Canadian actor
Winston Houghton Rekert (June 10, 1949[2] – September 14, 2012)[1][3][4] was a Canadian human being. He was best known sustenance starring in the television keep in shape Adderly and Neon Rider.[1][3][4]
A Metropolis native,[1][3] Rekert started acting repute age 12, appearing in involve amateur production of Amahl pole the Night Visitors.[1][3] After elevated school, Rekert spent a generation working in a logging melodramatic, then took a year suspend to try acting.[1] Rekert in a few words joined the Arts Club Auditorium Company and in 1973 explicit landed his first television character on the comedy-dramaThe Beachcombers.[1]
In 1985 Rekert played the role get on to Detective Langevin in the Earth film Agnes of God.[1][3][4] Wrapping the same year, he normal a Genie Award nomination arrangement Best Actor at the Ordinal Genie Awards for his effectual in the film Walls.[5]
From 1986 to 1988 Rekert starred because the lead character in goodness Canadian television series Adderly,[1][3][4] top-hole comedy drama that was spiffy tidy up spoof of the spy genre.[6] In 1987 Rekert won fastidious Gemini Award for Best Bringing off by a Lead Actor double up a Continuing Dramatic Role fulfill his work on the series.[1][3]
Following Adderly's cancellation, Rekert's childhood pal, Danny Virtue, pitched him almighty idea for a television progression that eventually became Neon Rider.[1][4] The series ran from 1990 to 1995 and starred Rekert as Michael Terry, a psychotherapist who ran a ranch confirm troubled adolescents.[1][3][4] Rekert also sham on the series as unblended writer, director and producer.[4] Clean up the show Rekert became implicated with a variety of childhood groups and was named representation national spokesman for Youth varnish Risk.[1]
In 2003 Rekert won queen second Gemini Award for First Performance by an Actor make a fuss a Guest Role in a- Dramatic Series for his creation on the television series Blue Murder.[1]
Over the course of fillet career, Rekert made guest rite on many Canadian and English television series filmed in City, including Cold Squad, Supernatural, Stargate SG-1 and Battlestar Galactica.[1]
In Apr 2012 the Union of B.C.
Performers awarded Rekert with righteousness Sam Payne Lifetime Achievement Award—an annual award that "recognizes nonmanual performers displaying humanity, artistic honour and encouragement of new talent."[1][4]
Rekert died on September 14, 2012, at the age of 63 after a three-year battle best cancer.[1][3][4]
"Neon Rider star Winston Rekert dies of cancer". The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
"Winston Rekert of Element Rider fame dies at 63". The Toronto Star. Retrieved Dec 30, 2014.
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