- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 16, 1924
- Place of Birth
- Dublin, Ireland
- Died
- October 19, 2014
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…
Filmography
movieThe Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
2009 · Doc
movieFraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away
2005 · Doc (as Gerry Parkes)
movieBlessed Stranger: After Flight 111
2000 · Bruno Mettler
movieDeeply
2000 · Uncle Peat
movieA House Divided
2000 · Judge Stevens
movieEnslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble
2000 · Charles Kemble
movieMust Be Santa
1999
tvStorm of the Century
1999 · Orville Boucher
movieThe Boondock Saints
1999 · Doc
tvNoddy
1998 · Wally the Wanderer
movieThanks of a Grateful Nation
1998 · Ferdinand Noble
movieThunder Point
1998 · Prime Minister
movieRescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
1997 · Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha")
movieMother Night
1996 · Father Patrick Keeley
movieHandel's Last Chance
1996 · Jonathan Swift
movieIt Takes Two
1995 · St. Bart's Priest
movieSmall Gifts
1994 · Priest
movieTrapped in Paradise
1994 · Father Gorenzel
That Scatterbrain Booky
movieThat Scatterbrain Booky
1992
movieThe Adjuster
1991 · Tim
movieMoney
1991 · Henry Clay Adams
movieThe Gunrunner
1990
movieCommon Ground
1990 · Father Foley
movieSpeaking Parts
1990 · The Father
movieThe Last Winter
1989
tvWar of the Worlds
1988 · Dr. Emil Gestaine
movieShort Circuit 2
1988 · Priest
movieA Muppet Family Christmas
1987 · Doc
movieFight for Life
1987 · Father Robert Hunt
movieHeaven On Earth
1987 · Reverend Laird
movieFraggles Look For Jobs
1986 · Himself
tvThe Twilight Zone
1985 · Monsignor Perrault
movieFraggle Rock: Scared Silly
1985 · Doc
The Suicide Murders
movieThe Suicide Murders
1985 · Frank Bushmill
movieThe Bells of Fraggle Rock
1984 · Doc
movieDraw!
1984 · Circuit Judge Fawcett
movieSpasms
1983 · Captain Novack
movieFraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock
1983 · Doc
tvFraggle Rock
1983 · Doc
movieCagney and Lacey: The Pilot
1981 · Capt. Wells
movieYesterday
1980 · Professor Saunders
movieAn American Christmas Carol
1979 · Jessup
movieBethune
1977 · Dr. MacCacken
Teleplay
tvTeleplay
1976
movieSecond Wind
1976 · Packard
Freedom of the City
movieFreedom of the City
1975 · Priest
tvThe National Dream
1974 · Edward Blake
movieRunning Time
1974 · The Old Lady's Son
movieThe Pyx
1973
movieThe Apprentice
1971 · Professor
movieThe First Time
1969 · Charles
A Great Big Thing
movieA Great Big Thing
1968 · Appie
movieIsabel
1968 · Uncle Matthew
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964 · Guvariov
David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker
movieDavid Thompson: The Great Mapmaker
1964 · Duncan McGillivray