Stephen Mendel

Stephen Mendel
Born
Stephen Charles Mendel

1952 or 1953 (age 73–74)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
EducationBishop's University
OccupationsFilm and television actor

Stephen Charles Mendel (born 1952/1953) is a Canadian film and television actor. He is best known for playing Detective Freddie Carson in the Canadian crime drama television series Night Heat.

Life and career

Mendel was born in Montreal, Quebec. He attended Bishop's University, earning his degree in theatre. He began his screen career in 1978, appearing in the film Tomorrow Never Comes. In 1981, he appeared in the film Les chiens chauds.

Later in his career, in 1985, Mendel starred as Detective Freddie Carson in the CTV crime drama television series Night Heat, starring along with Scott Hylands, Jeff Wincott, Allan Royal, Sean McCann and Eugene Clark. After the series ended in 1989, he guest-starred in television programs including Father Dowling Mysteries, Hart to Hart, Saved by the Bell, L.A. Law, The West Wing and JAG, and played the recurring role of Dr. Simons in the CBS soap opera television series The Bold and the Beautiful. He voiced Master Splinter in the Fox Kids television series Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation. He also appeared in films such as The Terminal, Provocateur, Scanners: The Showdown, Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie, Exception to the Rule and The Vindicator.

References

  1. ↑ "Back-up player is cozy in his Night Heat rut". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. June 4, 1988. p. 114. Retrieved October 21, 2026 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  2. ↑ "Actor uses police". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. April 19, 1986. p. 20. Retrieved October 21, 2026 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  3. ↑ "Mendel stops crime". The Expositor. Brantford, Ontario, Canada. May 29, 1986. p. 31. Retrieved October 21, 2026 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  4. ↑ "Doing more than rescuing those hapless animals". The Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. February 21, 1987. p. 218. Retrieved October 21, 2026 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  5. 1 2 Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (1999). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. p. 738. ISBN 9780345429230 – via Google Books.
  6. 1 2 "Stephen Mendel". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved October 21, 2026.
  7. ↑ Davis, William (October 2011). Where There's Smoke...: Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man, A Memoir. ECW Press. p. 177. ISBN 9781770410527 – via Google Books.
  8. 1 2 3 "Stephen Mendel List of Movies and TV Shows". TV Guide. Retrieved October 21, 2026.
  9. ↑ "Hollywood turns up heat on Canada". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. May 27, 1987. p. 42. Retrieved October 21, 2026 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon