French actor (1931–2020)
Michael Lonsdale
Lonsdale in 2013
Born Michael Edward Lonsdale-Crouch
[1] [2] (1931-05-24 ) 24 May 1931Paris, France
Died 21 September 2020(2020-09-21) (aged 89)Paris, France
Other names Michel Lonsdale Occupation Actor Years active 1955–2016[3]
Michael Edward Lonsdale Crouch [1] (24 May 1931 – 21 September 2020), commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes as Michel Lonsdale , was a French actor and author who appeared in over 180 films and television shows.[4] He is best known in the English-speaking world for his roles as the villain Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker ,[5] the detective Claude Lebel in The Day of the Jackal , The Abbot in The Name of the Rose and Dupont d'Ivry in The Remains of the Day .
Early life and education [ edit ] Lonsdale was born in Paris, the natural son of British Army officer Edward Lonsdale Crouch and Simone Calderon (née Béraud).[6] [1] He was brought up initially on the island of Jersey ,[7] then in London from 1935, and later, during the Second World War, in Casablanca , Morocco.[8]
He returned to Paris to study painting in 1947, but was drawn into the world of acting instead, first appearing on stage at the age of 24.[8] [9] Lonsdale was bilingual, and appeared in both English-language and French-language productions. He appeared in a starring role with Roger Moore in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker .[10] and with Sean Connery , in the 1986 film The Name of the Rose . He would later appear in Munich , a film that also starred another Bond, Daniel Craig .
In February 2011, he won a César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Of Gods and Men .[4]
Lonsdale was also the author of ten books.[4]
Personal life and death [ edit ] A practising Roman Catholic , he was close to the Emmanuel Community .
In his 2016 memoir Le Dictionnaire de Ma Vie , Lonsdale revealed he had fallen for Delphine Seyrig , having met her as a student in Tania Balachova 's acting classes at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in 1947. He wrote that "it was her or nothing", which was why he never married.[11]
Lonsdale died in Paris on 21 September 2020, aged 89.[12] [4]
Filmography [ edit ] Year Title Role Notes Ref(s) 1956 It Happened in Aden Sinclair 1960 La main chaude Nobert [13] Les portes claquent Georges Hortegrenave 1962 Adorable Liar Albert [13] Le Crime ne paie pas L'employé de la morgue (segment "L'homme de l'avenue"), Uncredited La dénonciation Mercier [13] Snobs! Charles Dufaut [13] The Trial Priest [14] 1964 Behold a Pale Horse Reporter [13] Jealous as a Tiger L'automobiliste qui grimace [13] 1965 Les copains Lamenbin [13] Je vous salue, mafia! Hyman [13] 1966 Your Money or Your Life Le conférencier au club des timides [13] Is Paris Burning? Debu-Bridel Uncredited [15] Judoka-Secret Agent Thomas Perkins Le fer à repasser 1967 Les compagnons de la marguerite Lastac / Lataque, expert en écritures / La voix du juge d'instruction [13] L'authentique procès de Carl-Emmanuel Jung Un avocat [13] 1968 L'homme à la Buick L'inspecteur / The inspector [13] The Bride Wore Black René Morane [14] Stolen Kisses Georges Tabard [14] La grande lessive! Delaroche [13] 1969 Hibernatus Professor Edouard Lauriebat [13] Détruire, dit-elle Stein [14] L'hiver Julien & Marc [13] 1970 L'étalon Both [13] Le revolver et la rose Philippe de la Tour / Dimitri Korkesky 1971 Le printemps L'homme qui fuit [13] Le Souffle au cœur Father Henri [14] Les assassins de l'ordre Inspector Bertrand [13] Out 1 Thomas [14] Papa les petits bateaux... Hippolyte [13] Jaune le soleil