Kenneth Welsh
{{Short description|Canadian actor (1942–2022)}}
{{distinguish|Kenneth Walsh (disambiguation){{!}}Kenneth Walsh}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|size=100%|country=CAN|CM}}
| name = Kenneth Welsh
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1942|3|30}}
| birth_name = Kenneth Clifford Welsh{{Cite web |title=Kenneth Welsh |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/kenneth-welsh |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |language=en}}
| birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|5|5|1942|3|30|mf=y}}
| death_place = Sandford, Ontario, Canada
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1964–2022
| children = Devon Welsh
}}
Kenneth Clifford Welsh, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|size=100%|CM}} (March 30, 1942 – May 5, 2022){{Cite web | url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/kenneth-welsh-dead-twin-peaks-1235261198/ | title=Kenneth Welsh, Canadian Actor in 'Twin Peaks' and 'The Day After Tomorrow,' Dies at 80 | date=7 May 2022 }}[https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/kenneth-welsh-canadian-actor-obituary-1.6445260 Prolific Canadian actor Kenneth Welsh dead at 80]. CBC News, May 6, 2022. was a Canadian actor,{{cite web|date=August 29, 2019|last1=Lucas|first1=Ralph|url=https://www.northernstars.ca/actor/kenneth-welsh/|title=Kenneth Welsh|website=Northernstars.ca}} who made over 300 stage, film, and television appearances over a nearly 60-year career.
Educated at the National Theatre School, he was a member of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival for six years,{{Cite web |title=Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia - Welsh, Kenneth |url=https://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Welsh,%20Kenneth |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=www.canadiantheatre.com}} before to New York and appearing in many Off-Broadway and Broadway plays. Beginning in the late 1970s, he worked regularly in film and television, both in Canada and the United States. He was well-known to television audiences for his portrayal of the multi-faceted villain Windom Earle on Twin Peaks (1990–91), and for playing Dr. Watson in a series of CTV Sherlock Holmes telefilms.
He was a four-time Genie Award nominee - winning Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Margaret's Museum (1996), with Best Actor nods for Reno and the Doc (1984) and Loyalties (1986). He also won four Gemini Awards, and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award. In 2003, he was acclaimed to the Order of Canada.
Early life and education
Welsh was born in Edmonton, Alberta, to a father who worked for the Canadian National Railway and mother who worked in a dress shop. He studied drama at school, as Alberta was the only province at the time which included drama on the curriculum. He continued his acting studies at the University of Alberta under Gordon Peacock,{{Cite web |title=Kenneth Welsh |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/kenneth-welsh |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |language=en}} before moving to Montreal to attend the National Theatre School. He graduated in 1965.
Following graduation, he auditioned for the Stratford Festival in Ontario and then spent the first seven years of his career on stage.
Career
= Theatre =
Following graduation, Welsh joined the Stratford Festival in Ontario. He made his debut during the 1966 season in Henry V, playing Sir Thomas Grey. He spent the next six years with the Festival, appearing in numerous Shakespearean roles. After their highly-successful 1973 European tour, he left the Festival, and took stints at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. He was a member of the Guthrie's ensemble company during the mid-70's under artistic director Michael Langham. In 1975, he won a Joseph Jefferson Award for his performance in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at the Goodman.{{Cite news |date=2022-05-20 |title=Versatile actor Kenneth Welsh went from Shakespeare to Twin Peaks |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-versatile-actor-kenneth-welsh-went-from-shakespeare-to-twin-peaks/ |access-date=2024-06-30 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}}
He made his Off-Broadway debut in the world premiere of Curse of the Starving Class at The Public Theater, and his Broadway debut in The Government Inspector. During the 1980's, he starred in such notable Broadway productions as Piaf, The Real Thing, Social Security, and Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.{{Cite web |title=Kenneth Welsh – Broadway Cast & Staff {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/kenneth-welsh-70859 |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=www.ibdb.com}} He directed and starred in multiple acclaimed stagings of the Dylan Thomas-penned radio drama Under Milk Wood.{{Cite web |last=Kaplan |first=Jon |date=2008-07-25 |title=Rare Welsh - NOW Magazine |url=https://nowtoronto.com/culture/rare-welsh/ |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=NOW Toronto |language=en-CA}}
Welsh also wrote the book for Standup Shakespeare, a cabaret musical that sets Shakespearean dialogue to contemporary jazz, baroque, samba and gospel-rock music.{{Cite web |title=Standup Shakespeare |url=https://www.abouttheartists.com/plays/4065-standup-shakespeare-by-ray-leslee-and-kenneth-welsh |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=www.abouttheartists.com}}
In the 2010s, he was a member of Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre Company.
