Marc Michel

For the French poet, see Marc-Michel.
Marc Michel
BornFebruary 10, 1929
Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
Died3 November 2016 (aged 87)
Eure-et-Loir, France
OccupationActor
Years active1955-2016

Marc Michel (February 10, 1929 – 3 November 2016) was a French-Swiss actor.[1] He appeared in more than fifty films.[2]

He is best known for his roles in three seminal French films of the 1960s: Jacques Becker's Le Trou (1960), and two films by Jacques Demy: Lola (1961) and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964). In both Demy films, he played the same role, Roland Cassard, a lovesick writer and jeweler.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1955 Sophie et le crime Uncredited
Les premiers outrages Le jeune marié
1960 The Hole Claude Gaspard
1961 Lola Roland Cassard Main male protagonist
1963 Blague dans le coin Bob, l'électricien
1964 La ragazza di Bube Stefano
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Roland Cassard Supporting role
El señor de La Salle Andrés
1965 Samba Paulo
Six Days a Week Arturo Santini
Su e giù Baldovino Uberti (segment " Il Colpo Del Leone")
1967 Five Ashore in Singapore Captain Kevin Gray
1968 Captain Singrid Vignal
1969 The Pleasure Pit Marss
1970 Le coeur fou L'acteur
1973 Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu Jean-Paul Leroy
1974 Les divorcés L'amant de Jacqueline
1977 The French Woman Hugo
1983 Un dimanche de flic Charlie
1998 Sucre amer Nolivos
2001 Papa je crack
2004 1802, l'épopée guadeloupéenne
2004 Cracking Up Frank Cardonat
2011 Tout est encore possible president Basto
2012 Summer in Provence Tom Washington

References

  1. ^ "Marc Michel". unifrance.org. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Marc Michel ("Les Parapluies de Cherbourg") est mort". parismatch.com (in French). Retrieved 5 November 2016.


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