Geoffrey Bowes

Geoffrey Bowes is a Canadian actor.[1] He is most noted for his performance in the 1979 film Something's Rotten, for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 1st Genie Awards in 1980.[2]

Career

Bowes's roles have included the films Fish Hawk, Middle Age Crazy, War Brides,[3] Jewel, Dirty Pictures and Say Nothing, supporting or guest appearances in the television series Street Legal, F/X: The Series, Wind at My Back, Due South, Degrassi: The Next Generation and This Is Wonderland, voice roles in Babar and The Neverending Story, and stage roles in productions of Thomas Babe's A Prayer for My Daughter,[4] Erika Ritter's Automatic Pilot,[5] David Fennario's Toronto,[6] George F. Walker's Zastrozzi: The Master of Discipline,[1] and Brian Drader's The Norbals.[7] He won a Dora Mavor Moore Award in 1981, as Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play, for his performance in Automatic Pilot.[8]

Now semi-retired from acting, he launched his own home renovation company in 2014.[1] In 2018, he published Open Up the Wall, a memoir of his work as a contractor.[1]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1979 Something's Rotten Prince Calvin
1979 Fish Hawk Towsack Charlie
1980 Middle Age Crazy Greg
1980 Hot Dogs (Les chiens chauds) Maurice
1981 The Soldier's Story American soldier Voice
1997 Time to Say Goodbye? Stroup's Assistant
1999 Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story Probation Officer
2001 Say Nothing Jack
2005 The Man Phone Agent
2012 Hunting Season Marti
2012 Stories We Tell Storyteller Documentary

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1980 War Brides Garret Television film
1981 Tales of the Klondike Billy Episode: "Finis"
1984 The Edison Twins Chuck Cavanaugh Episode: "Double Trouble"
1985 Comedy Factory Various roles 8 episodes
1987 The Kidnapping of Baby John Doe Hank Television film
1987 Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird John Talbot
1987–1992 Street Legal Nathan Goldberg / Doug Somers 6 episodes
1989 War of the Worlds Colin Episode: "Unto Us a Child Is Born"
1989 Murder by Night Young Doctor Television film
1989 Sorry, Wrong Number Rob
1989, 1990 T. and T. Masked Man / Hendrix 2 episodes
1989–1991 Babar Additional voices 65 episodes
1991 E.N.G. Spokesperson Episode: "Up on the Roof"
1992 Counterstrike Dr. Menges Episode: "D.O.A."
1992 Catwalk George James Episode: "Billy's Blues"
1993 Gregory K Jordan McLean Television film
1993 Matrix Hogan Episode: "Shadows from the Past"
1993 The Hidden Room Adult Mike Episode: "Jillie"
1994 The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story Dr. Mason Television film
1994 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Blake Ralston Episode: "Only the Strong Survive"
1995–1996 The Neverending Story Barney 23 episodes
1996 Goosebumps Mr. Tucker 2 episodes
1996 Hostile Advances Mike Television film
1996 Psi Factor Blaine McCallister Episode: "Dream House/UFO Encounter"
1996 F/X: The Series Hossick Episode: "Target"
1997 Johnny 2.0 APS Commander Television film
1998 When Husbands Cheat Minister
1998 Due South Larry 2 episodes
1998 Evidence of Blood Young Horace Talbott Television film
1999 Ultimate Deception Hay
1999 If You Believe George Stone
2000 Dirty Pictures Suit
2000 On Hostile Ground Frank, Chief Engineer
2001 The Associates Mr. Castillo Episode: "Disclosure"
2001 Jewel Dr. Beaudry Television film
2001 Wind at My Back Willie Easterbrook 2 episodes
2001 Sex, Lies & Obsession Carl Television film
2001 A Taste of Shakespeare Kent / Narrator Episode: "King Lear"
2001, 2004 Degrassi: The Next Generation Todd McGregor 2 episodes
2002 Recipe for Murder Julius Klein Television film
2003 DC 9/11: Time of Crisis Tom Daschle
2004 Hustle Tommy Helms

References
  1. Gaetan Charlebois and Anne Nothof, "Bowes, Geoffrey". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia.
  2. "Changeling leads Canadian Film Award nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 8, 1980.
  3. "War Brides ties poignant dramatic knot". The Globe and Mail, September 20, 1980.
  4. Bryan Johnson, "Prayer flawed by phony accents". The Globe and Mail, May 3, 1978.
  5. Ray Conlogue, "This Pilot deserves automatic success". The Globe and Mail, January 18, 1980.
  6. Ray Conlogue, "Fennario's Toronto a facile dart game". The Globe and Mail, February 3, 1978.
  7. Kate Taylor, "Slight comedy feels like TV sitcom: Only its strong cast saves this new play about a dysfunctional family Christmas"]. The Globe and Mail, November 14, 1998.
  8. Ray Conlogue, "Dora Mavor Moore Awards suffer from stage fright". The Globe and Mail, January 27, 1981.
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