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Christian Barbier
Biography
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), France. 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 Man of Picardy, the legendary French television series. He died in Manosque (Alpes de Haute-Provence), aged 85. Source: Article "Christian Barbier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Weekend at Dunkirk
as Paul
Army of Shadows
as Guillaume Vermesch / The Buffalo
Three Men to Destroy
as Liethard
The Hurried Man
as Cardiologist
The Horse
as Léon, Mathilde’s husband
The Burned Barns
as Captain of gendarmerie
Lucky Jo
as Le commissaire Odile
Mother
as Father Pignon
Lamiel
as Vidocq
Trans-Europ-Express
as Lorentz
