Fred Keating (actor)

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Fred Keating
Born1949 (age 73–74)
Columbus, Ohio
NationalityAmerican
Canadian
OccupationActor
Years active1970s—present
Television Jake and the Kid

Fred Keating is a Canadian-American actor based in Greater Vancouver, Canada. [1] [2] [3]

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History

Fred Keating was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1949 and raised in Detroit, Michigan. In the 1970s, after touring a one-man show through England, Scotland and Ireland Keating relocated to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada where he was a Special Guest Lecturer in the Department of Drama at the University of Alberta and Camrose Lutheran College (now The Augustana Campus of the University of Alberta) (1976-1978). Keating became one of the founding actors in Catalyst Theatre, an organization producing shows (televised and in schools/conferences) dealing with social issues. [4] [5] From 1978-1984, Keating worked as Senior Consultant for Performing Arts Education for several Alberta Ministers of Culture expanding and transforming the provincial government’s residential summer drama school into the ARTSTREK program with several feeder programs in different regions of the province. [6] [7]

Keating co-produced and co-hosted 125 episodes of the audio podcast “Monetizing Your Creativity” with Marvin Polis, and hosted a weekly province-wide radio show called “Centre Stage” interviewing local and international artists passing through Western Canada. [8] [9] He hosted the Canadian Film Festival in 1991 and the Banff World Television Festival in 1992. [10] [11] In 1996, Keating co-hosted the Leo Awards with Cynthia Stevenson in Vancouver. [12] When Keating hosted the Rosie Awards in 2019, the Edmonton Journal reported that he was hosting the award show for his 25th time. [13]

Roles

Fred Keating's major acting roles include Councillor Jack Pierce on Da Vinci’s Inquest and Da Vinci’s City Hall, as well as Repeat Golightly on Jake and the Kid . Keating has also made short appearances in films such as The Core, Disney's Santa Clause 2, Walking Tall, and Miracle. [14] [15]

Awards

In 2003, Keating was awarded the David Billington Award at the Calgary International Film Festival. [16] In 2019, Keating was the first recipient of the hononorary AMPIA (Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association) Ambassador Award. [17]

Filmography

Per All Movie Guide [18]

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 Ordeal in the Arctic Major McLean
1995 Jake and the Kid Repeat Golightly
1997 Millennium Mr. Barbakow
1997 The X-Files Detective Ray ThomasEpisode "Zero Sum"
1998 The Net Anthony Parma
1998 Poltergeist: The Legacy Dr. Ahrens
1998 Police Academy: The Series Mr. Ballard
1998 The Sentinel Carl 'Bud' Haidash
1999 Dead Man's Gun Cyrus Fairchild
2000 Air Bud 3 Coach Sterns
2000 My 5 Wives Ray
2000 Final Destination Howard Seigel
2000 So Weird Sam Hodge
2001 Dark Angel Buddy Thompson
2001 MVP: Most Vertical Primate Coach Miller
2001 Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal Captain Collins
2002 Taken Tyler
2004 The Keeper Mayor Watson
2005 Da Vinci's Inquest Councillor Jack Pierce
2006 Da Vinci's City Hall Councillor Jack Pierce
2011 Grave Encounters Gary Crawford
2012 Camera Shy Jim Weaver
2014 Extraterrestrial Mike
2018 Van Helsing Lorne

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References

  1. ↑ Sornberger, Joe (May 5, 1977). "Audience Has Role, Too, in CBC Drama Experiment". The Edmonton Journal. p. 89.
  2. ↑ "Keating Wins Award". The Calgary Herald. September 4, 2003. p. E2.
  3. ↑ Robinson, Jill Maria (August 10, 2019). "Fred Keating, the Canadian Voice of God (Podcast)". I'm Here With.
  4. ↑ Boetcher, Shelley (September 28, 2003). "'These Guys Are My Heroes': Former Calgarian Keating Honoured for Contributions to Film, TV". The Calgary Herald. p. D3.
  5. ↑ "Fred Keating". Speakers Bureau of Canada.
  6. ↑ Lee, Robert (March 3, 1980). "Women's Play Advances". The Red Deer Advocate. p. 2.
  7. ↑ Pedwell, Susan (January 15, 1980). "Performing Arts Enthusiasts Join Forces in New Group". p. 32.
  8. ↑ Remington, Bob (March 1, 1990). "ACCESS Entices with March of Crabs". The Edmonton Journal. p. C2.
  9. ↑ Kennedy, Greg (February 20, 1993). "CTV Tale to Show if Strangers Can Act Together". The Edmonton Journal. p. D6.
  10. ↑ Wagamese, Richard (February 26, 1991). "Curtain to Rise on Film Fest". The Calgary Herald. p. B8.
  11. ↑ Kupecek, Linda (June 15, 1992). "'Suspect' is prime choice of Banff TV fest's awards". The Hollywood Reporter. 322 (27): 4, 33.
  12. ↑ Parry, Malcolm (May 7, 1996). "First Leo Awards a Roaring Success as Film Community Honors its Own". The Vancouver Sun. p. B5.
  13. ↑ Trivuncic, Natali (April 28, 2019). "Rosie Awards honour best of Alberta film and television". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  14. ↑ Lucas, Ralph (2018-04-10). "Fred Keating". Northernstars.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  15. ↑ Wheadon, Sheena (June 7, 2018). "Guest Fred Keating (Podcast)". Coffee With Lisa.
  16. ↑ "Keating Wins Industry Nod". The Edmonton Journal. September 4, 2003. p. C3.
  17. ↑ Trivuncic, Natali (April 29, 2019). "Edmonton Talent Snags the Spotlight at Rosie Awards". The Edmonton Journal. p. A10.
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