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Gérard Barray

Actor, Producer
Died February 14, 2024 (92 years)
Gérard Barray (born 2 November 1931 in Toulouse) is a French actor.

Barray's parents split up quickly and his mother, who came from Montauban decided to return to her hometown with her little boy. Around the age of 15, he discovered a passion for jazz; he participated in a few shows in nightclubs while pursuing his studies and obtained a bachelor's degree at the Faculty of Toulouse. Camille Ricard, an actress and teacher at the Conservatory of Toulouse, who advised him to go to Paris with a letter of recommendation for a friend, Noel Roquevert. Barray enrolled at the Cours Simon, a drama school in Paris. Four years later, Gérard Barray won the Jury It will then excel in the roles of knights with a big heart. He starred as D'Artagnan, Pardaillan, Surcouf and Scaramouche. In total there practice gender in a dozen feature films, most of which are box-office success, widely known abroad. Besides films swashbuckling as Pardaillan and Scaramouche and adventure films like Surcouf, Barray turned police commissioner in two San Antonio movies. In 1969, he starred beside young actress Claude Jade in "The Witness". He played Van Britten, a mysterious museum curator who seduces a young English teacher. It was his last major role.

For Claude Berri he played in Le Cinéma de papa (1970) as Richard, a super star and rather temperamental actor. His comeback in 1997 was in Alejandro Amenabar's "Abre los ojos" as Devernois, a TV man.

Gérard Barray was appointed an Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters in January 2010.

Source: Article "Gérard Barray" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
  • Open Your Eyes
  • The Three Musketeers: Part I - The Queen's Diamonds
  • Vengeance of the Three Musketeers
  • Treasure of the Aztecs
  • Pyramid of the Sun God
  • Captain Fracasse
  • The Sea Pirate
  • Il grande colpo di Surcouf
  • The Adventures of Scaramouche
  • Clash of Steel
  • Hardi Pardaillan!
  • Scorching Sands
  • The Summertime Killer
  • Sale temps pour les mouches
  • Adriatic Sea of Fire
  • Baraka sur X 13
  • Le Cinéma de papa
  • L'eau à la bouche
  • El triangulito
  • Black Commando
  • El paraíso ya no es lo que era

Filmography

2003
The Galíndez File · as Jorge Uria
2001
2001
I Won't Let You Down · as Leo Barthel
2000
Sexy Beast · as Spanish Official
1999
El Comisario (TV Series) · as Didier Bonnard Sr.
1998
Periodistas (TV Series) · as Cast
1997
Open Your Eyes · as Duvernois
1991
Nestor Burma (TV Series) · as Dorville
1985
Goya (TV Series)
1982
Black Commando · as Ludovic Stafford
1972
The Summertime Killer · as Tania's Teacher
1972
El triangulito · as Sabino Pérez
1971
Le Cinéma de papa · as Richard
1969
The Witness · as Van Britten
1968
Beru and These Women · as Commissaire San Antonio
1968
Adriatic Sea of Fire · as Michel Masic
1966
Sale temps pour les mouches · as Commisaire San-Antonio
1966
Il grande colpo di Surcouf · as Captain Robert Surcouf
1966
The Sea Pirate · as Captain Robert Surcouf
1966
Baraka sur X 13 · as Serge Vadile, Agent X 13
1966
At the Theater Tonight (TV Series) · as Daniel Lanson
1965
Pyramid of the Sun God · as Count Alfonso Di Rodriganda Y Sevilla
1965
Treasure of the Aztecs · as Count Alfonso Di Rodriganda Y Sevilla
1964
Hardi Pardaillan! · as Le Chevalier Jean De Pardaillan
1963
The Adventures of Scaramouche · as Robert Lafleur Alias Scaramouche
1963
Scorching Sands · as Renaud De Villecroix
1962
Clash of Steel · as Le Chevalier Jean De Pardaillan
1962
La dame aux camélias · as Armand Duval
1961
The Corsican Brothers · as Giovanni Sagona
1961
1961
1961
Captain Fracasse · as Duc De Vallombreuse
1960
L'eau à la bouche · as Miguel
1957
The Twilight Girls · as Un Journaliste De La Télévision
1955
The Lowest Crime · as Le Gigolo Moustachu Photographié Par Janine
1955
The Infiltrator · as Un Homme Du 'corse'

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