= Film =
He was a two-time Genie Award nominee for Best Actor, receiving nods at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985 for his portrayal of Reno Colt in the film Reno and the DocJay Scott, "Bay Boy reels in 11 Genie nominations". The Globe and Mail, February 15, 1985.[https://deadline.com/2022/05/kenneth-welsh-dead-twin-peaks-windom-earle-was-80-obituary-1235018623/ "Kenneth Welsh Dies: Veteran Actor Played Windom Earle On ‘Twin Peaks’ Was 80"] by Bruce Haring at deadline.com and at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987 for his performance as David Sutton in Loyalties,John Allemang, "Arcand's Decline tops Genie nominations with 13". The Globe and Mail, February 5, 1987. and a two-time Genie nominee for Best Supporting Actor, receiving a nomination at the 5th Genie Awards in 1984 for Tell Me That You Love MeJay Scott, "11 nominations for Chapdelaine in Genie race". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1984. and winning the award at the 16th Genie Awards in 1996 for Margaret's Museum.Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. {{ISBN|0-7737-3238-1}}.
Reno and the Doc was written and directed by Charles Dennis; in 1997, Welsh directed Dennis in the latter's play SoHo Duo at the West Bank Theatre in New York City."Be it Broadway or Clint's way: It's the reel thing" by Rita Zekas, Toronto Star (20 June 1997) Retrieved from {{ProQuest|437685498}}
Welsh has portrayed historical figures including Thomas E. Dewey, Colin Thatcher, Harry S. Truman (twice), Thomas Edison, James "Scotty" Reston, General Harry Crerar and James Baker.[https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/kenneth-welsh-twin-peaks-and-star-trek-actor-dies-at-80/ "Kenneth Welsh, Twin Peaks and Star Trek Actor, Dies at 80"] by Jenna Anderson at comicbook.com He played Thomas Norval Hepburn, the father of Katharine Hepburn, in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator (2004).
His role as the vice-president of the United States in the 2004 environmental disaster film The Day After Tomorrow sparked some controversy due to his physical resemblance to Dick Cheney, the real-life vice-president at the time. Director Roland Emmerich later confirmed that he deliberately chose Welsh for that very reason. Emmerich stated that the character of the vice-president in the film was intended to be a not-so-subtle criticism of the environmental policies of the George W. Bush administration.[https://www.usatoday.com/educate/college/firstyear/articles/20040530.htm 'The Day After Tomorrow' heats up a political debate] by Scott Bowles, USA Today, May 26, 2004. (retrieved on January 12, 2009).
= Television =
Welsh's best-known television role is as Windom Earle, the primary antagonist and cunning foil to Dale Cooper, during the second season of the Twin Peaks (1990–91, 2017). He played Dr. Watson in a series of CTV Sherlock Holmes telefilms, opposite Matt Frewer as Holmes.
Welsh won four Gemini Awards out of six total nominations - Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Limited Series for And Then You Die (1987), Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher (1987), and Hiroshima (1995). He won Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Program or Series for Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming for his performance in the HBO telefilm Edison: The Wizard of Light.
He made guest appearances on numerous series, including Seeing Things, the 1980s revival of The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, Due South,"Leslie Nielsen brings big laughs to Due South" by Bonnie Malleck, The Hamilton Spectator (11 April 1996) [Final Edition] Retrieved from {{ProQuest|269814634}} Law & Order, The Practice, Murdoch Mysteries, Stargate Atlantis, Slings & Arrows,"Slings & Arrows starts 3rd season" by Alex Strachan, The Windsor Star (24 July 2006) [Final Edition] Retrieved from {{ProQuest|254640849}} The Expanse, The Blacklist, Lodge 49, and The Kids in the Hall.
