Robert Gravel (14 September 1944 – 12 August 1996) was an actor, dramatist, theatrical director and teacher.
[2] In the middle of the 1970s, Gravel, Jean-Pierre Ronfard and Pol Pelletier co-founded the Théâtre Expérimental de Montréal (TEM).
In 1977, Gravel co-founded with Yvon Leduc the highly successful Ligue Nationale d'Improvisation.
He died in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon in 1996 and was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.
[3][4] In 2012, his life and work were profiled in Jean-Claude Coulbois's documentary film Mort subite d'un homme-théâtre.