Jacques Godin (; 14 September 1930 – 26 October 2020) was a

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. He was born in

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Career

He won the

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for

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at the

25th Canadian Film Awards The 25th Canadian Film Awards were announced on October 12, 1973, to honour achievements in Canadian film.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 111-114. ...

in 1973 for his role in the film '' O.K. ... Laliberté'', and was a nominee in the same category at the

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in 1992 for ''

Being at Home with Claude ''Being at Home with Claude'' is a 1992 Canadian drama film directed by Jean Beaudin and based on the play by René-Daniel Dubois. The film stars Roy Dupuis as Yves, a gay man who has just murdered his lover Claude (Jean-François Pichette), and is ...

''. In June 2017, Godin was made a knight in the

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. Godin died on 26 October 2020 of heart failure in

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, aged 90.

Filmography

* 1954 : ''

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'' (TV series) : Ménard, Lionel * 1955 : '' Cap-aux-sorciers'' (TV series) : Un marin * 1956 : '' Le Retour'' * 1957 : ''

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'' (TV series) : Pierre Esprit Radisson * 1958 : '' Le Courrier du roy'' (TV series) : Longshot * 1962 : '' Les Enquêtes Jobidon'' (TV series) * 1963 : '' Ti-Jean caribou'' (TV series) * 1964 : '' The Luck of Ginger Coffey'' : Policeman * 1965 : '' Septième nord'' (TV series) : Dr. Albert Quesnel * 1965 : ''

Mission of Fear ''Mission of Fear'' (french: Astataïon, ou Le Festin des morts) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Fernand Dansereau and released in 1965. Based on ''The Jesuit Relations'', the film dramatizes the story of the Canadian Martyrs at the Jesuit ...

(Astataïon ou Le festin des morts)'' * 1965 : ''

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'' : Gangster * 1966 : ''

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'' (''"Schatzinsel, Die"'') (feuilleton TV) : Israël Hands * 1968 : ''

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'' (TV series) : Eloi Martin * 1970 : '' Mont-Joye'' (TV series) : Eudore Meunier * 1970 : '' Le Gardien'' (TV) * 1971 : '' Des souris et des hommes'' (TV) : Lennie Small * 1972 : '' In the Name of the Son (Et du fils)'' : Noël Boisjoli * 1973 : '' Mademoiselle Julie'' * 1973 : '' La Dernière neige'' * 1973 : ''

The Pyx ''The Pyx'', also known as ''The Hooker Cult Murders'' and ''La Lunule'' ( French: ''The Moon''), is a 1973 Canadian horror film directed by Harvey Hart and starring Karen Black, Christopher Plummer, Donald Pilon, and Jean-Louis Roux. Based on Joh ...

(La Lunule)'': Superintendent * 1973 : '' O.K. ... Laliberté'' : Paul Laliberté * 1974 : '' Par le sang des autres'' : Francis * 1976 : '' The Man Inside'' (TV) : Cross * 1977 : '' One Man'' : Jaworski * 1979 : '' Us Two (À nous deux)'' : Le commandant Strauss * 1980 : ''

Belle et Sébastien ''Belle et Sébastien'' is a 1966 novel by Cécile Aubry about a six-year-old boy named Sébastien and his dog Belle, a Great Pyrenees, who live in a village in the French Alps close to the Italian border. Sébastien lives with his adopted grand ...

'' (TV series) : voix de Jonathan * 1980 : '' Aéroport: Jeux du hasard'' (TV) : David * 1981 : '' Yesterday'' : Mr. Daneault * 1981 : '' The Amateur'': Argus * 1982 : ''

Beyond Forty ''Beyond Forty'' (french: La Quarantaine) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Anne Claire Poirier and released in 1982.Un amour de quartier'' (TV series) : Lucien Larivière * 1984 : ''

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'' : Father * 1986 : ''

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'' : Joseph * 1986 : ''

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(Équinoxe)'' * 1986 : '' Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime)'' : Théo * 1988 : ''

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(Gaspard et fil$)'' * 1989 : ''

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'' : Victor Laprade * 1990 : '' Frontière du crime'' (''Double Identity'') (TV) : Wayne * 1991 : '' Alisée'' : Georges-Étienne * 1992 : '' Montréal P.Q.'' (TV series) : Victor Téoli * 1992 : ''

'' : Inspector * 1993 : '' La charge de l'orignal épormyable'' : Mycroft Mixeudeim * 1993 : '' Maria des Eaux-Vives'' (feuilleton TV) : Frédéric * 1996 : ''

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'' (TV series) : Damien Rocheleau * 1996 : ''

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'' (feuilleton TV) * 1996 : ''

Night of the Flood ''Night of the Flood'' (french: La nuit du déluge) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Bernar Hébert and released in 1996. An experiment in integrating dance and theatrical staging into cinema, the film tells the story of a child born in a fl ...

(La nuit du déluge)'' : The Father * 1997 : '' Sous le signe du lion'' (TV series) : Jérémie Martin * 1997 : ''

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'' (TV series) * 1997 : '' The Haven (La Conciergerie)'' : Thomas Colin * 2000 : ''

Chartrand et Simonne ''Chartrand et Simonne'' is a French-Canadian biographical drama television mini-series about social activists Michel Chartrand and Simonne Monet. The series lasted for a total of twelve episodes, with the first six airing in 2000 on Radio-Canada ...

'' (TV series) : Père Abbé * 2000 : '' Monsieur, monsieur'' : Monsieur #1 * 2001 : '' Si la tendance se maintient'' (TV series) : Robert Sirois * 2003 : '' Grande Ourse'' (TV series) : Dr. Mondoux * 2003 : ''

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(Nez rouge)'' : Juge Godbout * 2004 : ''

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'' (TV) : Saunders * 2005 : ' (TV) : General Léveillée * 2009 : ''

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(La Donation)'' : Dr Yves Rainville * 2009 : '' Une belle mort'' : Le père (post-production) * 2010 : '' The Last Escape (La dernière fugue)'' : La Père * 2010 : '' Day Before Yesterday'' : The Senior Detective * 2014-2015 : ''Mémoires vives'' (TV series) : Ŕeal Pinard

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Godin, Jacques 1930 births 2020 deaths Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Place of birth missing Best Actor Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Knights of the National Order of Quebec French Quebecers Male actors from Montreal 20th-century Canadian male actors