Acting · Dublin, Ireland · Born October 16, 1924
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.
MovieThe Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
2009
as Doc
MovieFraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away
2005
as Doc (as Gerry Parkes)
MovieBlessed Stranger: After Flight 111
2000
as Bruno Mettler
MovieDeeply
2000
as Uncle Peat
MovieA House Divided
2000
as Judge Stevens
MovieEnslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble
2000
as Charles Kemble
MovieMust Be Santa
1999
TVStorm of the Century
1999
as Orville Boucher
MovieThe Boondock Saints
1999
as Doc
TVNoddy
1998
as Wally the Wanderer
MovieThanks of a Grateful Nation
1998
as Ferdinand Noble
MovieThunder Point
1998
as Prime Minister
MovieRescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
1997
as Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha")
MovieMother Night
1996
as Father Patrick Keeley
MovieHandel's Last Chance
1996
as Jonathan Swift
MovieIt Takes Two
1995
as St. Bart's Priest
MovieSmall Gifts
1994
as Priest
MovieTrapped in Paradise
1994
as Father Gorenzel
That Scatterbrain Booky
1992
MovieThe Adjuster
1991
as Tim
MovieMoney
1991
as Henry Clay Adams
MovieThe Gunrunner
1990
MovieCommon Ground
1990
as Father Foley
MovieSpeaking Parts
1990
as The Father
MovieThe Last Winter
1989
TVWar of the Worlds
1988
as Dr. Emil Gestaine
MovieShort Circuit 2
1988
as Priest
MovieA Muppet Family Christmas
1987
as Doc
MovieFight for Life
1987
as Father Robert Hunt
MovieHeaven On Earth
1987
as Reverend Laird
MovieFraggles Look For Jobs
1986
as Himself
TVThe Twilight Zone
1985
as Monsignor Perrault
MovieFraggle Rock: Scared Silly
1985
as Doc
The Suicide Murders
1985
as Frank Bushmill
MovieThe Bells of Fraggle Rock
1984
as Doc
MovieDraw!
1984
as Circuit Judge Fawcett
MovieSpasms
1983
as Captain Novack
MovieFraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock
1983
as Doc
TVFraggle Rock
1983
as Doc
MovieCagney and Lacey: The Pilot
1981
as Capt. Wells
MovieYesterday
1980
as Professor Saunders
MovieAn American Christmas Carol
1979
as Jessup
MovieBethune
1977
as Dr. MacCacken
Teleplay
1976
MovieSecond Wind
1976
as Packard
Freedom of the City
1975
as Priest
TVThe National Dream
1974
as Edward Blake
MovieRunning Time
1974
as The Old Lady's Son
MovieThe Pyx
1973
MovieThe Apprentice
1971
as Professor
MovieThe First Time
1969
as Charles
A Great Big Thing
1968
as Appie
MovieIsabel
1968
as Uncle Matthew
TVThe Wednesday Play
1964
as Guvariov
David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker
1964
as Duncan McGillivray
