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Aliases: G. Barray , Gerard Barray , Жерар Баррэ , Gérard Marcel Louis Baraillé

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France

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Movie Involvements: 23

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

Biography

Gérard Barray (born 2 November 1931 in Toulouse) is a French actor. Barray's parents split up quickly and his mother, who came from Montauban decided to return to her hometown with her little boy. Around the age of 15, he discovered a passion for jazz; he participated in a few shows in nightclubs while pursuing his studies and obtained a bachelor's degree at the Faculty of Toulouse. Camille Ricard, an actress and teacher at the Conservatory of Toulouse, who advised him to go to Paris with a letter of recommendation for a friend, Noel Roquevert. Barray enrolled at the Cours Simon, a drama school in Paris. Four years later, Gérard Barray won the Jury It will then excel in the roles of knights with a big heart. He starred as D'Artagnan, Pardaillan, Surcouf and Scaramouche. In total there practice gender in a dozen feature films, most of which are box-office success, widely known abroad. Besides films swashbuckling as Pardaillan and Scaramouche and adventure films like Surcouf, Barray turned police commissioner in two San Antonio movies. In 1969, he starred beside young actress Claude Jade in "The Witness". He played Van Britten, a mysterious museum curator who seduces a young English teacher. It was his last major role. For Claude Berri he played in Le Cinéma de papa (1970) as Richard, a super star and rather temperamental actor. His comeback in 1997 was in Alejandro Amenabar's "Abre los ojos" as Devernois, a TV man. Gérard Barray was appointed an Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters in January 2010. Source: Article "Gérard Barray" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Most Famous Work

Open Your Eyes
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7

Open Your Eyes

(1997) Duvernois
The Fighting Musketeers
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7

The Fighting Musketeers

(1961) D'Artagnan
Vengeance of the Three Musketeers
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7
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
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6

Mercenaries of the Rio Grande

(1965) Count Alfonso di Rodriganda y Sevilla
The Sea Pirate
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6

The Sea Pirate

(1966) Captain Robert Surcouf
Captain Fracasse
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6

Captain Fracasse

(1961) Duc de Vallombreuse
Pyramid of the Sun God
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6

Pyramid of the Sun God

(1965) Count Alfonso di Rodriganda y Sevilla
Scheherazade
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10

Scheherazade

(1963) Renaud de Villecroix

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2003 Jorge Uria
2001 Raúl
Leo Barthel
2000 Spanish Official
1997 Duvernois
1982 Ludovic Stafford
1974 Neiperg
1972 Tania's teacher
Sabino Pérez
Bruno Fontan
1971 Richard
1970 Carlos Ferrer
1969 Van Britten
1968 Commissaire San Antonio
Michel Masic
1967 Gregory
1966 Commisaire San-Antonio
Captain Robert Surcouf
Captain Robert Surcouf
Serge Vadile, agent X 13
1965 Count Alfonso di Rodriganda y Sevilla
Count Alfonso di Rodriganda y Sevilla
1964 Frank Jackson
Le chevalier Jean de Pardaillan
1963 Robert Lafleur alias Scaramouche
Renaud de Villecroix
1962 Le chevalier Jean de Pardaillan
1961 Giovanni Sagona
D'Artagnan
D'Artagnan
Duc de Vallombreuse
1960 Miguel
1959 Self
1955 Un homme du 'Corse'
Year Character Movie/Tv

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