Gerard Parkes
Known for Acting · 55 credits
- Born
- 1924-10-16
- Died
- 2014-10-19
- Place of birth
- Dublin, Ireland
- Also known as
- Gerard Thomas Parkes · Gerry Parkes · Gerard Parks
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (8)
Movies (47)
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
Speaking Parts
1990
as The Father
A Muppet Family Christmas
1987
as Doc
The Adjuster
1991
as Tim
Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly
1985
as Doc
Bethune
1977
as Dr. MacCacken
Small Gifts
1994
as Priest
Mother Night
1996
as Father Patrick Keeley
Common Ground
1990
as Father Foley
A House Divided
2000
as Judge Stevens
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
1998
as Ferdinand Noble
Deeply
2000
as Uncle Peat
The Gunrunner
1990
Thunder Point
1998
as Prime Minister
Running Time
1974
as The Old Lady's Son
An American Christmas Carol
1979
as Jessup
Handel's Last Chance
1996
as Jonathan Swift
Fight for Life
1987
as Father Robert Hunt
Freedom of the City
1975
as Priest
Draw!
1984
as Circuit Judge Fawcett
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
1997
as Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha")
Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble
2000
as Charles Kemble
Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot
1981
as Capt. Wells
Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111
2000
as Bruno Mettler
Yesterday
1980
as Professor Saunders
The Apprentice
1971
as Professor
The Last Winter
1989
Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away
2005
as Doc (as Gerry Parkes)
Must Be Santa
1999
The Suicide Murders
1985
as Frank Bushmill
Money
1991
as Henry Clay Adams
The Pyx
1973
Fraggles Look For Jobs
1986
as Himself
Heaven On Earth
1987
as Reverend Laird
A Great Big Thing
1968
as Appie
The Bells of Fraggle Rock
1984
as Doc
Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock
1983
as Doc
Isabel
1968
as Uncle Matthew
Second Wind
1976
as Packard
That Scatterbrain Booky
1992
David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker
1964
as Duncan McGillivray
About 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… With 55 credits spanning from 1964 to 2009, Gerard Parkes has appeared in 47 films and 8 TV shows.
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- 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
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