Un juif [13] 1972 The Old Maid Monod [13] Il était une fois un flic... Le commissaire Lucas [13] Chut! Sergel [13] L'automne Julien, le réalisateur [13] Out 1: Spectre Thomas [13] 1973 The Day of the Jackal Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel [14] La fille au violoncelle Philippe Lariel [13] Les grands sentiments font les bons gueuletons Stéphane [13] 1974 Successive Slidings of Pleasure The Judge [14] La grande Paulette Paul Stavisky Docteur Mézy By Alain Resnais [14] La vérité sur l'imaginaire passion d'un inconnu Le reporter TV / Ponce Pilate [13] Une baleine qui avait mal aux dents Le peintre [13] Caravan to Vaccares Duc de Croyter [13] The Phantom of Liberty Le chapelier / Hatter [14] Un linceul n'a pas de poches Raymond [13] The Suspects Le juge Souftries [13] 1975 Serious as Pleasure L'inspecteur Fournier / Inspector Fournier [13] Galileo Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII [14] Aloïse The second doctor [13] Section spéciale Le ministre de l'intérieur Pierre Pucheu [13] La traque David Sutter [13] The Romantic Englishwoman Swan [14] India Song Le vice-consul de Lahore [14] Folle à tuer Stéphane Mostri [13] Le téléphone rose Morrison [13] Ne 1976 Scrambled Eggs Le Président de la République [13] Mr. Klein Pierre [14] Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert Récitant Voice [13] Bartleby L'huissier [13] L'Eden Palace Raoul 1977 Le diable dans la boîte Georges Aubert [13] L'adieu nu Boris / The visitor The Accuser Abéraud [13] The Left-Handed Woman Kellner [13] Aurais dû faire gaffe... le choc est terrible Une sale histoire Documentray [14] Jacques Prévert Himself 1979 The Passage Alain Renoudot [13] Moonraker Hugo Drax [14] Ève avait l'éclat métallique de l'été 1980 Seuls Le peintre [13] Ella, une vraie famille Le comédien studio d'enregistrement 1981 The Bunker Martin Bormann TV movie [13] Chariots of Fire Garth Jones [13] Les jeux de la Comtesse Dolingen de Gratz Bertrand Haines-Pearson [13] Seuls Ludovic 1982 Le rose et le blanc Léon Sweet Inquest on Violence Ash, le financier [13] Chronopolis Narrator Voice Mora As writer Enigma Bodley 1983 Eréndira Senator Onésimo Sanchez [16] Une jeunesse Bejardy [13] 1984 The Judge Le Docteur [13] Le Bon Roi Dagobert Saint Eloi [13] Les Boulugres Le Roi Voice 1985 The Holcroft Covenant Ernst Manfredi [14] L'éveillé du Pont de l'Alma Antoine [13] Billy Ze Kick Commissaire Bellanger [13] 1986 Canevas la ville Voice The Name of the Rose The Abbot [14] 1987 The Madonna Man [de ] Tanzmann [13] L'enfant et le président Le président 1988 Niezwykla podróz Baltazara Kobera Le maître [14] 1989 Souvenir Xavier Lorion L'homme de terre Narrator Voice Cela s'appelle l'amour Himself 1991 My Life Is Hell Gabriel By Josiane Balasko [13] 1993 Woyzeck Le capitaine L'ordre du jour Stark [13] The Remains of the Day Dupont D'Ivry [14] 1995 Jefferson in Paris Louis XVI [14] Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud Dolabella [13] 1996 The Human Plant (La Plante humaine) Michel 1997 Mauvais genre Honoré de Balzac 1998 Don Juan Don Luis [13] Let There Be Light / Que la lumière soit Monseigneur Loublié By Arthur Joffé [13] Ronin Jean-Pierre [17] 1999 A Monkey's Tale Master Martin Voice 2000 Les Acteurs Man in the street By Bertrand Blier Ceux d'en face Mikaël [13] 2003 The Mystery of the Yellow Room Stangerson [13] Kaena: The Prophecy Opaz Voice, French version Adieu Serge [13] Le Furet Don Salvadore [13] 2004 L'empreinte Romain Dessouches Strange Crime David [13] 5x2 Bernard By François Ozon [13] 2005 Les invisibles Le gardien [13] Bye Bye Blackbird Robert The Perfume of the