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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

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Doc

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

2009

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Doc (as Gerry Parkes)

Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away

2005

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Bruno Mettler

Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111

2000

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Uncle Peat

Deeply

2000

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Judge Stevens

A House Divided

2000

6.6

Charles Kemble

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble

2000

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Must Be Santa

1999

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Orville Boucher

Storm of the Century

1999

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Doc

The Boondock Saints

1999

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Wally the Wanderer

Noddy

1998

Credits

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

as Doc

2009

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Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away

as Doc (as Gerry Parkes)

2005

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Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111

as Bruno Mettler

2000

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Deeply

as Uncle Peat

2000

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A House Divided

as Judge Stevens

2000

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Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble

as Charles Kemble

2000

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Must Be Santa

1999

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Storm of the Century

as Orville Boucher

1999

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The Boondock Saints

as Doc

1999

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Noddy

as Wally the Wanderer

1998

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Thanks of a Grateful Nation

as Ferdinand Noble

1998

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Thunder Point

as Prime Minister

1998

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Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women

as Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha")

1997

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Mother Night

as Father Patrick Keeley

1996

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Handel's Last Chance

as Jonathan Swift

1996

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It Takes Two

as St. Bart's Priest

1995

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Small Gifts

as Priest

1994

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Trapped in Paradise

as Father Gorenzel

1994

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That Scatterbrain Booky

1992

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The Adjuster

as Tim

1991

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Money

as Henry Clay Adams

1991

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The Gunrunner

1990

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Common Ground

as Father Foley

1990

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Speaking Parts

as The Father

1990

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The Last Winter

1989

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War of the Worlds

as Dr. Emil Gestaine

1988

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Short Circuit 2

as Priest

1988

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A Muppet Family Christmas

as Doc

1987

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Fight for Life

as Father Robert Hunt

1987

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Heaven On Earth

as Reverend Laird

1987

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Fraggles Look For Jobs

as Himself

1986

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The Twilight Zone

as Monsignor Perrault

1985

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Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly

as Doc

1985

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The Suicide Murders

as Frank Bushmill

1985

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The Bells of Fraggle Rock

as Doc

1984

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Draw!

as Circuit Judge Fawcett

1984

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Spasms

as Captain Novack

1983

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Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock

as Doc

1983

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Fraggle Rock

as Doc

1983

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Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot

as Capt. Wells

1981

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Yesterday

as Professor Saunders

1980

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An American Christmas Carol

as Jessup

1979

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Bethune

as Dr. MacCacken

1977

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Second Wind

as Packard

1976

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The National Dream

as Edward Blake

1974

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Running Time

as The Old Lady's Son

1974

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The Pyx

1973

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The Apprentice

as Professor

1971

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The First Time

as Charles

1969

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A Great Big Thing

as Appie

1968

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Isabel

as Uncle Matthew

1968

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The Wednesday Play

as Guvariov

1964

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David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker

as Duncan McGillivray

1964

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