Claude Blanchard (actor)

Claude Blanchard (born May 19, 1932 in Joliette , † August 20, 2006 in Montreal ) was a Canadian actor and singer .

Blanchard appeared in vaudeville shows with his sister Claudette in 1946 and toured with Jean Grimaldi's troupe . In 1947 he formed the Lucky Boys duo with the dancer Mac Michel . In the mid-1950s he performed in a duo with Armande Cyr , Réal Béland's husband, in chanon and sketch programs at the Hôtel Plaza , the El Dorado , the Hôtel Quatre Saisons and the Vic Café . In 1956 they both took over the management of Casino français . His stage partners included Paul Desmarteaux , Paul Thériault and, for more than 25 years, Léo Rivest .

On television, Blanchard has appeared in comedies such as Alors raconte , Les trois cloches and En haut de la pente douce since the 1950s . In 1969 he presented the Shoe Madame est servie at Télé-Métropole with Réal Giguère . From 1970 to 1974 he had his own show: Variétés Claude Blanchard , in which he was successful as the singer Nestor .

As a film actor, Blanchard made his debut in 1975 in Denys Arcand's Gina and Marcel Lefebvre's Mustang . He had other roles in Fantastica ( Gilles Carle , 1980), Jésus de Montréal (Denys Arcand, 1989) and Aujourd'hui ou jamais ( Jean Pierre Lefebvre , 1998). He also appeared in several television series, including Métro-boulot-dodo (1982), La montagne du Hollandais (1992), Omerta, la loi du silence (1996), Omertà II - La loi du silence (1997) and Omertà - Le dernier des hommes d'honneur (1999).

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SURNAME	Blanchard, Claude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian actor and singer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 19, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Joliette
DATE OF DEATH	August 20, 2006
Place of death	Montreal