Georges Wilson
Georges Wilson (16 October 1921 – 3 February 2010)[1] was a French film and television actor. He is the father of French actor Lambert Wilson.
Wilson was born in Champigny-sur-Marne, Seine (now Val-de-Marne) as the illegitimate son of a French father and an Irish mother. His professional surname, Wilson, derives from his Irish grandmother; his birthname has not been made public.
He was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award, and also nominated for a César Award. Georges Wilson's last film was Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One.
From 1963 to 1972 Georges Wilson was the director of the Théâtre national de Chaillot (formerly known as the Théâtre National Populaire).[2]
Georges Wilson died in Rambouillet in 2010, aged 88, from undisclosed causes.
Selected filmography
- Les Hussards (1955)
- Une aussi longue absence (1961)
- Tintin and the Golden Fleece (1961) - as Captain Haddock[3]
- The Longest Day (1962) - as Alexandre Renaud
- Le Diable et les Dix Commandements (1962)
- Chair de poule (1963)
- Faites sauter la banque! (1964)
- More Than a Miracle (1967)
- Max et les Ferrailleurs (1971)
- La violenza: quinto potere (1972)
- Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
- The Three Musketeers (1973)
- The Peaceful Age (1974)
- Lady Oscar (1979)
- Le cheval d'orgueil (1980)
- Le bar du téléphone (1980)
References
- ↑ "L'acteur et metteur en scène Georges Wilson est mort". Le Monde.fr (in French). 3 February 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- ↑ The Left Anchor, Biography of Georges Wilson
- ↑ Tintin and the Golden Fleece
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