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. 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: de (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