Gérard Poirier
- Acting
- February 4, 1930 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- December 19, 2021
Biography
Gérard Poirier (February 4, 1930 – December 19, 2021) was a Canadian actor and director. Poirier began acting in the theatre at the age of 12. He graduated from the Collège André-Grasset in 1952 and subsequently became a teacher at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal, the Collège Lionel-Groulx, and the Collège Antoine-Girouard. His early acting career was in the theatre, particularly at the Théâtre du Rideau Vert and the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde. His archives are kept in the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.
Known for
Filmography
- Huguette Oligny, le goût de vivre · Self
- Henry · Henry
- Stay with Me
- Le Bleu du ciel · Mgr Mauril Jalbert
- Viens voir les comédiens · Self
- Wedding Night · Jules
- Pendant ce temps...
- Matusalem · Pirate de Monbars
- Les grands procès · Me Taschereau
- Le grand zèle · Hubert Tanguay
- Nénette · Jean-Louis Lafond (Lola)
- Les Intrépides · Jean-Jacques Le Tacq
- La ligne de chaleur · Eugène Filion
- A Question of Loving · M. Bonin
- Le parc des braves · Tancrède Rousseau
- The Plouffe Family · Curé Folbêche
- Le temps d'une paix · Me Cyprien Fournier
- Panique · Prime Minister Chevrier
- Les beaux dimanches · Paul
- A Few Acres of Snow
- Hold on to Daddy's Ears · Michel Massé
- Des souris et des hommes · Slim
- Le soleil des autres