Gérard Barray

Known for ActingBorn 1931-11-02Died 2024-02-14Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Neurosis

The Witness

Tender Sharks

Goya

Le Manège de Port-Barcarès

Discorama

Open Your Eyes

Agent X-77 Orders to Kill

Scheherazade

Sexy Beast

Madame Sans-Gêne

Vengeance of the Three Musketeers

The Fighting Musketeers

Le Cinema de Papa

Clash of Steel

Série noire

Adriatic Sea of Fire

The Corsican Brothers

Sale temps pour les mouches

The Sea Pirate

The Big Hit of Surcouf

The Spy

Mercenaries of the Rio Grande

The Gallant Musketeer

The Adventures of Scaramouche

Summertime Killer

Pyramid of the Sun God

Captain Fracasse

Beru and These Women

The Galíndez File

A Game for Six Lovers

El paraíso ya no es lo que era

The Little Triangle

The Twilight Girls

No te fallaré

Black Commando