Actor
Marc Michel
Born February 10, 1929 in Basse-Terre, GuadeloupeDied November 3, 201626 films
Marc Michel (February 10, 1929 – 3 November 2016) was a French-Swiss actor. He appeared in more than fifty films.
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He is best known for his roles in three seminal French films of the 1960s: Jacques Becker's Le Trou (1960), and two films by Jacques Demy: Lola (1961) and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964). In both Demy films, he played the same role, Roland Cassard, a lovesick writer and jeweler.
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First watchLe Trou19608.2as Claude GaspardFour prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
26 films as actor- 2013Summer in ProvenceTom Washington
- 2006Jeanne Poisson, Marquise de PompadourM. de Tournehem
- 1998Bitter SugarNolivos
- 1992La Femme abandonnéeArthur
- 1988Carmilla: The Petrified HeartLe baron
- 1980Scopitone
- 1977Madame ClaudeHugo
- 1973Where There's SmokeJean-Paul Leroy
- 1970Le Cyborg ou Le Voyage verticalJean
- 1970The Mad HeartL'acteur
- 1969KatmanduMarss
- 1969Model ShopRoland Cassard (photos)
- 1968Guerilla HellcatsVignal
- 1967Singapore, SingaporeCaptain Kevin Gray
- 1965Su e giùIl conte Baldovino
- 1965Six Days a WeekArturo Santini
- 1965SambaPaulo
- 1964The Umbrellas of CherbourgRoland Cassard
- 1964Bebo's GirlStefano
- 1964El señor de La SalleAndrés
- 1963Blague dans le coinBob, electrician
- 1962Rue du Havre
- 1961LolaRoland Cassard
- 1960Le TrouClaude Gaspard
- 1955The First OutragesYoung groom
- 1955Girl on the Third Floor(uncredited)