Xavier Saint-Macary (June 7, 1948 – March 13, 1988) was a French

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, brother of Hubert Saint-Macary. Saint-Macary played in ''

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'' (1973) directed by

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and '' Le Château perdu'' (1973). American audiences will remember him as the enthusiastic but bumbling Detective Fontenoy in the

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movie ''

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'' (1977). Saint-Macary died of a sudden

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in 1988, a few months short of his 40th birthday.

Partial filmography

* '' Le Château perdu'' (1973, TV Movie) – Le comte de Guiche * ''

'' (1973) – Christian * ''L'oiseau rare'' (1973) – Francis, l'amant de Renée * '' Le Plein de Super'' (1976) – Philippe * ''

'' (1977) – Detective Fontenoy * '' Dites-lui que je l'aime'' (1977) – Michel Barbet * ''

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'' (1977) – Le chauffeur de Saint-Prix * ''Pourquoi pas !'' (1979) – Paul, le play-boy * ''Le Cavaleur'' (1979) – Georges Jussieu * ''Martin et Léa'' (1979) – Martin * ''La Mémoire courte'' (1979) – Le mari de Judith * '' Us Two'' (1979) * ''Ce répondeur ne prend pas de message'' (1979) – L'homme * ''Le point douloureux'' (1979) – Le serveur restaurant * ''Ras le cœur'' (1980) – Roland * '' Loulou'' (1980) – Bernard * ''Du blues dans la tête'' (1981) – Jacky * '' Men Prefer Fat Girls'' (1981) – Ronald * '' Ma femme s'appelle reviens'' (1982) – Philippe * ''Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' (1982) – Dorante * '' Confidentially Yours'' (1983) – Bertrand Fabre * '' Signes extérieurs de richesse'' (1983) – Bianchi * ''Marie Pervenche'' (1984-1987) - Hervé Lorieux * '' Détective'' (1985) – Accountant * ''Le Débutant'' (1986) – Philippe Rivière * ''Corps z'a corps'' (1988) – M. de Villecresne * '' A Few Days with Me'' (1988) – Paul (final film role)

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* 1948 births 1988 deaths 20th-century French male actors Actors from Orléans French male film actors French male television actors {{France-screen-actor-stub