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

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film, television and stage

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. He was born in

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Career

He won the Canadian Film Award 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''. In June 2017, Godin was made a knight in the Ordre national du Québec. 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 : ''

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'' * 1957 : '' Radisson'' (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 : ''

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(Astataïon ou Le festin des morts)'' * 1965 : '' Pas de vacances pour les idoles'' : 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 : ''

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'' * 1973 : ''

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'' * 1973 : '' The Pyx (La Lunule)'': Superintendent * 1973 : '' O.K. ... Laliberté'' : Paul Laliberté * 1974 : ''

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'' : Francis * 1976 : '' The Man Inside'' (TV) : Cross * 1977 : '' One Man'' : Jaworski * 1979 : '' Us Two (À nous deux)'' : Le commandant Strauss * 1980 : ''

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'' (TV series) : voix de Jonathan * 1980 : '' Aéroport: Jeux du hasard'' (TV) : David * 1981 : '' Yesterday'' : Mr. Daneault * 1981 : '' The Amateur'': Argus * 1982 : '' Beyond Forty (La Quarantaine)'' : Tarzan * 1984 : ''

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'' (TV series) : Lucien Larivière * 1984 : ''

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'' : Father * 1986 : '' Henri'' : Joseph * 1986 : ''

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(Équinoxe)'' * 1986 : '' Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime)'' : Théo * 1988 : '' Gaspard and Son (Gaspard et fil$)'' * 1989 : '' Salut Victor'' : Victor Laprade * 1990 : '' Frontière du crime'' (''Double Identity'') (TV) : Wayne * 1991 : '' Alisée'' : Georges-Étienne * 1992 : ''

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'' (TV series) : Victor Téoli * 1992 : '' Being at Home with Claude'' : Inspector * 1993 : ''

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'' : Mycroft Mixeudeim * 1993 : ''

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'' (feuilleton TV) : Frédéric * 1996 : ''

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'' (TV series) : Damien Rocheleau * 1996 : '' Innocence'' (feuilleton TV) * 1996 : '' Night of the Flood (La nuit du déluge)'' : The Father * 1997 : ''

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'' (TV series) : Jérémie Martin * 1997 : '' Lobby'' (TV series) * 1997 : '' The Haven (La Conciergerie)'' : Thomas Colin * 2000 : '' Chartrand et Simonne'' (TV series) : Père Abbé * 2000 : '' Monsieur, monsieur'' : Monsieur #1 * 2001 : ''

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'' (TV series) : Robert Sirois * 2003 : ''

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'' (TV series) : Dr. Mondoux * 2003 : ''

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(Nez rouge)'' : Juge Godbout * 2004 : '' The Last Casino'' (TV) : Saunders * 2005 : ' (TV) : General Léveillée * 2009 : '' The Legacy (La Donation)'' : Dr Yves Rainville * 2009 : ''

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'' : 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

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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