Ardon Bess

Born: None

Ardon Bess is a Canadian actor best known for appearing in a Heritage Moment television commercial about the 1958 Springhill mining disaster portraying survivor Maurice Ruddick. He has also appeared in other films and television roles including Trailer Park Boys, How She Move, Take the Lead, The Ladies Man, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Prom Night, King of Kensington, and Jewel. He earned a Gemini Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for his role in One Heart Broken Into Song. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ardon Bess, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Prom Night

as Teacher
Released: 1980-07-18

At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the...

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The Shape of Things to Come

as Merrick
Released: 1979-05-04

Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what's left of humanity has colonized the Moon in...

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The 4th Floor

as Hardware Owner
Released: 1999-07-31

A woman inherits a rent-controlled apartment and is terrorized by a neighbor.

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The Skulls II

as Mr. Beckford
Released: 2002-04-09

After joining the Skulls, Ryan Sommers (Robin Dunne) is warned not to betray any secrets about...

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How She Move

as Uncle Cecil
Released: 2008-01-15

After the death of Raya Green's sister, she gets out from her classes at school, and sees a...

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Double Wedding

as uncredited
Released: 2010-07-20

Two sisters, no love lives. Both end up dating the same man, and inviting him to meet the family...

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A Sunday Kind of Love

as Server
Released: 2016-04-15

A struggling writer meets death and falls in love. He must decide if his true love is in this...

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Moving Target

as Jake
Released: 1996-11-26

A bounty hunter with a pregnant wife who is urging him to get a regular job gets framed for...

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After Alice

as Lenny
Released: 2000-01-01

A washed-up detective discovers his own psychic ability when assigned to investigate a serial...

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On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story

as uncredited
Released: 1990-11-05

The true story of Olympic champion figure skater Tai Babilonia, her rise to fame and her fall...

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Saving God

as Officer Earle
Released: 2008-10-14

Ex Con Armstrong Cane (Ving Rhames) returns to home a changed man looking to take over his...

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Jean of the Joneses

as Gray
Released: 2016-06-01

Chaos ensues after the estranged patriarch of the Jones family dies on their doorstep. When the...

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Songs In Ordinary Time

as Earlie's Grandfather
Released: 2000-10-22

Based on Mary McGarry Morris' best-selling novel! A struggling mother takes in a mysterious...

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Prince for a Day

as Nix
Released: 1995-10-06

Famous pop star Ricky Prince has grown tired of the spotlight and the pressures of fame. He...

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10,000 Black Men Named George

as Daddy Moore
Released: 2002-02-24

In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open...

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Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher

as Blind Sid
Released: 2002-02-19

A soldier who was long thought dead in World War 2, returns to modern day New York to combat...

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Jewel

as Nelson
Released: 2001-02-07

In the 1940s a 40-year-old woman with five healthy children gives birth to a girl with Down's...

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A New Diva's Christmas Carol

as Old Michael
Released: 2022-12-14

Aphrodite was made famous back in the day for performing THE timeless love song of the era. The...

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Sins of the Father

as Minister at Church
Released: 2002-01-05

In 1965 a bomb was planted in a Church in Alabama, killing four black girls. Thirty years later,...

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Laughter on the 23rd Floor

as Cecil
Released: 2001-05-26

Inspired by Neil Simon's early career experience as a junior writer for Your Show of Shows, the...

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Hostage

as Garage Attendant
Released: 1988-02-14

After five hard years behind bars Bonnie Lee is still haunted by her past which hides a terrible...

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Hot Paint

as uncredited
Released: 1988-03-20

Two losers rob a rich guy and discover that, among the loot, they've taken a rare painting worth...

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Jack & Ella

as Darrell
Released: 2002-06-01

A black man and a Jewish woman crash into each other and win a dream house in the suburbs....

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Heritage Minutes: Maurice Ruddick

as Maurice Ruddick
Released: 1993-04-30

Miner Maurice Ruddick recounts the 1958 Springhill mine disaster.

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Due South

as Rudy Porter
First aired: 1994-09-22

Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the...

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Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye

as Oscar
First aired: 2002-10-13

Based on a true story, this family-friendly series follows the adventures of a young, hearing...

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Trailer Park Boys

as Levi
First aired: 2001-04-22

Follow the booze-fueled misadventures of three longtime pals and petty serial criminals who run...

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Twice in a Lifetime

as Dr. Harold Roth
First aired: 1999-08-25

Prematurely deceased people are given the opportunity to correct something that went wrong in...

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FX: The Series

as Security Guard Tony
First aired: 1996-09-09

Rollie Tyler, a special effects expert, helps his detective friend solve crimes by making...

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Kim's Convenience

as Arthur
First aired: 2016-10-11

The funny, heartfelt story of The Kims, a Korean-Canadian family, running a convenience store in...

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Philip Marlowe, Private Eye

as Jed Mason
First aired: 1983-04-16

Philip Marlowe, Private Eye is a British mystery series that aired on ITV in the United Kingdom...

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Remedy

as Henry Kozlow
First aired: 2014-02-24

Griffin Conner, a med-school dropout having left in a haze of disgrace, is forced to return to...

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MythQuest

as Baba
First aired: 2001-08-01

While searching for their missing father, Alex & Cleo Bellows are drawn into the actual myths...

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King of Kensington

as Nestor Best
First aired: 1975-09-25

King of Kensington is a Canadian television sitcom which aired on CBC Television from 1975 to...

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