Marc Favreau,OC CQ (November 9, 1929 – December 17, 2005) was a French Canadian humorist, film actor, and poet born inMontreal, Quebec. He is best known for developing and portraying the clown characterSol.
Favreau began his television career as a regular onLa Boîte à surprise, a long-running children's television show onRadio-Canada. At that time, he was teamed with another clown in an act calledBim et Sol. Favreau developed Sol's monologues into an enormously popular one-man show. Favreau then teamed up with another clown forSol et Bouton. Finally, Favreau created, withLuc Durand a popular television series calledSol et Gobelet.[1]
Later, he played numerous roles on stage and on several television series on Canadian television, such asParlez-moi, an instructional program on the French language onTVOntario in the late 1970s. Many English Canadian children got their first exposure toQuebec French through Favreau's work. He is best remembered for the witty deconstructions of theFrench language which he invented for Sol.
In 1995, he was appointed Knight of the National Order of Quebec and an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2003. He was also a member of the Order of the Francophones of America, and was married to Quebec comedian-actress Micheline Gérin who died in 2007 at age 76.[2]
Favreau died of cancer atHôpital Notre-Dame in Montreal at 76 years old.[3] A library bearing his name was built on the site of the former municipal workshops at 500 Boulevard Rosemont in Montreal in 2012.[4] A school in theNotre-Dame-de-Grâce district also bears his name in homage.[5]
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