Brigadier Gerard and glory, he is always ready with a stirring speech or a gallant remark to a lady. Conan Doyle, in making his hero a vain, and often rather uncomprehending, Frenchman, was able to satirise both the stereotypical English view of the French and – by presenting them from Gerard's baffled point of view – English manners and attitudes. Gerard tells the stories from the point of view of an old man now living in retirement in Paris. We discover that he was born in Gascony in the early 1780s (he is 25 in "How the Brigadier Captured Saragossa"). In "How
Danny Gerard Danny Gerard Danny Gerard (born Daniel Gerard Lanzetta; May 29, 1977) is an American actor and musician. Gerard was born in Mount Vernon, New York, and is of Italian descent. He is best known for his role as Alan Silver in the CBS television series "Brooklyn Bridge". He also starred in the short lived CBS series "Blue Skies" and the unaired NBC pilot "News at Twelve". He was in the original Broadway production of "Lost in Yonkers" starring alongside Kevin Spacey, Mercedes Ruehl and Irene Worth. He played the role of Arty, in this Tony award-winning production. Gerard was in