Gabriel Gascon (8 January 1927 – 30 May 2018) was a Canadian stage and film actor.
Born in Montreal, Quebec to parents Charles-Auguste Gascon and Marie-Rose Dubuc, Gascon began his acting career after joining the Compagnons de Saint-Laurent with the help of his elder brother Jean. Gascon established his career in France, where he met Andrée Lachapelle.[1] He died on 30 May 2018, aged 91.[2]
He was also the brother of filmmaker Gilles Gascon.
Partial filmography
edit- Étienne Brûlé gibier de potence (1952) - Janedo
- Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut (1956–1963, TV Series) - Alexis Labranche
- If I Were a Spy (1967)
- The Aeronauts (1967, TV Series) - Louis Gagnon
- The Return of Monte Cristo (1968) - Louis - le père de Linda
- The Sergeant (1968) - Paul - Solange's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
- Les camisards (1972) - Capitaine Alexandre Poul
- La Menace (1977) - Pannequin
- The Suspended Vocation (1978) - Le père-confesseur
- The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (1978) - Personnage des Tableaux
- Lucien Brouillard (1983)
- The Tin Flute (1983) - Cure
- Sous les draps, les étoiles (1989)
- Phantom Life (La vie fantôme) (1992) - Lautier
- Cap Tourmente (1993) - Monsieur Simon
- Matusalem (1993) - Captain Monbars
- Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) - Georges Attends
- Le silence des fusils (1996) - Pere Philbert
- Cosmos (1996) - Crépuscule
- Les mille merveilles de l'univers (1997) - Marshal Vega
- Sucre amer (1998) - Le président
- Nuremberg (2000, TV Mini-Series) - Großadmiral Erich Raeder
- Possible Worlds (2000) - Kleber / Doctor
- Marriages (2001) - Chanteur
- Looking for Leonard (2002) - Martin
- The Marsh (Le Marais) (2002)
- Au fil de l'eau (2002) - Bernard
- The Little Book of Revenge (2006) - Vendôme
- The Dead Water (Les eaux mortes) (2006)
- Black Eyed Dog (2006)
- Adam's Wall (2008) - Rabbi Levy
- Mars and April (2012) - Arlequin (final film role)
References
edit- ^ "Décès du comédien Gabriel Gascon". La Presse (in French). 30 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ "Gabriel Gascon, un acteur à la recherche de la vérité". La Presse (in French). 31 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
