Gerard Parkes Biography ((?)-)

Raised in Canada. Addresses: Contact: Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) Toronto, 625 Church St., First and Second Floor, Toronto, Ontario M4Y 2G1, Canada.

Nationality: Canadian
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Duncan McGillivray, David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker (short film; also known as David Thompson, cartographe), National Film Board of Canada, 1964
Appie, A Great Big Thing, Argofilm, 1968
Uncle Matthew, Isabel, Paramount, 1968
Charles, The First Time (also known as The Beginners, The Beginners Three, Doin' It, They Don't Wear Pajamas at Rosie's, and You Don't Need Pajamas at Rosie's), United Artists, 1969
Professor, Fleur bleue (also known as The Apprentice), Ambassador Film Distributors/Les Films Mutuels, 1971
The Pyx (also known as The Hooker Cult Murders and La lunule), Cinerama/Cinepix Film Properties, 1973
The old woman's son, Running Time, National Film Board of Canada,1974
(Uncredited) Packard, Second Wind, Ambassador Film Distributors, 1976, Health and Entertainment Corporation of America, 1980
Uncle Sean, Who Has Seen the Wind, Astral Films, 1977, Cinema World, 1980, Janus Films, 1982
Professor Saunders, Yesterday (also known as Gabrielle, Scoring, This Time Forever, and The Victory), Cinepix FilmProperties, 1981, Levy Films, 1982
Captain Novack, Spasms (also known as Death Bite), BlossomPictures, 1983, Producers Distributing Corporation, 1984
Wilson, The Gunrunner, New World Pictures, 1984
Norman G. Simpson, La ligne de chaleur (also known as The HeatLine), [Canada], 1987
Priest, Short Circuit 2, TriStar, 1988
Reverend Drew, January Man (also known as The January Man),Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1989
Father, Speaking Parts, Manuel Salvador, 1989, Zeitgeist Films, 1990
Grampa Jack, The Last Winter, National Film Board of Canada/Film Manitoba/Telefilm Canada/Rode Pictures, 1990, John Aaron Productions, 1992
Henry Clay Adams, Money, United International Pictures, 1991
Tim, The Adjuster (also known as L'expert en sinistres), Ego Film Arts/Telefilm Canada/Ontario Film Development Corporation/Alliance Entertainment, 1991, Orion Classics, 1992
Father Gorenzal, Trapped in Paradise, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994
St. Bart's priest, It Takes Two (also known as Me and My Shadow), Warner Bros., 1995
Father Patrick Keeley, Mother Night, Fine Line Features, 1996
Doc, The Boondock Saints (also known as Mission des dieux),New City Releasing, 1999, Indican Pictures, 2000
(As Gerard Parks) Uncle Peat, Deeply (also known as Sur fond d'ocean), Odeon Films, 2000, Myriad Pictures, 2002
Cy Flood, Moss (short film), Pine Tooth Pictures, 2004
Longboat, Saint Ralph, Odeon Films/Alliance Atlantis Communications, 2004, Samuel Goldwyn, 2005
Television Appearances
Series
Charlie Appleby (Royal Canadian Air Force), The Forest Rangers, CBC, 1964
Sam Oliver, Barney Boomer, CBC, beginning 1967
Sam Oliver, Upside Town/Swingaround, CBC, beginning 1968

James Sturgess, A Gift to Last, CBC, c. 1978-79
Dr. Arthur Lowe, Home Fires, CBC, c. 1980-83
(As Gerry Parkes) Jerome "Doc" Christian, Fraggle Rock (also knownas Fraggle Hill, Fraggle Rock with Jim Henson's Muppets, The International Show, and Jim Henson's "Fraggle Rock"), HBO and CBC, c. 1983-87
Barton Winslow, Shining Time Station, PBS, 1991-93
Miniseries
Edward Blake, The National Dream: Building the Impossible Railway,CBC, 1974
(As Gerard Parks) Glory Enough for All, CBC, Thames Television, and PBS, 1988
Priest, JFK: Reckless Youth, NBC, 1993
Ferdinand Noble, Thanks of a Grateful Nation (also known as TheGulf War), Showtime, 1998
Orville Boucher, Storm of the Century (also known as Stephen King's "Storm of the Century"), ABC, 1999
Movies
Jessup, An American Christmas Carol, ABC, 1979
Circuit judge Nat Fawcett, Draw!, HBO, 1984
Frank Bushmill, The Suicide Murders, CBC, 1985
Father Robert Hunt, Fight for Life, ABC, 1987
Dr. Block, Bridge to Silence, CBS, 1989
Father Foley, Common Ground, CBS, 1990
Portal, Dieppe, CBC, 1993
Priest, Small Gifts, CBC, 1994
Father Daniel, "Mamusha," Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women,Showtime, 1997
Prime minister, Thunder Point (also known as Jack Higgins' "Thunder Point"), Showtime, 1998
Previous Santa, Must Be Santa, CBC and Starz!, 1999
Bruno Mettler, Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111, CTV, 2000
Charles Kemble, Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble, Showtime, 2000
Judge Stevens, A House of Divided, Showtime, 2000
Specials
Walter Denning, "The Write-Off," Play for Today, BBC and CBC, 1970
Prison doctor, Jimmy Valentine (short; also known as O. Henry's"Jimmy Valentine" and Valentine's Revenge), PBS, 1985
(As Gerry Parkes) Jerome "Doc" Christian, A Muppet Family Christmas, ABC, 1987
Jonathan Swift, "Handel's Last Chance," The Composers' Specials, HBO, 1996
Episodic
The cook, "Trial by Fire," Seaway, CBC, 1965
Father, "The Night Caller," Adventures in Rainbow Country, CBC, 1969
"Racehorse," King of Kensington, CBC and syndicated, 1978
Dr. Cobourne, "The Day of the Fugitive," The Littlest Hobo, CTV and syndicated, 1981
Bean, "Fortune and Ladies Eyes," Seeing Things, CBC, 1985
(As Gerry Parkes) Phil Phenelli, "Phil's Visit," Today's Special,Nickelodeon, 1986
Monsignor, "The Crossing," The Twilight Zone, syndicated, 1988
Dr. Emil Gestaine, "Breeding Ground," War of the Worlds (also known as War of the Worlds: The Second Invasion), syndicated, 1989
"The Day It Rained Forever," The Ray Bradbury Theater (also knownas The Bradbury Trilogy, Mystery Theatre, The Ray Bradbury Theatre, Le monde fantastique de Ray Bradbury, and Ray Bradburypresente), USA Network, 1990
Pilots
Harrison Sturgess, A Gift to Last, CBC, 1976
Captain Wells, Cagney & Lacey, CBS, 1981
Television Work
Specials
Puppeteer, A Muppet Family Christmas, ABC, 1987
Stage Appearances
Jeremiah Sant, F.R.S., Hadrian VII, Helen Hayes Theatre, New YorkCity, 1969
Kilt, Tarragon Theatre Mainspace, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1999

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