Honours
Personal life
Welsh married Lynne Mcilvride in March 2022.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-08 |title=A stage without Kenneth... • Ted Barris |url=https://tedbarris.com/2022/05/08/a-stage-without-kenneth/ |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=Ted Barris |language=en-CA}} He had a son, musician Devon Welsh (b. 1988), from his previous marriage.{{cite web |last=Dolan |first=Margaret |date=June 17, 2013 |title=Majical Cloudz Don't Want to Be "Cool and Boring" |url=http://www.papermag.com/majical-cloudz-dont-want-to-be-cool-and-boring-1426951380.html |accessdate=August 27, 2018 |website=Paper Magazine}}[https://www.vice.com/en/article/we-talked-to-majical-cloudz/ "We Talked To Majical Cloudz"]. Vice, January 4, 2013.
Welsh was baptized by Anglican priest Rev. RuthAnne Ward in his house in the last months of his life. He was also a follower of American spiritual teacher Adi Da, who primarily focused on prioritizing spiritual enlightenment, Welsh narrated Da's 2000 audiobook, "What, Where, When, How, Why, and Who to Remember to Be Happy".{{cite journal|title=What, Where, When, How, Why, and Who to Remember to Be Happy|journal=The Utne Reader|date=2000|issue=103–108|page=98|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=npR9mPRC_r0C&q=%22Kenneth+Welsh%22+%2B+%22Adi+Da%22|access-date=April 10, 2017|quote= In this CD, Avatar Adi Da tells children exactly what to do every day to remember, feel, and breathe everlasting happiness. Narrated by award-winning actor Kenneth Welsh (Legends of the Fall, Perfectly Normal), with music by acclaimed composer Ray Lynch. Listen to this magical CD and be transported into the feeling of the Mystery!}}
= Death =
Welsh died on May 5, 2022, at the age of 80, from cancer.{{cite web|title=Kenneth Welsh, Memorable as a Villain on 'Twin Peaks,' Dies at 80|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/21/arts/television/kenneth-welsh-dead.html|work=The New York Times|last=Allen|first=Jordan|date=May 21, 2022|accessdate=May 24, 2022}} His son Devon announced on Twitter: "My dad passed away on Thursday peacefully at home. I will always love him beyond words. He lived a wonderful life, he was the best father I could have asked for, and he touched so many lives. Please make a toast, watch a film/TV show he was in, celebrate a giant of acting."{{Cite web | url=https://pitchfork.com/news/twin-peaks-actor-kenneth-welsh-dies-at-80/ | title=Twin Peaks Actor Kenneth Welsh Dies at 80 | website=Pitchfork | date=8 May 2022 }}
Upon his death, the official ACTRA Twitter account eulogized him saying "Ken was one of Canada’s all-time great performers, with hundreds of memorable roles spanning decades."{{Cite web |date=2024-06-30 |title=x.com |url=https://x.com/ACTRAToronto/status/1522679054067023872 |access-date=2024-06-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630220959/https://x.com/ACTRAToronto/status/1522679054067023872 |archive-date=2024-06-30 }}
His ashes were scattered in Lake Ontario following cremation.
Partial stage credits
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year | Title | Role(s)
!Venue(s) | class="unsortable" | Other notes
!Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3" | 1966
| data-sort-value="Overfamiliar Subordinate, The" | Henry V |Sir Thomas Grey / Ensemble member | rowspan="16" |Stratford Festival Theatre | | |||
| Henry VI
|First Murderer / Captain to Talbot / Lord Talbot (understudy) | | |||
| Twelfth Night
|Ensemble member / Feste (understudy) | | |||
| rowspan="3" |1967
| | |||
| data-sort-value="Merry Wives of Windsor, The" | The Merry Wives of Windsor
|Fenton | | |||
| Antony and Cleopatra
| | |||
| rowspan="3" |1968
|data-sort-value="Midsummer Night's Dream, A" | A Midsummer Night's Dream | | |||
| data-sort-value="Three Musketeers, The" | The Three Musketeers
|Laporte / Lord de Winter / d'Artagnan (understudy) | | |||
| Tartuffe
|Damis | | |||
