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Gérard Blain

Highest Rated: 100% Handsome Serge (1958)

Lowest Rated: 65% Hatari! (1962)

Birthday: Oct 23, 1930

Birthplace: Paris, France

A boyish-looking lead of two early Claude Chabrol classics, "Le Beau Serge" (1958) and "Les Cousins" (1959), Gerard Blain made a credible transition to writing and directing in the early 1970s. As a youth, he first appeared in films as an extra in Marcel Carne's classic "Les enfants du paradis/The Children of the Paradise" (1943) as well as in stage productions. After serving in a parachute regiment in the French army, Blain started his acting career in earnest in the mid-50s. The two Chabrol films established him: "Le Beau Serge/Handsome Serge" found him cast as Jean-Claude Brialy's drastically-changed school chum while in "Les Cousins/Cousins" he was Brialy's country relation. The actor went on to appear in several Italian-French co-productions, including "Il Gobbo," "I Delfini" and "Via Margutta" (all 1960), before extending his international presence as John Wayne's sidekick in the English-language "Hatari!" (1962). Blain settled back into French filmmaking in 1964 with "La Bonne Soupe/Careless Love."

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100% 76% Handsome Serge
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94% 81% The Cousins
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88% 80% The American Friend
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65% 76% Hatari!
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The Rebel
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Joe Caligula
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M.M.M. 83
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La Bonne Soupe
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Gold of Rome
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Deadlier Than the Male
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Gérard Blain

Gérard Blain LE BEAU SERGE, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michele Meritz, Gerard Blain, 1958 LE BEAU SERGE, Gerard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, 1958 LE BEAU SERGE, from left: Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont, Gerard Blain, 1958 THE COUSINS, (aka LES COUSINS), Jean-Claude Brialy, Gerard Blain, 1959 THE COUSINS, (aka LES COUSINS), Gerard Blain, Juliette Mayniel, 1959 LES COUSINS, (aka THE COUSINS), Juliette Mayniel, Gerard Blain, 1959. HATARI!, Michele Girardon, Gerard Blain, Bruce Cabot, Elsa Martinelli, John Wayne, Hardy Kruger, 1962 THE AMERICAN FRIEND, Bruno Ganz, Gerard Blain, 1977 LE BEAU SERGE, (aka HANDSOME SERGE), Gerard Blain, 1958. View more photos

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Bandits d'amour 2001 The Priest Actor Jusqu'au bout de la nuit 1995 François Actor, Director, Screenwriter Angel Dust 1987 Broz Actor Pierre et Djemila 1987 Director, Screenwriter The Rebel 1980 Director, Screenwriter La Flambeuse 1980 Actor Un second souffle 1978 Director, Screenwriter The American Friend 88% 80% 1977 Raoul Minot Actor A Child in the Crowd 1976 Director, Screenwriter The Pelican 1974 Paul Boyer Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Producer The Friends 1971 Director, Screenwriter My Bed Is Not for Sleeping 1967 Roger Actor Un homme de trop 1967 Thomas Actor Joe Caligula 1966 Joë Caligula Actor M.M.M. 83 1965 Robert Gibson Actor La Bonne Soupe 1964 Painter Actor Les vierges 1963 Xavier de Brétevielle Actor The Eye of the Needle 1963 Toto Cacace Actor Hatari! 65% 76% 1962 Charles "Chips" Maurey Actor Gold of Rome 1961 Davide Actor Charlotte and Her Boyfriend 53% 1960 l'ami de Charlotte qui attend dans la voiture Actor Via Margutta 1960 Actor The Cousins 94% 81% 1959 Charles Actor Handsome Serge 100% 76% 1958 Serge Actor The Mischief Makers 1957 Actor
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