Derek McGrath is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 actor

Actor

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He is known for his roles in Cheers

Cheers

Cheers is an American situation comedy television series that ran for 11 seasons from 1982 to 1993. It was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television for NBC, and was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles...

as "Andy-Andy" Schroeder (the would-be strangler of one Diane Chambers), Dr. Benjamin Jeffcoate in My Secret Identity

My Secret Identity

My Secret Identity is a Canadian television series starring Jerry O'Connell and Derek McGrath. Originally broadcast from September 1, 1988 to May 1, 1991 on CTV in Canada, the series also aired in syndication in the United States.-Synopsis:...

, Crewman Chell in Star Trek: Voyager

Star Trek: Voyager

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, and as Dr. Derek Hebert in Doc

Doc (TV series)

Doc is a medical drama/family drama with strong Christian undertones starring Billy Ray Cyrus as Dr. Clint "Doc" Cassidy, a Montana doctor who takes a job in a New York City medical clinic. It ran from March 11, 2001 to November 28, 2004 on PAX...

. McGrath also played Buck the dog in a fantasy sequence in a second season episode of Married... with Children

Married... with Children

Married... with Children is an American surrealistic sitcom that aired for 11 seasons that featured a dysfunctional family living in Chicago, Illinois. The show, notable for being the first prime time television series to air on Fox, ran from April 5, 1987, to June 9, 1997. The series was created...

and a mutant in the 1993 comedy film Freaked

Freaked

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. He most recently appeared in a recurring role as the character of Anglican priest Duncan Magee in the CBC Television

CBC Television

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 sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie

Little Mosque on the Prairie

Little Mosque on the Prairie is a Canadian sitcom on CBC, created by Zarqa Nawaz and produced by WestWind Pictures. It is filmed in Toronto, Ontario and Indian Head, Saskatchewan...

seasons 1-3; in season 4 (beginning late September 2009), he appears to have been written out and replaced with a younger priest played by actor Brandon Firla

Brandon Firla

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. He voices Spiff in the animated children's series Iggy Arbuckle

Iggy Arbuckle

Iggy Arbuckle is a Canadian animated series that premiered in Canada on Teletoon in June 2007. Based on a comic strip from National Geographic Kids, the show is created by Guy Vasilovich, and focuses about a pig who happens to be a forest ranger, known in the series as a "Pig Ranger"...

. He also voices Melvin, the mayor of Maple Lake in the animated series Bob & Doug

Bob & Doug (2009 TV series)

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. He also provided the voice of Heathcliff's arch nemesis Spike in DIC

DiC Entertainment

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's Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats. He has also voiced various characters in Grossology

Grossology (TV series)

Grossology is a Canadian animated television series produced by Nelvana, and based loosely on the non-fictional children’s book series of the same name by Sylvia Branzei. It debuted on the YTV network in Canada on September 29, 2006, and was first shown on Discovery Kids in the United States on...

, Pole Position

Pole Position

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, The Romance of Betty Boop, Intergalactic Thanksgiving

Intergalactic Thanksgiving

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, Popeye and Son

Popeye and Son

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, Foofur

Foofur

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, The Pink Panther and Sons, The Smurfs

The Smurfs (1981 TV series)

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, Challenge of the GoBots

Challenge of the GoBots

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, The Jetsons

The Jetsons

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, Rambo, Muppet Babies

Muppet Babies

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, Turbo Teen

Turbo Teen

Turbo Teen was an animated series about a teenager with the ability to literally transform into a sports car. It aired Saturday mornings on the ABC Network for twelve episodes between 1984 and 1985...

, Superman

Superman (1988 TV series)

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, Dragon's Lair

Dragon's Lair (TV series)

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, The New Yogi Bear Show

The New Yogi Bear Show

The New Yogi Bear Show is a 30-minute weekday animated series which aired on syndication in 1988 and featured one of Hanna-Barbera's most well-known classic characters, Yogi Bear...

, The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo

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, Lazer Tag Academy

Lazer Tag Academy

Lazer Tag Academy was an animated television series inspired by Worlds of Wonder's Lazer Tag that was created by Ruby-Spears Productions.-Synposis:...

, Bakugan Battle Brawlers

Bakugan Battle Brawlers

is a Japanese action adventure anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment and Japan Vistec under the direction of Mitsuo Hashimoto. The story centers on the lives of creatures called Bakugan and the battle brawlers who possess them...

, Super Why!

Super Why!

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, Wayside

Wayside (TV series)

Wayside is a Canadian animated television series created by Louis Sachar, developed and written by John Derevlany for Canadian television channel Teletoon. The series centers on Todd, a transfer student who attends Wayside, an offbeat educational institution based on Sachar's upbringing...

, Ruby Gloom

Ruby Gloom

Ruby Gloom is an animated television show based on an apparel franchise. The show is produced by Nelvana and began airing on October 13, 2006 in Canada on the network YTV...

, Toot and Puddle, Spliced

Spliced (TV series)

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, Jane and the Dragon

Jane and the Dragon

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and Take Me Up to the Ball Game

Take Me Up to the Ball Game

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. In 2002, he narrated the National Film Board of Canada

National Film Board of Canada

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 short The Hungry Squid

The Hungry Squid

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, which won the Genie Award for Best Animated Short

Genie Award for Best Animated Short

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. In the 1970s, he was a prominent actor on TVOntario

TVOntario

TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario...

 educational programming, most notably Mathmakers

Mathmakers

Mathmakers was a Canadian educational children's television series produced in 1978 by the province of Ontario's public television network, TVOntario. The series starred Derek McGrath and Lyn Harvey....

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Awards and nominations

McGrath was nominated two years in a row (1989 and 1990) for a Gemini Award

Gemini Award

The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...

 for My Secret Identity

My Secret Identity

My Secret Identity is a Canadian television series starring Jerry O'Connell and Derek McGrath. Originally broadcast from September 1, 1988 to May 1, 1991 on CTV in Canada, the series also aired in syndication in the United States.-Synopsis:...

. The first time was for Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Continuing Dramatic Role, and the second time was for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series (shared with Michael O'Connell, father of My Secret Identity lead Jerry).

External links

• Derek McGrath page at Godspell.ca