Wow - I have a tfw2005 news credit
Thanks to a Stargate list I am on, that had posted info about Garry Chalk (SG = Russian Col. Chekov in charge of the Russian SGC, TF = voice of Optimus Prime in Beast Wars/Machines, RiD & A/E/C, as well as a LOT of other things) being hurt last week. He slipped on ice walking his dogs... from there
Geeking out - my first tfw news credit - considering I've been on there for like 2 years. I'm really surprised this didn't pop up sooner, as it happened on Feb 15.
Source: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/etoday/story.html?id=18c08980-2073-462d-8f85-aa59119101fe
Popular Vancouver actor Garry Chalk won't be hitting his marks for a
while after a dog-walking accident ended with an ambulance ride and
surgery at Vancouver Hospital.
Chalk (among many other roles, the small-town sheriff caught between
Freddy and Jason in 2003's box-office hit Freddy vs. Jason, and the
sergeant on TV's Cold Squad) was walking his two blue-heelers at
Jericho Park Feb. 5 when he slipped on a patch of ice and landed badly
on his right leg, tearing his quad muscles. Two passing women called
an ambulance for him and rounded up his dogs.
"Unfortunately, he was in so much pain he can't remember the women's
names," says Chalk's sister, Sandy Reynolds.
Chalk got out of hospital this past Tuesday and will be off his feet
for a month and a half.
"He has to go up 10 stairs at home, and he had to go up the stairs on
his butt," says Reynolds, who jokes she doesn't envy the notoriously
crusty actor's wife, Lynda Jane.
"It's not going to be a freaking picnic, Garry is a force to contend
with if you try to keep him down. The doctor figures six weeks before
he's mended, and six months to a year of physio."
If you want to send get well wishes:
Garry Chalk
The Character Talent Agency
#200 - 1505 West 2nd Avenue
Vancouver BC V6H 3Y4
Canada
Geeking out - my first tfw news credit - considering I've been on there for like 2 years. I'm really surprised this didn't pop up sooner, as it happened on Feb 15.
Source: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/etoday/story.html?id=18c08980-2073-462d-8f85-aa59119101fe
Popular Vancouver actor Garry Chalk won't be hitting his marks for a
while after a dog-walking accident ended with an ambulance ride and
surgery at Vancouver Hospital.
Chalk (among many other roles, the small-town sheriff caught between
Freddy and Jason in 2003's box-office hit Freddy vs. Jason, and the
sergeant on TV's Cold Squad) was walking his two blue-heelers at
Jericho Park Feb. 5 when he slipped on a patch of ice and landed badly
on his right leg, tearing his quad muscles. Two passing women called
an ambulance for him and rounded up his dogs.
"Unfortunately, he was in so much pain he can't remember the women's
names," says Chalk's sister, Sandy Reynolds.
Chalk got out of hospital this past Tuesday and will be off his feet
for a month and a half.
"He has to go up 10 stairs at home, and he had to go up the stairs on
his butt," says Reynolds, who jokes she doesn't envy the notoriously
crusty actor's wife, Lynda Jane.
"It's not going to be a freaking picnic, Garry is a force to contend
with if you try to keep him down. The doctor figures six weeks before
he's mended, and six months to a year of physio."
If you want to send get well wishes:
Garry Chalk
The Character Talent Agency
#200 - 1505 West 2nd Avenue
Vancouver BC V6H 3Y4
Canada