Garwin Sanford

{{short description|Canadian film and television actor (born 1955)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Garwin Sanford

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|03|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1984–present

}}

Garwin Sanford (born 14 March 1955) is a Canadian film and television actor known for his roles on Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis.

Career

Sanford's most notable roles are Narim in Stargate SG-1 and Simon Wallace in Stargate Atlantis.{{cite web|last=Read|first=David|date=2006-10-10|title=Jack of All Tollan: An Interview With Garwin Sanford|url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/10/jack-of-all-tollan/|accessdate=2016-09-26|website=www.gateworld.com}} In 1994, he played Captain Taylor Shields in the historical adventure series Hawkeye. Sanford has also made guest appearances on such television series as Smallville, Airwolf, North of 60, MacGyver, Stingray, Booker, Sliders, Dead Man's Gun, Highlander: The Series, Merlin's Apprentice, The Odyssey, The Outer Limits, Earth: Final Conflict, Dark Angel, The 4400, Eureka, So Weird and Supernatural. He appeared in Another Cinderella Story as Rod Parker, Joey's father. He has also appeared in several Bryan Adams music videos.

In 2005 Sanford appeared in Recipe for a Perfect Christmas (aka Smothered) as Clay McNeil, JJ's Boss. The following year Sanford appeared in Merlin's Apprentice as Lord Weston.

In 2013, Sanford appeared as the Red King in Once Upon a Time in Wonderland and as Vice President Brubaker in Independence Daysaster. Sanford has also had guest roles on Cedar Cove as Colin McFadden and When Calls the Heart as William Thatcher.{{cite web|last=Reuben|date=2015-04-25|title=When Calls the Heart "Trials of the Heart" Review (season 2, episode 1)|url=https://www.tvequals.com/2015/04/25/calls-heart-season-2-review-trials-heart-two-hour-season-premiere/|accessdate=2016-09-26|website=www.tvequals.com|archive-date=21 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021190810/https://www.tvequals.com/2015/04/25/calls-heart-season-2-review-trials-heart-two-hour-season-premiere/|url-status=dead}}

Sanford is also an artist, specializing in pen and ink portraiture and sculpture.

In 2015 Sanford was the recipient of the Sam Payne Award, an award given to a B.C. artist who demonstrates humanity, integrity and the encouragement of new talent.{{Cite press release|title=Langara. News & Events: Langara News: 2016: Garwin Sanford recognized with 2015 UBCP/ACTRA Sam Payne Award|url=https://langara.ca/news-and-events/langara-news/2016/160513-sam-payne-award-garwin-sanford.html|date=2016-05-13|location=Vancouver|publisher=Langara College|access-date=2021-03-02}}

Filmography

Below is an incomplete filmography:

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!class="unsortable" | Notes

1987

|Airwolf

|Nikolai Arkov

|3 episodes

1988

|MacGyver

|Rafael{{\}}Durst

|2 episodes

1989–1990

|Booker

|Haberman{{\}}Dehavelen Smith

|4 episodes

1989

|Who's Harry Crumb

|Dennis Kimball

|

1990

|data-sort-value="Death of the Incredible Hulk, The" | The Death of the Incredible Hulk

|Agent Shoup

|TV movie

1993–1994

|North of 60

|David Shore

|4 episodes

1994–1995

|Hawkeye

|Captain Taylor Shields

|21 episodes

rowspan="2" |1994

|Highlander: The Series

|John Garrick

|Episode: "Shadows"

data-sort-value="Odyssey, The" | The Odyssey

|Arthur Bourne{{\}}Iceface

|8 episodes

1995

|Sliders

|Doc

|Episode: "Pilot"

1996–2001

|data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | The Outer Limits

|Peter Chandler{{\}}Dom Pardo{{\}}Senator Meade

|3 episodes

1997

|Viper

|Michael Cornell (Alex Broady)

|SE3/EP3

1997–1998

|Dead Man's Gun

|Leyland Pringle{{\}}Frank Murphy

|2 episodes

1998–2006

|Stargate SG-1

|Narim

|3 episodes

1999

|So Weird

|Tad Raxall

|2 episodes

1999

|Milgaard

|Hersh Wolch

|Gemini Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Film

2000–2001

|Earth: Final Conflict

|Federov

|3 episodes

2001

|Smallville

|Mr. Brooks

|Episode: "Red"

2002

|Dark Angel

|Head Priest

|Episode: "Exposure"

2004–2005

|Stargate Atlantis

|Simon Wallis

|3 episodes

2004

|data-sort-value="4400, The" | The 4400

|Adam Kensington

|2 episodes

2005

|Recipe for a Perfect Christmas

|Clay McNeil

|TV film

2006–2007

|Eureka

|Congressman Faraday

|2 episodes

2006

|Merlin's Apprentice

|Lord Weston

|2 episodes

2007

|Termination Point

|Quinn

|TV film

2007–2011

|Supernatural

|Jim Michael{{\}}Deacon

|2 episodes

2008

|Another Cinderella Story

|Rod Parker

|Direct-to-video

rowspan="2" |2013

|Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

|Red King

|Episode: "Heart to Stone"

Independence Daysaster

|Dennis Brubaker

|TV film

2014

|Cedar Cove

|Colin McFadden

|3 episodes

2015–2018

|When Calls the Heart

|William Thatcher

|9 episodes

References

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