Gerard Parkes

Personal Info

Birthday

October 16, 1924

Day of Death

2014-10-19

(90 years old)

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

Also Known As

Gerard Thomas Parkes

Gerry Parkes

Gerard Parks

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.

Known For

The Twilight Zone

War of the Worlds

Storm of the Century

The Wednesday Play

Noddy

Fraggle Rock

The Boondock Saints

It Takes Two

Filmography

2009
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
as Doc
2005
Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock
as Doc
Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away
as Doc (as Gerry Parkes)
2000
Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111
as Bruno Mettler
Deeply
as Uncle Peat
A House Divided
as Judge Stevens
Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble
as Charles Kemble
1999
The Boondock Saints
as Doc
1998
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
as Ferdinand Noble
Thunder Point
as Prime Minister
1997
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
as Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha")
1996
Mother Night
as Father Patrick Keeley
1995
It Takes Two
as St. Bart's Priest
1994
Small Gifts
as Priest
Trapped in Paradise
as Father Gorenzel
1991
The Adjuster
as Tim
1990
Common Ground
as Father Foley
Speaking Parts
as The Father
1988
Short Circuit 2
as Priest
1987
A Muppet Family Christmas
as Doc
Fight for Life
as Father Robert Hunt
Heaven On Earth
as Reverend Laird
1986
Fraggles Look For Jobs
as Himself
1985
The Suicide Murders
as Frank Bushmill
1984
The Bells of Fraggle Rock
as Doc
Draw!
as Circuit Judge Fawcett
1983
Spasms
as Captain Novack
1980
Yesterday
as Professor Saunders
1979
An American Christmas Carol
as Jessup
1977
Bethune
as Dr. MacCacken
1976
Second Wind
as Packard
1974
Running Time
as The Old Lady's Son
1971
The Apprentice
as Professor
1969
The First Time
as Charles
1968
A Great Big Thing
as Appie
Isabel
as Uncle Matthew
1964
David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker
as Duncan McGillivray