Your Favourite Television Villains

5.) Mr. Sainsbury: Played by Robert Benson, the conniving district bank manager Mr. Sainsbury butted heads with May Bailey repeatedly on Wind at My Back.

4.) Callie Cramp: CRNB overseer, hotel owner and town busybody Callie Cramp (Lynne Griffin) managed to rub quite a few New Bedford residents the wrong way!

3.) May Bailey: While she relaxed considerably over the course of the show, Mother Bailey (Shirley Douglas) had a bad track record for meddling and deceiving when it suited her purposes.

2.) Robert Rutherford: Season 3 guest star Christopher Reeve played jewel thief Robert Rutherford. Rutherford, disrupts order in Avonlea, threatening Gus, and landing him in jail.

1.) Abraham "Abe" Pike: Gus's estranged and highly disturbed father Abe topped your lists as favourite villain. He first appeared in season 2's "Sea Ghost," and continued to haunt Gus in season 3's "But When She Was Bad, She Was Horrid." Learn more about Don Francks, the actor who portrayed Abe, here.