Derek McGrath

Derek McGrath is a Canadian actor and writer who started out playing Linus in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and he was born in Timmins, Ontario. He became familiar to television viewers through roles such as Andy Schroeder on Cheers, Oswald Valentine on Dallas, Dr. Benjamin Jeffcoate on My Secret Identity, Crewman Chell on Star Trek: Voyager and Dr. Derek Hebert on Doc. He also played a mutant in the comedy film Freaked (1993), and had recurring parts as the Anglican priest Duncan Magee in Little Mosque on the Prairie and as Frank the handyman on Kim's Convenience. Much of his work has been voice acting, including Spike in Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats, Mr. McFeely in Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood and Chief Quimby in Inspector Gadget. He was nominated for Gemini Awards two years running, in 1989 and 1990, for My Secret Identity.