Gerard Parkes
Acting • Born 1924-10-16 – Died 2014-10-19
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.
Filmography
53 credits
Small Gifts
Movie • 1994
Priest
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Movie • 2009
Doc
It Takes Two
Movie • 1995
St. Bart's Priest
Draw!
Movie • 1984
Circuit Judge Fawcett
David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker
Movie • 1964
Duncan McGillivray
Trapped in Paradise
Movie • 1994
Father Gorenzel
Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble
Movie • 2000
Charles Kemble
Running Time
Movie • 1974
The Old Lady's Son
The Pyx
Movie • 1973
Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away
Movie • 2005
Doc (as Gerry Parkes)
Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock
Movie • 1983
Doc
Fight for Life
Movie • 1987
Father Robert Hunt
Speaking Parts
Movie • 1990
The Father
Short Circuit 2
Movie • 1988
Priest
Common Ground
Movie • 1990
Father Foley
Mother Night
Movie • 1996
Father Patrick Keeley
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
Movie • 1997
Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha")
An American Christmas Carol
Movie • 1979
Jessup
Spasms
Movie • 1983
Captain Novack
A Great Big Thing
Movie • 1968
Appie
Heaven On Earth
Movie • 1987
Reverend Laird
The Last Winter
Movie • 1989
A Muppet Family Christmas
Movie • 1987
Doc
The Adjuster
Movie • 1991
Tim
Second Wind
Movie • 1976
Packard
A House Divided
Movie • 2000
Judge Stevens
Bethune
Movie • 1977
Dr. MacCacken
Isabel
Movie • 1968
Uncle Matthew
The Apprentice
Movie • 1971
Professor
The First Time
Movie • 1969
Charles
Yesterday
Movie • 1980
Professor Saunders
The Bells of Fraggle Rock
Movie • 1984
Doc
Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111
Movie • 2000
Bruno Mettler
The Boondock Saints
Movie • 1999
Doc
Deeply
Movie • 2000
Uncle Peat
Must Be Santa
Movie • 1999
Fraggles Look For Jobs
Movie • 1986
Himself
The Suicide Murders
Movie • 1985
Frank Bushmill
That Scatterbrain Booky
Movie • 1992
The Gunrunner
Movie • 1990
Thunder Point
Movie • 1998
Prime Minister
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
Movie • 1998
Ferdinand Noble
Money
Movie • 1991
Henry Clay Adams
Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot
Movie • 1981
Capt. Wells
Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly
Movie • 1985
Doc
Handel's Last Chance
Movie • 1996
Jonathan Swift
The National Dream
TV • 1974
Edward Blake
War of the Worlds
TV • 1988
Dr. Emil Gestaine
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
Monsignor Perrault
Fraggle Rock
TV • 1983
Doc
Storm of the Century
TV • 1999
Orville Boucher
Noddy
TV • 1998
Wally the Wanderer
The Wednesday Play
TV • 1964
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