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.

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Known For

L'Homme du Picardie

Joseph Durtol

Les Corsaires

François Louba

Army of Shadows

Guillaume Vermesch / The Buffalo

Weekend at Dunkirk

Paul

Cinéma 16

Le docteur Lavaronnière

Sans famille

Gaspard

Three Men to Destroy

Liethard

The Man in the Buick

Maxime

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1999	Retour à Fonteyne	Antoine
1994	Éternelles	The father
1991	Mother	Father Pignon
1991	The Year of Awakening	le colonel
1986	Follow My Gaze	Le présentateur TV
1985	Brigade of Death	Robert Capes
1983	Hiver 60	Emile, le père d'André
1981	Sept hommes en enfer	Guillaume
1980	Three Men to Destroy	Liethard
1977	The Hurried Man	Cardiologist
1977	Jambon d'Ardenne	L'entrepreneur
1975	Serious as Pleasure
1973	La Ligne de démarcation	Marcellin
1973	The Burned Barns	Captain of gendarmerie
1973	Coup de sang	Vincent Tuarelli
1972	The Lonely Killers	The worker
1971	Les Jambes en l'air	Marcel
1970	Falling Point
1970	The Horse	Léon, Mathilde’s husband
1970	Peace in the Fields	Stanne Vanasche
1969	Army of Shadows	Guillaume Vermesch / The Buffalo
1969	La désirade	Motorist
1969	Winter	Le producteur
1969	Target: Harry	Sulley Boulez
1968	Franciscan of Bourges	Abbot Barret
1968	The Man in the Buick	Maxime
1967	Law of Survival
1967	Lamiel	Vidocq
1967	Million Dollar Man	Carl
1967	The Ponies
1966	Trans-Europ-Express	Lorentz
1966	Maigret at the Pigalle	Ispettore Torrence
1964	Weekend at Dunkirk	Paul
1964	Lucky Jo	Le commissaire Odile
1964	Marie Soleil	The farm manager
1964	The Black Indies	Silfax
1956	Nest of Spies	Professor Verdier

Year	TV Show	Role
1981	Sans famille	Gaspard
1980	La Fortune des Rougon	Pierre Rougon
1979	Le Jeune Homme vert	L'abbé Le Couec
1979	Mon ami Gaylord	grand-pa
1975	Cinéma 16	Le docteur Lavaronnière
1968	L'Homme du Picardie	Joseph Durtol
1966	Les Corsaires	François Louba