Jean Gabin’s son, Mathias Moncorgé, makes a surprise appearance on the 12 strokes of noon, on TF1, Tuesday, April 12, 2022.

Jean Gabin was a French actor and singer. He died in 1976.

His son, Mathias Moncorge, went to the set of 12 noon shots.

He was asked, “We cannot say that you are not the son of Jean Gabin, physically!” and he replied, “Mom did not fault.”

He revealed, “We did not know at all! You know, that’s what I always explain, it’s that dad made a barrier between his work and his life personal with mom and her children. […]We knew he was an actor, but we didn’t know what he represented.In fact, it was when dad died that we realized what he represented for France, for people, even abroad.”

He slipped while discussing his father’s death, “I was 20 years old. Everything collapsed. Especially since I had a lot to do with him, we had decided to do a lot of things. Not in the film business, but in breeding, in horses… ”

He mentioned a song ‘Mon Vieux’ by Daniel Guichard. He said, “It was his favorite song […] He had listened to it so much dad, we had to buy another one because he had worn out the record.”

He slipped, “You are not fine! I’ll tell you anyway to cheer you up, he would have liked! He realized his dream in The Human Beast, where he passed his locomotive driver’s diploma but since very young, he wanted to work for the SNCF… ”

He confirmed that his father was a tank commander, during the war. He did boxing as well. He also added that his father was a great dancer.