| rowspan="2" |1969
| | |||
| Tartuffe
|Damis | | |||
| rowspan="2" |1971
| | |||
| Much Ado About Nothing
|Benedick | | |||
| rowspan="3" |1972
| | |||
| King Lear
|Edgar | | |||
| As You Like It
|Sir Oliver Martext | | |||
| rowspan="2" |1973
| | rowspan="5" |Guthrie Theater | | | |||
| data-sort-value="Merchant of Venice, The" | The Merchant of Venice
| | | | |||
| rowspan="2" |1974
|King Lear | | | | |||
| data-sort-value="School for Scandal, The" | The School for Scandal
| | | | |||
| 1975
| |As director | | |||
| 1976
|data-sort-value="Streetcar Named Desire, A" | A Streetcar Named Desire | | |||
| 1977
|Joey Percival |Williamstown Theatre Festival | | | |||
| rowspan="2" |1978
|Taylor | | |||
| data-sort-value="Government Inspector, The" | The Government Inspector
|Ivan Kuzmich Shpekin | | |||
| 1979
|Philip Hill | | |||
| 1981
|Piaf |Georges Moustaki / Police Inspector / Physiotherapist / Angelo (understudy) | rowspan="2" |Plymouth Theatre | | |||
| 1983–1984
|data-sort-value="Real Thing, The" | The Real Thing |Max | | |||
| 1986–1987
|Martin Heyman | | |||
| 1987
|data-sort-value="Walk in the Woods, A" | A Walk in the Woods |John Honeyman | | |||
| rowspan="2" |1987–1989
| rowspan="2" |Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune | rowspan="2" |Johnny | rowspan="2" |Replaced F. Murray Abraham | |||
| Westside Theatre | |||
| 1997
|data-sort-value="Little Foxes, The" | The Little Foxes |Horace Giddens | | |||
| 2000
|Under Milk Wood | |For Stratford Festival | |||
| 2007
|Jacob | rowspan="3" |Young Centre for the Performing Arts | | |||
| 2008
|Under Milk Wood | | | |||
| rowspan="4" |2009
|Jacob | | |||
| rowspan="3" |Rock 'n' Roll
| rowspan="3" |Max |Citadel Theatre | | |||
| Bluma Appel Theatre
| | |||
| Shoctor Theatre
| | |||
| 2010
|Jitters | |Young Centre for the Performing Arts | | |||
| 2011
|data-sort-value="Homecoming, The" | The Homecoming |Sam |American Conservatory Theater | | |||
| 2012
|data-sort-value="Sunshine Boys, The" | The Sunshine Boys |Al Lewis | rowspan="2" |Young Centre for the Performing Arts | | |||
| 2013
|Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead |Player | | |||
| 2016
|data-sort-value="Coal Mine Christmas, A" | A Coal Mine Christmas | | |
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year | Title | Role | class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965
| data-sort-value="Overfamiliar Subordinate, The" | The Overfamiliar Subordinate | | NFB short documentary | |||
| 1974
| Piaf | | | |||
| 1976
| Brethren | Ralph | | |||
| rowspan="2" | 1980
| Dr. Klifter | | |||
| Phobia
| Sergeant Wheeler | | |||
| rowspan="3" | 1983
| David |Nominated- Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | |||
| Of Unknown Origin
| James Hall | | |||
| Hot Money
| Parker | | |||
| rowspan="3" | 1984
| Harrison | | |||
| Falling in Love
| Doctor | | |||
| Reno and the Doc
|Reno |Nominated- Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | |||
| rowspan="2" | 1985
| Perfect | Joe McKenzie | | |||
| data-sort-value="War Boy, The" | The War Boy
| Stephan Berecky | | |||
| rowspan="4" | 1986
| Lost! | Jim | | |||
| data-sort-value="Climb, The" | The Climb
| Walter Frauenberger | | |||
| Loyalties
| David Sutton |Nominated- Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | |||
| Heartburn
| Dr. Appel | | |||
| rowspan="2" | 1987
| Radio Voice | | |||
| And Then You Die
| Eddie Griffin | | |||
| rowspan="3" | 1988
| data-sort-value="House on Carroll Street, The" | The House on Carroll Street | Hackett | | |||
| Crocodile Dundee II
| Brannigan | | |||
| Another Woman
| Donald | | |||
| rowspan="2" | 1989
| data-sort-value="January Man, The" | The January Man | Roger Culver | | |||
| Physical Evidence
| Harry Norton | | |||
| rowspan="3" | 1990
| Straight Line | Dr. Hammel | | |||
| data-sort-value="Freshman, The" | The Freshman
| Dwight Armstrong | | |||
| Perfectly Normal
| Charlie Glesby | | |||
