Émile Genest (July 27, 1921 â€" March 19, 2003) was a Canadian
actor.Born in Quebec City, Quebec, as a young man Genest served with
the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. At war's end, he worked
for a time in radio in his hometown before accepting a job with CBC
radio in Montreal where he would eventually become a sportscaster,
working in both French and English.Genest turned to acting and in his
early years played a son on the immensely popular French-language
radio show, La famille Plouffe and on its follow-up television series.
In 1961 he had a significant role in the first of several films for
Walt Disney Pictures. The first was Nikki, Wild Dog of the North
followed by 1962's Big Red and the following year he was cast in the
lead of The Incredible Journey. Moving to Hollywood, Émile Genest
went on to play character roles in a variety of films including The
Cincinnati Kid (1965), The King's Pirate (1967), In Enemy Country
(1968), The Hell with Heroes (1968), and Don't Just Stand There!
(1968). His son, Claude, was born in 1963 in Hollywood and too worked
as an actor before becoming an ecological activist.In the early 1960s,
Genest turned to performing on television, appearing in a large number
of guest roles in a variety of series such as Mission: Impossible,
Route 66, Gunsmoke, Combat!, The Rat Patrol, Perry Mason, The
Virginian, Ironside and others. Near the end of the 1970s, Genest
returned to work in film in Canada. In 1981, he was cast as the head
of the family in a four-hour film update of "The Plouffe Family" for
which he was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Performance by an
Actor in a Supporting Role.
actor.Born in Quebec City, Quebec, as a young man Genest served with
the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. At war's end, he worked
for a time in radio in his hometown before accepting a job with CBC
radio in Montreal where he would eventually become a sportscaster,
working in both French and English.Genest turned to acting and in his
early years played a son on the immensely popular French-language
radio show, La famille Plouffe and on its follow-up television series.
In 1961 he had a significant role in the first of several films for
Walt Disney Pictures. The first was Nikki, Wild Dog of the North
followed by 1962's Big Red and the following year he was cast in the
lead of The Incredible Journey. Moving to Hollywood, Émile Genest
went on to play character roles in a variety of films including The
Cincinnati Kid (1965), The King's Pirate (1967), In Enemy Country
(1968), The Hell with Heroes (1968), and Don't Just Stand There!
(1968). His son, Claude, was born in 1963 in Hollywood and too worked
as an actor before becoming an ecological activist.In the early 1960s,
Genest turned to performing on television, appearing in a large number
of guest roles in a variety of series such as Mission: Impossible,
Route 66, Gunsmoke, Combat!, The Rat Patrol, Perry Mason, The
Virginian, Ironside and others. Near the end of the 1970s, Genest
returned to work in film in Canada. In 1981, he was cast as the head
of the family in a four-hour film update of "The Plouffe Family" for
which he was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Performance by an
Actor in a Supporting Role.
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