Over the course of his life, he performed as Oscar Kellmann, Chin Sun Loo, Ching Ling Foo, and Jean Hugarde.

[1] In 1898, Gerard left the bank, and with several partners founded Burketown's Endeavour Meatworks (producing tinned beef) to solve the problem of getting Gulf Country cattle to market.

"[3][better source needed] One of his full evening shows presented on tour in Australia and New Zealand was a silent Chinese act.

Upon the death of John Northern Hilliard, who had written about 50 percent of his book Greater Magic, a lot of manuscript was left to be completed.

Carl Waring Jones, who had contracted for its publication, hired Jean Hugard in 1938 to complete and enlarge the text to over 1,000 pages.

The New York Herald Tribune published a double-column obituary with photograph – the sort of space usually reserved for statesman or movie stars.