| 1991
| data-sort-value="Big Slice, The" | The Big Slice | Lieutenant Bernard | | |||
| 1992
| Eli's Lesson | Uncle Yakub | | |||
| 1993
| Les amoureuses | David | | |||
| rowspan="5" | 1994
| Death Wish V: The Face of Death | Lieutenant Mickey King | | |||
| Whale Music
| Kenneth Sexstone | [https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/whale-music-1200438603/ Whale Music review] by Leonard Klady at variety.com | |||
| Timecop
| Senator Utley | | |||
| Legends of the Fall
| Sheriff Tynert | | |||
| Boozecan
| Tim | | |||
| rowspan="2" | 1995
| Hideaway | Detective Breech | | |||
| Margaret's Museum
| Angus MacNeil |Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | |||
| rowspan="3" | 1996
| Portraits of a Killer | Jim Miller | | |||
| Rowing Through
| Harry Parker | | |||
| Turning April
| Father | [https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/turning-april-1200447963/ Turning April review] by David Stratton at variety.com | |||
| rowspan="3" | 1997
| Habitat | Coach Marlowe | | |||
| Absolute Power
| Sandy Lord | | |||
| data-sort-value="Wrong Guy, The" | The Wrong Guy
| Mr. Nagel | | |||
| 1999
| Michael Riordan | | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| Ira Rosen | | |||
| Bad Faith
| Chief Inspector Brodsky | | |||
| 2001
| Focus | Father Crighton | | |||
| rowspan="4" | 2004
| Miracle | | |||
| data-sort-value="Wild Guys, The" | The Wild Guys
| Andy | | |||
| data-sort-value="Day After Tomorrow, The" | The Day After Tomorrow
| Vice President / President Raymond Becker | [https://variety.com/2004/film/markets-festivals/the-day-after-tomorrow-3-1200533149/ The Day After Tomorrow review] by Todd McCarthy at variety.com | |||
| data-sort-value="Aviator, The" | The Aviator
| Thomas Norval Hepburn | | |||
| rowspan="4" | 2005
| Robert Bradford | | |||
| Bailey's Billion$
| Mouse Delaney | | |||
| data-sort-value="Exorcism of Emily Rose, The" | The Exorcism of Emily Rose
| Dr. Mueller | (as Ken Welsh) | |||
| data-sort-value="Fog, The" | The Fog
| Tom Malone | | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| data-sort-value="Covenant, The" | The Covenant | Provost Higgins | | |||
| One Way
| William Henderson | | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | Dr. Jeff Wagner | | |||
| Silk
| Mayor Joncour | | |||
| rowspan="3" | 2008
| Morris | | |||
| Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
| Uncle Hendrick | | |||
| Nothing Really Matters
| Joe | | |||
| 2009
| Patrick O'Flynn | [https://variety.com/2009/film/reviews/george-a-romero-s-survival-of-the-dead-1200476364/ "George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead"] by Leslie Felperin at variety.com | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| data-sort-value="Riverbank, The" | The Riverbank | Joe Mason | | |||
| data-sort-value="Story of Luke, The" | The Story of Luke
| Grandpa Jonas | | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| Earl | | |||
| data-sort-value="Art of the Steal, The" | The Art of the Steal
| Paddy "Uncle Paddy" McCarthy | [https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-the-art-of-the-steal-1201138634/ "Film Review: ‘The Art of the Steal’"] by Justin Chang at variety.com | |||
| 2014
| Wet Bum | Ed | | |||
| 2015
| data-sort-value="Ballad of Immortal Joe, The" | The Ballad of Immortal Joe | The Narrator | Short | |||
| 2016
| data-sort-value="Void, The" | The Void | Dr. Richard Powell | [https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/142685/casting-news-emerges-from-the-void/ "Casting News Emerges from The Void"] by Steve Barton at www.dreadcentral.com[https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/the-void-review-1202023638/ "Film Review: ‘The Void’ "] by Dennis Harvey at variety.com | |||
| rowspan="3" | 2017
| Chicanery | Pringle Hewitt | | |||
| Awakening the Zodiac
| Ben | | |||
| Undercover Grandpa
| Harry | | |||
| 2019
| Boychuck | | |||
| 2020
