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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

74

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-10-23

Day of Death

2000-12-17 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

Gérard Blain

Biography

Gérard Blain (23 October 1930 – 17 December 2000) was a French actor and film director. Blain appeared in sixty films between 1944 and 2000. He also directed nine films between 1971 and 2000. In 1971, he won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival for his film The Friends. Blain married three times, including briefly to Bernadette Lafont. Source: Article "Gérard Blain" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Acting

The Cousins

1959

The Cousins

as

Charles

Handsome Serge

1958

Handsome Serge

as

Serge

The American Friend

1977

The American Friend

as

Raoul Minot

Hatari!

1962

Hatari!

as

Charles 'Chips' Maurey

Utopia

1979

Utopia

as

Gérard

The Mischief Makers

1957

The Mischief Makers

as

Gérard

The Virgins

1963

The Virgins

as

Xavier de Brétevielle

Le bal des passants

1944

Le bal des passants

as

(uncredited)

Children of Chaos

1944

Children of Chaos

as

(uncredited)

Deadlier Than the Male

1956

Deadlier Than the Male

as

Gérard Delacroix

Gold of Rome

1961

Gold of Rome

as

Davide

Jour après jour

1989

Jour après jour

as

Richard Lunet

The Hunchback

1960

The Hunchback

as

Alvaro Cosenza

Open Season

1993

Open Season

as

Pierre Bufières

The Eye of the Needle

1963

The Eye of the Needle

as

Toto Cacace

Negresco

1968

Negresco

as

Roger

The Dolphins

1960

The Dolphins

as

Anselmo Foresi

Winter's Child

1989

Winter's Child

as

Stephane's father

La Musica

1967

La Musica

as

Run with the Devil

1960

Run with the Devil

as

Stefano

Paolo e Francesca

1971

Paolo e Francesca

as

Giovanni Malatrasi

Bandits d'amour

2001

Bandits d'amour

as

The priest

Amori pericolosi

1964

Amori pericolosi

as

The orderly (segment "Il generale")

Natalia

1989

Natalia

as

Claude Roitman

Chicken Soup

1963

Chicken Soup

as

Claudio

La Flambeuse

1981

La Flambeuse

as

Henri

M.M.M. 83

1966

M.M.M. 83

as

Robert Gibson

Match contre la mort

1959

Match contre la mort

as

Jacques Lourmel

Skin and Bones

1961

Skin and Bones

as

Mazur

Children of Paradise

1945

Children of Paradise

as

(uncredited)

Shock Troops

1967

Shock Troops

as

Thomas

Killing Time

1987

Killing Time

as

Broz

Crime and Punishment

1956

Crime and Punishment

as

Jean Fargeot

Charlotte and Her Boyfriend

1958

Charlotte and Her Boyfriend

as

The New Boyfriend (uncredited)

Young Husbands

1958

Young Husbands

as

Marcello

Un amore

1965

Un amore

as

Il cugino

Sexpot

1957

Sexpot

as

Olivier Jourdans

How to Make a French Dish

1964

How to Make a French Dish

as

The painter

La Machine

1977

La Machine

as

Le journaliste

Wild Fruit

1954

Wild Fruit

as

(uncredited)

Il falso bugiardo

2008

Il falso bugiardo

as

Self (archive footage)

The Pelican

1974

The Pelican

as

Paul Boyer

Lo sgarro

1963

Lo sgarro

as

Paolo

Un moment d'inattention

1986

Un moment d'inattention

as

The father

Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais

2019

Gérard Blain : adultes, je vous hais

as

Self (archives) - director, subject

Production

Crew

Directing