Jones, Gary 1958–

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Jones, Gary 1958–

PERSONAL

Born January 4, 1958, in Swansea, Wales; married Meg Cameron; children: three. Education: Attended schools in Swansea, Wales.

Career:

Actor and writer. Vancouver TheatreSports League (improvisational group), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, actor and writer. Appeared at conventions, including serving as the host of a panel at Comic-Con International, San Diego, CA, 2007. Worked as an art director for a newspaper in Burlington, Ontario, Canada; also worked at an advertising agency in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Awards, Honors:

Jessie Richardson Theatre Award (with Shawn MacDonald), Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance, 1997, for Fear Not; Leo Award nomination for comedy writing, Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of British Columbia.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

(And sometimes in archive footage) Walter Harriman, Stargate SG-1 (also known as La porte des etoiles and Stargaate SG-1), Showtime and syndicated, 1997-2002, Sci-Fi Channel and syndicated, 2002-2007.

Walter Harriman, Stargate: Atlantis (also known as La porte d'Atlantis), Sci-Fi Channel, beginning 2004.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

J. Schroeder, And the Sea Will Tell (also known as Nur die See kennt die Warheit), CBS, 1991.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Bernard Brewster, Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (also known as Abracadabra), 1993.

Elliott, The Substitute, 1993.

Mr. Green, Relentless: Mind of a Killer (also known as Mood Indigo), NBC, 1993.

X-ray technician, When a Stranger Calls Back, Showtime, 1993.

Carriage driver, This Can't Be Love (also known as Liebe ist Nicht Bloss ein Wort), 1994.

Floor manager, Ebbie, Lifetime, 1995.

Production assistant, A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (also known as A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes), CBS, 1995.

Third reporter, Bye Bye, Birdie (musical), ABC, 1995.

First Alberta Railway police officer, Heck's Way Home (also known as Kalte Schnauze-treues Herz and Un drole de cabot), 1996.

Leonard Drake, Murder at My Door, 1996.

Television host, Bloodhounds II (also known as BloodHounds 2), USA Network, 1996.

Attendant, "Angels in the Endzone," The Wonderful World of Disney, ABC, 1997.

Gil Naspeth, Doomsday Rock (also known as Cosmic Shock and Asteroidenfeuer—Die Erede explodiert), Family Channel, 1997.

Nick Smythe, Cabin Pressure (also known as Hijack'd), PAX TV, 2001.

Television standards executive, Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of "Charlie's Angels," NBC, 2004.

Dr. Lycar, 12 Hours to Live, Lifetime, 2006.

Ron Isley, Christmas on Chestnut Street (also known as The Competition), Lifetime, 2006.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Sailor, H.M.S. Pinafore (opera; also known as H.M.S. Pinafore: The Lass That Loved a Sailor and The Lass That Loved a Sailor), [Australia and New Zealand], 1997.

Sketch comedian, The Western Alienation Comedy Hour, CBC, 2002.

Himself, Sci Fi Inside: Stargate SG-1 200th Episode, Sci-Fi Channel, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Video director, "Aquarium Rock," Danger Bay, CBC and Disney Channel, 1986.

Computer technician, "Rogue Warrior," Airwolf (also known as Airwolf II), USA Network, 1987.

Shadow, "Heir to the Throne," Wiseguy, CBS, 1989.

Shadow, "Sins of the Father," Wiseguy, CBS, 1989.

Mr. Roberts, "Rounding Third," 21 Jump Street, Fox, 1990.

Reporter, "Hi Mom," 21 Jump Street, Fox, 1990.

Third reporter, "Crazy," Booker (also known as Booker, P.I.), Fox, 1990.

Veterinarian, "The Big Fix," The Black Stallion (also known as The Adventures of the Black Stallion, The New Adventures of the Black Stallion, and L'etalon noir), YTV (Canada) and Family Channel, 1990.

"Tammy Tell Me True," Glory Days, Fox, 1990.

Driver, "Guns and Sons" (also known as "Kinderhand am Abzug"), The Commish, ABC, 1992.

Klein, "Bad Day in Building A," Highlander (also known as Highlander: The Series), syndicated, 1992.

Himself, Friday Night with Ralph Benmergui, 1993.

Reporter, "Sons and Mudders," Birdland, ABC, 1994.

Accountant, "Rainbow Comix," The Marshal, ABC, 1995.

Michael Hurley, "The Prince of Wails," Sliders, Fox, 1995.

Television host, "If These Walls Could Talk," The Outer Limits (also known as The New Outer Limits), Showtime, Sci-Fi Channel, and syndicated, 1995.

Duncan, "A Stitch in Time," The Outer Limits (also known as The New Outer Limits), Showtime, Sci-Fi Channel, and syndicated, 1996.

Hotel guest, "The End of Innocence," Highlander (also known as Highlander: The Series), syndicated, 1996.

Michael Hurley, "Time Again and World," Sliders, Fox, 1996.

Mr. Jones, "Vendetta," The Sentinel, UPN, 1997.

Ed Barker, "The Internment" (also known as "Die verfluchte Stadt"), Poltergeist: The Legacy (also known as Poltergeist, El legado, Poltergeist—Die unheimliche Macht, Poltergeist: El legado, and Poltergeist, les aventuriers du surnaturel), Showtime and syndicated, 1998.

