Winston Rekert

Winston Houghton Rekert June 10 1949  September 14 2012 was a Canadian actor He was best known for starring in the television series Adderly and Neon Rider In 1985 he played the role of Detective Langevin in the American film Agnes of God In the same year he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 6th Genie Awards for his performance in the film Walls From 1986 to 1988 he starred as the lead character in the Canadian television series Adderly a comedy drama that was a spoof of the spy genre In 1987 he won a Gemini Award for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Continuing Dramatic Role for his work on the series Following Adderlys cancellation Rekerts childhood friend Danny Virtue pitched him an idea for a television series that eventually became Neon Rider The series ran from 1990 to 1995 and starred Rekert as Michael Terry a therapist who ran a ranch for troubled adolescents He also worked on the series as a writer director and producer Through the show he became involved with a variety of youth groups and was named the national spokesman for Youth at Risk In 2003 he won his second Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series for his appearance on the television series Blue Murder In April 2012 he was awarded with the Sam Payne Lifetime Achievement Awardan annual award that recognizes professional performers displaying humanity artistic integrity and encouragement of new talent He died on September 14 2012 at the age of 63 after a threeyear battle with cancer From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia