggles Look For Jobs (1986)
as Himself
Heaven On Earth (1987)
as Reverend Laird
Second Wind (1976)
as Packard
Money (1991)
as Henry Clay Adams
Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble (2000)
as Charles Kemble
Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot (1981)
as Capt. Wells
Isabel (1968)
as Uncle Matthew
The Bells of Fraggle Rock (1984)
as Doc
Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111 (2000)
as Bruno Mettler
Yesterday (1980)
as Professor Saunders
That Scatterbrain Booky (1992)
Actor
Must Be Santa (1999)
Actor
Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock (1983)
as Doc
The Last Winter (1989)
Actor
A Great Big Thing (1968)
as Appie
David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker (1964)
as Duncan McGillivray