| Narrator / Judicator | | |||
| 2021
| data-sort-value="Middle Man, The" | The Middle Man | Mr. Miller | | |||
| 2022
|Midnight at the Paradise |Max | rowspan="4" |Posthumous release | |||
| 2023
|Deadly Draw |Hal Hewitt | |||
| rowspan="2" |2024
|Campton Manor |Lawrence | |||
| Afterwards
|Garen |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year | Title | Role | class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969
| data-sort-value="Three Musketeers, The" | The Three Musketeers | TV movie"Versatile actor Kenneth Welsh went from Shakespeare to Twin Peaks: Kenneth Welsh worked for seven years at Stratford and played hundreds of theatre roles but found broader fame with his many memorable appearances in film and television" by Fred Langan, The Globe and Mail (20 May 2022) Retrieved from {{ProQuest|2667000775}} | |||
| 1975
| Oliver Surface | Episode: "The School for Scandal" | |||
| 1977–1984
|Various |3 episodes | |||
| rowspan="2"|1979
| data-sort-value="Great Detective, The" | The Great Detective |Henry Lyall |Episode: "Murder at Blenheim Swamp" | |||
| Riel
|McWilliams |TV movie | |||
| 1980
| F.D.R.: The Last Year | TV movie | |||
| 1981
| CBS Children's Mystery Theatre |Sergeant Hawkins |Episode: "Mystery at Fire Island" | |||
| 1983
| Sir James Munroe | Miniseries | |||
| rowspan="3" | 1985
| Ira Reynolds | |||
| data-sort-value="Cuckoo Bird, The" | The Cuckoo Bird
| Harry | |||
| data-sort-value="Ray Bradbury Theater, The" | The Ray Bradbury Theater
| Crane | Episode: "Marionettes, Inc." | |||
| rowspan="2" | 1986
|Sutherland |Episode: "The Walls Have Eyes" | |||
| Murder Sees the Light
| The Evangelist | |||
| 1987
|Lt. Webster Bloom / Lt. Nicholas Webster |2 episodes | |||
| rowspan="4" | 1988
| data-sort-value="Murder of Mary Phagan, The" | The Murder of Mary Phagan | Luther Rosser | Miniseries, 2 episodes | |||
| Liberace: Behind the Music
| | TV movie | |||
| T. and T.
|Dr. Hammel |3 episodes | |||
| data-sort-value="Twilight Zone, The" | The Twilight Zone
| Jack Simonson | Episode: "Acts of Terror" | |||
| rowspan="4" | 1989
| John Whistlow | TV miniseries | |||
| Gideon Oliver
|Father Brian Halloran |Episode: "By the Waters of Babylon" | |||
| Dick Francis: Blood Sport
| Harry Teller | TV movie | |||
| Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher
| TV miniseries | |||
| rowspan="5" | 1990
| Murder Times Seven | Nick Ruggieri | TV movie | |||
| data-sort-value="Ray Bradbury Theater, The" | The Ray Bradbury Theater
| Captain Wilder | Episode: "And the Moon Be Still as Bright" | |||
| Street Legal
|George Wilson |Episode: "Standard of Care" | |||
| data-sort-value="Last Best Year, The" | The Last Best Year
|Jerry |TV movie | |||
| data-sort-value="Widowmaker, The" | The Widowmaker
| Atkinson | TV movie | |||
| 1990–1991
| 10 episodes | |||
| rowspan="2" | 1991
|Stanfield |2 episodes | |||
| Beyond Reality
|Joe / Revere |Episode: "The Doppelgänger" | |||
| rowspan="5" | 1992
|Attorney Wade Smith |2 episodes | |||
| data-sort-value="Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story, A" | A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
|TV movie | |||
| Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
| TV movie | |||
| data-sort-value="Good Fight, The" | The Good Fight
| Dick Chandler | TV movie | |||
| Summit on Ice
| Documentary | |||
| rowspan="4" | 1993
| Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story | Don Eisenberg | TV movie | |||
| Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
| Judge Norton | TV movie | |||
| Scales of Justice
| Crown attorney | Episode "Regina v Truscott" | |||
| Dieppe
|Maj. Gen. Harry Crerar |TV movie | |||
| rowspan="5" | 1994
| Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Vance Cavanaugh | Episode: "Temple" | |||
| And Then There Was One
| David Burns | TV movie | |||
| Getting Gotti
| Bennett | TV movie | |||
| data-sort-value="Diary of Evelyn Lau, The" | The Diary of Evelyn Lau
