Jean LeClerc (actor)

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Jean LeClerc
Born (1945-07-07) July 7, 1945 (age 78)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
OccupationActor

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.

Career

LeClerc 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

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

Broadway as the title character in a production of Dracula.[3]

Filmography

Film

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

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

  1. ISBN 978-1-947893-95-5
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  2. ISBN 978-0-7864-5545-4
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  3. Cincinnati Magazine
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External links
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