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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-06-08

Place of Birth

Malicorne-sur-Sarthe, Sarthe, France

Maurice Barrier

Biography

Maurice Barrier (8 June 1932 – 12 April 2020) was a French actor and singer. Barrier was the son of a cabinetmaker, and had his first job working in his father's workshop. While in Rennes at age 28, he met several resident actors at the Théâtre National de Bretagne and made his stage debut in Caligula, written by Albert Camus. His first major role on television was in the film The Taking of Power by Louis XIV. His other major films included The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, Two Men in Town, Black and White in Color, Coup de tête, and Flic Story. He played alongside several actors, such as Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu, and Gérard Jugnot. Barrier was married to the actress Hélène Manesse. The pair resided in Montréal, France from 1962 until Maurice's death on 12 April 2020 in Montbard at the age of 87 due to COVID-19. Source: Article "Maurice Barrier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

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Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées

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Vivement dimanche

Vivement dimanche

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The Gypsy

The Gypsy

Two thieves, Hugo Sennart and Yan Kuq, wanted by the same police inspector, cross paths by chance.

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The Gang

The Gang

In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the front-wheel drive gang". The police attempt to stop their crime spree with little success, but how long will their luck last?

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The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

A hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.

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Louis la Brocante

Louis la Brocante

Louis Roman is a secondhand goods broker in the Lyon region of France. He provides assistance to people and acts as a private investigator in cases involving suspected relatives or clients.

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Catherine Courage

Catherine Courage

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La Valise en carton

La Valise en carton

From her childhood in Alentejo to her career as a singer, Linda de Suza recounts her life, in a Portugal marked by the Salazar dictatorship, with her family and in particular her mother, before fleeing to France as an adult.

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Des grives aux loups

Des grives aux loups

The joys and sorrows of a farming family from Corrèze who lived in the village of Saint-Libéral-sur-Diamond from late 1899 through the 1950s, chronicling, among other things, the arrival of modernity (the railroad, electricity) and the wars.

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Les Chevaux du soleil

Les Chevaux du soleil

Adapted from Jules Roy's historical novel of the French presence in North Africa, the TV series follows the destiny of two families, the Bouychous and the Parises, from the conquest of Algiers in 1830 to the Independence in 1962.

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Scout Toujours

Scout Toujours

France, 1965 - An aging mamma's boy becomes the replacement leader of a rowdy group of teenage boy scouts who make his life miserable.

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Paul Gauguin

Paul Gauguin

The life of famous painter Paul Gauguin.

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David Lansky

David Lansky

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Hothead

Hothead

François, a miserable football player, becomes a town hero after bringing victory in an extremely important game. He uses his fame for revenge on the team star for the previous mockeries.

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