Art Hindle

He also played police officer Ted Jarvis in the cult classic sex comedy Porky's (1981) and its sequel Porky's II: The Next Day (1983).

• Name — Art Hindle • Birth Name — Arthur Hindle • Born — 21 July 1948 • Birthplace — Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada • Occupation — * Actor • television director • Years Active — 1971–present • Relatives — Michael Kane (uncle)

Hindle was born in Halifax, to a father who was in the Royal Canadian Navy. His uncle was actor Michael Kane. For 12 years, he alternated living with his divorced parents in addition to living in foster homes. He grew up in Bowmanville, and later at The Beaches area of Toronto. He began acting in local plays as a teenager, and graduated from Riverdale Collegiate Institute in 1963. Before he became an actor, Hindle modeled clothes in catalogs for Canadian companies Simpsons-Sears and Eaton's. He was also a stockbroker. He studied method acting under Eli Rill.

Hindle has made guest appearances in a long list of television programs in North America, and has also appeared in several movies, dating from 1971. His first major role was in a biker movie, The Proud Rider, spawned by the popularity of Easy Rider. Hindle worked with a real motorcycle gang, Satan's Choice of Oshawa. It was during the production of this film that he almost changed his professional name to Jeremy Kane, as producers thought that Hindle should have a more obvious link to his uncle, actor Michael Kane. In 1971, he was cast as Billy Duke in the film Face-Off. This film led to offers from Hollywood which he resisted until work dried up and Hindle, who had four children by this time, finally moved to Los Angeles in 1974. He had a supporting role in the Canadian horror film Black Christmas in 1974. He had a pivotal supporting role in the 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. He then went onto playing a lead role in David Cronenberg's 1979 horror film The Brood and appeared in the 1981 teen sex comedy film Porky's as police officer Ted Jarvis. In the 1990s, he played the role of Harry Dobbs in the popular Canadian TV series, North of 60. From the early 1990s, Hindle has also worked as a director. In 2001, he starred in, and directed episodes of, the award-winning series Paradise Falls which screened on the Showcase channel in Canada and cable stations in the U.S.

• 1975 Starsky & Hutch as John Colby (Episode: The Deadly Imposter) • 1977 Barnaby Jones as Joseph (Episode: The Devil's Handmaiden) • 1977 James at 15 as Jud Lawrence • 1977 Kingston: Confidential as Tony Marino • 1978 The Clone Master as Dr. Simon Shane • 1981–1982 Dallas as Jeff Farraday • 1985 Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Larry Crawford • 1985 Airwolf as Karl Stern • 1985 MacGyver as Dave Redding • 1987 Hunter as Harry • 1986–1987 Murder, She Wrote as Rod Wilson / Sam McKittrick • 1988 21 Jump Street as Stafford • 1988 Night Heat as Borden • 1988 Street Legal as Karl Morgan • 1989 Friday the 13th: The Series as McCabe (Episode: The Sweetest Sting) • 1989 L.A. Law as Walter Goetz • 1988–1989 Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Jack Gold / Alton Brooks • 1989–1994 E.N.G. as Mike Fennell • 1994 Matlock as Philip Chaney • 1995 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Martin Bradshaw • 1995 Walker, Texas Ranger as M.P. Bates • 1997 The Arrow as Colonel Fairchild • 1996–1997 Beverly Hills, 90210 as Detective Bill Rendell • 1996–1997 North of 60 as Harry Dobbs • 1998 Due South as Robert Bedford • 1998 JAG as Captain Ward • 1999 Millennium as John Saxum • 1999 Total Recall 2070 as Frank Trower • 2002–2003 Tom Stone as Neil McQuinn • 2005 Canadian Case Files as Host • 2001–2008 Paradise Falls as Pete Braga • 2009 Too Late to Say Goodbye as Max Barber • 2016–2018 Dot. Mister Sherman (voice) • 2018 The Good Witch as Arthur Pershing • 2018 Imposters as Mr. Hull Sr. • 2018 Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe as Edward Fitzwilliam • 2019 Le gala de Noël • 2019 Christmas in Montana as Pops Carson • 2021–2023 SurrealEstate as Carl Roman

Art Hindle is recorded as actor and film director.