Derek McGrath
Derek McGrath is a Canadian actor and writer.
Life and career
McGrath was born in Timmins, Ontario. His career began as Linus in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. He is known for his roles in Cheers as Andy Schroeder, Oswald Valentine in Dallas, Dr. Benjamin Jeffcoate in My Secret Identity, Crewman Chell in Star Trek: Voyager, and as Dr. Derek Hebert in Doc.McGrath played Buck the dog in a fantasy sequence in a second-season episode of Married... with Children, a game show host in a third-season episode of Family Matters, and a mutant in the 1993 comedy film Freaked. He appeared in a recurring role as the character of Anglican priest Duncan Magee in the CBC Television sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie.
He voices Spiff in the animated children's series Iggy Arbuckle. He voices Melvin, the mayor of Maple Lake in the animated series Bob & Doug. He provided the voice of Heathcliff's nemesis Spike in DIC's Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats. He has voiced various characters in Grossology, Pole Position, The Romance of Betty Boop, Intergalactic Thanksgiving, Bakugan Battle Brawlers, Super Why!, Wayside, Ruby Gloom, Toot and Puddle, Spliced, Jane and the Dragon and Take Me Up to the Ball Game. He voices Mr. McFeely in Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood and Chief Quimby in Inspector Gadget.
In the 1970s, he was a prominent actor on TVOntario educational programming, most notably Mathmakers. In 2002, he narrated the National Film Board of Canada short animated film The Hungry Squid, which won the Genie Award for Best Animated Short. McGrath had a recurring role on Kim's Convenience as Frank the handyman. He played Garth Harble, Animal Control Officer, in the fifth season of The [Red Green Show].
His brother is fellow actor Doug McGrath.