Georges Wilson

French actor and director
Georges Wilson
Born
Georges Willson

(1921-10-16)16 October 1921
Champigny-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France
Died3 February 2010(2010-02-03) (aged 88)
Rambouillet, Yvelines, France
Other namesGeorge Wilson, Georges Wilson du T.N.P.
OccupationActor
Years active1946–2008
Known forTintin and the Golden Fleece
SpouseNicole Wilson
Children2; including Lambert

Georges Wilson (né Georges Willson, French: [ʒɔʁʒ wilsɔn]; 16 October 1921 – 3 February 2010)[1] was a French film and television actor. He was the father of French actor Lambert Wilson.

Biography

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

  • Martin Roumagnac (1946) – Un jeune homme dans le convoi funèbre (uncredited)
  • Skipper Next to God (1951) – Un passager juif (uncredited)
  • Open Letter (1953) – Un locataire
  • La môme vert-de-gris (1953) – Duncan aka Melander
  • The Red and the Black (1954) – M. Binet
  • Les Hussards (1955) – Le capitaine Georges
  • Bonjour Toubib (1957) – Timbarelle
  • The Green Mare (1959) – Jules Haudouin
  • Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960) – L'aumônier du Carmel
  • Le Farceur (1960) – Guillaume Berlon
  • Wasteland (1960) – His Honour J. Royer the juvenile judge
  • Le Caïd (1960) – Monsieur 'A'
  • Une aussi longue absence (1961) – Le clochard
  • The Fascist (1961) – Prof. Erminio Bonafé
  • Tintin and the Golden Fleece (1961) – Captain Haddock[3]
  • The Seven Deadly Sins (1962) – Valentin (segment "Gourmandise, La")
  • Disorder (1962) – Don Giuseppe
  • Leviathan (1962) – Husband
  • Carillons sans joie (1962) – Le père de Léa
  • Le Diable et les Dix Commandements (1962) – Marcel Messager (segment "Tes père et mère honoreras")
  • The Longest Day (1962) – Alexandre Renaud
  • The Four Days of Naples (1962) – Reformatory Director (uncredited)
  • Mandrin (1962) – Bélissard
  • Any Number Can Win (1963) – Walther (uncredited)
  • Sweet and Sour (1963) – Casimir
  • Chair de poule (1963) – Thomas
  • The Empty Canvas (1963) – Cecilia's Father
  • Faites sauter la banque! (1964) – L'agent cycliste / The policeman
  • Lucky Jo (1964) – Simon
  • Un monde nouveau (1966) – Le Patron
  • The Stranger (1967) – Examining Magistrate
  • More Than a Miracle (1967) – Jean-Jacques Bouché 'Monzu'
  • Beatrice Cenci (1969) – Francesco Cenci
  • Max et les Ferrailleurs (1971) – Le Commissaire
  • Blanche (1971) – The King
  • The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971) – Campoloni
  • La violenza: quinto potere (1972) – Crupi
  • Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) – Francesco
  • Il generale dorme in piedi (1972) – Gen. Botta
  • Sono stato io (1973)
  • The Three Musketeers (1973) – Treville
  • ...E di Saul e dei sicari sulle vie di Damasco (1973) – Shaùl
  • Chinese in Paris (1974) – Lefranc
  • Love at the Top (1974) – Lourceuil
  • The Slap (1974) – Pierre
  • The Peaceful Age (1975) – L'altro
  • The Brothers [de] (1977) – Dr. Rudolf Fachmin
  • The Apprentice Heel (1977) – Maître Chappardon / Monsieur Marcel / L'héritier ronchon / L'expert escroc
  • Tendre Poulet (1977) – Alexandre Mignonac
  • Ecco noi per esempio (1977) – Melano Melani
  • Les Ringards (1978) – CommissaireGarmiche
  • Lady Oscar (1979) – M. de Bouillé, French Guard General
  • Au bout du bout du banc (1979) – Eric Oppenheim
  • Le bar du téléphone (1980) – Léopold Kretzchman
  • Le cheval d'orgueil (1980) – Récitant / Narrator (voice)
  • Asphalte (1981) – Le professeur Kalendarian – un chirurgien débordé
  • Cserepek (1981)
  • Fruits of Passion (1981) – Le narrateur (voice)
  • Portrait of a Woman, Nude (1981) – Arch. Zanetto
  • A Captain's Honor (1982) – Le bâtonnier
  • Itinéraire bis (1983) – Charles
  • Tangos, the Exile of Gardel (1985) – Jean-Marie
  • Gandahar (1988) – Métamorphe (voice)
  • La Passion de Bernadette (1989) – Mgr Dupanloup
  • My Mother's Castle (1990) – Le comte colonel
  • La Tribu (1991) – Castaing
  • Mayrig (1991) – (uncredited)
  • Cache Cash (1994) – Louis
  • Marie de Nazareth (1995) – Récitant (voice)
  • Marquise (1997) – Floridor
  • Sentimental Destinies (2000) – Robert Barnery
  • Not Here to Be Loved (2005) – Le père de Jean-Claude
  • L'Ennemi public nº 1 (2008) – Henri Lelièvre (final film role)

References

  1. ^ "L'acteur et metteur en scène Georges Wilson est mort". Le Monde.fr (in French). 3 February 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  2. ^ The Left Anchor, Biography of Georges Wilson
  3. ^ Tintin and the Golden Fleece

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