Percy Rodriguez: Montreal movie star

   Percy Rodrigues, who almost lived long enough to reach what would have been his 90 th birthday last Friday,  was nicknamed The Golden Lion and his contributions to North America have been compared to Jackie Robinson's.
   He was born and raised in St. Henri, attending Lewis Evans School of the PSBGM and worked as a bouncer, railway porter and machinist. He also had a wide variety of other activities, including boxing, wrestling and he built his own house in Ville Jacques Cartier (ie: Longueuil) and where he raised two sons and one daughter, who attended William White School.
   He moved from Montreal to New York - presumably with the whole family - at around age 40 to pursue what had previously been yet another, non-athletic sideline and then went on to become quite famous. That's his wife Almeada bringing him a cup of lemonade after he finished mowing his lawn in 1957.

   Percy Rodrigues, aka Percy Rodriguez broke a TV colour barrier by playing a neurosurgeon on Peyton Place in the early 60s. Then he acted as Shatner's boss in Star Trek. He did the narration for the Jaws trailer. He was in Roots and Benson too.
   Obits suggested that two of his three kids were still alive and could be living in Canada, which suggests that he might've moved solo to the states in the 50s which would have been a shame.