Bernard Fresson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-05-27 (71 years old)

Deathday

2002-10-20

Place of Birth

Reims, Marne, France

Bernard Fresson

Biography

Bernard Fresson (27 May 1931- 20 October 2002) was a French cinema actor. He starred in over 160 films. Some of his notable roles include: Javert in the 1972 mini-series version of Les Misérables, Inspector Barthelmy in John Frankenheimer's French Connection II (1974), Scope in Roman Polanski's The Tenant (1976), Gilbert in Lover Boy (1978), and Francis in Garçon! (1983), for which he received a César nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernard Fresson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Acting

1974

1972

Hearth Fires

as Marc Champenois

2000

Without Family

as Padrone Garofoli

1971

Max and the Junkmen

as Abel Maresco

1969

Z

as Matt, friend of the Deputy, lawyer

1975

French Connection II

as Henri Barthélémy

1966

Is Paris Burning?

as F.F.I liaison officer

1966

1968

Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime

as Bernard Hannecart

1968

Farewell, Friend

as Inspecteur Antoine Méloutis

1959

Hiroshima Mon Amour

as German Lover

2000

Six-Pack

as Benetti

1998

Manège

as Saradel

1970

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

as Jean Eguivin, le camioneur

1976

The Tenant

as Scope

1998

Place Vendôme

as Vincent Malivert

1975

Cookies

as Émile, professional painter

1971

Too Small My Friend

as Philippe Algir

1967

Far from Vietnam

as Claude Ridder (segment "Claude Ridder")

1968

Zita

as Boniface

1995

1976

1982

Spy, Stand Up

as Henri Marchand

1975

Rain over Santiago

as un Ministre

1996

My Man

as Director of personnel

1988

Bonjour l'angoisse

as commissaire Maréchal

1968

Woman in Chains

as Gilbert Moreau

1965

The Big Swag

as Person in charge of the finance carriage

1961

1983

Waiter!

as Francis, head chef of the brasserie

2002

The Adversary

as Le père de Christine

1970

The Cop

as l'inspecteur Barnero

1976

1978

Autopsie d’un complot

as Jacques Serrano

1976

1987

Sweet Lies

as Mr. Leguard

1973

Where There's Smoke

as Dr. Peyrac

1991

Money

as Henry Landau

1993

L'Interdiction

as Judge Popinot

2000

Taking Wing

as Victor

1984

Rive droite, rive gauche

as "President" Pervillard

1988

No Harm Intended

as Doctor Serge Cohen

1976

Don't Bite, We Love You

as Georges, le père

2003

Jean Moulin, une affaire française

as Général Delestraint

1978

Little Girl in Blue Velvet

as Professeur Lherbier

1994

La Règle de l'homme

as Mehmet Pacha

1977

1965

Skies Above

as Laurent

1978

Lover Boy

as Gilbert

1971

Macédoine

as Roger Vincent

1985

Zielscheiben

as Fütterer

1985

L'Amour ou presque

as Pyromaniac

1961

1975

Le Futur aux trousses

as Sermeuze, the Boss

1979

1961

Sahara on Fire

as (uncredited)

1977

Le Dernier Baiser

as The husband

1991

Dingo

as Jacques Boulain

1984

Clash

as Be Schmuller

1962

The Longest Day

as French Commando (uncredited)

1967

Belle de Jour

as The Hail (uncredited)

1993

Germinal

as Victor Deneulin

1990

1981

Madame Claude 2

as Paul Barton

1973

Oh, Sun

as Friend

1977

To Each His Hell

as Bernard Girard

1985

La Dixième de Beethoven

as Ludwig Van Beethoven

1990

Équipe de nuit

as Schlossberg

1990

Sons

as Baker

1957

Sunday Buddies

as Un ouvrier à la cantine (uncredited)

1968

1986

L'Affaire Marie Besnard

as Maître Albert Gautrat

1990

No Time for Justice

as The Godfather

1961

Please, Not Now!

as Serge, le photographe

1969

The American

as Raymond

1976

Mado

as Julien, Simon's partner

1966

Triple Cross

as French Resistant Raymond

1980

Légitime défense

as Béchereau

1991

Quiproquos !

as Jean-Michel Ducharry

1967

1981

Le Guépiot

as Claude Chenot

2002

The Battle of Hernani

as Victor Hugo (old)

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