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Gérard Blain

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Gérard Blain

Born October 23, 1930 in Paris, FranceDied December 17, 200051 films

Gérard Blain (23 October 1930 – 17 December 2000) was a French actor and film director.

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Blain appeared in sixty films between 1944 and 2000. He also directed nine films between 1971 and 2000. In 1971, he won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival for his film The Friends. Blain married three times, including briefly to Bernadette Lafont.

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Children of Paradise posterFirst watchChildren of Paradise19458.0as (uncredited)In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The American Friend poster7.1The American Friend1977Hatari! poster6.8Hatari!1962The Mischief Makers poster6.8The Mischief Makers1957Le Beau Serge poster6.9Le Beau Serge1959The Cousins poster6.8The Cousins1959Deadlier Than the Male poster7.2Deadlier Than the Male1956Charlotte and Her Boyfriend poster6.4Charlotte and Her Boyfriend1958

Filmography

51 films as actor
  1. 2001Bandits d'amourThe priest
  2. 1995Until the End of the NightFrançois
  3. 1993Open SeasonPierre Bufières
  4. 1990Der Schnee der Anden
  5. 1989Winter's ChildStephane's father
  6. 1989NataliaClaude Roitman
  7. 1989Jour après jourRichard Lunet
  8. 1987Killing TimeBroz
  9. 1986Un moment d'inattentionThe father
  10. 1983Un dimanche de flicsEmilio
  11. 1981La FlambeuseHenri
  12. 1979UtopiaGérard
  13. 1977La MachineLe journaliste
  14. 1977The American FriendRaoul Minot
  15. 1974The PelicanPaul Boyer
  16. 1971Paolo e FrancescaGiovanni Malatrasi
  17. 1970Cain from NowhereCaïn
  18. 1969Joe Caligula: Tallow for the Old MenJoë Caligula
  19. 1968NegrescoRoger
  20. 1967Shock TroopsThomas
  21. 1967La Musica
  22. 1966Il faut que je tue monsieur RumannEmmanuel
  23. 1966M.M.M. 83Robert Gibson
  24. 1965Un amoreIl cugino
  25. 1964Amori pericolosiThe orderly (segment "Il generale")
  26. 1964Via Veneto
  27. 1964How to Make a French DishThe painter
  28. 1963The Eye of the NeedleToto Cacace
  29. 1963Chicken SoupClaudio
  30. 1963The VirginsXavier De Brétevielle
  31. 1963Lo sgarroPaolo
  32. 1962Hatari!Charles 'Chips' Maurey
  33. 1961Gold of RomeDavide
  34. 1961Skin and BonesMazur
  35. 1960The HunchbackAlvaro Cosenza
  36. 1960The DolphinsAnselmo Foresi
  37. 1960Run with the DevilStefano
  38. 1959Match contre la mortJacques Lourmel
  39. 1959The CousinsCharles
  40. 1959Le Beau SergeSerge
  41. 1958Charlotte and Her BoyfriendThe New Boyfriend (uncredited)
  42. 1958Young HusbandsMarcello
  43. 1957The Mischief MakersGérard
  44. 1957SexpotOlivier Jourdans
  45. 1956Crime and PunishmentJean Fargeot
  46. 1956Deadlier Than the MaleGérard Delacroix
  47. 1954Wild Fruit(uncredited)
  48. 1946Son of France
  49. 1945Children of Paradise(uncredited)
  50. 1944Children of Chaos(uncredited)
  51. 1944Le bal des passants(uncredited)