Pierre Daignault

Pierre Daignault (born March 25, 1925 in Montreal , † December 18, 2003 in Laval ) was a Canadian actor, folk singer and writer.

The son of actor and singer Eugène Daignault made his debut as an actor and square dance caller at the age of 14 . At the age of twenty he founded a theater company with which he performed his own plays. In 1947 he appeared in the folk program Soirée de chez-nous des Rundfunks of the CBC . At CKVL he appeared with Adrien Avon on Swing la baquaise and on CFTM television he was scriptwriter and host of Chez Isidore , Comme dans l'bon temps and À la Canadienne from 1961 to 1974 .

Daignault collected songs (Chansons à répondre), which he published in two volumes ( Vive la compagnie , 1961, and À la Québécoise , 1973). He recorded several albums and LPs for RCA, Trans-Canada and Carnaval (including Chansons à répondre , Paul Jones , Gigues et reels ), worked in radio drama series and had several film roles. Under the pseudonym Pierre Saurel , he also published more than two thousand detective and espionage stories, 27 million copies of which were sold between 1947 and 1967. Jacques Godbout adapted the adventures of Agent IXE-13 for a film in 1971 .

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SURNAME	Daignault, Pierre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Saurel, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian actor, folk singer and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 25, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH	Montreal
DATE OF DEATH	December 18, 2003
Place of death	Laval (Quebec)