Duncan Regehr

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Duncan Regehr
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Duncan Peter Regehr

figure skater and a classically trained Shakespearean stage actor in his native Canada, before heading to Hollywood
in 1980.

Regehr played the title character in

The Family Channel's television series based upon Johnston McCulley's classic hero. He also had roles in multiple television incarnations of Star Trek
.

Early life

Regehr was born in

Lethbridge, Alberta, and raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, to a British-born mother, Dorothy Mary (née Mulkern), and a Russian father, Peter Regehr, who was an artist.[1][2] He was active in broadcasting at age 14, when he was host of a teenager-oriented talk show on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). As a high school student, he figure-skated in ice shows.[3] He received early acting instruction at the Bastion Theater School in Victoria.[4]

Career

After numerous appearances in Canadian theatre, television (e.g., in the family TV show

The Last Days of Pompeii, as Lydon, the gladiator;[3] as Errol Flynn in the 1985 CBS film My Wicked, Wicked Ways, based on the autobiography of Flynn; and on the science fiction series V as the Visitor military leader Charles.[6] He also starred in the 1982 mini-series The Blue and the Gray as Captain Randolph. In 1987, Regehr portrayed a dynamite-slinging Count Dracula in the film The Monster Squad
.

One of Regehr's best-known roles to date was in

The Family Channel
from 1990 to 1993.

Regehr has also made numerous TV guest appearances. He was a guest actor on

Shakaar Edon
.

Regehr has been painting and drawing since childhood. Regehr first exhibited his artwork in 1974 at the Stratford Festival in Ontario. The following year, he showed at the Yorkville Art Center in Toronto. Since then, he has had numerous exhibitions in Canada, Europe, and the United States.[7] His work is found in collections worldwide, including the Jilin Collection (China), The Kunsthallen (Copenhagen), Focus on the Masters Archives for the Getty Museum (USA), and the Syllavethy Collection of Scotland (GB). Regehr's automonograph, The Dragon's Eye: An Artist's View, received international acclaim and was lauded by art critics and literary reviewers as a book of visual and poetic excellence.[citation needed] In 1996 he won the American Vision Award of Distinction in the Arts, and was granted the lifetime appellation 'Royal Canadian Artist' with honours in 2000 by the Royal Canadian Academy of Art for his outstanding artistic achievements.[8]

On November 10, 2008, Regehr was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts by the University of Victoria, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Some of his art works are also displayed in art galleries in the region.[9]

Filmography

Film roles
Year Film Role Notes
1981 Goliath Awaits Paul Ryker TV Movie
1985 My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn Errol Flynn Playing Flynn, TV Movie
1987 The Monster Squad Count Dracula
1988 Earth Star Voyager Jacob Dryden 'Jake' Brown Shown on the
Disney Sunday Movie
1989 Billy the Kid Pat Garrett
The Banker Spaulding Osbourne
1995 Timemaster Jonathan Adams
2000 Air Bud: World Pup Geoffrey Putter
Blood Surf John Dirks
2001 Flying Virus Savior
2005 Secret Lives Mike
2006 Presumed Dead Seth Harmon
2008 Nightmare at the End of the Hall Mr. Ramsay
The Strange Case of DJ Cosmic DJ Cosmic
2009 The Good Times Are Killing Me U.S. Senator Sam Talbot
Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
1979–80 Matt and Jenny Kit Main cast
1981 The Greatest American Hero Palmer Bradshaw Episode: "The Best Desk Scenario"
1982 The Blue and the Gray Captain Randolph Miniseries
1983 Wizards and Warriors Dirk Blackpool, Crown Prince of Karteia Main cast
1984 The Last Days of Pompeii Lydon Miniseries
1984–85 V Charles 4 episodes
1990–93 Zorro Zorro Title role
1994 Star Trek: The Next Generation Ronin Episode: "Sub Rosa"
1995–97 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Shakaar 3 episodes
1997–98
Fast Track
 		Christian Chandler Jr. Main cast

References

  1. ^ "Duncan Regehr's Biography". www.newworldzorro.com. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  2. ^ Chamberlain, Adrian (16 January 2016). "Beginnings, endings and birth of a new style for Victoria artist". Times Colonist. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  3. ^
    Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Hill, Michael E. (January 20, 1985). "Duncan Regehr/Flynn's Look-Alike". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  5. Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^
    ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7
    .
  7. ISBN 9781894898584
    .
  8. ^ "List of members « Royal Canadian Academy of Arts". rca-arc.ca. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  9. ^ Warren, Michael (9 February 2014). "Duncan Regehr R.C.A." Madrona Gallery. Retrieved 2022-11-30.

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