# Donnelly Rhodes

Donnelly Rhodes Henry (December 4, 1937 – January 8, 2018) was a Canadian actor. He had many American television and film credits, probably best known to American audiences as the hapless escaped convict Dutch Leitner on the soap opera spoof Soap and as Phillip Chancellor II on The Young and the Restless. Rhodes was well-known to Canadian audiences as Sgt. Nick Raitt in the CBC TV series Sidestreet (1975–1978), as Grant "Doc" Roberts in another CBC TV series, Danger Bay (1984–1990) and as Leo on Da Vinci's Inquest (1998-2005). He also starred as Doctor Cottle ("Doc") on Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009). He is the brother of actor, Tim Henry.

## Life and career

Rhodes was born in 1937, although some sources say 1936, and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada.
A large portion of Rhodes' career consists of guest-starring roles in American television. He appeared twice on Laredo: in 1965, he played Bob Jamison in "Rendezvous at Arillo" and played a lead role in "The Trap", an episode on The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. The next year, Rhodes was cast in "The Would-Be Gentleman of Laredo" as Don Carlos.
In 1966, Rhodes appeared as Red Eagle in the episode "Pariah" of the Universal Television series The Road West. The same year, he guest-starred on Dundee and the Culhane. He appeared in three episodes of the original Mission: Impossible (1966-1973 TV series), in the Season 3 episode, "The Freeze" (1968), in the Season 4 episode, "Mastermind" (1969), and in the Season 7 episode, "Ultimatum" (1972). He also played the main card player, Macon, who threatens the Sundance Kid (Robert Redford) in the opening scene of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).
In 1973, Rhodes co-starred in an episode of the sci-fi drama The Starlost (episode 12, 'The Implant People'). He played Phillip Chancellor II in The Young and the Restless from 1974 to 1975, and from 1978 to 1981, he played escaped convict Dutch Leitner on Soap.
In 1980, Rhodes played a priest in the miniseries The Chisholms. In 1982, he played Leo, a bar patron on Cheers. In 1983 he appeared as Wilson Arthur MacLeish on Magnum P.I. on the episode "Of Sound Mind". In 1984, he had a supporting role as the beleaguered father in the short-lived TV series Double Trouble and appeared as Arland D. Williams Jr. in the television movie Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac. From 1985 to 1990, he played Dr. Grant Roberts in the series Danger Bay. In 1987, he made a guest appearance on The Golden Girls as Jake Smollens, a handsome, rough-around-the-edges caterer.
In 1988, Rhodes guest-starred on Empty Nest as Leonard, an old friend of the main character. In 1991 he played the "Prodigal Father" in an episode of Murder, She Wrote. He starred as ruthless corporate lawyer R.J. Williams during the 1991-92 season of the drama Street Legal. In 1993, Rhodes played Jim Parker in "Shapes" (Season 1, episode 19) of The X-Files. He would later return to the series in 1996 in a different role for Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man (Season 4, episode 7).
For seven years (1998-2005), he played the role of Detective Leo Shannon on the acclaimed CBC television series, Da Vinci's Inquest.
Rhodes played the character Milash in an episode of Smallville in 2008. On the revived Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009), Rhodes played Chief Medical Officer Sherman Cottle who smoked cigarettes in most scenes. Most recently Rhodes played Mr. Decker, Rufus Decker's father, in the two seasons of The Romeo Section on CBC in 2015-2016.
Rhodes' film appearances were fewer, including roles in Gunfight in Abilene (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Change of Mind (1969), The Neptune Factor (1973), Goldenrod (1976), Oh! Heavenly Dog (1980), Urban Safari (1995), and Tron: Legacy (2010).
In February 2009, the Union of British Columbia Performers honoured Rhodes with the Sam Payne Award for Lifetime Achievement.

## Radio work

Rhodes provided the voice of the US president at the start of each episode of the CBC Radio One space opera/comedy series Canadia: 2056.

