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Christian Barbier

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Christian Barbier

Born June 28, 1924 in Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis, FranceDied November 3, 200939 films

Christian Barbier (28 June 1924 – 3 November 2009) was a French film and television actor.

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Barbier was born at Saint-Ouen, Seine (currently Seine-Saint-Denis), France. During his career (1964 to 1997), he specialized in drama rather than comedy. In film, he held several leading roles but is especially distinguished in auxiliary roles depicting more limited characters. He is especially remembered for his first-class performance in Army of Shadows by Jean-Pierre Melville in 1969. Appearing in a number of soaps and TV shows of the late 1960s to early 1980s, Barbier gained a certain notoriety thanks to the character of Joseph Durtol, bounded and proud hero of The Man of Picardy, the legendary French television series. He died in Manosque (Alpes de Haute-Provence), aged 85.

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Army of Shadows posterFirst watchArmy of Shadows19697.9as Guillaume Vermesch / Le BisonBetrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts…View film

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Weekend at Dunkirk poster6.9Weekend at Dunkirk1964Trans-Europ-Express poster6.6Trans-Europ-Express1966The Burned Barns poster6.6The Burned Barns1973The Horse poster6.9The Horse1970Three Men to Kill poster6.1Three Men to Kill1980

Filmography

39 films as actor
  1. 1999Retour à FonteyneAntoine
  2. 1994ÉternellesThe father
  3. 1991MotherFather Pignon
  4. 1991The Year of Awakeningle colonel
  5. 1986Follow My GazeLe présentateur TV
  6. 1985Brigade of DeathRobert Capes
  7. 1983Hiver 60Emile, le père d'André
  8. 1981Sept hommes en enferGuillaume
  9. 1980Three Men to KillLiethard
  10. 1977The Hurried ManCardiologist
  11. 1977Jambon d'ArdenneL'entrepreneur
  12. 1975Serious as Pleasure
  13. 1973La Ligne de démarcationMarcellin
  14. 1973The Red RoomRené Noris
  15. 1973Coup de sangVincent Tuarelli
  16. 1973The Burned BarnsCaptain of gendarmerie
  17. 1972Peace in the FieldsStanne Vanasche
  18. 1972The Lonely KillersThe worker
  19. 1971Les Jambes en l'airMarcel
  20. 1970Falling Point
  21. 1970The HorseLéon, Mathilde’s Husband
  22. 1969WinterLe producteur
  23. 1969Army of ShadowsGuillaume Vermesch / Le Bison
  24. 1969Target: HarrySulley Boulez
  25. 1969La désiradeMotorist
  26. 1968Franciscan of BourgesAbbot Barret
  27. 1968The Man in the BuickMaxime
  28. 1967Million Dollar ManCarl
  29. 1967LamielVidocq
  30. 1967The Ponies
  31. 1967Law of Survival
  32. 1967The Man Who DaresHillmacher
  33. 1966Trans-Europ-ExpressLorentz
  34. 1966Maigret at the PigalleIspettore Torrence
  35. 1964The Black IndiesSilfax
  36. 1964Marie SoleilThe farm manager
  37. 1964Weekend at DunkirkPaul
  38. 1964Lucky JoLe commissaire Odile
  39. 1956Nest of SpiesProfessor Verdier