Jean Gascon

Jean Gascon (December 21, 1920 – April 13, 1988) was a Canadian opera director, actor, and administrator.

Career Originally bent on a career in medicine, Gascon abandoned it for the stage after considerable work with amateur groups in Montreal. A scholarship in 1946 from the Government of France enabled him to study dramatic art in Paris. He studied with Ludmilla Pitoëff. In 1977 he became theatre director of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.

He was the French/Indian Batise in the 1970 movie A Man Called Horse and was in a film in 1988 called À corps perdu (Straight for the Heart).

Personal life He was the brother of actor Gabriel Gascon and filmmaker Gilles Gascon.

Gascon died of a heart attack in 1988 in Stratford, Ontario

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1970 A Man Called Horse Batise 1976 The Absence (L'Absence) Paul 1980 Cordélia Juge Wurtele 1980 The Lucky Star The Priest 1988 Straight for the Heart (À corps perdu) (final film role)

Honours In 1967, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1975. In 1985, he was awarded the Quebec government's Prix Denise-Pelletier.