Marcel Bozzuffi

Marcel Bozzuffi (28 October 19291 February 1988) was a French film actor. Internationally, he appeared as a hitman in the Oscar-winning American film The French Connection. In 1963, he married French actress Françoise Fabian.

According to producer Philip D'Antoni, Bozzuffi began his career doing stunts in France and performed the difficult backwards fall down the elevated railway steps himself. He later became a director and supplied the dubbed voices for Charles Bronson and Paul Newman.

Selected filmography

1955: Caroline and the Rebels as Un Soldat (uncredited) 1955: Razzia sur la chnouf as Le Client au Révolver (uncredited) 1955: Blackmail as Un Accusé 1955: Gas-Oil as Pierrot Ragondin 1955: La Meilleure Part 1956: La Bande à papa as La Volaille 1956: The Wages of Sin 1956: Le Pays d'où je viens as Le chauffeur du camion 1957: Reproduction interdite as Bernard 1957: Le rouge est mis as Pierre 1957: Escapade as Raymond 1958: Le Sicilien as Pete 1959: Asphalte as Gino 1960: Le Caïd as Toni 1961: The Sahara Is Burning as Gomez 1961: Tintin and the Golden Fleece (Tintin et le Mystère de la Toison d'or) as Angorapoulos 1963: The Day and the Hour (Le jour et l'heure) as Inspector Lerat 1963: Maigret Sees Red as Torrence 1965: Heaven on One's Head (Le Ciel sur la tête) as Captain 1965: The Sleeping Car Murders (Compartiment tueurs) as Un Agent de Police (uncredited) 1966: The Upper Hand as Marque Mal 1966: Le deuxième souffle as Jo Ricci 1968: Béru et ces dames as Francis 1969: Life Love Death (La Vie, l'Amour, la Mort) as Le Commissaire Marchand 1969: Z as Vago 1969: L'Américain as Jacky 1969: Love Is a Funny Thing (Un homme qui me plaît) as Le mari de Françoise 1970: Le Temps des loups as Marco / Sidekick 1970: Vertige pour un tueur as Marc 1970: The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun as Manuel 1970: Crepa padrone, crepa tranquillo 1971: Comptes à rebours as Zampa 1971: The French Connection as Pierre "Frog Two" Nicoli 1971: Daisy Town as Lucky Luke (voice) 1972: Images as Rene 1972: Trois milliards sans ascenseur as Gus 1972: Black Turin (Torino nera) as Fridda 1973: Le Fils as Marcel / Gunman 1973: Les Hommes as Félix Vinciguerra 'Vinci' 1973: Chino (The Valdez Horses) as Maral 1974: Hold-Up, instantánea de una corrupción as Steve Duggins 1974: Caravan to Vaccarès as Czerda 1974: The Marseille Contract as Calmet 1974: Drama of the Rich (Fatti di gente perbene) as Augusto Stanzani 1975: Go Gorilla Go 1975: as Policeman Blot 1975: Hallucination Strip (Roma drogata: la polizia non può intervenire) as Il Commissario De Stefani 1976: Illustrious Corpses (Cadaveri eccellenti) as The Lazy 1976: Colt 38 Special Squad (Quelli della calibro 38) as Inspector Vanni 1976: Rome: The Other Side of Violence as Carli 1977: Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff as Joanno dit Le Capitaine 1977: Stunt Squad (La polizia è sconfitta) as Grifi 1977: March or Die as Lieutenant Fontaine 1977: L'uomo di Corleone 1978: Safari Rally (6000 km di paura) as Paul Stark 1979: The Passage as Perea 1979: Bloodline as Man In Black 1979: Il cappotto di Astrakan as Commissario Juvet 1980: Contraband (Luca il contrabbandiere) as Francois Jacois, The Marsigliese 1980: La Cage aux Folles II as Broca 1982: Identification of a Woman (Identificazione di una donna) as Mario 1983: Le Cercle des passions as Turiddu Zangara 1983: Afghanistan pourquoi? as Colonel Russe 1984: To Catch a King as Colonel da Cunha 1984: Asphalt Warriors (L'Arbalète) as Falco 1986: Adiós pequeña as Fidel Arteche 1986: L'ogre as Paul Calmet 1988: Savannah as Caplan 1988: Giallo alla regola as Colonel Catalini