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Duncan Peter Regehr

(1952-10-05) October 5, 1952 (age 72)
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Duncan Peter Regehr RCA (born October 5, 1952) is a Canadian multimedia artist and actor. He was also a figure skater and a classically trained Shakespearean stage actor in his native Canada, before heading to Hollywood in 1980.

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Regehr played the title character in Zorro , The Family Channel's television series based upon Johnston McCulley's classic hero. He also had roles in multiple television incarnations of Star Trek .

Early life

Regehr was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, and raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, to a British-born mother, Dorothy Mary (née Mulkern), and a Russian father, Peter Regehr, who was an artist. [1] [2] He was active in broadcasting at age 14, when he was host of a teenager-oriented talk show on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). As a high school student, he figure-skated in ice shows. [3] He received early acting instruction at the Bastion Theater School in Victoria. [4]

Career

After numerous appearances in Canadian theatre, television (e.g., in the family TV show Matt and Jenny on the Wilderness Trail ), [5] and notable roles on radio for the CBC, he and his wife, Catherine, moved to Los Angeles, California, where he began to develop his work in film. Shortly after arriving, he was hired to play villain Prince Dirk Blackpool in the short-lived 1983 fantasy-comedy series Wizards and Warriors opposite Jeff Conaway's Prince Erik Greystone. [6] :1187 He went on to star in many more US television films, including the 1984 television mini-series The Last Days of Pompeii , as Lydon, the gladiator; [3] as Errol Flynn in the 1985 CBS film My Wicked, Wicked Ways , based on the autobiography of Flynn; and on the science fiction series V as the Visitor military leader Charles. [6] He also starred in the 1982 mini-series The Blue and the Gray as Captain Randolph. In 1987, Regehr portrayed a dynamite-slinging Count Dracula in the film The Monster Squad .

In 1989 he stated as the villain in The Banker, which also starred Jeff Conaway.

One of Regehr's best-known roles to date was in Zorro as Don Diego De La Vega and his alter ego, the swashbuckling hero, Zorro. [6] :1214 Regehr portrayed the masked hero for 88 episodes on The Family Channel from 1990 to 1993.

Regehr has also made numerous TV guest appearances. He was a guest actor on Cybill , Murder, She Wrote , Hotel and the seventh-season Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Sub Rosa" as Ronin, a ghost who falls in love with Beverly Crusher. He also appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Shakaar Edon.

Regehr has been painting and drawing since childhood. Regehr first exhibited his artwork in 1974 at the Stratford Festival in Ontario. The following year, he showed at the Yorkville Art Center in Toronto. Since then, he has had numerous exhibitions in Canada, Europe, and the United States. [7] His work is found in collections worldwide, including the Jilin Collection (China), The Kunsthallen (Copenhagen), Focus on the Masters Archives for the Getty Museum (USA), and the Syllavethy Collection of Scotland (GB). Regehr's automonograph, The Dragon's Eye: An Artist's View, received international acclaim and was lauded by art critics and literary reviewers as a book of visual and poetic excellence.[ citation needed ] In 1996 he won the American Vision Award of Distinction in the Arts, and was granted the lifetime appellation 'Royal Canadian Artist' with honours in 2000 by the Royal Canadian Academy of Art for his outstanding artistic achievements. [8]

On November 10, 2008, Regehr was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts by the University of Victoria, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Some of his art works are also displayed in art galleries in the region. [9]

Filmography

Film roles
YearFilmRoleNotes
1981 Goliath Awaits Paul RykerTV Movie
1985 My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn Errol Flynn Playing Flynn, TV Movie
1987 The Monster Squad Count Dracula
1988 Earth Star Voyager Jacob Dryden 'Jake' BrownShown on the Disney Sunday Movie
1989 Billy the Kid Pat Garrett
The BankerSpaulding Osbourne
1995 Timemaster Jonathan Adams
2000 Air Bud: World Pup Geoffrey Putter
Blood Surf John Dirks
2001Flying VirusSavior
2005Secret LivesMike
2006Presumed DeadSeth Harmon
2008Nightmare at the End of the HallMr. Ramsay
The Strange Case of DJ CosmicDJ Cosmic
2009The Good Times Are Killing MeU.S. Senator Sam Talbot
Television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
1979–80 Matt and Jenny KitMain cast
1981 The Greatest American Hero Palmer BradshawEpisode: "The Best Desk Scenario"
1982 The Blue and the Gray Captain Randolph Miniseries
1983 Wizards and Warriors Dirk Blackpool, Crown Prince of KarteiaMain cast
1984 The Last Days of Pompeii LydonMiniseries
1984–85 V Charles4 episodes
1990–93 Zorro Zorro Title role
1994 Star Trek: The Next Generation RoninEpisode: "Sub Rosa"
1995–97 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Shakaar3 episodes
1997–98 Fast Track Christian Chandler Jr.Main cast

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