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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 16, 1921
Place of Birth:
Champigny-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France
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Georges Wilson
Biography
Georges Wilson (né Willson; 16 October 1921 – 3 February 2010) was a French actor and director of stage and screen. He was a significant figure in French theatre during the latter 20th-century, serving as director of the Theatre National Populaire from 1963 and 1972, while his film work earned him both BAFTA Award and Cesar Award nominations. He was also 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).
Georges Wilson died in Rambouillet in 2010, aged 88, from undisclosed causes.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Town that Dreaded Sundown | Older Farmer |
| 2008 | Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 | Henri Lelièvre |
| 2005 | Not Here to Be Loved | Père de Jean-Claude |
| 2000 | Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète | Self |
| 2000 | Sentimental Destinies | Robert Barnery |
| 1997 | Marquise | Floridor |
| 1997 | Viens jouer dans la cour des grands | Yves Louviers |
| 1995 | L'Affaire Dreyfus | De Boideffre |
| 1994 | Cache Cash | Louis Messignac, le grand-père d'Antoine |
| 1994 | The Eagle and the Horse | |
| 1993 | Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher | Frere Dominique |
| 1991 | The Tribe | Castaing |
| 1991 | Mother | (uncredited) |
| 1991 | L'Huissier | Saint-Pierre |
| 1990 | My Mother's Castle | Count Colonel |
| 1990 | The Passion of Bernadette | Bishop Dupanloup |
| 1987 | Gandahar | Métamorphe (voice) |
| 1986 | Sea Workers | reverend Jacquemin Hérode |
| 1985 | Tangos, the Exile of Gardel | Jean-Marie |
| 1984 | A Christmas Carol | Ghost of Christmas Present |
| 1983 | Side Roads | Charles |
| 1982 | A Captain's Honor | Bâtonnier |
| 1982 | St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea | Narrator (voice) |
| 1981 | Portrait of a Nude Woman | Arch. Zanetto |
| 1981 | Fruits of Passion | Narrator (voice) |
| 1981 | Asphalt | Professor Kalendarian |
| 1980 | The Telephone Bar | Léopold Kretzchman |
| 1979 | Lady Oscar | M. de Bouillé, French Guard General |
| 1979 | Make Room for Tomorrow | Eric Oppenheim |
| 1979 | Un habit pour l'hiver | The unknown |
| 1978 | The Small Timers | Commissaire Garmiche |
| 1978 | Dear Inspector | Alexandre Mignonac |
| 1977 | Here We for Example... | Melano Melani |
| 1975 | Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir | Judge Douglas |
| 1974 | Love at the Top | Lourceuil |
| 1974 | The Slap | Pierre |
| 1974 | Il generale dorme in piedi | Gen. Botta |
| 1974 | Sulle vie di Damasco | Shaul di Tarshis |
| 1974 | Chinese In Paris | Lefranc |
| 1973 | The Three Musketeers | Treville |
| 1973 | It Was I | Public minister |
| 1972 | Don't Torture a Duckling | Francesco |
| 1972 | Blanche | The King |
| 1972 | The Sicilian Checkmate | Crupi |
| 1971 | Max and the Junkmen | Commissioner |
| 1971 | The Case Is Closed, Forget It | Campoloni |
| 1971 | Sous le soleil de Satan | Le marquis de Cadignan |
| 1970 | La Mort de Danton | Georges-Jacques Danton |
| 1969 | The Conspiracy of Torture | Francesco Cenci |
| 1967 | The Stranger | Examining Magistrate |
| 1967 | More Than a Miracle | Jean-Jacques Bouché |
| 1966 | A Young World | Le Patron |
| 1965 | Merlusse | Merlusse |
| 1964 | Lucky Jo | Simon Archambault |
| 1964 | Let's Rob the Bank | Cyclist Police Officer |
| 1963 | The Empty Canvas | Cecilia's Father |
| 1963 | Highway Pick-Up | Thomas |
| 1963 | Sweet and Sour | Casimir |
| 1963 | Any Number Can Win | Walther (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Devil and the Ten Commandments | Marcel Messager |
| 1962 | La Gourmandise | Valentin |
| 1962 | The Seven Deadly Sins | Valentin (segment "La gourmandise") |
| 1962 | Mandrin | Bélissard |
| 1962 | Bells Without Joy | Léa's father |
| 1962 | Dark Journey | Monsieur Grosgeoges |
| 1962 | Disorder | Don Giuseppe |
| 1962 | The Four Days of Naples | Direttore del riformatorio |
| 1962 | The Longest Day | Alexandre Renaud |
| 1961 | Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece | Captain Haddock |
| 1961 | The Fascist | Professor Erminio Bonafé |
| 1961 | The Joker | Guillaume Berlon |
| 1961 | The Long Absence | le clochard |
| 1960 | Wasteland | Maître J.Royer |
| 1960 | The Boss | Monsieur 'A' |
| 1960 | The Dialogue of the Carmelites | Chaplain of Carmel |
| 1959 | The Green Mare | Jules Haudouin |
| 1957 | Hi Doc | Timbarelle |
| 1956 | Le Théâtre National Populaire | Self |
| 1955 | The Hussars | le capitaine Georges |
| 1954 | Le Rouge et le Noir | Mr. Binet (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Lettre ouverte | A tenant |
| 1953 | Poison Ivy | Duncan aka Melander |
| 1951 | Skipper Next to God | A Jewish passenger (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Martin Roumagnac | Un jeune homme dans le convoi funèbre (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Dolmen | Arthus de Kersaint |
| 1992 | Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World II | Australia, Indonesia and the Danube | Narrator (voice) |
| 1985 | Quo Vadis? | Pedanio |
| 1982 | The Charterhouse of Parma | Prince Ernesto IV |
| 1979 | La Lumière des justes | Michel Ozareff, le père de Nicolas |
| 1978 | Madame le Juge | le Dr Noë |
| 1975 | Midi Première | Self |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self |
| 1974 | Il giovane Garibaldi | Beauregard |