Roger Hanin

Roger Hanin
Roger Hanin at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival
Born	Roger Paul Jacob Lévy[1] (1925-10-20)20 October 1925 Algiers, Algeria
Died	11 February 2015(2015-02-11) (aged 89) Paris, France
Occupation	Actor, director
Spouse(s)	Christine Gouze-Rénal

Roger Hanin (born Roger Levy, 20 October 1925 – 11 February 2015) was a French actor and film director, best known for playing the title role in the 1989–2006 TV police drama, Navarro.

Career[]

Roger Hanin was born in 1925 in Algiers, Algeria^[2][3] as Roger Lévy to Jewish parents.^[4] His brother-in-law was François Mitterrand (the former President of France), whose wife, the Danielle, was the sister of Hanin's wife, Christine Gouze-Rénal.

With Claude Chabrol, Hanin co-wrote the scripts for a pair of spy films in the mid-1960s. Chabrol directed Code Name: Tiger (1964) and Our Agent Tiger (1965), both featuring Hanin in the starring role of secret agent Le Tigre.

Awards and honours[]

His 1985 film, Hell Train, was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize.^{[5][6][unreliable source?]}

In September 2000 he was awarded a place on the honourable list of the National Order of Merit of Algeria. He said: "I always refused decorations. This is the first time that I agree, but it's also the last because I want it to be unique."^[3][7][8]

Filmography[]

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Producer[]

• Soleil (1997) with Marianne Sägebrecht

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External links[]

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