Gerard Parkes

Gerard Parkes

Actor Oct 16 (died age 90) Dublin, Ireland 1964–2009 (45 year career)

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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 divers…

Known For

The Boondock Saints

The Boondock Saints

Doc

It Takes Two

It Takes Two

St. Bart's Priest

Short Circuit 2

Short Circuit 2

Priest

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

Doc

Fraggle Rock

Fraggle Rock

Doc

A Muppet Family Christmas

A Muppet Family Christmas

Doc

Trapped in Paradise

Trapped in Paradise

Father Gorenzel

Mother Night

Mother Night

Father Patrick Keeley

Filmography

Acting (54)

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Movies (46)

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

as Doc

Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away

Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away

as Doc (as Gerry Parkes)

Deeply

Deeply

as Uncle Peat

A House Divided

A House Divided

as Judge Stevens

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble

as Charles Kemble

Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111

Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111

as Bruno Mettler

The Boondock Saints

The Boondock Saints

as Doc

Must Be Santa

Must Be Santa

Thunder Point

Thunder Point

as Prime Minister

Thanks of a Grateful Nation

Thanks of a Grateful Nation

as Ferdinand Noble

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

as Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha")

Mother Night

Mother Night

as Father Patrick Keeley

Handel's Last Chance

Handel's Last Chance

as Jonathan Swift

It Takes Two

It Takes Two

as St. Bart's Priest

Trapped in Paradise

Trapped in Paradise

as Father Gorenzel

Small Gifts

Small Gifts

as Priest

That Scatterbrain Booky

The Adjuster

The Adjuster

as Tim

Money

Money

as Henry Clay Adams

Common Ground

Common Ground

as Father Foley

Speaking Parts

Speaking Parts

as The Father

The Gunrunner

The Gunrunner

The Last Winter

The Last Winter

Short Circuit 2

Short Circuit 2

as Priest

A Muppet Family Christmas

A Muppet Family Christmas

as Doc

Heaven On Earth

Heaven On Earth

as Reverend Laird

Fight for Life

Fight for Life

as Father Robert Hunt

Fraggles Look For Jobs

Fraggles Look For Jobs

as Himself

Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly

Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly

as Doc

The Suicide Murders

as Frank Bushmill

Draw!

Draw!

as Circuit Judge Fawcett

The Bells of Fraggle Rock

The Bells of Fraggle Rock

as Doc

Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock

Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock

as Doc

Spasms

Spasms

as Captain Novack

Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot

Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot

as Capt. Wells

Yesterday

Yesterday

as Professor Saunders

An American Christmas Carol

An American Christmas Carol

as Jessup

Bethune

Bethune

as Dr. MacCacken

Second Wind

Second Wind

as Packard

Running Time

Running Time

as The Old Lady's Son

The Pyx

The Pyx

The Apprentice

The Apprentice

as Professor

The First Time

The First Time

as Charles

A Great Big Thing

as Appie

Isabel

Isabel

as Uncle Matthew

David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker

as Duncan McGillivray

Television (8)

Storm of the Century

Storm of the Century

as Orville Boucher

Noddy

Noddy

as Wally the Wanderer

War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds

as Dr. Emil Gestaine

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

as Monsignor Perrault

Fraggle Rock

Fraggle Rock

as Doc

Cagney & Lacey

Cagney & Lacey

as Captain Wells

The National Dream

The National Dream

as Edward Blake

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

as Guvariov