Christian Barbier
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Christian Barbier (28 June 1924 – 3 November 2009) was a French film and television actor.
Barbier was born at Courcelles, Belgium. 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 legendary French television series. He died in Manosque (Alpes de Haute-Provence), aged 85.
Filmography[]
Films[]
- 1956: (Jean Stelli) - Le professeur Verdier
- 1964: Lucky Jo (Michel Deville) - Le commissaire Odile
- 1964: Weekend at Dunkirk (Henri Verneuil) - Paul
- 1964: (Antoine Bourseiller) - Le directeur de l'exploitation agricole
- 1965: La Vie de château (Jean-Paul Rappeneau) - French Colonel (uncredited)
- 1966: (Mario Landi) - Torrence
- 1966: Trans-Europ-Express (Alain Robbe-Grillet) - Lorentz
- 1966: (The Man Who Dared) ()
- 1967: (Law of Survival) (José Giovanni)
- 1967: Lamiel (Jean Aurel) - Vidocq
- 1967: Michel Boisrond) - Carl (The Man Who Was Worth Millions) (
- 1968: (The Man in the Buick) (Gilles Grangier) - Maxime
- 1968: (Claude Autant-Lara) - L'abbé Barret
- 1969: () - Motorist
- 1969: Army of Shadows (Jean-Pierre Melville) - Guillaume Vermersch (“Le Bison”)
- 1969: (Winter ) () - Producer
- 1969: Target: Harry (Roger Corman) - Sulley Boulez
- 1970: The Horse (Pierre Granier-Deferre) - Léon
- 1970: Peace in the Fields (Jacques Boigelot) - Stanne Vanasche
- 1970: () - Marcel
- 1972: Les Tueurs fous (The Lonely Killers) (Boris Szulzinger) - Worker
- 1972: () - René Noris
- 1973: (The Hostage Gang) (Édouard Molinaro) - Brigadier
- 1973: Les Granges brûlées (The Burned Barns) (Jean Chapot) - Gendarme
- 1973: ()
- 1975: Only the Wind Knows the Answer
- 1977: Jambon d'Ardenne (Benoît Lamy) - Entrepreneur
- 1977: (Man in a Hurry) (Édouard Molinaro) - Cardiologist
- 1980: Trois hommes à abattre (Three Wanted Men) (Jacques Deray) - Liethard
- 1982: Hiver 60 (Thierry Michel) - André's father
- 1983: () - Corbin
- 1984: Julien Fontanes, magistrat (Daniel Moosmann) (TV Series) - Jeff Stenay
- 1985: Brigade des mœurs (Max Pécas) - Robert Capes
- 1986: ()
- 1988: (Georges Lautner) - Brigue
- 1991: (Gérard Corbiau) - Colonel
- 1993: Mayrig (Henri Verneuil) - Father Pignon
- 1994: (Erick Zonca) (Short) - Father
- 1997: The Bet (Didier Bourdon and Bernard Campan)
- 2001: (A Beautiful Day) () (Short) - Jean
- 2002:
Categories:
- 1924 births
- 2009 deaths
- French male film actors
- French male television actors
- French actor stubs