Name
Winston Rekert
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1949-06-10
Deathday
2012-09-14 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Biography
Winston Houghton Rekert (June 10, 1949 – September 14, 2012) was a Canadian actor. He was best known for starring in the television series Adderly and Neon Rider.
In 1985, he played the role of Detective Langevin in the American film Agnes of God. 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.
From 1986 to 1988, he starred as the lead character in the Canadian television series Adderly, a comedy drama that was a spoof of the spy genre. In 1987, he won a Gemini Award for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Continuing Dramatic Role for his work on the series.
Following Adderly's cancellation, Rekert's childhood friend, Danny Virtue, pitched him an idea for a television series that eventually became Neon Rider. The series ran from 1990 to 1995 and starred Rekert as Michael Terry, a therapist who ran a ranch for troubled adolescents. He also worked on the series as a writer, director and producer. Through the show, he became involved with a variety of youth groups and was named the national spokesman for Youth at Risk.
In 2003, he 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.
In April 2012, he was awarded with the Sam Payne Lifetime Achievement Award—an annual award that "recognizes professional performers displaying humanity, artistic integrity and encouragement of new talent."
He died on September 14, 2012, at the age of 63 after a three-year battle with cancer.
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- 1985 Agnes of God as Det. Larry Langevin
- 2009 Phantom Racer as Sheriff Tom Hodges
- 2006 Honeymoon with Mom as Larry
- 2006 Trapped Ashes as Dr. Larry (segment "The Girl with Golden Breasts")
- 2008 Trial by Fire as Hank
- 2008 NYC: Tornado Terror as Dr. Lars Liggenhorn
- 2000 The Last Stop as Carl
- 1995 Freefall: Flight 174 as Rick Dion
- 2001 Cabin Pressure as Ty Corbett
- 1985 Eternal Evil as Paul Sharpe
- 2009 Christmas Crash as Nick Stanley
- 1999 A Cooler Climate as Jack
- 2003 Wicked Minds as Mason
- 1990 The World's Oldest Living Bridesmaid as Brian
- 2003 Before I Say Goodbye as Peter Lang
- 1998 Moonlight Becomes You as Sheriff Chet Brower
- 1995 Loving Evangeline as Orrin Mercer
- 2004 Eve's Christmas as William
- 2000 Murder at the Cannes Film Festival as Reed Halverson
- 1980 Coming Out Alive as Cab Driver
- 1982 Love as John ("The Black Cat in the Black Mouse Socks")
- 1978 Who'll Save Our Children?
- 1984 Walls as Danny Baker
- 1983 Dead Wrong as Sean Phelan
- 1981 Heartaches as Marcello
- 1981 Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid as Antonio Montoya
- 1986 Toby McTeague as Tom McTeague
- 1981 Suzanne as Nicky Callaghan
- 1996 To Brave Alaska as Bill DeCreeft
- 2006 The Secret of Hidden Lake
- 2008 The Art of War II: Betrayal as Reverend Tim
- 1986 Star Wars: Droids - The Great Heep as Mungo Baobab (voice)
- 1986 High Stakes as Dorian Kruger
- 2003 Undercover Christmas as Joe Cunningham
- 1989 Glory! Glory! as Chet Madison
- 2004 Savage Island as Eliah Savage
- 2004 Star Wars: Droids - Treasure of the Hidden Planet as Mungo Baobab
- 2003 A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster as Fred
- 2002 Roughing It as The Stranger
- 1985 Star Wars: Droids ( 0 episode ) as Tig Fromm (voice)
- 2004 The Collector ( 1 episode )
- 2005 Supernatural ( 1 episode ) as Jonah Greeley
- 2004 The L Word ( 1 episode ) as Bon Sweeney
- 1997 Stargate SG-1 ( 2 episodes ) as Cordesh
- 2000 Higher Ground ( 1 episode ) as General Robert Ruxton
- 1986 Adderly ( 44 episodes )
- 1996 Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal ( 1 episode )
- 1985 Danger Bay ( 2 episodes ) as Doug Field
- 1985 Night Heat ( 1 episode )
- 2000 Andromeda ( 1 episode ) as Zeus
- 1995 Sliders ( 1 episode ) as Lt. General Thomas Beckett
- 1994 Due South ( 1 episode ) as Frank Orsini
- 2004 Battlestar Galactica ( 2 episodes ) as Priest
- 2010 Caprica ( 1 episode ) as Obal Ferris
- 1998 First Wave ( 1 episode ) as Horace Burke
- 1985 Star Wars: Droids ( 4 episodes ) as Mungo Baobab (voice)
- 1989 Neon Rider ( 65 episodes ) as Michael Terry / The Nameless Stranger / Dr. Michael Terry
- 2000 Secret Agent Man ( 1 episode ) as Armstrong
