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Winston Rekert
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Winston Houghton Rekert (June 10, 1949 – September 14, 2012) was a Canadian actor. He was best known for starring in the television series Adderly and Neon Rider. In 1985, he pla…
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Winston Houghton Rekert (June 10, 1949 – September 14, 2012) was a Canadian actor. He was best known for starring in the television series Adderly and Neon Rider. In 1985, he played the role of Detective Langevin in the American film Agnes of God. In the same year, he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 6th Genie Awards for his performance in the film Walls. From 1986 to 1988, he starred as the lead character in the Canadian television series Adderly, a comedy drama that was a spoof of the spy genre. In 1987, he won a Gemini Award for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Continuing Dramatic Role for his work on the series. Following Adderly's cancellation, Rekert's childhood friend, Danny Virtue, pitched him an idea for a television series that eventually became Neon Rider. The series ran from 1990 to 1995 and starred Rekert as Michael Terry, a therapist who ran a ranch for troubled adolescents. He also worked on the series as a writer, director and producer. Through the show, he became involved with a variety of youth groups and was named the national spokesman for Youth at Risk. In 2003, he won his second Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series for his appearance on the television series Blue Murder. In April 2012, he was awarded with the Sam Payne Lifetime Achievement Award—an annual award that "recognizes professional performers displaying humanity, artistic integrity and encouragement of new talent." He died on September 14, 2012, at the age of 63 after a three-year battle with cancer. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
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2010
Caprica
TV show Obal Ferris
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2009
Phantom Racer
Movie Sheriff Tom Hodges
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2009
Christmas Crash
Movie Nick Stanley
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2008
NYC: Tornado Terror
Movie Dr. Lars Liggenhorn
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2008
Trial by Fire
Movie Hank
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2008
The Art of War II: Betrayal
Movie Reverend Tim
- 2006
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2006
Trapped Ashes
Movie Dr. Larry (segment "The Girl with Golden Breasts")
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2006
Honeymoon with Mom
Movie Larry
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2005
Supernatural
TV show Jonah Greeley
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2004
Eve's Christmas
Movie William
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2004
Star Wars: Droids - Treasure of the Hidden Planet
Movie Mungo Baobab
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2004
Battlestar Galactica
TV show Priest
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2004
The Collector
TV show
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2004
Savage Island
Movie Eliah Savage
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2004
The L Word
TV show Bon Sweeney
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2003
Undercover Christmas
Movie Joe Cunningham
- 2003
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2003
Wicked Minds
Movie Mason
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2003
Before I Say Goodbye
Movie Peter Lang
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2002
Roughing It
Movie The Stranger
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2001
Cabin Pressure
Movie Ty Corbett
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2000
Murder at the Cannes Film Festival
Movie Reed Halverson
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2000
Andromeda
TV show Zeus
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2000
The Last Stop
Movie Carl
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2000
Secret Agent Man
TV show Armstrong
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2000
Higher Ground
TV show General Robert Ruxton
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1999
A Cooler Climate
Movie Jack
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1998
First Wave
TV show Horace Burke
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1998
Moonlight Becomes You
Movie Sheriff Chet Brower
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1997
Stargate SG-1
TV show Cordesh
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1996
To Brave Alaska
Movie Bill DeCreeft
- 1996
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1995
Freefall: Flight 174
Movie Rick Dion
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1995
Sliders
TV show Lt. General Thomas Beckett
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1995
Loving Evangeline
Movie Orrin Mercer
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1994
Due South
TV show Frank Orsini
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1990
The World's Oldest Living Bridesmaid
Movie Brian
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1989
Glory! Glory!
Movie Chet Madison
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1989
Neon Rider
TV show Michael Terry / The Nameless Stranger / Dr. Michael Terry
