Donnelly Rhodes
| Donnelly Rhodes | |
|---|---|
| Born | Donnelly Rhodes December 4, 1937 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Occupation | Actor |
Donnelly Rhodes (born December 4, 1937) is a Canadian actor. He recently starred as Doctor Cottle ("Doc") on the Sci Fi Channel television program Battlestar Galactica. Before Battlestar Galactica he was probably best known to American audiences as the lovestruck, hapless escaped convict "Dutch Leitner" on the 1970s soap-opera spoof Soap. He was previously known for his role as Phillip Chancellor II in The Young and the Restless, which he played from 1974 to 1975. He also played the character Milash in Smallville in 2008. From 1984-1989, he played a single parent marine scientist in the TV series Danger Bay, also named "Doc".
Rhodes was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. A noted character actor with many American television and film credits, he is also known in his homeland for his role as detective Leo Shannon in the TV series, Da Vinci's Inquest. From 1984 to 1989 he played Dr. Grant Roberts in the family adventure series Danger Bay. In 1966, Rhodes appeared as the Indian "Red Eagle" in the episode "Pariah" of NBC's western series The Road West starring Barry Sullivan. In 1967, he appeared as another Indian, War Cloud, on the ABC military-western series Custer with Wayne Maunder in the title role of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer. In 1975 he starred in the Canadian drama Sidestreet. In 1980, he played a Franciscan priest in the concluding episode, "The Siren Song", of the CBS western miniseries The Chisholms. In 1984, he had a supporting role as the beleaguered father, Art Foster, in the short-lived TV series Double Trouble. In 1987 he made a guest appearance on "The Golden Girls" as Jake Smollens, the handsome but rough-around-the edges caterer for Blanche's (Rue McClanahan) Hospital Charity Banquet, and in 1988 he guest appeared on "Empty Nest" as Leonard, an old friend of the main character, Dr. Harry Weston (played by fellow Soap alumnus, Richard Mulligan), who dates Harry's daughter, Carol (Dinah Manoff, who also has appeared on Soap).
In February 2009 the Union of British Columbia Performers honoured Rhodes with the Sam Payne Award for Lifetime Achievement.[1]
[edit] Radio Drama and Comedy
Rhodes provides the voice of the American president at the start of each episode of the CBC Radio One space opera/comedy series Canadia: 2056.
During the CBS series The Wild Wild West (from 1965-60) Rhodes appeared several times in those episodes. This might have been his first featured roles.
[edit] References
- ^ Alex Strachan (2009-02-25). "Battlestar Galactica's Donnelly Rhodes honoured for career battles". The Vancouver Sun. http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Battlestar+Galactica+Donnelly+Rhodes+honoured+career+battles/1327868/story.html. Retrieved 2009-02-25.[dead link]
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