Gaston Berghmans

Gaston Berghmans

1926-03-11
90 (2016-05-21)
Merksem, Belgium

Gaston Berghmans, quite possibly Belgian's greatest comedian of all time, was born in 1926 in Merksem, a community which is part of the city of Antwerp. He had a very normal and healthy childhood and attended middle school to become a craftsman, just like his father before him.

Merksem, Belgium

Gaston Berghmans, quite possibly Belgian's greatest comedian of all time, was born in 1926 in Merksem, a community which is part of the city of Antwerp. He had a very normal and healthy childhood and attended middle school to become a craftsman, just like his father before him.

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Zware jongens 1984 (5.4)

Gaston grew up on the fringes of society and interacts with other people as little as possible. Leo, on the other hand, is a very bourgeois person. He lives way above his station, but has a heart of gold. Using forged cheques and unsecured credit cards, he tries to keep up appearances. By a coincidence, Gaston's fate is linked to Leo's.
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Paniekzaaiers 1986 (5.6)

Gaston and Leo are active in Antwerp's motorbike brigade. But the two are demoted to simple neighbourhood cops. When they track down a dangerous woman kidnapper and his accomplice, the pair soon find themselves back in favour. Before they can complete their sleuthing, they must escape the attentions of their wives.
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Gaston & Leo in Hong Kong 1988 (6.6)

In their third comedy, Gaston and Leo are undertakers specialized in the luxury transportation of the better class of dearly departed.