Daniel Pilon
Encyclopedia
Daniel Pilon is a Canadian-born actor, known for his role in Dallas
as Naldo Marchetta. He has also appeared in daytime soap opera
s such as Ryan's Hope
, Guiding Light
and Days of our Lives
.
, Quebec
. He is the brother of Donald Pilon. He also has two children with his former wife, Susan Molgora
He made his film debut in Le Viol d'une jeune fille douce, directed by Canadian director Gilles Carle.
After his house was destroyed by the 1994 Northridge earthquake on January 1994, he declared his first bankruptcy in April 1994. In the same year, he divorced his wife.
He was also considered for the role of James Bond
twice, in 1968 and in 1984.
Dallas (TV series)
Dallas is an American serial drama/prime time soap opera that revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. Throughout the series, Larry Hagman stars as greedy, scheming oil baron J. R. Ewing...
as Naldo Marchetta. He has also appeared in daytime soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
s such as Ryan's Hope
Ryan's Hope
Ryan's Hope is an American soap opera, revolving around 13 years of trials and tribulations within a large Irish American family in the Riverside district of New York City. It aired from July 7, 1975 to January 13, 1989 on ABC...
, Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
and Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
.
Filmography
Year | Film/TV Series | Role |
---|---|---|
1968 | Le Viol d'une jeune fille douce | Raphaël |
1968 | Play Dirty Play Dirty Play Dirty is a 1969 British film inspired by the North African exploits of units such as the Long Range Desert Group, Popski's Private Army and the SAS during World War II. It was directed by André De Toth and written by Melvyn Bragg and Lotte Colin... |
Capt. Allwood |
1969 | La Voie lactée | François |
1970 | Red the Half-Breed | Red |
1971 | Malpertuis Malpertuis (film) Malpertuis is a 1971 Belgian fantasy-horror directed by Harry Kümel, based on the novel of the same name... |
Mathias Crook |
1971 | Après-ski | Phillip |
1972 | Les Indrogables | |
1972 | Le Diable est parmi nous | Paul Drouin |
1972 | Les Smattes | Réjean Cardinal |
1972 | Quelques arpents de neige | Simon de Bellefeuille |
1973 | La Mort d'un bûcheron | François Paradis |
1975 | Brannigan Brannigan (film) Brannigan is a British action film set principally in London, directed by Douglas Hickox, and starring John Wayne and Richard Attenborough... |
John Gorman |
1977 | Starship Invasions Starship Invasions Starship Invasions is a 1977 Canadian science fiction film produced by Ed Hunt and filmed in Toronto, Ontario.-Production and release:The film began production under the title Alien Encounters, and a previous working title was War of the Aliens... |
Anaxi |
1978 | Plague Plague (1978 film) Plague is a 1978 Canadian science fiction film about a genetic engineering accident, a fertilizing bacterium that escapes from a laboratory in Canada. The film is also known internationally as Induced Syndrome , M-3: The Gemini Strain or Mutation .-Plot:A deadly bacteria called M3 is released and... |
Bill Fuller |
1979 | The Albertans The Albertans The Albertans is a 1979 American drama film. It stars Leslie Nielsen.... (TV) |
Hans Keller |
1980 | Les Chiens chauds XXX | Frank |
1982 | Massarati and the Brain (TV) | Mas Massarati |
1983 | The Hamptons The hamptons (tv series) The Hamptons was a limited run prime-time soap opera which aired during the summer of 1983 for 5 episodes on ABC. It was produced by Gloria Monty, the producer credited with turning "General Hospital" from a low-rated daytime serial to a soap phenomenon... (TV) |
Nick Atwater |
1983 | Missing Pieces Missing Pieces Missing Pieces is an Australian factual television series that screened on the Nine Network in 2009. It was hosted by Peter Overton.Missing Pieces follows the stories of people who embark on a life-changing journey to find someone special who is missing from their lives. It has a similar premise to... (TV) |
Jorge Martinez |
1983 | Masquerade Masquerade (TV series) Masquerade is an American espionage television series that aired for a few months on ABC in the spring of 1983.-Synopsis:Considered an amalgam of Mission: Impossible and The Love Boat, the tongue-in-cheek series starred Rod Taylor as Mr... (TV) |
|
1984 | Love Scenes | Rick |
1984–1985 | Dallas Dallas (TV series) Dallas is an American serial drama/prime time soap opera that revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. Throughout the series, Larry Hagman stars as greedy, scheming oil baron J. R. Ewing... (TV) |
Renaldo Marchetta |
1984–1988 | Ryan's Hope Ryan's Hope Ryan's Hope is an American soap opera, revolving around 13 years of trials and tribulations within a large Irish American family in the Riverside district of New York City. It aired from July 7, 1975 to January 13, 1989 on ABC... (TV) |
Max Dubujak |
1987 | Hitting Home (TV) | Max Middleton |
1988–1989 | The Guiding Light (TV) | Alan Spaulding #2 |
1989 | Malarek | Max Middleton |
1989 | Piège infernal (TV) | Me Gérard |
1992 | North of Chiang Mai | |
1992 | The Boys of St. Vincent The Boys of St. Vincent The Boys of St. Vincent is a 1992 film directed by John N. Smith for the National Film Board of Canada. It is a two part docudrama based on real events that took place at the Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. John's, Newfoundland, one of a number of child sexual abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic... (TV) |
Boy of St. Vincent |
1992 | Scanners III: The Takeover Scanners III: The Takeover Scanners III: The Takeover is the second sequel to the film Scanners, and the last film in the trilogy. It was directed by Christian Duguay. The story has nothing to do with the previous films, other than the Ephemerol drug... |
Michael |
1992 | Casino (TV) | Phillip LeMaster |
1992 | Days of Our Lives Days of our Lives Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around... (TV) |
