Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Gerard Broulard

[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

Gerard Broulard was a French film actor. He was born in Normandy, France on May 2, 1944. The family moved to England when Gerard was 4 years old. When his parents divorced his father took him and moved to Hollywood, California.  Gerard’s father, Joseph Broulard, was a famous chef. He was credited as being the man who brought French fine cuisine to Los Angeles. He ran the most famous and glamorous restaurants in the city for many years, places like the Macambo, Dino’s, and Au Petit Jean. He owned La Grange in Westwood, and partially owned L’Ermitage.

Gerard’s brother, Manuel, also became a chef. He worked at many prestigious places – the Inn of the Seventh Ray in Topanga Canyon, in Los Angeles was one.

In 1968, he was picked to appear in the TV show, ‘The Dating Game’, and he won it. That gave him the performing bug. He told a crew member on ‘The Dating Game’ that he wanted to act. He suggested Gerard consider performing in adult films. This crew guy supplemented his work on the TV show with work on X-rated movie sets. He said it was a great way of getting experience and making some money. He gave Gerard the number of a film director who was looking for male talent. It sounded interesting so he contacted this guy, and he put him in his next film. As a rule, he didn’t do hardcore. Maybe once or twice only.

Broulard was lucky to have regular work. He had left the film business a couple of years before Kathie, and I had gone to work at Le Quai restaurant in Los Angeles. Then I met a French couple, Andre and his wife, who owned Chez Andre restaurant. I bought the restaurant and changed the name to Wild Oscar’s.

Gerard had met model actress Kathy Hilton during his porn career, and they lived together and even went into business together in a company where they supplied restaurants and parties with food. They also had a store as well. The business was called Lobo Products. The couple eventually married and moved to Port Angeles in Washington in 2008. Kathy later was diagnosed with cancer and died in 2015 at the age of 66.

Broulard collapsed in 2018 at his home in Port Angeles. He was moved to hospice in Los Angeles where he died on July 7, 2019, at the age of 75.

BROULARD, Gerard (aka Lee Page Blackmore, Gerard Broule, Joe Cock, Paul Jones) [5/2/1944, Normandy, France, - 7/7/2019, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.] – film actor, son of chef Joseph Broulard [1911-1995], brother of chef Manuel Broulard [1939-    ], married to model, actress Kathy Hilton (Lorna Margaret Fern) [1947-2015] (19??-2015), manager of the Le Quai restaurant.

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