Guy Provost

Guy Provost

Born: May 19, 1925
Died: February 10, 2004
in Hull, Québec, Canada
Guy Provost, OC CQ (May 19, 1925 – February 10, 2004) was a French Canadian actor.

In 2002, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for being a "giant of the performing arts, admired and respected for his sensitivity and discipline, [he] is also a model for the new generation of actors". In 2003, he was made a chevalier of the National Order of Quebec.

Source: Article "Guy Provost" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Movies for Guy Provost...

The Haven
Title: The Haven
Character: Juge Michaux
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Police detective Jacques Laniel's life becomes a nightmare the day drive-by shootists gun down his partner Thomas Colin. His colleagues make matters worse by blaming him for the death, and after his wife leaves him, Laniel decides to quit the force and launch a private investigation into Colin's murder. Soon afterward, Laniel finds the bullet-riddled body of famed author and literature professor Zachary Osborne tied to his car hood. The professor's wife hires Laniel to solve the murder, but what the detective finds is ugly: Osborne was a part of a lucrative land-speculation deal that involved the sale of a crumbling old rectory that had been turned into a halfway house called the Haven of the Monsters. The name is apt, for all the residents are convicted killers who were given inordinately light sentences. When Lanier starts questioning the Haven's tenants and their crimes are revealed via flashback, it takes on the character of a David Lynch production.
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Hold-up
Title: Hold-up
Character: The mayor
Released: October 23, 1985
Type: Movie
Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a fortune. But then an unsatisfied companion arouses trouble...
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Title: Terre humaine
Character: Antoine Jacquemin
Released: September 18, 1978
Type: TV
Terre humaine is a French-Canadian soap opera TV series written by Mia Riddez-Morisset which originally aired between September 1978 and March 1984. The series totaled 229 episodes. The show takes place in rural Quebec in the late 1970s where conflicts between generations build scenes for a good novel.
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Les aventures d'une jeune veuve
Title: Les aventures d'une jeune veuve
Released: December 25, 1974
Type: Movie
A widow must cope with her late husband's associates, crooked Japanese businessmen who want her shares of a rich Northern Quebec land and a Jewish con man who wants to get a hand of her mysterious synthetic fur coat.
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The Klutz
Title: The Klutz
Released: October 11, 1974
Type: Movie
Have you ever had "one of those days" when nothing seems to go right? Well, imagine how Claude feels-his entire life has been one screwy day after another. Some people attract attention, others attract the opposite sex, all poor Claude can attract is chaos-and plenty of it! Discouraged by his ill luck, Claude is on his way to see his girlfriend when he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a bank robbery. In the wink of an eye Claude becomes public enemy number one with both cops AND robbers hot on his trail!
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Orderers
Title: Orderers
Character: Dr. Jean-Marie Beauchemin
Released: September 27, 1974
Type: Movie
A fact-based account of ordinary citizens who found themselves arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks during the October Crisis in 1970 Quebec.
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Title: La balsamine
Character: Charles Mathieu
Released: October 5, 1962
Type: TV
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Louis-Joseph Papineau: The Demi-God
Title: Louis-Joseph Papineau: The Demi-God
Character: Louis-Joseph Papineau
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
This short drama is a portrait of Quebec lawyer and politician Louis-Joseph Papineau (1786-1871). A proud, defiant man, skillful in parliamentary debate, and Speaker of the Lower House, his heart was with the people being pillaged by the business elite. When legislation became the instrument of private advantage, Papineau brought government to a standstill. - NFB
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Trapeze
Title: Trapeze
Character: Journalist (uncredited)
Released: May 30, 1956
Type: Movie
A pair of men try to perform the dangerous "triple" in their trapeze act. Problems arise when the duo is made into a trio following the addition of a sexy female performer.
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A Smile in the Storm
Title: A Smile in the Storm
Character: Trapper
Released: November 24, 1950
Type: Movie
In the Canadian Far North, a couple is looking for a gold mine. They meet a sergeant and his friend. But the man is killed during a fight with an adventurer.
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Séraphin
Title: Séraphin
Character: Alexis Labranche
Released: February 17, 1950
Type: Movie
In the summer of 1890, Curé Labelle pushed for colonization. To flee Séraphin and the woman he loved, Donalda, Alexis got married and settled on a piece of land. Everyone joins forces to take their revenge on the hateful Séraphin.
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A Man and His Sin
Title: A Man and His Sin
Character: Alexis Labranche
Released: January 11, 1949
Type: Movie
Filmed in French, this Canadian film was based on a popular Quebec-based radio serial. The man of the title is miserable miser Seraphim (Hector Charland). Misanthropic to the point of insanity, Seraphim takes great pleasure in destroying the lives of everyone with whom he comes in contact. His current target is Alexis (Guy Provost), the ex-lover of Seraphim's long-suffering wife Donalda (Nicole Germain). Taking into consideration its daytime-drama source, it's understandable that Un Homme et Son Peche is plotted and paced like a soap opera. Star Hector Charland had previously spent 10 years portraying Seraphim on radio, so he's got plenty of "mean" at his disposal for this big-screen spin-off.