Gérard Blain (23 October 1930 – 17 December 2000) was a French actor and film director.
Blain appeared in sixty films between 1944 and 2000. He also directed nine films between 1971 and 2000. In 1971, he won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival for his film The Friends. Blain married three times, including briefly to Bernadette Lafont.
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Known For
Hatari!
(1962)
Charles 'Chips' Maurey
The American Friend
(1977)
Raoul Minot
Children of Paradise
(1945)
(non crédité)
La Flambeuse
(1981)
Henri
Le beau Serge
(1958)
Serge
The Dolphins
(1960)
Anselmo Foresi
The Cousins
(1959)
Charles
Full Filmography
Acting
Le bal des passants
(1944)
(uncredited)
Children of Chaos
(1944)
(uncredited)
Children of Paradise
(1945)
(non crédité)
Son of France
(1946)
Wild Fruit
(1954)
(uncredited)
Deadlier Than the Male
(1956)
Gérard Delacroix
Crime and Punishment
(1956)
Jean Fargeot
The Mischief Makers
(1957)
Gérard
Sexpot
(1957)
Olivier Jourdans
Le beau Serge
(1958)
Serge
Charlotte and Her Boyfriend
(1958)
The New Boyfriend (uncredited)
Young Husbands
(1958)
Marcello
The Cousins
(1959)
Charles
Match contre la mort
(1959)
The Dolphins
(1960)
Anselmo Foresi
Run with the Devil
(1960)
Stefano
The Hunchback
(1960)
Alvaro Cosenza
Gold of Rome
(1961)
Davide
Skin and Bones
(1961)
Mazur
Hatari!
(1962)
Charles 'Chips' Maurey
The Virgins
(1963)
Xavier de Brétevielle
The Eye of the Needle
(1963)
Toto Cacace
Lo sgarro
(1963)
Paolo
Chicken Soup
(1963)
Claudio
Amori pericolosi
(1964)
The orderly (segment "Il generale")
How to Make a French Dish
(1964)
The painter
Via Veneto
(1964)
Un amore
(1965)
Il cugino
M.M.M. 83
(1966)
Robert Gibson
La Musica
(1967)
Shock Troops
(1967)
Thomas
Negresco
(1968)
Roger
Joe Caligula: Tallow for the Old Men
(1969)
Joë Caligula
Paolo e Francesca
(1971)
Giovanni Malatrasi
Le Pélican
(1974)
Paul Boyer
The American Friend
(1977)
Raoul Minot
La Machine
(1977)
Le journaliste
Utopia
(1979)
Gérard
La Flambeuse
(1981)
Henri
Un dimanche de flics
(1983)
Emilio
Un moment d'inattention
(1986)
The father
Angel Dust
(1987)
Broz
Winter's Child
(1989)
Stephane's father
Natalia
(1989)
Claude Roitman
Jour après jour
(1989)
Richard Lunet
Chasse gardée
(1993)
Pierre Bufières
Jusqu'au bout de la nuit
(1995)
François
Bandits d'amour
(2001)
The priest
Il falso bugiardo
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
Directing
The Friends
(1971)
Director
Le Pélican
(1974)
Director
A Child in the Crowd
(1976)
Director
Un Second Souffle
(1978)
Director
The Rebel
(1980)
Director
Michel Tournier
(1983)
Director
Pierre and Djemila
(1987)
Director
La Fortune de Gaspard
(1993)
Director
Jusqu'au bout de la nuit
(1995)
Director
Ainsi soit-il
(2000)
Director
Writing
The Friends
(1971)
Writer
Le Pélican
(1974)
Writer
A Child in the Crowd
(1976)
Writer
Un Second Souffle
(1978)
Writer
The Rebel
(1980)
Writer
Pierre and Djemila
(1987)
Writer
La Fortune de Gaspard
(1993)
Writer
Jusqu'au bout de la nuit
(1995)
Writer
Ainsi soit-il
(2000)
Writer
Production