Gerard Parkes
Born in Dublin, Ireland — Oct 16 1924• Died Oct 19 2014
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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 diverse series as the 1960s' ecological adventure series The Fores…
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Gerard Parkes's Credits
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The Twilight Zone
Monsignor Perrault
The Wednesday Play
Guvariov
Fraggle Rock
Doc
War of the Worlds
Dr. Emil Gestaine
Noddy
Wally the Wanderer
Storm of the Century
Orville Boucher
The Boondock Saints
Doc
The First Time
Charles
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Doc
Short Circuit 2
Priest
It Takes Two
St. Bart's Priest
Trapped in Paradise
Father Gorenzel
Mother Night
Father Patrick Keeley
Draw!
Circuit Judge Fawcett
Spasms
Captain Novack
Common Ground
Father Foley
Thunder Point
Prime Minister
Deeply
Uncle Peat
A Muppet Family Christmas
Doc
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
Ferdinand Noble
The Pyx
An American Christmas Carol
Jessup
Speaking Parts
The Father
Yesterday
Professor Saunders
Fight for Life
Father Robert Hunt
The National Dream
Edward Blake
The Adjuster
Tim
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
Father Daniel (segment "Mamusha")
Bethune
Dr. MacCacken
Small Gifts
Priest
Money
Henry Clay Adams
A House Divided
Judge Stevens
Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble
Charles Kemble
The Gunrunner
Second Wind
Packard
Isabel
Uncle Matthew
Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock
Doc
Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly
Doc
The Last Winter
Must Be Santa
The Apprentice
Professor
The Suicide Murders
Frank Bushmill
Cagney and Lacey: The Pilot
Capt. Wells
Heaven On Earth
Reverend Laird
The Bells of Fraggle Rock
Doc
A Great Big Thing
Appie
Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111
Bruno Mettler
Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away
Doc (as Gerry Parkes)
Running Time
The Old Lady's Son
Fraggles Look For Jobs
Himself
Handel's Last Chance
Jonathan Swift
David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker
Duncan McGillivray
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