Roger Lebel (June 5, 1923 – June 18, 1994) was a

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Career

Label was born in

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, Canada. A Québécois character actor, Roger Lebel began his career on stage and in radio. He started to show up movies in the mid-1950s, and had supporting roles in important Quebec films such as ''La Mort d’un bûcheron'', ''Réjeanne Padovani'', ''Gina'', ''Les Bons Débarras'' and ''Un Zoo la nuit''. He won the

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for best supporting actor in ''Un Zoo'', as the dying father, his last screen appearance.

Films

*1952: ''

The Bird Fancier ''The Bird Fancier'' (french: L'Homme aux oiseaux) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Bernard Devlin and Jean Palardy and released in 1952. Written by Roger Lemelin, the film tells the story of a man whose passion for birds is bordering ...

(L'Homme aux oiseaux)'' *1958: ''Les Mains nettes'' - Ernest Rivard *1961: ''Dubois et fils'' *1972: ''Double-sens'' *1973: ''

The Death of a Lumberjack ''The Death of a Lumberjack'' (french: La Mort d'un bûcheron) is a 1973 Canadian drama film directed by Gilles Carle. The film was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. Plot A young woman (Carole Laure) from rural Quebec comes to Montre ...

(La Mort d’un bûcheron)'' - Paper employee union archivist *1973: ''

Réjeanne Padovani ''Réjeanne Padovani'' is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, written and directed by Denys Arcand and released in 1973. It was his second narrative feature film as a director, but the first for which he was also the screenwriter. An examination of ...

'' - Leon Desaulniers *1974: ''

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'' - Champagne *1974: '' Gina'' - Léonard Chabot *1975: '' The Vultures (Les Vautours)'' - Armand Bouchard / le député de Limoilou *1976: ''

Let's Talk About Love ''Let's Talk About Love'' is the fifth English-language and fifteenth studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released on 14 November 1997, by Columbia and Epic Records. The follow-up to the commercially successful '' Falling into You'' ...

(Parlez-nous d’amour)'' - Boss de Jeannot *1976: '' The Absence (L'Absence)'' *1977: ''

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(Panique)'' *1980: '' Good Riddance (Les bons débarras)'' - Maurice *1980: ''

The Coffin Affair ''The Coffin Affair'' (french: L'Affaire Coffin) is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, released in 1980. Directed by Jean-Claude Labrecque, the film is a dramatization of the Coffin affair of 1953. The film stars August Schellenberg as Wilbert Cof ...

(L’Affaire Coffin)'' - Pascal Dion *1984: ''

The Years of Dreams and Revolt ''The Years of Dreams and Revolt'' () is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jean-Claude Labrecque and released in 1984. A sequel to his 1975 film '' The Vultures (Les Vautours)'', the film revisits the story of Louis Pelletier (Gilbert Sicotte) in ...

(Les Années de rêves)'' - Le député Armand *1984: ''Laurier'' (TV Mini-Series) - Sir Richard J. Cartwright *1984: ''

The Crime of Ovide Plouffe ''The Crime of Ovide Plouffe'' (french: Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe), also known as ''Murder in the Family'' in its television run, is a Canadian film and television miniseries from Quebec. The project consisted of two parts: a two-hour theatrical fil ...

(Le Crime d’Ovide Plouffe)'' *1987: ''

Night Zoo ''Night Zoo'' (french: Un Zoo la nuit) is a 1987 Canadian film. It is directed and written by Jean-Claude Lauzon. It made its debut at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film ...

(Un zoo la nuit)'' - Albert

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