Gerard Parkes

Gerard Gerry Parkes was an Irishborn 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 childrens 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 Handels Last Chance In 1998 he appeared on an episode of PBSs Noddy as Wally the Wanderer in Noahs Leaving He appeared with Willem Dafoe and Billy Connolly in The Boondock Saints playing a Tourettes syndromeafflicted 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 BYSA 40 license additional terms may apply