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Richard Dean Anderson and Art Hindle in MacGyver (1985)

Mel Stewart and Art Hindle in Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)

Art Hindle, Oscar Nuñez, Kelly Wolfman, and Virginia Welch in Prosecuting Casey Anthony (2013)

Chuck Norris and Art Hindle in The Octagon (1980)

Robyn Douglass and Art Hindle in The Clone Master (1978)

Art Hindle, Brigitte Kingsley, and Peter Outerbridge in Dark Rising: Warrior of Worlds (2014)

Lois Chiles, Ronny Cox, M. Emmet Walsh, Lisa Sutton, Art Hindle, Tim Maier, and William Russ in Courage (1984)

Art Hindle and Chris Potter in Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993)

Cathy Lee Crosby, Art Hindle, Sherril Lynn Rettino, Nancy Grigor, and Nancy Grigor

Art Hindle in Dark Rising: Warrior of Worlds (2014)

Art Hindle in Christmas in Montana (2019)

Lynne Griffin, Art Hindle, Terry McGurrin, Denise Oliver, Austin Chan, Pamela Chu, Maxime Leigh-Wood, Isaiah Slater, and Lilly Noelle Bartlam in Dot. (2016)

Colm Feore and Art Hindle in Astronaut (2019)

Lori Hallier and Art Hindle in The Gunfighters (1987)

Art Hindle and Victoria James in The Gunfighters (1987)

Art Hindle and Ashley Bryant in Nightalk (2022)

Art Hindle, Tim Rozon, and Sarah Levy in SurrealEstate (2021)

Jeff Conaway, Claudia Christian, Art Hindle, Leslie Hope, Steve Kahan, Andrea Marcovicci, Yvette Mimieux, Anita Morris, Ben Murphy, Jack Scalia, Robin Strand, Eddie Velez, and Sam Wanamaker in Berrenger's (1985)

Born in Halifax to a Royal Canadian Navy father, Art's mother soon had him back in their home town of Toronto, Ontario. He grew up in the "Beaches" of Toronto a big fan of Elvis Presley and rock n' roll. Although shy as a child, he grew to be a rebellious and independent teenager. This lead him to much traveling, mostly by hitch-hiking, picking up odd jobs, meeting all sorts of people from red-necks to freedom marchers to surfers and everyone in between. By the time he was 21, he was a father, a stockbroker and an amateur photographer. A much admired uncle of Art's was Michael Kane, a talented and successful actor. This had piqued Art's interest in acting during his teens. Although fairly successful himself, as a broker, he basically felt unfulfilled and eventually, after being inspired and touched by a Toronto Workshop Productions play, he made the commitment to leave the stock market for theatre. Although he worked, basically, as an unglorified gofer for a few months with TWP, eventually he got an acting agent, mostly with a false resume, and started auditioning mostly for commercials. It was at this time that Art credits a discovery that changed his future. Someone, he can't remember who, directed him to the Eli Rill Workshop. Eli had moved to Toronto from New York, where he taught at the Actor's Studio. Kind, gentle and articulate, Eli lucidly communicated techniques and explorations of the Method. Art thrived in this environment and soon started applying his knowledge to getting acting jobs. His first big role was in a biker movie, The Proud Rider (1971), spawned by the popularity of Easy Rider (1969). Art actually worked with a real motorcycle gang, the Satan's Choice. It was during the making of this rather bad movie that Art almost changed his professional name to Jeremy Kane. The producers thought that Art should have a more "show biz" name and took his photo to a girls school and asked the students to suggest first names and last names. They then took these names to Art and asked him to pick one of each. He liked the name Jeremy and chose Kane in honor of his uncle. The first person he called was his uncle Michael. Michael told him in no uncertain terms to stick to his own name. Art did so, but the other name is still connected to the film. The other anecdote was when the producers asked Art if he could ride a "bike," he took them "literally" and said he could, but that when it came to motorcycles his brother Lang Hindle was much better, being a champion road racer. Cast for the part late on a Thursday, Art had to learn to ride a motorcycle by Monday morning. The next big step was being cast as Billy Duke, the best hockey player in the world, drafted by the Maple Leafs to lead them back to the playoffs in the film Winter Comes Early (1971), Canada's first million-dollar movie. This film led to offers from Hollywood, which he resisted until work dried up and Art, who had 4 children by this time, finally moved to Los Angeles.

Art credits much of his success in California to luck. He felt he was lucky having Patricia McQueeney as his manager and a dynamic pair of agents in Arnold Rifkin and Nichole David. Over the years Art has come to be known as a "working actor" involved as a leading actor in some "classic" films and numerous pilots and series. His work in ENG, one Canada's most successful series, won him a Acting Gemini and his Pete Braga in Paradise Falls (2001) has been described as a "classic performance" although Art credits brilliant writing for all the plaudits. Also, in the early 1990s, Art added the credit Director to his impressive resume. He and his beautiful wife, Brooke now split time between California, Florida and Canada spending time with their much beloved children, all 8 of them, and their 6 grandchildren. Lucky? Indeed!

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