Geoffrey Bowes

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Geoffrey Bowes
Born (1956-05-15) 15 May 1956 (age 69)
OccupationActor
Years active1978–2018

Geoffrey Bowes (born May 15, 1956) is a Canadian actor. [1] He is most noted for his performance in the 1979 film Something's Rotten , for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 1st Genie Awards in 1980. [2]

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Career

Bowes's roles have included the films Fish Hawk , Middle Age Crazy , War Brides , [3] Jewel , Dirty Pictures and Say Nothing , supporting or guest appearances in the television series Street Legal , F/X: The Series , Wind at My Back , Due South , Degrassi: The Next Generation and This Is Wonderland , voice roles in Babar and The Neverending Story , and stage roles in productions of Thomas Babe's A Prayer for My Daughter , [4] Erika Ritter's Automatic Pilot, [5] David Fennario's Toronto, [6] George F. Walker's Zastrozzi: The Master of Discipline, [1] and Brian Drader's The Norbals. [7] He won a Dora Mavor Moore Award in 1981, as Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play, for his performance in Automatic Pilot. [8]

Personal life

Now semi-retired from acting, he launched his own home renovation company in 2014. [1] In 2018, he published Open Up the Wall, a memoir of his work as a contractor. [1]

Filmography

Film

Geoffrey Bowes film credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
1979 Something's Rotten Prince Calvin
1979 Fish Hawk Towsack Charlie
1980 Middle Age Crazy Greg
1980 Hot Dogs (Les chiens chauds)Maurice
1981The Soldier's StoryAmerican soldierVoice
1999Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler StoryProbation Officer
2001 Say Nothing Jack
2005 The Man Phone Agent
2012Hunting SeasonMarti
2012 Stories We Tell StorytellerDocumentary

Television

Geoffrey Bowes television credits
YearTitleRoleNotes
1980 War Brides GarretTelevision film
1981Tales of the KlondikeBillyEpisode: "Finis"
1984 The Edison Twins Chuck CavanaughEpisode: "Double Trouble"
1985Comedy FactoryVarious roles8 episodes
1987The Kidnapping of Baby John DoeHankTelevision film
1988 Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird John TalbotTelevision film
1987–1992 Street Legal Nathan Goldberg / Doug Somers6 episodes
1989 War of the Worlds ColinEpisode: "Unto Us a Child Is Born"
1989Murder by NightYoung DoctorTelevision film
1989Sorry, Wrong NumberRobTelevision film
1989, 1990 T. and T. Masked Man / Hendrix2 episodes
1989–1991 Babar Additional voices65 episodes
1991 E.N.G. SpokespersonEpisode: "Up on the Roof"
1992 Counterstrike Dr. MengesEpisode: "D.O.A."
1992 Catwalk George JamesEpisode: "Billy's Blues"
1993Gregory KJordan McLeanTelevision film
1993 Matrix HoganEpisode: "Shadows from the Past"
1993 The Hidden Room Adult MikeEpisode: "Jillie"
1994 The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story Dr. MasonTelevision film
1994 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Blake RalstonEpisode: "Only the Strong Survive"
1995–1996 The Neverending Story Barney23 episodes
1996 Goosebumps Mr. Tucker2 episodes
1996 Hostile Advances MikeTelevision film
1996 Psi Factor Blaine McCallisterEpisode: "Dream House/UFO Encounter"
1996 F/X: The Series HossickEpisode: "Target"
1997 Time to Say Goodbye? Stroup's AssistantTelevision film
1997Johnny 2.0APS CommanderTelevision film
1998When Husbands CheatMinisterTelevision film
1998 Due South Larry2 episodes
1998Evidence of BloodYoung Horace TalbottTelevision film
1999 Ultimate Deception HayTelevision film
1999 If You Believe George StoneTelevision film
2000 Dirty Pictures SuitTelevision film
2000 On Hostile Ground Frank, Chief EngineerTelevision film
2001 The Associates Mr. CastilloEpisode: "Disclosure"
2001 Jewel Dr. BeaudryTelevision film
2001 Wind at My Back Willie Easterbrook2 episodes
2001Sex, Lies & ObsessionCarlTelevision film
2001A Taste of ShakespeareKent / NarratorEpisode: "King Lear"
2001, 2004 Degrassi: The Next Generation Todd McGregor2 episodes
2002 Recipe for Murder Julius KleinTelevision film
2003 DC 9/11: Time of Crisis Tom Daschle Television film
2004 Hustle Tommy Helms Television film

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Gaetan Charlebois and Anne Nothof, "Bowes, Geoffrey". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ "Changeling leads Canadian Film Award nominees". The Globe and Mail , February 8, 1980.
  3. ↑ "War Brides ties poignant dramatic knot". The Globe and Mail , September 20, 1980.
  4. ↑ Bryan Johnson, "Prayer flawed by phony accents". The Globe and Mail , May 3, 1978.
  5. ↑ Ray Conlogue, "This Pilot deserves automatic success". The Globe and Mail , January 18, 1980.
  6. ↑ Ray Conlogue, "Fennario's Toronto a facile dart game". The Globe and Mail , February 3, 1978.
  7. ↑ Kate Taylor, "Slight comedy feels like TV sitcom: Only its strong cast saves this new play about a dysfunctional family Christmas"]. The Globe and Mail , November 14, 1998.
  8. ↑ Ray Conlogue, "Dora Mavor Moore Awards suffer from stage fright". The Globe and Mail , January 27, 1981.
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