Ardon Bess
Biography
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.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Ardon Bess
Due South
Prom Night
Trailer Park Boys
Kim's Convenience
Heritage Minutes
The Ladies Man
FX: The Series
The 4th Floor
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
Remedy
Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (44 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | A New Diva's Christmas Carol | Old Michael | Movie | 2022 |
 | Kim's Convenience | Arthur | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Jean of the Joneses | Gray | Movie | 2016 |
 | A Sunday Kind of Love | Server | Movie | 2016 |
 | Remedy | Henry Kozlow | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Double Wedding | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2010 |
 | Saving God | Officer Earle | Movie | 2008 |
 | How She Move | Uncle Cecil | Movie | 2008 |
 | Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye | Oscar | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Jack & Ella | Darrell | Movie | 2002 |
 | The Skulls II | Mr. Beckford | Movie | 2002 |
 | 10,000 Black Men Named George | Daddy Moore | Movie | 2002 |
 | Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher | Blind Sid | Movie | 2002 |
 | Sins of the Father | Minister at Church | Movie | 2002 |
 | MythQuest | Baba | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Laughter on the 23rd Floor | Cecil | Movie | 2001 |
 | Trailer Park Boys | Levi | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Jewel | Nelson | Movie | 2001 |
 | Songs In Ordinary Time | Earlie's Grandfather | Movie | 2000 |
 | The Ladies Man | Stage Manager | Movie | 2000 |
 | After Alice | Lenny | Movie | 2000 |
 | Twice in a Lifetime | Dr. Harold Roth | TV Series | 1999 |
 | The 4th Floor | Hardware Owner | Movie | 1999 |
 | Free of Eden | Businessman | Movie | 1999 |
 | Moving Target | Jake | Movie | 1996 |
 | FX: The Series | Security Guard Tony | TV Series | 1996 |
 | Prince for a Day | Nix | Movie | 1995 |
 | Due South | Rudy Porter | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Ordinary Magic | Barbershop #2 | Movie | 1993 |
 | Heritage Minutes: Maurice Ruddick | Maurice Ruddick | Movie | 1993 |
 | Heritage Minutes | Maurice Ruddick | TV Series | 1991 |
| Shining Time Station: 'Tis a Gift | Tucker Cooper | Movie | 1990 | |
 | On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1990 |
 | Hot Paint | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1988 |
 | Hostage | Garage Attendant | Movie | 1988 |
| The Day They Came to Arrest the Book | Mr. McLean | Movie | 1987 | |
 | The Execution of Raymond Graham | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1985 |
 | Philip Marlowe, Private Eye | Jed Mason | TV Series | 1983 |
 | Prom Night | Teacher | Movie | 1980 |
 | The Shape of Things to Come | Merrick | Movie | 1979 |
 | High-Ballin' | Policeman | Movie | 1978 |
 | Fields of Endless Day | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1978 |
| Teleplay | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1976 | |
 | King of Kensington | Nestor Best | TV Series | 1975 |