Marc Porel

Marc Michel Marrier de Lagatinerie (3 January 1949 – 15 August 1983), known professionally as Marc Porel, was a Swiss-born French film actor. He appeared in 40 films between 1967 and 1983.

Life and career Porel was born in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1949. He was the son of Jacqueline Porel (1918–2012), a French actress and granddaughter of Gabrielle Réjane, and Gérard Landry, an Argentine-born actor.

He made his film debut at age 18 in Costa-Gavras' Shock Troops. This was followed by major roles in The Sicilian Clan (1969) and La Horse (1970), both starring Jean Gabin. In 1970, he appeared in Georges Lautner's The Road to Salina. He was a leading man in Édouard Molinaro's The Most Gentle Confessions and Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide (both 1971).

Beginning with the Lucio Fulci's 1972 giallo Don't Torture a Duckling, Porel worked primarily in Italian films. He had supporting roles in two films directed by Luchino Visconti: Ludwig (1973) and his final film The Innocent (1976). That same year, he was the lead in a poliziottesco film, Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man, in which he played one half of a buddy cop duo with Ray Lovelock. One of his last acting roles was in Il Marchese del Grillo (1981), an Alberto Sordi period comedy.

Personal life Porel had three half siblings, one from an affair his mother had with the singer Henri Salvador : his brother Jean-Marie Périer, and two from her marriage to actor François Périer : his brother Jean-Pierre and sister Anne-Marie.

He was married twice, first to French model Bénédicte Lacoste, with whom he had a daughter. They divorced, and he remarried to Italian actress Barbara Magnolfi. In the early 1970s, he was in a romantic relationship with Nathalie Delon.

Death Following the death of his half-brother Jean-Pierre, Porel became increasingly relient on heroin. He died of an overdose in Casablanca on 15 August 1983. He is buried at Passy Cemetery in Paris with his family.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Director Notes1967 Shock Troops Octave Costa-Gavras Des garçons et des filles Pierre Étienne Périer 1969 Olivier Paul Feyder The Sicilian Clan Sergio Manalese Henri Verneuil 1970 La Horse Henri Pierre Granier-Deferre Last Leap Le danseur arrêté Édouard Luntz Road to Salina Rocky Georges Lautner Tumuc Humac Marc Jean-Marie Périer 1971 The Most Gentle Confessions Jean Dubreuil Édouard Molinaro Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide Gilles Lantier Jacques Deray 1972 Don't Torture a Duckling Don Alberto Avallone Lucio Fulci 1973 Ludwig Richard Hornig Luchino Visconti Un officier de police sans importance Camille Jean Larriaga Also screenwriter Tony Arzenta Domenico Maggio Duccio Tessari 1974 Virilità Roberto Paolo Cavara Alain Nipoti miei diletti Marco Franco Rossetti 1975 Loaded Guns Manuel Fernando Di Leo 1976 Soldier of Fortune Duke of Namur Pasquale Festa Campanile Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man Fred Ruggero Deodato The Innocent Filippo d'Arborio Luchino Visconti 1977 Sette note in nero Luca Fattori Lucio Fulci A Spiral of Mist Fabrizio Sangermano Eriprando Visconti Quand la ville s'éveille Alex Ridzi Pierre Grasset Difficile morire Umberto Silva 1978 Blazing Flowers Pino Scalise Porci con la P 38 Morris Gianfranco Pagani Filippo Andrei / Gianni Nardi Enzo Milioni 1979 L'albero della maldicenza Mario Giacinto Bonacquisti 1980 Je vais craquer Christian François Leterrier La pagella Vincenzo Saliani Ninì Grassia 1981 La disubbidienza Alfio Aldo Lado Il Marchese del Grillo Blanchard Mario Monicelli 1983 Delitto carnale Max Cesare Canevari

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