Gabriel Gascon Explained

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

• 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)

Notes and References

1. News: Décès du comédien Gabriel Gascon . 2 June 2018 . La Presse . 30 May 2018 . fr.
2. News: Gabriel Gascon, un acteur à la recherche de la vérité . 2 June 2018 . La Presse . 31 May 2018 . fr.