Gaston Berghmans

Acting

Gaston Berghmans

Born — Died

1926-03-11 — 2016-05-21

Place of birth

Merksem, Belgium

Known for

Acting

Credits

23 titles

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.

Known for

Dennis poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Dennis

2002

Paniekzaaiers poster
5.8

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.

Paniekzaaiers

1986

Dief! poster
6.2

This is the real story of Frans Van Reeth, a small time crook who spent most of his life in jail. In an hour and a half we learn all about the love of his life, his inmates, his adventures in and out of prison and the way he ends up.

Dief!

1998

Pallieter poster
5.3

In this film version of the Dutch-language classic ('heimat'-)novel by Flemish author Felix Timmermans, the title character is a city-boy from Lier who after recovering from a life-threatening disease changes his life completely and his name to the self-invented Pallieter. He moves in with Charlote, a naive, caring relative in the country, where he starts frolicking, no longer caring for image, career or possessions, but concentrates on enjoying life -such as a draftee relative's Brueghelian wedding- and finds love with Marieke. A dark story-line however is when projected work on the river in the name of economical progress threatens the rural landscape they have fallen in love with...

Pallieter

1975

Comedy Toppers poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Comedy Toppers

2010

She Good Fighter poster
4.8

Dennis Davids is a young, talented and idealistic lawyer in Antwerp, who takes every case at heart, even the pro-deo clients the court assigns for a meager fee. Needless to say he really goes the extra mile, risking his life and his career as his own private detective, in the case of Sandra Van Rompaey, a female kick-boxer who also proves herself as his lover, but is a miserable client, repeatedly violating her probation terms as well as the law.

She Good Fighter

1995

Film credits

1980s · 7 titles

Paniekzaaiers poster
5.8

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.

Paniekzaaiers

1986

Gaston & Leo in Hong Kong poster
6.9

Gaston and Leo run OLTOHN, a luxury undertaker business specializing in high-end international body transport. Their ultimate challenge arises when they must repatriate the body of a wealthy Chinese businessman from Antwerp to Hong Kong. Unbeknownst to them, criminal partners from the Chinese Triad mafia use the corpse to smuggle a valuable stash of diamonds into the British colony. Along the way, the chaotic duo accidentally discovers the hidden gems and decides to use them to help the poor and needy. Upon arrival at the Hong Kong airport, the ruthless gangsters realize the diamonds are missing. Gaston and Leo find themselves in a hilarious, high-stakes pursuit across exotic locations as they try to outrun the mafia

Gaston & Leo in Hong Kong

1988

Whitey poster
5.1

The second movie version, now in color, of Flemish (heimat-)author Ernest Claes' classical novel, titled after the nickname (Dutch 'the White', referring to a blond male) of the main character. The smart but naughty farmhands son's eternal mischief, pranks and disobedience drive his elders (especially teachers, family and father's grumpy employer, a rich farmer, but also neighbors and even the kind curate whose liturgical server he is) and classmates to despair in a time when a boy's punishment was still inevitable, swift and often severe; thus when his mother catches him skinny dipping she takes all his clothes home, forcing him to a long walk of shame, dreading dad's wrath all the way. This version also stresses the story's social and Flamingant aspects.

Whitey

1980

Zware jongens poster
5.7

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.

Zware jongens

1984

Gaston en Leo: De Boot naar Spanje poster
NR

George (Martin) and retired Desiré (Berghmans) are two sworn comrades. Life at Desiré's home is made quite miserable for him by his wife, son, and daughter-in-law. Only his granddaughter cares about him. It will soon be Sinterklaas. They want to earn some money as Piet and Sint, but things are really not going well.

Gaston en Leo: De Boot naar Spanje

1982

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Gaston en Leo: Wat een Soep

1989

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Gaston en Leo: Wat een Soep

1989

1960s · 3 titles

Series credits