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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

45

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-02-02

Day of Death

2022-01-17 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

Joseph Michel Subotzky

Michel Subor

Biography

Michel Subor (February 2 1935 - January 17 2022) was a French actor who gained fame playing the lover of Brigitte Bardot's character in La Bride sur le Cou (1961). In Hollywood Subor starred in Clive Donner's What's New, Pussycat? (as lover Philippe) and in Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz (as Claude Jade's husband, the journalist François Picard). His most important role was his Bruno Forestier in Jean-Luc Godard's Le Petit Soldat, beside Anna Karina. He had a comeback in 1999 in Claire Denis's Beau Travail. His most recent movie was Claire Denis' Bastards in 2013. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michel Subor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Topaz

1969

Topaz

as

François Picard

What's New Pussycat?

1965

What's New Pussycat?

as

Philippe

Le Reflux

1965

Le Reflux

as

Henri Person

Beau Travail

2000

Beau Travail

as

Commander Bruno Forestier

Please, Not Now!

1961

Please, Not Now!

as

Alain Varnier

The Intruder

2005

The Intruder

as

Louis Trebor

Le Petit Soldat

1963

Le Petit Soldat

as

Bruno Forestier

Fidelity

2000

Fidelity

as

Rupert MacRoi

Last Winter

2012

Last Winter

as

Hélier

Stress

1984

Stress

as

Police commissioner

Young Girls of Good Families

1963

Young Girls of Good Families

as

Gerard LeGall

Braxton

1989

Braxton

as

Bastards

2013

Bastards

as

Edouard Laporte

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

2023

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

as

Commander Bruno Forestier (archive footage)

Der Mann im Salz

1988

Der Mann im Salz

as

Meister Zwanzigeisen

Jules and Jim

1962

Jules and Jim

as

Récitant / Narrator (voix)

The Sewers of Paradise

1979

The Sewers of Paradise

as

Biki le Targuy

The Rebel

1980

The Rebel

as

Beaufils

The Accuser

1977

The Accuser

as

Brignon

Wild Innocence

2001

Wild Innocence

as

Chas

White Material

2010

White Material

as

Henri Vial

Passage secret

1985

Passage secret

as

Enrique

Sadistic Hallucinations

1969

Sadistic Hallucinations

as

L'inspecteur

Godard Mon Amour

2017

Godard Mon Amour

as

Narrator #4 (voice)

The Day of the Jackal

1973

The Day of the Jackal

as

OAS Terrorist in Car

À nous deux, Paris!

1966

À nous deux, Paris!

as

Patrick Cartier

The Fourth Power

1985

The Fourth Power

as

Xavier Mareche

Ainsi soit-il

2000

Ainsi soit-il

as

Barroux

My Pal the Gypsy

1959

My Pal the Gypsy

as

Bruno Pittuiti

Frou-Frou

1955

Frou-Frou

as

Le jeune homme au restaurant (uncredited)

Sunday Encounter

1958

Sunday Encounter

as

Un élève du cours (uncredited)

Le pilon

1981

Le pilon

as

Roland Boileu

Mauregard

Mauregard

as

Charles-Auguste

War on Beasts

War on Beasts

as

Pierre Duruy

Production

Crew

Directing