Christian Barbier (28 June 1924 – 3 November 2009) was a French film and television actor. Barbier was born at Saint-Ouen, Seine (currently Seine-Saint-Denis),

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. During his career (1964 to 1997), he specialized in

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rather than

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. In

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, 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

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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.

Filmography

Films

*1956: '' Alerte au deuxième bureau'' (

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) - Le professeur Verdier *1964: '' Lucky Jo'' (

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) - Le commissaire Odile *1964: '' Weekend at Dunkirk'' (

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) - Paul *1964: '' Marie Soleil'' (Antoine Bourseiller) - Le directeur de l'exploitation agricole *1965: '' La Vie de château'' (

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) - French Colonel (uncredited) *1966: '' Maigret à Pigalle'' (

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) - Torrence *1966: '' Trans-Europ-Express'' (

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) - Lorentz *1966: '' L'Homme qui osa'' (''The Man Who Dared'') ( Jean Delire) *1967: '' La Loi du survivant'' (''Law of Survival'') (

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) *1967: '' Lamiel'' (

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) - Vidocq *1967: ' (''The Man Who Was Worth Millions'') (

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) - Carl *1968: '' L'Homme à la Buick'' (''The Man in the Buick'') (

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) - Maxime *1968: '' Le Franciscain de Bourges'' (

Claude Autant-Lara Claude Autant-Lara (; 5 August 1901 – 5 February 2000) was a French film director, screenwriter, set designer and costume designer who worked in films for over 50 years. He made films characterised by bourgeois Realism (arts), realism, anti- ...

) - L'abbé Barret *1969: ''

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'' ( Alain Cuniot) - Motorist *1969: '' Army of Shadows'' (

) - Guillaume Vermersch (“Le Bison”) *1969: '' L'Hiver'' (''Winter '') ( Marcel Hanoun) - Producer *1969: '' Target: Harry'' (

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) - Sulley Boulez *1970: ''

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'' (

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) - Léon *1970: '' Peace in the Fields'' ( Jacques Boigelot) - Stanne Vanasche *1970: '' Les Jambes en l'air'' ( Jean Dewever) - Marcel *1972: '' Les Tueurs fous'' (''The Lonely Killers'') ( Boris Szulzinger) - Worker *1972: '' La chambre rouge'' ( Jean-Pierre Berckmans) - René Noris *1973: '' Le Gang des otages'' (''The Hostage Gang'') (

Édouard Molinaro Édouard Molinaro (13 May 1928 – 7 December 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter. Biography He was born in Bordeaux, Gironde. He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès (''Oscar (1967 film), Oscar'', ''Hibernatus''), ...

) - Brigadier *1973: ''Les Granges brûlées'' (''The Burned Barns'') ( Jean Chapot) - Gendarme *1973: '' L'Affaire Crazy Capo'' ( Patrick Jamain) *1975: '' Only the Wind Knows the Answer'' *1977: ''Jambon d'Ardenne'' ( Benoît Lamy) - Entrepreneur *1977: '' L'Homme pressé'' (''Man in a Hurry'') (Édouard Molinaro) - Cardiologist *1980: '' Trois hommes à abattre'' (''Three Wanted Men'') (

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) - Liethard *1982: '' Hiver 60'' ( Thierry Michel) - André's father *1983: '' Le Voyage d'hiver'' ( Marian Handwerker) - Corbin *1984: '' Julien Fontanes, magistrat'' (Daniel Moosmann) (TV Series) - Jeff Stenay *1985: '' Brigade des mœurs'' (

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) - Robert Capes *1986: '' Suivez mon regard'' ( Jean Curtelin) *1988: '' La Maison assassinée'' (

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) - Brigue *1991: '' L'Année de l'éveil'' (

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) - Colonel *1993: '' Mayrig'' (Henri Verneuil) - Father Pignon *1994: '' Éternelles'' ( Erick Zonca) (Short) - Father *1997: '' The Bet'' (

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and

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) *2001: '' Une belle journée'' (''A Beautiful Day'') ( Frédérique Dolphyn) (Short) - Jean *2002: '' Les Sabots de Vénus''

References

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