Jean LeClerc (born July 7, 1945) is a Canadian actor best known for his work in the United States as Jeremy Hunter on the American daytime soap operas All My Children and Loving in the 1980s and 1990s.
Jean LeClerc | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 7, 1945 |
| Occupation | Actor |
Career
editLeClerc first started his career in Quebec on the television series Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut. Roles in Québécois movies followed, culminating in his first English-speaking role in the 1976 Canadian film, Strange Shadows in an Empty Room. That same year, he acted in a television miniseries about the life of Sarah Bernhardt, playing the role of Bernhardt's husband Jacques Damala, and the following year he played a film director in the horror anthology film The Uncanny. LeClerc moved to the United States in 1982, playing the part of a French doctor on the soap opera The Doctors. He played similar roles on The Edge of Night and As the World Turns before being offered the role of American Jeremy Hunter in 1985.
In 1991, LeClerc and his All My Children costar Genie Francis made an extended appearance on another ABC soap opera Loving for the November sweeps period in an effort to boost the show's ratings. LeClerc left All My Children in 1992 to join Loving full-time until his character was killed off in 1995. In 2001, LeClerc briefly reappeared on All My Children, with his character Jeremy appearing as a ghost.[1][2]
LeClerc most recently appeared in a Patty Duke Show television reunion special and in the 2005 film Idole instantanée. He also appeared on Broadway as the title character in a production of Dracula.[3]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Hold on to Daddy's Ears (Tiens-toi bien après les oreilles à papa) | ||
| 1976 | Strange Shadows in an Empty Room | Robert Tracer | |
| 1977 | The Uncanny | Barrington | |
| 1983 | The Wars | Captain Taffler | |
| 1990 | Whispers | Bruno | |
| 1996 | L'Homme idéal | Gilbert | |
| 2005 | Idole instantanée | Victor Victor |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut | Raphaël Lacour | Episode: "L'autre péché" |
| 1970 | Les enquêteurs associés | Lawrence Fils | Episode: "Hold-up à Montréal" |
| 1975 | La Petite Patrie | Gaétan Lamêche | Episode: "La partie de cartes annuelle du collège" |
| 1976 | Qui perd gagne | Christian Lajoie | Television film |
| 1976 | Faits diver | Ami boîte de nuit | Episode: "Western limitée" |
| 1980 | A Time for Miracles | Father Brute | Television film |
| 1981 | The Great Detective | Dr. Larocque | Episode: "If Looks Could Kill" |
| 1982 | The Greatest American Hero | Azziz | Episode: "Train of Thought" |
| 1982 | The Doctors | Dr. Jean-Marc Gautier | 3 episodes |
| 1983 | T. J. Hooker | Jake Hendricks | Episode: "Payday Pirates" |
| 1983 | As the World Turns | Antoine | Episode dated 28 October 1983 |
| 1983 | The Edge of Night | Gui Tavernier | 10 episodes |
| 1984 | The Jerk, Too | Count Marco | Television film |
| 1985–1992 | All My Children | Jeremy Hunter | 237 episodes |
| 1987 | Shades of Love: The Garnet Princess | Prince Alexander / Jonathan Tanner | Television film |
| 1989 | Piège infernal | François Germain | Miniseries |
| 1991 | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Henri | Episode: "Here's One Way to Fill Every Waking Moment" |
| 1991–1995 | Loving | Jeremy Hunter / Gilbert Nostrand | 461 episodes |
| 1993 | Blown Away | Cy | Television film |
| 1999 | Time at the Top | Cyrus Sweeney | |
| 1999 | The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights | Hank Elway | |
| 2000 | Law & Order | Dr. Martin Alvarez | Episode: "Trade This" |
| 2000 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Mr. Doyle | Episode: "The Tale of the Reanimator" |
| 2000 | Canada: A People's History | Miles Macdonell | Television film |
| 2001 | All Souls | Dr. Dante Ambrosius | 5 episodes |
| 2005 | Les Bougon | Comédien 'Papa' | Episode: "TV" |
| 2022 | Great Performances | Jacques Damala | Episode: "Sarah" |
References
edit- ^ Carroll, David (2021-09-25). Hello, Chattanooga!: Famous People Who Have Visited the Tennessee Valley. Fresh Ink Group. ISBN 978-1-947893-95-5.
- ^ Henderson, Jenny (2017-07-21). The North Carolina Filmography: Over 2000 Film and Television Works Made in the State, 1905 through 2000. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5545-4.
- ^ Burnham, Michael (March 1979). Road Shows and Rehabs. Cincinnati Magazine.
External links
edit- Jean LeClerc at IMDb