Poker player, "Pay the Line," The Net, USA Network, 1999.

"Sit, Duke," Hollywood Off-Ramp, E! Entertainment Television, 2000.

Dr. Ludlow, "Gather Up All the Little People," Da Vinci's Inquest, CBC, 2002.

Bill, "Bob & Carol & Len & Ali," Cold Squad (also known as Files from the Past, Cold Squad, brigade speciale, and Halott uegyek), CTV (Canada), 2003.

Chuck, "Reaping Havoc," Dead Like Me (also known as Dead Girl, Mitt liv som doed, and Tan muertos como yo), Showtime, 2003.

Woody, "Abridging the Devil's Divide," Andromeda (also known as Gene Roddenberry's "Andromeda"), syndicated, 2004.

Eric Beener, "Loneliest Number," The L Word (also known as Earthlings), Showtime, 2005.

Roger Ballchant, "The Girl from Upper Gaborski," Young Blades, i (Independent Television), 2005.

Himself, RoundTable, [Canada], 2005.

Dr. Erich Saunders, "Trial by Fire," Painkiller Jane, Sci-Fi Channel, 2007.

Appeared in other programs, including an appearance as La May in "Overage," an episode of Palace Guard, CBS.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Glory Days, Fox, 1990.

Captain Michael Hurley, Sliders, Fox, 1995.

Walter Davis, Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods (also known as Stargate SG-1, La porte des etoiles, and Stargaate SG-1), Showtime and syndicated, 1997.

Television Appearances; Other:

Channel 92, 1995.

Television Work; Series:

Story editor, Big Sound, CanWest Global Television, 2000-2001.

Film Appearances:

Fan at party, Postcards from the Edge, Columbia, 1990.

Jackson, Bingo! (also known as Bingo), TriStar, 1991.

Lance Tindall, Andre (also known as Andre the Seal, Andre—den fantastiska saelungen, Andre—Die kleine Robbe, Andre, una foca en mi casa, Saelen Andre, and Una foca en mi casa), Paramount, 1994.

Loan officer, Sleeping with Strangers, 1994.

Step magazine man, Intersection (also known as Begegnungen), Paramount, 1994.

Milk man, Once in a Blue Moon (also known as Rendez-vous sur la lune), Brainstorm Media, 1995.

Baggage handler, Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (also known as Ein tierisches Trio), Buena Vista, 1996.

Gertz, The Sixth Man (also known as The 6th Man and Der Teamgeist), Buena Vista, 1997.

William Shatner, William Shatner Lent Me His Hairpiece: An Untrue Story (short film), 1997.

First lobbyist, Trixie, Sony Pictures Classics, 2000.

Bernie, Head over Heels, Universal, 2001.

Teacher, The Santa Clause 2 (also known as Santa Clause 2, The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause, and SC2), Buena Vista, 2002.

Murray, The Delicate Art of Parking, Horizon Entertainment/Cinema Libre, 2003.

Bartender, Connie and Carla (also known as Connie & Carla and Connie and Carla Do L.A.), Universal, 2004.

Colin Jenkins, Snakehead Terror, Artsy Fartsy Pictures/Cinetel Films, 2004.

Hockey referee Scotty Buttons, Raising Helen (also known as Educando a Helen, Eine Liebe auf Umwegen, Fashion maman, Heleni kasvatamine, Helens smaa underverk, Kasvukipuja, Liebe auf Umwegen, Mama a la fuerza, Quando meno te lo aspetti, and Um presente para Helen), Buena Vista, 2004.

Charles, The French Guy, IndustryWorks Distribution, 2005.

Principal, Dr. Dolittle 3, Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment, 2006.

Stage Appearances:

Captain, Star Trick: The Musical (musical), Vancouver TheatreSports League, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, beginning c. 1991, eventually evolved into the production Star Trick: The Next Improvisation.

Babes in the Wood, 1997.

Fear Not, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1997.

Lawrence and Holloman, 1998.

The History of Things to Come, 1999.

Mission Improvable, 1999.

A Town Called Hockey, 2000.

RECORDINGS

Video Games:

Voice of Walter Harriman, Stargate SG-1: The Alliance, 2005.

WRITINGS

Teleplays; with Others; Specials:

The Western Alienation Comedy Hour, CBC, 2002.

Teleplays; with Others; Episodic:

Big Sound, CanWest Global Television, episodes from 2000-2001.

Silverwing (animated), TeleToon (Canada) and Disney Channel, multiple episodes in 2003.

(With Richard Side) "The Comic," The Collector, Space Television and City TV, 2005.

Teleplays; with Others; Pilots:

(With Richard Side; and story with Side) "A Glimpse of the Son," Silverwing (animated), TeleToon (Canada) and Disney Channel, 2003.

Writings for the Stage; with Others:

Star Trick: The Musical (musical), Vancouver Theatre-Sports League, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, beginning c. 1991, eventually evolved into the production Star Trick: The Next Improvisation.

(With Shawn MacDonald) Fear Not, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1997.

(With MacDonald and Morris Panych) The History of Things to Come, 1999.

Mission Improvable, 1999.

Author of material with the Vancouver TheatreSports League.