Daniel Pilon is a Canadian-born actor, known for his role in 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...

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 Montreal

Montreal

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.

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