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.
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Movie Appearances
Falling Point
1970
Army of Shadows
as Guillaume Vermesch / Le Bison
1969
The Horse
as Léon, Mathilde’s Husband
1970
Franciscan of Bourges
as Abbot Barret
1968
La Ligne de démarcation
as Marcellin
1973
Trans-Europ-Express
as Lorentz
1966
Brigade of Death
as Robert Capes
1985
Weekend at Dunkirk
as Paul
1964
Follow My Gaze
as Le présentateur TV
1986
Mother
as Father Pignon
1991
Law of Survival
1967
The Hurried Man
as Cardiologist
1977
The Burned Barns
as Captain of gendarmerie
1973
Maigret at the Pigalle
as Ispettore Torrence
1966
Jambon d'Ardenne
as L'entrepreneur
1977
Lucky Jo
as Le commissaire Odile
1964
The Lonely Killers
as The worker
1972
Marie Soleil
as The farm manager
1964
Retour à Fonteyne
as Antoine
1999
The Year of Awakening
as le colonel
1991
