Ross Petty

Ross Petty

Born: August 29, 1946
in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Ross Petty (born August 29, 1946) is a Canadian actor and theatre producer. He is best known for his eponymous production company which have been producing “fractured fairy tale musicals” at Toronto’s Elgin Theatre.

Movies for Ross Petty...

Aladdin: The Magical Family Musical
Title: Aladdin: The Magical Family Musical
Character: Abanzeer
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
A musical adaption of Aladdin
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The River King
Title: The River King
Character: The Dean
Released: October 21, 2005
Type: Movie
Abel Grey is sent to investigate the death of a boy from an exclusive local school, who is found floating in the river. Fearing scandal, the school insists it was suicide. But after discovering from the boy's girlfriend, Carlin, that he was being badly bullied, Abel suspects that a dangerous schoolboy initiation has gone horribly wrong and he secretly solicits the help of a sympathetic teacher, Betsy. He is warned off the investigation by his boss, as the school is a generous benefactor to the Police benevolent fund. Abel, however, cannot let the case go, not only because his own brother committed suicide years before, but also it seems that the spirit of the dead boy is leaving them clues as to what really happened that night.
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Title: Monk
Character: Henry Rutherford
Released: July 12, 2002
Type: TV
Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.
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Title: Twice in a Lifetime
Character: Jim Hewitt
Released: August 25, 1999
Type: TV
Prematurely deceased people are given the opportunity to correct something that went wrong in their lives and thus change them for the better.
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The Defenders: Choice of Evils
Title: The Defenders: Choice of Evils
Character: Doctor Nagel
Released: January 18, 1998
Type: Movie
The Defenders are a crack team of lawyers dedicated to one principle - the accused is innocent untill proven guilty. This time, they defend a man wrongly convicted of murder.
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Extreme Measures
Title: Extreme Measures
Character: Dr. Garlock
Released: September 27, 1996
Type: Movie
Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. After the trail leads Luthan to the door of an eminent surgeon at the hospital, Luthan soon finds himself in extreme danger people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered.
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F/X2
Title: F/X2
Character: Consigliere
Released: April 16, 1991
Type: Movie
F/X man Rollie Tyler is now a toymaker. Mike, the ex-husband of his girlfriend Kim, is a cop. He asks Rollie to help catch a killer. The operation goes well until some unknown man kills both the killer and Mike. Mike's boss, Silak says it was the killer who killed Mike but Rollie knows it wasn't. Obviously, Silak is involved with Mike's death, so he calls on Leo McCarthy, the cop from the last movie, who is now a P.I., for help and they discover it's not just Silak they have to worry about.
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The Magic of Aladdin
Title: The Magic of Aladdin
Character: Abanazar
Released: June 1, 1989
Type: Movie
A classic British pantomime version of the tale of Aladdin and the Lamp. The evil vizier Abanazar tries to manipulate Aladdin and his mother, Widow Twankey, into helping him acquire the magic lamp. But with the help of the Genie of the Ring, Aladdin wins through and captures the heart and hand of the Princess. Music, singing, dancing, and merriment throughout.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
Character: Peter Towne
Released: November 8, 1986
Type: Movie
An actor rigs a fake shooting on TV with the connivance of his friend, the show's host, but the practical joke goes wrong when the gun turns out to contain a live round.
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Spearfield's Daughter
Title: Spearfield's Daughter
Character: Roger Brisson
Released: May 25, 1986
Type: Movie
The daughter of a leading politician tries to carve out a career in the world of international journalism.
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A Judgment in Stone
Title: A Judgment in Stone
Character: George
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
An English woman, psychotic and sexually repressed, murders her sadistic father, then moves to America. She soon secures a job as a maid for a wealthy family. Soon her severe psychosis and her attempts to keep her sexuality from asserting itself combine to cause trouble for all concerned.
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Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper
Title: Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper
Released: May 17, 1981
Type: Movie
A dramatized account of how the staff of the Canadian Embassy helped a group of American diplomats escape from Iran during the Iranian Revolution.