Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 16, 1924
Died
Oct 19, 2014
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Credits
55 titles
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
Filmography
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Doc
Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away
Doc (as Gerry Parkes)
Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111
Bruno Mettler
Deeply
Uncle Peat
A House Divided
Judge Stevens
Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble
Charles Kemble
Must Be Santa
Storm of the Century
Orville Boucher
The Boondock Saints
Doc
Noddy
Wally the Wanderer
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
Ferdinand Noble
Thunder Point
Prime Minister
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha")
Mother Night
Father Patrick Keeley
Handel's Last Chance
Jonathan Swift
It Takes Two
St. Bart's Priest
Small Gifts
Priest
Trapped in Paradise
Father Gorenzel
That Scatterbrain Booky
The Adjuster
Tim
Money
Henry Clay Adams
The Gunrunner
Common Ground
Father Foley
Speaking Parts
The Father
The Last Winter
War of the Worlds
Dr. Emil Gestaine
Short Circuit 2
Priest
A Muppet Family Christmas
Doc
Fight for Life
Father Robert Hunt
Heaven On Earth
Reverend Laird
Fraggles Look For Jobs
Himself
The Twilight Zone
Monsignor Perrault
Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly
Doc
The Suicide Murders
Frank Bushmill
The Bells of Fraggle Rock
Doc
Draw!
Circuit Judge Fawcett
Spasms
Captain Novack
Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock
Doc
Fraggle Rock
Doc
Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot
Capt. Wells
Yesterday
Professor Saunders
An American Christmas Carol
Jessup
Bethune
Dr. MacCacken
Teleplay
Second Wind
Packard
Freedom of the City
Priest
The National Dream
Edward Blake
Running Time
The Old Lady's Son
The Pyx
The Apprentice
Professor