Roger Lebel (June 5, 1923 – June 18, 1994) was a
Canadian
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actor
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.
Career
Label was born in
Rivière-du-Loup
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,
Quebec
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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
Genie Award for best supporting actor in ''Un Zoo'', as the dying father, his last screen appearance.
Films
*1952: ''
The Bird Fancier (L'Homme aux oiseaux)''
*1958: ''Les Mains nettes'' - Ernest Rivard
*1961: ''Dubois et fils''
*1972: ''Double-sens''
*1973: ''
The Death of a Lumberjack (La Mort d’un bûcheron)'' - Paper employee union archivist
*1973: ''
Réjeanne Padovani'' - Leon Desaulniers
*1974: ''
Bingo
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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 (Parlez-nous d’amour)'' - Boss de Jeannot
*1976: ''
The Absence (L'Absence)''
*1977: ''
Panic
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(Panique)''
*1980: ''
Good Riddance (Les bons débarras)'' - Maurice
*1980: ''
The Coffin Affair (L’Affaire Coffin)'' - Pascal Dion
*1984: ''
The Years of Dreams and Revolt (Les Années de rêves)'' - Le député Armand
*1984: ''Laurier'' (TV Mini-Series) - Sir Richard J. Cartwright
*1984: ''
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d’Ovide Plouffe)''
*1987: ''
Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit)'' - Albert
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1923 births
1994 deaths
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male television actors
People from Rivière-du-Loup
French Quebecers
Male actors from Quebec
20th-century Canadian male actors
Best Actor Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners
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