# Eric Keenleyside

Eric Keenleyside (born October 11, 1957) is a Canadian actor.

## Early life

Eric was born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, grew up in London, Ontario, and spent time in Brisbane, Australia. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (acting) from the University of Windsor (Ontario, Canada) in 1980 and apprenticed at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. He has lived and worked in Toronto, Los Angeles, and Vancouver.

## Career

In the early and mid 1990s he appeared in series such as Street Justice, Hawkeye, Madison, Highlander: The Series and Titanic. In 1999, he appeared in Guy Ferland's comedy film Delivered. He appeared in an episode of The King of Queens in 2000. In 2006, Keenleyside appeared in the TV film Murder on Pleasant Drive.
In 2007 he played Robert Doherty in the short-lived ABC series Traveler and in 2010 played Bob Overton in the series Hellcats.
In 2013 he starred in the direct-to-video action film The Package alongside "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Dolph Lundgren.
He also recurred as Maurice, father of Belle, in the popular ABC show Once Upon a Time.

## Personal life

Eric mostly lives in Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada with his wife Peg and their two children.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1985 | Head Office | Whale Protester #1 |
| 1985 | Big Deal | Born Again Christian |
| 1986 | Overnight | Ernst |
| 1988 | Blue City Slammers | Butter |
| 1988 | Short Circuit 2 | Simpsons Truck Driver |
| 1988 | Buying Time | The Bartender |
| 1990 | Stella | Wendell |
| 1990 | Perfectly Normal | Restaurant Man |
| 1996 | Bordello of Blood | Sheriff Noonan |
| 1997 | Prefontaine | James Buck |
| 1998 | Delivered | Hugo |
| 1999 | Mr. Rice's Secret | Ray |
| 2000 | Beautiful Joe | Larry |
| 2001 | Antitrust | Coffee Guard |
| 2001 | Freddy Got Fingered | Foreman |
| 2002 | Bang Bang You're Dead | Bob Adams |
| 2003 | Final Destination 2 | Detective Suby |
| 2003 | Dreamcatcher | Rick McCarthy |
| 2003 | Agent Cody Banks | Kitchen Cleaning Agent |
| 2004 | Walking Tall | Dan Stadler |
| 2005 | The Interpreter | Rory Robb |
| 2006 | Firewall | Alan Hughes |
| 2007 | War | Leevie |
| 2009 | Damage | Val Sullivan |
| 2010 | Dear Mr. Gacy | Stan |
| 2012 | A Bride for Christmas | Hank Patterston |
| 2013 | The Package | Doug 'Big Doug' |
| 2013 | Suddenlly | Mayor |
| 2014 | Godzilla | Boyd |
| 2014 | Big Eyes | Gannett Lawyer #2 |
| 2015 | The Driftless Area | Mr. Bromley |
| 2015 | Vendetta | Captain Baldus |
| 2016 | The Edge of Seventeen | Tom |
| 2017 | Entanglement | Norm Layten |
| 2017 | Never Steady, Never Still | Don Camdon |
| 2017 | 1922 | Lars |
| 2017 | Woody Woodpecker | Roscoe |
| 2017 | Prodigals | Doug |
| 2018 | Overboard | One-Armed Sheriff |
| 2018 | Welcome to Marwen | Larry / Friar |
| 2019 | Ash | Terry |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1985 | Comedy Factory | Quinn | Episode: "Four in Love" |
| 1986 | The Marriage Bed | Unknown | |
| 1988 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Director | Episode: "Mad Avenue" |
| 1988 | War of the Worlds | Foreman | Episode: "The Walls of Jericho" |
| 1988 | Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop | Cash Bennett | Episode: "Kids Just Wanna Have Fun" |
| 1989 | The Twilight Zone | Bartender | Episode: "Love is Blind" |
| 1991 | Street Justice | Doug | Episode: "Self Defense" |
| 1993 | Street Justice | Councilman Wallace | Episode: "Black or Blue" |
| 1994 | The Commish | Donald Masters | Episode: "Keeping Secrets" |
| 1994 | Hawkeye | Doyle | 3 episodes |
| 1994 | Highlander: The Series | Dallman Ross | Episode: "The Lamb" |
| 1996 | Highlander: The Series | Trey Franks | Episode: "Manhunt" |
| 1996 | Titanic | Black Billy Jack | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Madison | Stanislav Wakaluk | Recurring role |
| 1996 | The Outer Limits | Peters | Episode: "I Hear You Calling" |
| 1998 | The X-Files | Lance Kernof | Episode: "All Souls" |
| 1998 | The Outer Limits | Major Ford | Episode: "The Vaccine" |
| 1999 | The Outer Limits | Friedkin | Episode: "Alien Radio" |
| 2000 | The King of Queens | Roger | Episode: "Whine Country" |
| 2000 | Just Deal | Mike Roberts Sr. | Recurring role |
| 2001 | The Chris Isaak Show | Doug | Episode: "Hell is Other People" |
| 2001 | Cold Squad | Captain Rudecki | Episode: "The Unsinkable Iwa Gudang" |
| 2003 | Smallville | Mike the Bartender | Episode: "Suspect" |
| 2005 | Stargate: SG-1 | Fred | Episode: "Citizen Joe" |
| 2005 | Cold Squad | Mr. Walters | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story | Cop | TV film |
| 2006 | Supernatural | Dennis | Episode: "Simon Says" |
| 2007 | Psych | Steve Hitchcock | Episode: "Rob-a-Bye Baby" |
| 2010 | Hellcats | Bob Overton | Recurring role |
| 2011 | Fringe | Jerry Bissell | Episode: "Immortality" |
| 2011 | R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series | Mr. Palmer | Episode: "Pumpkinhead" |
| 2012 | Alcatraz | Captain | Episode: "Tommy Madsen" |
| 2012 | Supernatural | Jim McAnn | Episode: "Party On, Garth" |
| 2012 | Once Upon a Time | Maurice / Moe French | Recurring role |
| 2015 | Garage Sale Mystery: The Wedding Dress | Sean | TV film |
| 2015 | Fargo | Bud Jorgenlen | 3 episodes |
| 2016 | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Police Captain | 3 episodes |
| 2016 | The Man in the High Castle | Ron Whittaker | Episode: "The Road Less Traveled" |
| 2017 | Loudermilk | Father Michael | Recurring role |
| 2018 | Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas | Bob Hill | TV film |
| 2019 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Fire Chief | Episode: "The Penultimate Peril" Pt. 2 |
| 2019 | Unspeakable | Dr. Martin Davey | Recurring role |
| 2019 | The Twilight Zone | Mayor Matheson | Episode: "A Traveler" |
| 2019 | iZombie | Jack Klein | Episode: "Death of a Car Salesman" |
| 2019 | Mystery 101: Words Can Kill | Phil Jenk | TV film |
| 2020 | A Beautiful Place to Die: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery | Chief Madieras | TV film |
| 2020 | Riddled with Deceit: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery | Chief Madieras | TV film |
| 2021 | Ships in the Night: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery | Chief Madieras | TV film |
| 2021–2023 | Superman & Lois | George Dean | 13 episodes |
| 2022 | Rip in Time | Calvin | TV film |