## Death

Rhodes died of cancer at the Baillie House Hospice in Maple Ridge, British Columbia at the age of 80.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1956 | Reprisal! | Buck | |
| 1957 | The 27th Day | Television Technician | Uncredited |
| 1967 | Gunfight in Abilene | Joe Slade | Uncredited |
| 1969 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Macon | |
| 1969 | Change of Mind | Roger Morrow | |
| 1973 | The Neptune Factor | Diver Bob Cousins | |
| 1973 | The Hard Part Begins | Jim King | |
| 1976 | Goldenrod | Keno McLaughlin | |
| 1980 | Oh! Heavenly Dog | Montanero | |
| 1984 | Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac | Arland D. Williams Jr. | TV movie |
| 1987 | After The Promise | Dr. Northfield | TV movie |
| 1989 | The Penthouse | Lt. Valeri | |
| 1991 | The Legend of Kootenai Brown | 'McTooth' | |
| 1996 | Urban Safari | Harry | |
| 1997 | Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan | Jack Bailey | TV movie |
| 2001 | Touched by a Killer | Bernie Gordon | |
| 2002 | Pressure | Sheriff Cooper | |
| 2002 | Snow Dogs | Race Official #1 | |
| 2009 | Damage | Deacon | |
| 2010 | Goblin | Charlie | TV movie |
| 2010 | Ramona and Beezus | Crusty Photographer | |
| 2010 | Hunt to Kill | Sheriff Westlake | |
| 2010 | Tron: Legacy | Grandpa Flynn | |
| 2011 | Marley & Me: The Puppy Years | Fred Grogan | |
| 2012 | Barricade | Sheriff Howes | |
| 2013 | Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story | NHL Lawyer | TV movie |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1960 | Bonanza | Latigo / Little Henchman | Episodes: "San Francisco" & "The Mission" |
| 1965–1966 | Laredo | Don Carlos / Bob Jamison | 2 episodes |
| 1964-1965 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | John Cochran | Episodes: "The Trap," "Ten Minutes From Now" |
| 1965 | Wagon Train | Jeremiah Stewart | Episode: "The Wanda Snow Story" |
| 1966 | The Road West | Red Eagle | Episode: "Pariah" |
| 1966 | The Virginian | Ben Colby | Episode: "The Wolves Up Front, the Jackals Behind" |
| 1967 | Custer | War Cloud | Episode: "Dangerous Prey" |
| 1967 | Mannix | Ramon Verona | Episode: "The Cost Of A Vacation" |
| 1967 | Dundee and the Culhane | Michael | Episode: "The Vasquez Brief" |
| 1967 | Tarzan | Hank | Episode: "Hotel Hurricane" |
| 1967 | The Wild Wild West | Captain Dansby | Episode: "The Night of the Legion of Death" S3 E12 |
| 1968–1972 | Mission: Impossible | Joel Morgan / Lou Merrick / Raymond Barret | 3 episodes |
| 1973 | The Starlost | Roloff | "The Implant People" |
| 1978–1981 | Soap | Dutch Leitner | 38 episodes (Season 2-4) |
| 1979 | The New Adventures of Wonder Woman | Ward Selkirk | Episode: "A Date with Doomsday" |
| 1980 | The Chisholms | Franciscan priest | Episode: "The Siren Song" |
| 1982 | Report to Murphy | Charlie | 6 episodes |
| 1982 | Cheers | Leo | Episode: "Sam's Women" |
| 1982 | The Facts of Life | Sal Largo | Episode: "Jo's Cousin" |
| 1982 | Taxi | Angelo (Tony's father) | Episode: "Travels with My Dad" |
| 1982–1983 | Hill Street Blues | Judge Paul Grogin | 4 episodes |
| 1983 | Magnum PI | Wilson Arthur MacLeish | Episode: "Of Sound Mind" |
| 1983 | Gimme a Break! | Mayor | Episode: "The Centerfold: Part 2" |
| 1983 | Amanda's | Mr. Johnson | Episode: "You Were Meant for Me" |
| 1984 | Alice | Frank | Episode: "Tommy Goes Overboard" |
| 1984–1985 | Double Trouble | Art Foster | 9 episodes |
| 1985–1990 | Danger Bay | Dr. Grant Roberts | 122 episodes |
| 1987 | The Golden Girls | Jake Smollens | Episode: "Diamond in the Rough" |
| 1988 | Empty Nest | Leonard | Episode: "Harry's Friend" |
| 1988–1993 | Murder, She Wrote | William Mahaffy / Ned Jenks / Ed Bellamy | 3 episodes |
| 1989 | Bordertown | John Quincy McGraw | 1 episode: "Keenan's Raiders" |
| 1991–1992 | Street Legal | R.J. Williams | 10 episodes |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Jim Parker | Episode: "Shapes" |
| 1996-1997 | The Outer Limits (1995) | Senator / General James Eiger | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | Millennium | Peter Dumont | Episode: "Broken World" |
| 1997 | The Sentinel | Don Dominick Lazar | Episode: "Inside Man" |
| 1998 | The Young and the Restless | Phillip Chancellor II | 2 episodes |
| 1998–2005 | Da Vinci's Inquest | Leo Shannon | 91 episodes |
| 1999 | Hope Island | Jake Mitchum | Episode: "Look One Way and Row Another" |
| 2000 | Call of the Wild | Thadeus P. Rossmore | Episode: "Betrayal" |
| 2004–2009 | Battlestar Galactica | Chief Medical Officer Dr. Cottle | 36 episodes |
| 2005–2013 | Supernatural | Father Simon / Mr. Shaw | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Whistler | Daniel Wallace | Episode: "In the Air" |
| 2007 | Psych | Judge Horace Leland | Episode: "Cloudy... With a Chance of Murder" |
| 2008 | Smallville | Milash | Episode: "Quest" |
| 2008 | The L Word | Colonel Jon Smythe | Episode: "Lesbians Gone Wild" |
| 2010 | Human Target | Guerrero's Friend | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2010 | Heartland | Eli Stark | Episode: "The Slippery Slope" |
| 2013 | Arctic Air | Virgil Haggard | Episode: "Skeletons in the Closet" |
| 2015–2016 | The Romeo Section | Mr. Decker – Rufus Decker's father | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | The Flash | Agent Smith | Episode: "Invasion!" |
| 2016 | Legends of Tomorrow | Agent Smith | Episode: "Invasion!" |