| Larry | TV movie"The best thing about the CBC-TV movie The Diary Of ..." by Greg Quill, Toronto Star (13 March 1994) Retrieved from {{ProQuest|437003452}} | |||
| Lonesome Dove: The Series
| The Colonel | Episode: "Duty Bound" | |||
| rowspan="5" | 1995
| Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story | Mr. Higgins | TV movie | |||
| Vanished
| Bill Palmer | TV movie | |||
| Hiroshima
| President Harry S. Truman | TV movie | |||
| Kissinger and Nixon
| TV movie | |||
| data-sort-value="X-Files, The" | The X-Files
| Simon Gates | Episode: "Revelations" | |||
| 1996
|Owen Jessop |TV movie[https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/escape-clause-1200446186/ Escape Clause review] by Tony Scott at variety.com | |||
| 1996–1999
|Randal K. Bolt / Cyrus Bolt |3 episodes | |||
| rowspan="5" | 1997
| Sheriff Lenny Budd | TV movie[https://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/dead-silence-1117341361/ Dead Silence review] by David Stratton at variety.com | |||
| data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | The Outer Limits
|Dr. Vasquez |Episode: "Tempests" | |||
| data-sort-value="Hunger, The" | The Hunger
|Hugo Lawery |Episode: "The Secret Shih Tan" | |||
| Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way
|TV movie | |||
| data-sort-value="Third Twin, The" | The Third Twin
|Preston Barck |TV movie | |||
| rowspan="8" | 1998
| data-sort-value="Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The" | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three |Caz Hollowitz |TV movie | |||
| Dead Man's Gun
|Dean Marley |Episode: "The Gambler" | |||
| Law & Order
| Ben O'Dell | Episode: "Disappeared" | |||
| Thunder Point
| Armstrong | TV movie | |||
| Thanks of a Grateful Nation
| TV movie | |||
| Dead Husbands
|Chase Woodward |TV movie | |||
| Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension
|Buck Corona III |Episode: "The Jackalope" | |||
| Edison: The Wizard of Light
| TV movie | |||
| rowspan="2" | 1999
|General Garneaux |TV movie | |||
| Vendetta
|TV movie | |||
| rowspan="8" | 2000
|Mr. Surdjic |2 episodes | |||
| Falcone
| |Episode: "Paying the Piper" | |||
| D.C.
|Neil |3 episodes | |||
| Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
| TV movie | |||
| Deliberate Intent
| Peder Lund | TV movie | |||
| Witchblade
| Joe Siri | TV movie[https://variety.com/2000/tv/reviews/witchblade-1200463715/ Witchblade review] by Steven Oxman at variety.com | |||
| Murder Call
|James Florie |Episode: "Done to Death" | |||
| data-sort-value="Hound of the Baskervilles, The" | The Hound of the Baskervilles
| TV movie | |||
| rowspan="7" | 2001
| Haven | TV movie | |||
| Sanctuary
|Sam Hathaway |TV movie[https://variety.com/2001/tv/reviews/nora-roberts-sanctuary-1200466565/ "Nora Roberts’ Sanctuary"] by Steven Oxman at variety.com | |||
| data-sort-value="Sign of Four, The" | The Sign of Four
| Dr. Watson | TV movie | |||
| Witchblade
|Capt. Joe Siri |2 episodes | |||
| data-sort-value="Guardian, The" | The Guardian
| |Episode: "Reunion"; uncredited | |||
| data-sort-value="Royal Scandal, The" | The Royal Scandal
| Dr. Watson | TV movie | |||
| data-sort-value="Day Reagan Was Shot, The" | The Day Reagan Was Shot
| TV movie | |||
| rowspan="3" | 2002
|Dr. Jackson Pruit |2 episodes | |||
| data-sort-value="Case of the Whitechapel Vampire, The" | The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire
| Dr. Watson | TV movie | |||
| data-sort-value="Man Who Saved Christmas, The" | The Man Who Saved Christmas
|TV movie | |||
| rowspan="5" | 2003
| data-sort-value="Pentagon Papers, The" | The Pentagon Papers | TV movie | |||
| Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole
| Dr. Ben Murdoch | TV movie | |||
| data-sort-value="Practice, The" | The Practice
|Judge M. Harrod |3 episodes | |||
| Eloise at the Plaza
| Sir Wilkes | TV movie | |||
| Eloise at Christmastime
