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Art Hindle

{{short description|Canadian actor and director}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Art Hindle

| image = Art Hindle at the CFC Annual BBQ Fundraiser 2014 (15003887259).jpg

| caption = Art Hindle at the 2014 CFC Annual BBQ

| birth_name = Arthur Hindle

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|7|21}}{{Cite web |date=2021-11-26 |title=Art Hindle - Lucky? ... Indeed! {{!}} IndustryCentral |url=https://www.industrycentral.net/features/working_actors/art_hindle |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=www.industrycentral.net |language=en}}

| birth_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

| death_date =

| death_place =

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|television director}}

| years_active = 1971–present

| relatives = Michael Kane (uncle)

}}

Arthur Hindle (born July 21, 1948) is a Canadian actor and television director. He won the Gemini Award for Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role for his portrayal of news director Mike Fennell on the CTV drama E.N.G. (1989-94). His other notable television roles include Jeff Farraday on Dallas (1981-82), Harry Dobbs on North of 60 (1996-97), Pete Braga on Paradise Falls (2001-08), and Grandpa Hobbie on Holly Hobbie (2021-23).

Hindle is also known for his roles in the 1970's horror films Black Christmas (1974), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), and The Brood (1979). He also played police officer Ted Jarvis in the cult classic sex comedy Porky's (1981) and its sequel Porky's II: The Next Day (1983).

Early life and education

Hindle was born in Halifax,{{cite news |title='In their own way, they're the most honest guys I know' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23570244/art_hindle/ |work=The Gazette |date=January 2, 1971 |location=Canada, Montreal |page=85|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = September 8, 2018}} {{Open access}} to a father who was in the Royal Canadian Navy. His uncle was actor Michael Kane.

For 12 years, he alternated living with his divorced parents in addition to living in foster homes. He grew up in Bowmanville, and later at The Beaches area of Toronto.{{cite web |title=The Memory Book: Art Hindle |url=http://www.hallmarkmoviesandmysteries.com/the-memory-book/cast/art-hindle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909032005/http://www.hallmarkmoviesandmysteries.com/the-memory-book/cast/art-hindle |archive-date=9 September 2018 |access-date=9 September 2018 |website=Hallmark Movies & Mysteries}} He began acting in local plays as a teenager, and graduated from Riverdale Collegiate Institute in 1963.

Before he became an actor, Hindle modeled clothes in catalogs for Canadian companies Simpsons-Sears and Eaton's. He was also a stockbroker. He studied method acting under Eli Rill.

Career

Hindle has made guest appearances in a long list of television programs in North America, and has also appeared in several movies, dating from 1971.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

His first major role was in a biker movie, The Proud Rider, spawned by the popularity of Easy Rider. Hindle worked with a real motorcycle gang, Satan's Choice of Oshawa. It was during the production of this film that he almost changed his professional name to Jeremy Kane, as producers thought that Hindle should have a more obvious link to his uncle, actor Michael Kane.Marina Craig, "Hockey-romance film made for families". Hamilton Spectatorm january 2, 1971.

In 1971, he was cast as Billy Duke in the film Face-Off.{{cite news |last1=Shields |first1=Roy |title=All-Canadian movie that could go big |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23569478/the_gazette/ |work=The Gazette |date=November 13, 1971 |location=Canada, Montreal |page=46|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = September 8, 2018}} {{Open access}} This film led to offers from Hollywood which he resisted until work dried up and Hindle, who had four children by this time, finally moved to Los Angeles in 1974.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

He had a supporting role in the Canadian horror film Black Christmas in 1974. He had a pivotal supporting role in the 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. He then went onto playing a lead role in David Cronenberg's 1979 horror film The Brood and appeared in the 1981 teen sex comedy film Porky's as police officer Ted Jarvis. In the 1990s, he played the role of Harry Dobbs in the popular Canadian TV series, North of 60.

From the early 1990s, Hindle has also worked as a director. In 2001, he starred in, and directed episodes of, the award-winning series Paradise Falls which screened on the Showcase channel in Canada and cable stations in the U.S.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

Filmography

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Awards and nominations

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Institution

! Year

! Category

! Work

! Result

ACTRA Award

| 2022

| Toronto Award of Excellence

| {{N/A}}

| {{won}}

rowspan="4" |Gemini Award

|1990

| rowspan="2" |Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

| rowspan="2" |E.N.G.

|{{won}}

1993

|{{nom}}

1994

|Best Actor in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

|Liar, Liar

|{{nom}}

1998

|Best Guest Actor in a Dramatic Series

|North of 60

|{{nom}}

Toronto After Dark Film Festival

|2018

|Best Supporting Actor

|Robbery

| {{won}}

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|id=0385543}}

{{Best Actor in a Drama Series CSA}}

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Category:Canadian male film actors

Category:Film directors from Nova Scotia

Category:Film directors from Toronto

Category:Canadian male voice actors

Category:Canadian male television actors

Category:Canadian television directors

Category:Living people

Category:Male actors from Halifax, Nova Scotia

Category:Male actors from Toronto

Category:Best Actor in a Drama Series Canadian Screen Award winners

Category:1948 births