Canadian actor (1937?2018)
Donnelly Rhodes
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Born
| Donnelly Rhodes Henry
(
1937-12-04
)
December 4, 1937
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Died
| January 8, 2018
(2018-01-08)
(aged 80)
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Occupation
| Actor
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Years active
| 1956?2017
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Spouses
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(
m.
1962;
div.
1965)
Virginia Haxall Harrison
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m.
1966;
div.
1970)
(
m.
1975;
div.
1977)
Diane Dewey
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m.
1978, divorced)
Sarah Wilson
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m.
2011)
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Children
| 2
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Donnelly Rhodes Henry
(December 4, 1937 ? January 8, 2018)
[1]
[2]
was a Canadian actor. He had many American television and film credits, probably best known to American audiences as the hapless escaped convict Dutch Leitner on the soap opera spoof
Soap
and as Phillip Chancellor II on
The Young and the Restless
. Rhodes was well-known to Canadian audiences as Sgt. Nick Raitt in the CBC TV series
Sidestreet
(1975?1978), as Grant "Doc" Roberts in another CBC TV series,
Danger Bay
(1984?1990) and as Leo on
Da Vinci's Inquest
(1998-2005). He also starred as
Doctor Cottle
("Doc") on
Battlestar Galactica
(2004?2009). He is the brother of actor,
Tim Henry
.
Life and career
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Rhodes was born in 1937, although some sources say 1936,
[3]
and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was a graduate of the
National Theatre School of Canada
.
A large portion of Rhodes' career consists of guest-starring roles in American television. He appeared twice on
Laredo
: in 1965, he played Bob Jamison in "Rendezvous at Arillo" and played a lead role in "The Trap", an episode on
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
. The next year, Rhodes was cast in "The Would-Be Gentleman of Laredo" as Don Carlos.
In 1966, Rhodes appeared as Red Eagle in the episode "Pariah" of the Universal Television series
The Road West.
The same year, he guest-starred on
Dundee and the Culhane
. He appeared in three episodes of the original
Mission: Impossible
(1966-1973 TV series), in the Season 3 episode, "The Freeze" (1968), in the Season 4 episode, "Mastermind" (1969), and in the Season 7 episode, "Ultimatum" (1972). He also played the main card player, Macon, who threatens the Sundance Kid (Robert Redford) in the opening scene of
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(1969).
[
citation needed
]
In 1973, Rhodes co-starred in an episode of the sci-fi drama
The Starlost
(episode 12, 'The Implant People'). He played
Phillip Chancellor II
in
The Young and the Restless
from 1974 to 1975, and from 1978 to 1981, he played escaped convict Dutch Leitner on
Soap
.
In 1980, Rhodes played a priest in the miniseries
The Chisholms
. In 1982, he played Leo, a bar patron on
Cheers
. In 1983 he appeared as Wilson Arthur MacLeish on
Magnum P.I.
on the episode "Of Sound Mind". In 1984, he had a supporting role as the beleaguered father in the short-lived TV series
Double Trouble
and appeared as
Arland D. Williams Jr.
in the television movie
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
. From 1985 to 1990, he played Dr. Grant Roberts in the series
Danger Bay
. In 1987, he made a guest appearance on
The Golden Girls
as Jake Smollens, a handsome, rough-around-the-edges caterer.
In 1988, Rhodes guest-starred on
Empty Nest
as Leonard, an old friend of the main character. In 1991 he played the "Prodigal Father" in an episode of
Murder, She Wrote
. He starred as ruthless corporate lawyer R.J. Williams during the 1991-92 season of the drama
Street Legal
. In 1993, Rhodes played Jim Parker in "
Shapes
" (Season 1, episode 19) of
The X-Files
.
For seven years (1998-2005), he played the role of Detective Leo Shannon on the acclaimed CBC television series,
Da Vinci's Inquest
.
Rhodes played the character Milash in an episode of
Smallville
in 2008. On the revived
Battlestar Galactica
(2004?2009), Rhodes played Chief Medical Officer Sherman Cottle who smoked cigarettes in most scenes. Most recently Rhodes played Mr. Decker, Rufus Decker's father, in the two seasons of
The Romeo Section
on CBC in 2015-2016.
Rhodes' film appearances were fewer, including roles in
Gunfight in Abilene
(1967),
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(1969),
Change of Mind
(1969),
The Neptune Factor
(1973),
Goldenrod
(1976),
Oh! Heavenly Dog
(1980),
Urban Safari
(1995), and
Tron: Legacy
(2010).
[4]
In February 2009, the Union of British Columbia Performers honoured Rhodes with the Sam Payne Award for Lifetime Achievement.
[5]
Radio work
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Rhodes provided the voice of the US president at the start of each episode of the
CBC Radio One
space opera/comedy series
Canadia: 2056
.
[
citation needed
]
Death
[
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]
Rhodes died of cancer at the Baillie House Hospice in Maple Ridge, British Columbia at the age of 80.
[6]
[7]
Filmography
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Film
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Television
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References
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- ^
Vlessing, Etan (January 9, 2018).
"Donnelly Rhodes, 'The Flash' and 'Soap' Actor, Dies at 80"
.
The Hollywood Reporter
.
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"Donnelly Rhodes, Canadian actor known for 'Da Vinci's Inquest', dies at age 80"
.
Global News
.
The Canadian Press
. January 8, 2018.
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Slotnik, Daniel E. (January 10, 2018).
"Donnelly Rhodes, Prolific Character Actor, Is Dead at 81"
.
The New York Times
.
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"Donnelly Rhodes"
.
IMDb
. Retrieved
2020-03-09
.
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Strachan, Alex (February 25, 2009).
"Battlestar Galactica's Donnelly Rhodes honoured for career battles"
.
The Vancouver Sun
. Archived from
the original
on February 28, 2009
. Retrieved
February 25,
2009
.
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"Canadian television actor Donnelly Rhodes dies at age 80"
.
CTV News
. January 8, 2018
. Retrieved
February 24,
2018
.
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Mitovich, Matt Webb (January 8, 2018).
"TV Vet Donnelly Rhodes, of Battlestar Galactica and Soap, Dead at 80"
.
TVLine
. Archived from
the original
on January 10, 2018
. Retrieved
February 24,
2018
.
External links
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