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Derek McGrath (born June 4, 1951) is a Canadian actor and writer.

Life and career

McGrath was born in Timmins, Ontario. His career began as Linus in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. He is known for his roles in Cheers as Andy Schroeder (the would-be strangler of Diane Chambers), Oswald Valentine in Dallas, Dr. Benjamin Jeffcoate in My Secret Identity, Crewman Chell in Star Trek: Voyager, and as Dr. Derek Hebert in Doc. McGrath also played Buck the dog in a fantasy sequence in a second-season episode of Married... with Children, a game show host in a third-season episode of Family Matters, and a mutant in the 1993 comedy film Freaked. He appeared in a recurring role as the character of Anglican priest Duncan Magee in the CBC Television sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie. He voices Spiff in the animated children's series Iggy Arbuckle. He also voices Melvin, the mayor of Maple Lake in the animated series Bob & Doug. He also provided the voice of Heathcliff's nemesis Spike in DIC's Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats. He has also voiced various characters in Grossology, Pole Position, The Romance of Betty Boop, Intergalactic Thanksgiving, Bakugan Battle Brawlers, Super Why!, Wayside, Ruby Gloom, Toot and Puddle, Spliced, Jane and the Dragon and Take Me Up to the Ball Game.

In the 1970s, he was a prominent actor on TVOntario educational programming, most notably Mathmakers. In 2002, he narrated the National Film Board of Canada short The Hungry Squid, which won the Genie Award for Best Animated Short.

He voices Mr. McFeely in Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood and Chief Quimby in Inspector Gadget. He also played Garth Harble, Animal Control Officer, in the fifth season of The Red Green Show.

McGrath had a recurring role on Kim's Convenience as Frank the handyman.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Awards and nominations

McGrath was nominated two years in a row (1989 and 1990) for a Gemini Award for My Secret Identity. The first time was for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Continuing Dramatic Role, and the second time was for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series (shared with Michael O'Connell, father of My Secret Identity lead Jerry).

References

1. ^ "That face on U.S. TV returns to shoot movie" by Rita Zekas, Toronto Star (20 Oct, 1987) Retrieved from ProQuest 435658354
2. ^ "Timmins-born actor finds religion..." by Wayne Snider, Timmins Daily Press (2 Oct, 2007) Retrieved from ProQuest 2175865498
3. ^ "Secret formula Winner of an International Emmy Award, CTV's series My Secret Identity owes much of its widespread success to it's two charming stars" by Jim Bawden, Toronto Star (12 May 1990) Retrieved from ProQuest 436199042
4. "Bob & Doug set for Sundays" by Marise Strauss at playbackonline.ca
5. "TVO show makes case for fitness" by Donald Martin, The Globe and Mail (7 April 1984) Retrieved from ProQuest 386466071
6. "The Hungry Squid". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
7. Stuart Bliss review by Leonard Klady at variety.com
8. "Telefilm invests $8.1M across 14 features" by Julianna Cummins at playbackonline.ca
9. "‘The Marijuana Conspiracy’ Review: Research Study Amounts to a Case of Reefer Sadness" by Lisa Kennedy at variety.com
10. "Hallmark is Roughing It in Calgary" by Dave Lazar at playbackonline.ca
11. Fairfield Road review by Brian Lowry at variety.com
12. "Banting series tops Gemini nominees" at the Edmonton Journal (26 Oct, 1989) Retrieved from ProQuest 251554018
13. "E.N.G., Avonlea top Gemini nominees Awards in 54 categories will be handed out Dec. 2-4" by Christopher Harris, The Globe and Mail (24 Oct, 1990) Retrieved from ProQuest 385579063

External links

• Derek McGrath at IMDb
• Derek McGrath page at Godspell.ca

• 1951 births
• Living people
• Canadian male film actors
• Canadian male stage actors
• Canadian male television actors
• Canadian male voice actors
• Male actors from Ontario
• Writers from Timmins