| Sir Wilkes | TV movie | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2004
| Dr. Shelby Sloane | 3 episodes | |||
| H2O
| Randall Spear | 2 episodes | |||
| rowspan="8" | 2005
| | Episode #2.3 | |||
| Tilt
| Seymour Annisman | 2 episodes | |||
| Karol: A Man Who Became Pope
|Professor Wójcik |TV movie | |||
| Our Fathers
| Bishop Murphy | TV movie | |||
| data-sort-value="Murdoch Mysteries, The" | The Murdoch Mysteries
|Inspector Ramsgate |Episode: "Under the Dragon's Tail" | |||
| Category 7: The End of the World
| Chief of Staff Alan Horst | Miniseries, 2 episodes | |||
| Smallville
| Drunk Santa | Episode: "Lexmas" | |||
| data-sort-value="Snow Queen, The" | The Snow Queen
| King | TV movie | |||
| rowspan="3" | 2006
| Covert One: The Hades Factor |General Keilburger |2 episodes | |||
| Above and Beyond
| Lord Beaverbrook | Miniseries | |||
| Slings & Arrows
| Himself | Episode: "Divided Kingdom" | |||
| rowspan="5" | 2007
| Jamus | Episode: "The Ark" | |||
| Superstorm
|Richard Hughes |Miniseries | |||
| Bionic Woman
|Prof. Howard Samuels |Episode: "The Education of Jaime Sommers" | |||
| Booky and the Secret Santa
|Mr. Eaton |TV movie | |||
| St. Urbain's Horseman
|Justice Beale |Episode: "Part 1 & 2" | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| data-sort-value="Trojan Horse, The" | The Trojan Horse |Randall Spear |Episode: "Part One" | |||
| data-sort-value="Very Merry Daughter of the Bride, A" | A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride
|Jack |TV movie | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2009
|TV movie | |||
| data-sort-value="Last Templar, The" | The Last Templar
|Bill Vance |2 episodes | |||
| 2010
| Belvilacqua | Episode: "Corner Man" | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| Haven | Cole Glendower | Episode: "The Tides That Bind" | |||
| Being Erica
|Matthew Wexlar |Episode: "Sins of the Father" | |||
| rowspan="3" | 2012
|Henley |Episode: "Coming Around" | |||
| data-sort-value="Listener, The" | The Listener
|Albert Jacoby |Episode: "Captain Nightfall" | |||
| XIII: The Series
|Dr. Westlund |Episode: "Tempest" | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| Perfect Storm: Disasters That Changed The World |Narrator |6 episodes | |||
| Rewind
|President |TV movie | |||
| rowspan="2" | 2014
| data-sort-value="Best Laid Plans, The" | The Best Laid Plans | Angus McClintock | 6 episodes | |||
| data-sort-value="Divide, The" | The Divide
|Stanley Zale |5 episodes | |||
| rowspan="3" | 2015
| Mr. D |Francis Duncan |Episode: "Corporal Punishment" | |||
| data-sort-value="Lizzie Borden Chronicles, The" | The Lizzie Borden Chronicles
|Lizzie's Lawyer |2 episodes | |||
| data-sort-value="Expanse, The" | The Expanse
| Frank Degraaf | Episode: "Remember the Cant" | |||
| rowspan="3" | 2017
| data-sort-value="Blacklist, The" | The Blacklist |Werner von Hauser |Episode: "Dr. Bogdan Krilov (No. 29)" | |||
| Saving Hope
|Wilfred Jennings |Episode: "All Our Yesterdays" | |||
| Salvation
|Andrew Bartok |Episode: "From Russia, with Love" | |||
| 2018–2019
| Lodge 49 | Larry Loomis | 8 episodes | |||
| 2020
| Senna Tal | Episodes: "People of Earth", "Forget Me Not" | |||
| 2021
| Charmed | Fenric the Vile | 2 episodes | |||
| 2022
| data-sort-value="Kids in the Hall, The" | The Kids in the Hall | Martin | Episode 8; posthumously |
References
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- {{IBDB name|70859}}
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Category:Best Supporting Actor Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners
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Category:Male actors from Edmonton
Category:20th-century Canadian male actors
Category:21st-century Canadian male actors
Category:Canadian people of British descent
Category:Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Canadian Screen Award winners
Category:Canadian expatriate male actors in the United States