Canadian actor
Winston Rekert
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Winston Rekert in 1986
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Born
| 1948 or 1949
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Died
| (aged 63)
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Occupation
| Actor
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Years active
| 1973?2012
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Winston Houghton Rekert
(June 10, 1949
[2]
? September 14, 2012)
[1]
[3]
[4]
was a Canadian actor. He was best known for starring in the television series
Adderly
and
Neon Rider
.
[1]
[3]
[4]
Career
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A Vancouver native,
[1]
[3]
Rekert started acting at age 12, appearing in an amateur production of
Amahl and the Night Visitors
.
[1]
[3]
After
high school
, Rekert spent a year working in a
logging camp
, then took a year off to try acting.
[1]
Rekert subsequently joined the
Arts Club Theatre Company
and in 1973 he landed his first television role on the
comedy-drama
The Beachcombers
.
[1]
In 1985 Rekert played the role of Detective Langevin in the American film
Agnes of God
.
[1]
[3]
[4]
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
.
[5]
From 1986 to 1988 Rekert starred as the lead character in the Canadian television series
Adderly
,
[1]
[3]
[4]
a comedy drama that was a
spoof
of the
spy genre
.
[6]
In 1987 Rekert won a Gemini Award for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Continuing Dramatic Role for his work on the series.
[1]
[3]
Following
Adderly
's
cancellation, Rekert's childhood friend, Danny Virtue, pitched him an idea for a television series that eventually became
Neon Rider
.
[1]
[4]
The series ran from 1990 to 1995 and starred Rekert as Michael Terry, a
therapist
who ran a
ranch
for troubled
adolescents
.
[1]
[3]
[4]
Rekert also worked on the series as a writer, director and producer.
[4]
Through the show Rekert became involved with a variety of youth groups and was named the national spokesman for Youth at Risk.
[1]
In 2003 Rekert 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
.
[1]
Over the course of his career, Rekert made guest appearances on many Canadian and American
television series filmed in Vancouver
, including
Cold Squad
,
Supernatural
,
Stargate SG-1
and
Battlestar Galactica
.
[1]
In April 2012 the
Union of B.C. Performers
awarded Rekert with the Sam Payne Lifetime Achievement Award?an annual award that "recognizes professional performers displaying humanity, artistic integrity and encouragement of new talent."
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[4]
Death
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Rekert died on September 14, 2012, at the age of 63 after a three-year battle with
cancer
.
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[3]
[4]
Filmography
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References
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Leiren-Young, Mark (September 14, 2012).
"Neon Rider star Winston Rekert dies of cancer"
.
The Vancouver Sun
. Retrieved
December 30,
2014
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Obituary
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Irish, Paul (September 17, 2012).
"Winston Rekert of Neon Rider fame dies at 63"
.
The Toronto Star
. Retrieved
December 30,
2014
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"Winston Rekert, 63, dies"
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The Province
. CanWest MediaWorks Publications. September 16, 2012
. Retrieved
December 30,
2014
– via Canada.com.
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"Bay Boy reels in 11 Genie nominations".
The Globe and Mail
, February 15, 1985.
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Britton, Wesley Alan (2004).
Spy Television
. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 175.
ISBN
0275981630
.
Attempts to create new television spy spoofs in the spirit of
GS
[
Get Smart
] include
Adderly
, which appeared during the mid-1980s secret-agent revival as part of CBS's late night schedule.
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