Mehdi El Glaoui

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Mehdi El Glaoui (in full Mehdi El Mezouari El Glaoui) is a French actor, born on 26 May 1956 at Choisy-le-Roi. His parents were Cécile Aubry, an actress who once appeared on the front cover of Life, and Si Brahim El Glaoui, caïd (local administrator) of Telouet and son of T'hami El Glaoui, pasha of Marrakech. Mehdi was also the name of an uncle.

He made his mainstream début at the age of 5 in the TV series Poly, produced by his mother, and went on to reprise his rôle in numerous sequels covering 9 seasons until he reached 14. Another series Belle et Sébastien was dubbed into English and became essential 'school holiday' viewing in the UK. Later he continued his career as an actor and also dabbled in directing.

He appeared again on screen in 2005 and 2006 for the first time in nearly a decade, on the France 3 programmes "12-14" and "Pour le plaisir" respectively, revealing that he now lives in near Dax, Landes, collects classic cars and runs a musical café.^[1]

1 Filmography (as actor)
- 1.1 Filmography (as director)
2 External links
3 References

[edit] Filmography (as actor)

La déesse d'or
Poly (1961-1973) - TV series (Poly is a pony. All other actors were local amateurs, whose voices were dubbed later by professionals)^[2]
Belle et Sébastien (1965) - TV series; English version: "Belle and Sebastian"
Sébastien parmi les hommes (1968) - sequel to the above; English version: "Sebastian and the Horses"
Sébastien et la Marie-Morgane (1970) - TV series
Le Jeune Fabre (1973) - TV series
Un Amour de pluie (1973) - film by Jean-Claude Brialy; English version: "Loving in the Rain"
Catherine et Cie (1975) - film by Michel Boisrond; English version: "Catherine & Co."
Kick, Raoul, la moto, les jeunes et les autres (1980)
Salut champion (episode 'Moto story') (1981)
La Famille Ramdam (1989) - TV series
Le Cousin (1997) - film by Alain Corneau
Inspecteur Moretti (episode 'Un enfant au soleil') (1997)