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Eric Keenleyside

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Eric Keenleyside
Eric Keenleyside, 2008
Born (1957-10-11) October 11, 1957 (age 67)
Alma materUniversity of Windsor
OccupationActor
Years active1985–present
Spouse
Peg Christopherson
(m. 1982)
Children2

Eric Keenleyside (born October 11, 1957) is a Canadian actor.

Early life

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Eric was born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, grew up in London, Ontario, and spent time in Brisbane, Australia. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (acting) from the University of Windsor (Ontario, Canada) in 1980 and apprenticed at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. He has lived and worked in Toronto, Los Angeles, and Vancouver.

Career

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In the early and mid 1990s he appeared in series such as Street Justice, Hawkeye, Madison, Highlander: The Series and Titanic. In 1999, he appeared in Guy Ferland's comedy film Delivered.[1] He appeared in an episode of The King of Queens in 2000. In 2006, Keenleyside appeared in the TV film Murder on Pleasant Drive.[2]

In 2007 he played Robert Doherty in the short-lived ABC series Traveler and in 2010 played Bob Overton in the series Hellcats.

In 2013 he starred in the direct-to-video action film The Package alongside "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Dolph Lundgren.[3]

He also recurred as Maurice, father of Belle, in the popular ABC show Once Upon a Time.[4]

Personal life

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Eric mostly lives in Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada with his wife Peg and their two children.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role
1985 Head Office Whale Protester #1
1985 Big Deal Born Again Christian
1986 Overnight Ernst
1988 Blue City Slammers Butter
1988 Short Circuit 2 Simpsons Truck Driver
1988 Buying Time The Bartender
1990 Stella Wendell
1990 Perfectly Normal Restaurant Man
1996 Bordello of Blood Sheriff Noonan
1997 Prefontaine James Buck
1998 Delivered Hugo
1999 Mr. Rice's Secret Ray
2000 Beautiful Joe Larry
2001 Antitrust Coffee Guard
2001 Freddy Got Fingered Foreman
2002 Bang Bang You're Dead Bob Adams
2003 Final Destination 2 Detective Suby
2003 Dreamcatcher Rick McCarthy
2003 Agent Cody Banks Kitchen Cleaning Agent
2004 Walking Tall Dan Stadler
2005 The Interpreter Rory Robb
2006 Firewall Alan Hughes
2007 War Leevie
2009 Damage Val Sullivan
2010 Dear Mr. Gacy Stan
2012 A Bride for Christmas Hank Patterston
2013 The Package Doug 'Big Doug'
2013 Suddenlly Mayor
2014 Godzilla Boyd
2014 Big Eyes Gannett Lawyer #2
2015 The Driftless Area Mr. Bromley
2015 Vendetta Captain Baldus
2016 The Edge of Seventeen Tom
2017 Entanglement Norm Layten
2017 Never Steady, Never Still Don Camdon
2017 1922 Lars
2017 Woody Woodpecker Roscoe
2017 Prodigals Doug
2018 Overboard One-Armed Sheriff
2018 Welcome to Marwen Larry / Friar
2019 Ash Terry

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1985 Comedy Factory Quinn Episode: "Four in Love"
1986 The Marriage Bed Unknown
1988 CBS Summer Playhouse Director Episode: "Mad Avenue"
1988 War of the Worlds Foreman Episode: "The Walls of Jericho"
1988 Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop Cash Bennett Episode: "Kids Just Wanna Have Fun"
1989 The Twilight Zone Bartender Episode: "Love is Blind"
1991 Street Justice Doug Episode: "Self Defense"
1993 Street Justice Councilman Wallace Episode: "Black or Blue"
1994 The Commish Donald Masters Episode: "Keeping Secrets"
1994 Hawkeye Doyle 3 episodes
1994 Highlander: The Series Dallman Ross Episode: "The Lamb"
1996 Trey Franks Episode: "Manhunt"
1996 Titanic Black Billy Jack 2 episodes
1996 Madison Stanislav Wakaluk Recurring role
1996 The Outer Limits Peters Episode: "I Hear You Calling"
1998 The X-Files Lance Kernof Episode: "All Souls"
1998 The Outer Limits Major Ford Episode: "The Vaccine"
1999 The Outer Limits Friedkin Episode: "Alien Radio"
2000 The King of Queens Roger Episode: "Whine Country"
2000 Just Deal Mike Roberts Sr. Recurring role
2001 The Chris Isaak Show Doug Episode: "Hell is Other People"
2001 Cold Squad Captain Rudecki Episode: "The Unsinkable Iwa Gudang"
2003 Smallville Mike the Bartender Episode: "Suspect"
2005 Stargate: SG-1 Fred Episode: "Citizen Joe"
2005 Cold Squad Mr. Walters 2 episodes
2006 A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story Cop TV film
2006 Supernatural Dennis Episode: "Simon Says"
2007 Psych Steve Hitchcock Episode: "Rob-a-Bye Baby"
2010 Hellcats Bob Overton Recurring role
2011 Fringe Jerry Bissell Episode: "Immortality"
2011 R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series Mr. Palmer Episode: "Pumpkinhead"
2012 Alcatraz Captain Episode: "Tommy Madsen"
2012 Supernatural Jim McAnn Episode: "Party On, Garth"
2012 Once Upon a Time Maurice / Moe French Recurring role
2015 Garage Sale Mystery: The Wedding Dress Sean TV film
2015 Fargo Bud Jorgenlen 3 episodes
2016 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Police Captain 3 episodes
2016 The Man in the High Castle Ron Whittaker Episode: "The Road Less Traveled"
2017 Loudermilk Father Michael Recurring role
2018 Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas Bob Hill TV film
2019 A Series of Unfortunate Events Fire Chief Episode: "The Penultimate Peril" Pt. 2
2019 Unspeakable Dr. Martin Davey Recurring role
2019 The Twilight Zone Mayor Matheson Episode: "A Traveler"
2019 iZombie Jack Klein Episode: "Death of a Car Salesman"
2019 Mystery 101: Words Can Kill Phil Jenk TV film
2020 A Beautiful Place to Die: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery Chief Madieras TV film
2020 Riddled with Deceit: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery Chief Madieras TV film
2021 Ships in the Night: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery Chief Madieras TV film
2021–2023 Superman & Lois George Dean 13 episodes
2022 Rip in Time Calvin TV film

References

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  1. ^ Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: The Complete Guide to the Movie Trivia Game. Jeff Milne. July 20, 2009. p. 993. ISBN 978-0-615-28521-4. Retrieved May 25, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Marill, Alvin H. (October 11, 2010). Movies Made for Television: 2005-2009. Scarecrow Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-8108-7659-0. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  3. ^ "Interview: Tough Guy Dolph Lundgren On Being A Cultured Killer In 'The Package'". StarPulse. March 6, 2013. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  4. ^ "'Once Upon A Time' season 6 spoilers: Victor Frankenstein returns; Belle's backstory to be told". christiantimes.com. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
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