Christian Barbier

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.

Filmography Films

1956: Alerte au deuxième bureau (Jean Stelli) - Le professeur Verdier 1964: Lucky Jo (Michel Deville) - Le commissaire Odile 1964: Weekend at Dunkirk (Henri Verneuil) - Paul 1964: Marie Soleil (Antoine Bourseiller) - Le directeur de l'exploitation agricole 1965: La Vie de château (Jean-Paul Rappeneau) - French Colonel (uncredited) 1966: Maigret à Pigalle (Mario Landi) - Torrence 1966: Trans-Europ-Express (Alain Robbe-Grillet) - Lorentz 1966: L'Homme qui osa (The Man Who Dared) (Jean Delire) 1967: La Loi du survivant (Law of Survival) (José Giovanni) 1967: Lamiel (Jean Aurel) - Vidocq 1967: (The Man Who Was Worth Millions) (Michel Boisrond) - Carl 1968: L'Homme à la Buick (The Man in the Buick) (Gilles Grangier) - Maxime 1968: Le Franciscain de Bourges (Claude Autant-Lara) - L'abbé Barret 1969: La désirade (Alain Cuniot) - Motorist 1969: Army of Shadows (Jean-Pierre Melville) - Guillaume Vermersch (“Le Bison”) 1969: L'Hiver (Winter ) (Marcel Hanoun) - Producer 1969: Target: Harry (Roger Corman) - Sulley Boulez 1970: The Horse (Pierre Granier-Deferre) - Léon 1970: Peace in the Fields (Jacques Boigelot) - Stanne Vanasche 1970: Les Jambes en l'air (Jean Dewever) - Marcel 1972: Les Tueurs fous (The Lonely Killers) (Boris Szulzinger) - Worker 1972: La chambre rouge (Jean-Pierre Berckmans) - René Noris 1973: The Hostage Gang (Édouard Molinaro) - Brigadier 1973: Les Granges brûlées (The Burned Barns) (Jean Chapot) - Gendarme 1973: L'Affaire Crazy Capo (Patrick Jamain) 1975: Only the Wind Knows the Answer 1977: Jambon d'Ardenne (Benoît Lamy) - Entrepreneur 1977: L'Homme pressé (Man in a Hurry) (Édouard Molinaro) - Cardiologist 1980: Trois hommes à abattre (Three Wanted Men) (Jacques Deray) - Liethard 1982: Hiver 60 (Thierry Michel) - André's father 1983: Le Voyage d'hiver (Marian Handwerker) - Corbin 1984: Julien Fontanes, magistrat (Daniel Moosmann) (TV Series) - Jeff Stenay 1985: Brigade des mœurs (Max Pécas) - Robert Capes 1986: Suivez mon regard (Jean Curtelin) 1988: La Maison assassinée (Georges Lautner) - Brigue 1991: L'Année de l'éveil (Gérard Corbiau) - Colonel 1993: Mayrig (Henri Verneuil) - Father Pignon 1994: Éternelles (Erick Zonca) (Short) - Father 1997: The Bet (Didier Bourdon and Bernard Campan) 2001: Une belle journée (A Beautiful Day) (Frédérique Dolphyn) (Short) - Jean 2002: Les Sabots de Vénus