Gerald William Bean is a Canadian former actor who had television and film roles under the names Gerry Bean and John Oliver.[1]
Bean is best known for his role as Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer Eric Olssen in the first two seasons of North of 60, for which he received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role at the 8th Gemini Awards in 1994.[2]
In 1994, Bean was charged with assault after an off-set altercation with Tina Keeper, his North of 60 costar and former common-law wife. A few months later he was dropped from the series, although the producers denied that the decision was related to the assault case.[3] Keeper later withdrew the assault charge.[4]
Bean also had guest roles in 21 Jump Street, The Beachcombers, Danger Bay, Broken Badges, Bordertown and MacGyver as Gerry Bean,[5] and The Mighty Ducks, Murder, She Wrote and The X-Files as John Oliver.
| 1989 | Cousins | Wedding Guest | Uncredited | |
| 1989 | Look Who's Talking | Pilot Friend | ||
| 1989 | We're No Angels | Guard | ||
| 1991 | Run | Cop at Karen's | ||
| 1991 | data-sort-value="Hitman, The" | The Hitman | Fierro | |
| 1992 | data-sort-value="Mighty Ducks, The" | The Mighty Ducks | Cardinals Goal | |
| 1996 | Fear | Eddie Clark |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987–1989 | 21 Jump Street | Various roles | 3 episodes | ||
| 1989 | Danger Bay | Bosun | Episode: "Before the Mast" | ||
| 1989 | data-sort-value="Beachcombers, The" | The Beachcombers | Phil | Episode: "Hot Stuff" | |
| 1989–1991 | MacGyver | Various roles | 4 episodes | ||
| 1990 | Bordertown | Darcy O'Shea | Episode: "The Last Fenian Raid" | ||
| 1990 | Broken Badges | Gordon Bacus | Episode: "Pilot" | ||
| 1991 | Bartender-New England | Television film | |||
| 1992 | data-sort-value="Comrades of Summer, The" | The Comrades of Summer | Hamill | ||
| 1992–1994 | North of 60 | Eric Olsen | 32 episodes | ||
| 1993 | Miracle on Interstate 880 | Jim Mendonsa | Television film | ||
| 1996 | Murder, She Wrote | Mike Holbert | Episode: "The Dark Side of the Door" | ||
| 1997 | data-sort-value="Perfect Mother, The" | The Perfect Mother | Jesse J. | Television film | |
| 1997 | data-sort-value="X-Files, The" | The X-Files | Rolston | Episode: "Gethsemane" | |
| 1997 | data-sort-value="Sentinel, The" | The Sentinel | Trent Leeds | Episode: "Vendetta" |