Gascon \Gas"con\ (?; F. ?), a. [F.] Of or pertaining to Gascony, in France, or to the Gascons; also, braggart; swaggering. -- n. A native of Gascony; a boaster; a bully. See {Gasconade}.
Gascon studied in France and began his acting career at Stratford in 1956.
A former director of theater at the National Arts Center in Ottawa, Gascon was born and raised in Montreal, the sixth of 14 children.