George Rigaud

Pedro Jorge Rigato Delissetche (11 August 1905 – 17 January 1984) was an Argentine-French actor with an international film career. He appeared in nearly 200 films and television programs between 1932 and 1981, working at various times in France, Spain, Italy, and the United States. He was usually credited as George Rigaud or Georges Rigaud.

Death Rigaud died at the age of 78 in Leganés on 17 January 1984, of injuries sustained in a road accident.

Legacy A Spanish documentary about Rigaud's life, Osario Norte, los últimos días de San Valentín, was released in 2024.

In 2025, the Leganés city council placed a plaque on Cádiz Street, where Rigaud died.

Selected filmography

Under the Leather Helmet (1932) Fantômas (1932) Beauty Spot (1932) The Regiment's Champion (1932) Bastille Day (1933) Idylle au Caire (1933) The Orderly (1933) A Love Story (1933) Divine (1935) Nitchevo (1936) Charley's Aunt (1936) Parisian Life (1936) Nuits de feu (1937) Sarati the Terrible (1937) Wells in Flames (1937) Final Accord (1938) The Postmaster's Daughter (1938) There's No Tomorrow (1939) Facing Destiny (1940) Abandonment (1940) Three Argentines in Montmartre (1941) Paris Underground (1945) I Walk Alone (1948) The Trap (1949) Native Son (1951) They Fired with Their Lives (1951) Mi calle (1960) The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) The Happy Thieves (1961) as Spanish Police Inspector The Secret of the Black Widow (1963) The Black Tulip (1964) Brandy (1964) That Man in Istanbul (1965) The Hell of Manitoba (1965) Black Box Affair (1966) Special Code: Assignment Lost Formula (1966) Savage Pampas (1966) Honeymoon, Italian Style (1966) Grand Slam (1967) It's Your Move (1968) Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) One on Top of the Other (1969) Marta (1971) A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971) Death Walks on High Heels (1971) Horror Express (1972) All the Colors of the Dark (1972) Knife of Ice (1972) His Name Was Holy Ghost (1972) The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972) Eyeball (1975) Timm Thaler (1979, TV series) Maravillas (1981)