Pop singer, comic, and actor best known for his starring role as a
nightclub owner trying to break his mob connections in the CBC-TV
miniseries "Music Hall", which was inspired by his life story. As a
youth, he delivered groceries in the Montreal neighborhood that was
home to the Cotroni crime family. In 1988, he was among several
entertainers who performed at the maximum-security prison where Frank
Cotroni was serving time for manslaughter.