Gerard Parkes
Gerard Parkes
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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
53
Gender
Male
Birthday
1924-10-16 (101 years old)
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Acting

2005

Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away as Doc (as Gerry Parkes)

2000

Deeply as Uncle Peat

2000

A House Divided as Judge Stevens

1999

Storm of the Century as Orville Boucher

1999

Must Be Santa as Not available

1998

Thunder Point as Prime Minister

1998

Noddy as Wally the Wanderer

1998

Thanks of a Grateful Nation as Ferdinand Noble

1997

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women as Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha")

1996

Mother Night as Father Patrick Keeley

1996

Handel's Last Chance as Jonathan Swift

1995

It Takes Two as St. Bart's Priest

1994

Trapped in Paradise as Father Gorenzel

1994

Small Gifts as Priest

1992

That Scatterbrain Booky as Not available

1991

Money as Not available

1991

The Adjuster as Tim

1990

Speaking Parts as The Father

1990

Common Ground as Father Foley

1990

The Gunrunner as Not available

1989

The Last Winter as Not available

1988

War of the Worlds as Dr. Emil Gestaine

1988

Short Circuit 2 as Priest

1987

Fight for Life as Father Robert Hunt

1987

Heaven On Earth as Reverend Laird

1986

Fraggles Look For Jobs as Himself

1985

The Twilight Zone as Monsignor Perrault

1985

The Suicide Murders as Frank Bushmill

1984

Draw! as Circuit Judge Fawcett

1983

Fraggle Rock as Doc

1983

Spasms as Captain Novack

1981

Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot as Capt. Wells

1980

Yesterday as Professor Saunders

1977

Bethune as Dr. MacCacken

1976

Second Wind as Packard

1974

The National Dream as Edward Blake

1974

Running Time as The Old Lady's Son

1973

The Pyx as Not available

1971

The Apprentice as Professor

1969

The First Time as Charles

1968

Isabel as Uncle Matthew

1968

A Great Big Thing as Appie

1964

The Wednesday Play as Guvariov

1964

David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker as Duncan McGillivray