Lady in Black Le professeur Stangerson [13] Good Girl Jean [13] Selon Rachel Munich Papa [17] 2006 Il sera une fois... Le vieux monsieur [13] Goya's Ghosts Father Gregorio [14] 2007 Heartbeat Detector (La Question Humaine ) Mathias Jüst [14] To Each His Own Cinema The old blind man (segment "Le Don") [13] The Last Mistress Le vicomte de Prony [16] Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure Bartleby Voice 2009 Agora Theon [14] Je vais te manquer Max Park Benches The Client doormat [13] 2010 Of Gods and Men Luc César Award for Best Supporting Actor Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor [14] Hitler à Hollywood Himself [13] 2011 Titeuf Le psy Voice Les hommes libres Le recteur Si Kaddour Ben Ghabrit [14] The Cardboard Village Il vecchio prete [13] 2012 Gebo et l'Ombre Gebo By Manoel de Oliveira [14] 2013 Le renard jaune Jean Virno [13] 2014 Rosenn Voice Maestro Cédric Rovère [13] 2015 Les filles au Moyen Âge Daniel [13] 2016 The First, the Last Jean-Berchmans [13] Sculpt (final film role) [18]
Television [ edit ] Video games [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ a b c Mes Étoiles: les rencontres qui ont éclairé mon chemin, Michael Lonsdale and Patrick Scheyder, Bayard, 2018 ^ "Michael Lonsdale et Jeanne-Marie Conquer" . Maison internationale des Poètes et des Écrivains de Saint-Malo . Retrieved 17 July 2016 . ^ Rédaction, La; le 21/09/20 17:00, Mis à jour. "Mort de Michael Lonsdale : retour sur ses plus grands rôles" . linternaute.com (in French). Retrieved 21 September 2020 . {{cite web }}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link ) ^ a b c d "Michael Lonsdale, icône du cinéma et du théâtre, est mort" . L'Obs (in French). 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020 . ^ Canby, Vincent (29 June 1979). "Moonraker (1979) MOONRAKER" . The New York Times . ^ Qui est qui en France, Jacques Lafitte, 2008, p. 1433 ^ "Michael Lonsdale – Bond villain in Moonraker – dies, aged 89" . Radio Times . Retrieved 21 September 2020 . ^ a b Goodman, Lanie (3 December 2010). "A gentle screen giant subtly shines" . The Wall Street Journal . ^ "Les Inrocks - Michael Lonsdale" (in French). Retrieved 28 September 2013 . ^ Allen Kim (21 September 2020). "Michael Lonsdale, actor who played Bond villain in 'Moonraker,' dies at 87" . CNN . Retrieved 23 September 2020 . ^ "Michael Lonsdale obituary" . The Guardian . 22 September 2020. ^ "Michael Lonsdale, Bond Villain in 'Moonraker,' Dies at 89 | Hollywood Reporter" . www.hollywoodreporter.com . 21 September 2020. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca "Michael Lonsdale – Actor" . mubi.com . Retrieved 22 September 2020 . ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa "Michael Lonsdale obituary" . the Guardian . 22 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020 . ^ a b Pulver, Andrew (21 September 2020). "Michael Lonsdale, Bond villain Hugo Drax in Moonraker, dies aged 89" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 22 September 2020 . ^ a b "Michael Lonsdale movie reviews & film summaries | Roger Ebert" . rogerebert.com . Retrieved 22 September 2020 . ^ a b "Bond villain actor Michael Lonsdale dies aged 89" . BBC News . 21 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020 . ^ Allen Kim (21 September 2020). "Michael Lonsdale, actor who played Bond villain in 'Moonraker,' dies at 87" . CNN . Retrieved 22 September 2020 . ^ "Michael Lonsdale obituary: French actor dies at 89" . Legacy.com . 22 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020 . External links [ edit ]
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