Gavin Newirth |
1994 | The Maharaja's Daughter (TV) | Hamilton |
1995 | Vents contraires (TV) | Lieutenant Forrester |
1996 | No Greater Love No Greater Love No Greater Love is an American humanitarian, non-profit organization founded in 1971 by Carmella Laspada and is dedicated to providing programs such as wreath-layings, remembrance tributes, and memorial dedications, for those who have lost a loved one in the service to the country or by an act of... (TV) |
Bert Winfield |
1996 | Danielle Steel: Un si grand amour | |
1997 | Suspicious Minds | Richard Whitmore |
1997 | The Ultimate Weapon | McBride |
1997 | Whiskers (TV) | Mr. Mobley |
1997 | Habitat Habitat (film) Habitat is a 1997 science fiction film produced for the direct-to-video market and shown on the Sci Fi Channel. The film's message is largely one of ecological warning, mixed with science fiction elements of genetic engineering, family angst and redemption. It is the only theatrical movie filmed in... |
Strickland |
1997 | The Assignment | Admiral Crawford |
1998 | In Her Defense In Her Defense In Her Defense is a 1998 thriller directed by Sidney J. Furie.Lawyer Andrew Garfield begins having an affair with a deaf woman, played by Marlee Matlin, when one day her husband catches them. Andrew Garfield then kills him. From then on in the film, the lawyer must defend his lover who's blamed for... |
Robert St. Laurent |
1998 | Musketeers Forever | Julius Bonaparte |
1998 | The Sleep Room | James Belding |
1998 | Going to Kansas City | Jack Bruckner |
1999 | Fish Out of Water Fish Out of Water (film) Fish Out of Water is a 2009 documentary film by director Ky Dickens. The film showcases the seven Bible verses that are most often used to condemn homosexuality and same-sex marriage... |
Venzal |
1999 | 36 Hours to Die (TV) | Vaughn |
1999 | Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (TV) | |
1999 | The Collectors (TV) | Det Hackman |
2000 | Left Behind Left Behind Left Behind is a series of 16 best-selling novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, dealing with Christian dispensationalist End Times: pretribulation, premillennial, Christian eschatological viewpoint of the end of the world. The primary conflict of the series is the members of the Tribulation... |
Jonathan Stonegal |
2000 | Island of the Dead Island of the Dead (2000 film) Island of the Dead is a 2000 horror film directed by Tim Southam and stars Malcolm McDowell.-Plot:The story centers around a group of people that arrive at "Hart Island", which has recently been purchased by real estate tycoon "Rupert King" to build what he calls "Hope City", supposedly to help the... |
Mayor |
2000 | The List | Mason Powell |
2001 | Deception | |
2001 | Blind Terror Blind Terror Blind Terror is a suspense thriller starring Nastassja Kinski, Stewart Bick and Gordon Pinsent. Written by Douglas Soesbe, Directed by Giles Walker.-Plot:... (TV) |
Clyde Fanning |
2001 | Largo Winch Largo Winch Largo Winch is a Belgian comic book series by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme, published by Dupuis.The principal character is Largo Winch whose birth name is Largo Winczlav. Other important characters include Nerio Winch , senior Group W executives John D. Sullivan and Dwight E... (TV) |
Charles Adam Arden |
2001 | Bliss Bliss (TV series) Bliss is a Canadian produced, half hour dramatic television series, produced by Montreal-based Galafilm and Toronto-based Back Alley Films, an anthology of women's erotica... (TV) |
Jack |
2001–2002 | Vampire High Vampire High Vampire High is a Canadian TV series which originally aired from 2001 to 2002.The show centered on a group of young vampires subjected to a daring experiment by the "Elders": taken in by a boarding school that also housed mortal teenagers, with the intent of civilizing the vampires... (TV) |
Vakaal |
2002 | Lathe of Heaven Lathe of Heaven (film) Lathe of Heaven is a 2002 television movie based on the similarly named science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin. It was produced for the A&E network in 2002 and directed by Philip Haas. It was nominated for the 2003 Saturn Award for Best Single Program Presentation.-Synopsis:It starred James... (TV) |
President Murtle |
2003 | Michel Vaillant Michel Vaillant (film) Michel Vaillant is a 2003 French movie starring Sagamore Stévenin and Diane Kruger. It depicts events around the 24 hours of Le Mans race, based largely on a comic about the Michel Vaillant character.... |
Président Rallye Canada |
2006 | Lance et compte: La revanche (TV) | Premier Ministre Marcel Gaudreault |
2007 | Shoot 'Em Up Shoot 'em up Shoot 'em up is a subgenre of shooter video games. In a shoot 'em up, the player controls a lone character, often in a spacecraft or aircraft, shooting large numbers of enemies while dodging their attacks. The genre in turn encompasses various types or subgenres and critics differ on exactly what... |
Senator Rutledge |
2008 | Story of Jen | Melvin |
2009 | Wild Roses Wild Roses (TV series) Wild Roses is a Canadian television drama series, which debuted January 6, 2009 on CBC Television. Originally titled Cowgirls, CBC requested the change to Wild Roses after testing the title. The show was officially cancelled by the CBC on April 22, 2009 after only one season... (TV) |
John Cameron |
2009 | Looking for Anne | Jeff |
2011 | L'invité | Antoine |
Personal life
Daniel Pilon was born in MontrealMontreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. He is the brother of Donald Pilon. He also has two children with his former wife, Susan Molgora
He made his film debut in Le Viol d'une jeune fille douce, directed by Canadian director Gilles Carle.
After his house was destroyed by the 1994 Northridge earthquake on January 1994, he declared his first bankruptcy in April 1994. In the same year, he divorced his wife.
He was also considered for the role of James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
twice, in 1968 and in 1984.