Gary Reineke

Gary Allen Reineke (May 20, 1940 – September 23, 2024) was an American actor based in Canada.^[1]

Gary Reineke
Born	(1940-05-20)May 20, 1940 Thorp, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	September 23, 2024(2024-09-23) (aged 84) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1968–2012

Life and career

Reineke was born in Thorp, Wisconsin, on May 20, 1940, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire.^[2]

Reineke appeared in more than 80 films from 1974, and was a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 4th Genie Awards in 1983 for his performance in The Grey Fox.^[3]

Reineke died at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, on September 23, 2024, at the age of 84.^[2]

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	Sunday in the Country
1976	The Clown Murders
1977	Why Shoot the Teacher?
1979	Riel
1980	Agency
	The Kidnapping of the President	Dietrich
1981	A Choice of Two
1982	The Grey Fox
	Murder by Phone
1988	Iron Eagle II
1989	George's Island
	The Top of His Head
1995	Hiroshima
1998	The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1999	Summer's End
2005	Black Widow
2008	WarGames: The Dead Code

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	A Matter of Choice	David
1979	The Albertans
1988	The King Chronicle	Oscar D. Skelton
1992	To Catch a Killer	Petrie
1993	Dieppe
2000	The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery	Dennis Horan	[4]
2001–2002	Nero Wolfe	Oliver Pitkin Mr. Leacraft Hombert	"Prisoner's Base" "Poison à la Carte "The Silent Speaker"
2002	The Scream Team
2009	The Line	Max's doctor	2 episodes