1940-08-28 Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Philippe Léotard (his full name was Ange Philippe Paul André Léotard-Tomasi; 28 August 1940 – 25 August 2001) was a French actor, poet and singer. He was born in Nice, one of seven children - four girls, then three boys, of which he was the oldest - and was the brother of politician François Léotard. His childhood was normal except for an illness (rheumatic fever) which struck him and forced him to spend days in bed during which time he read a great many books. He was particularly fond of the poets - Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Lautréamont, Blaise Cendrars. He met Ariane Mnouchkine at the Sorbonne and in 1964. Together with students of the L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, they formed the Parisian avant-garde stage ensemble, Théâtre du Soleil. He played Philippe, the tormented son of a woman with terminal illness in the 1974 drama film La Gueule ouverte by the controversial director Maurice Pialat. He won a César Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1982 movie La Balance. One of his few English-language roles was a cameo in the 1973 thriller The Day of the Jackal and he co-starred as "Jacques" in the 1975 John Frankenheimer movie French Connection II which starred Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey, (sequel to The French Connection). Léotard died of respiratory failure in Paris on 25 August 2001, three days before his 61st birthday. He was buried at the Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris. Description above from the Wikipedia article Philippe Léotard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Black Dju | Inspecteur Plettschette | 1997-11-28 |
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Pandora | Raúl | 1996-02-02 |
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Elisa | Gitanes Smoker | 1995-02-01 |
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Les Misérables | Thénardier 1942 | 1995-03-22 |
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Im Kreis der Iris | Dr. Ionescu | 1993-01-01 |
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Le Voleur et la menteuse | Jeff | 1993-01-01 |
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Ville à vendre | Jean Boulard | 1992-02-26 |
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Venins | Phil Anzer | 1991-05-01 |
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Le Grand Ruban (Truck) | Jeff | 1991-12-19 |
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La carne | Nicola | 1991-05-09 |
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Il y a des jours... et des lunes | Le chanteur abandonné | 1990-04-11 |
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Gavre Princip - Himmel unter Steinen | Dr. Levin | 1990-09-01 |
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The Day of Reckoning | André Arnaud | 1990-05-04 |
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Le Dénommé | Auclair | 1990-05-30 |
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Il banchetto di Platone | Socrates | 1989-07-27 |
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Jane B. par Agnès V. | Painter / Murderer | 1988-03-02 |
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L'Œvre au noir | Henri-Maximilien | 1988-05-13 |
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Snack Bar Budapest | Sapo | 1988-09-22 |
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Le Testament d'un poète juif assassiné | Bernard Hauptmann | 1988-02-26 |
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Sur | Roberto | 1988-03-05 |
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La Couleur du vent | Pierre | 1988-11-02 |
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Ada dans la jungle | Rudi | 1988-09-28 |
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Si le soleil ne revenait pas | Arlettaz | 1987-09-02 |
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Le Paltoquet | Kaufmann | 1986-08-13 |
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L'État de grâce | Pierre-Julien | 1986-12-24 |
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Exit-exil | Duke | 1986-04-02 |
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L'Aube | Gad | 1986-12-17 |
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El exilio de Gardel: Tangos | Pierre | 1985-11-06 |
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Adieu Blaireau | Fred | 1985-01-30 |
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Ni avec toi, ni sans toi | Pierre | 1985-06-30 |
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Rouge-gorge | Louis Ducasse | 1985-02-06 |
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Les Fauves | Léandro Santini | 1984-04-18 |
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La Pirate | n° 5 | 1984-05-23 |
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Femmes de personne | Antoine | 1984-03-14 |
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Hiver 60 | André | 1983-07-01 |
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Tchao Pantin | Bauer | 1983-12-20 |
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La Balance | Dédé Laffont | 1982-11-10 |
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Le Choc | Félix | 1982-04-28 |
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Paradis pour tous | Marc Lebel | 1982-08-25 |
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La Mémoire courte | Frank Barila | 1982-03-03 |
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Mora | Mora | 1982-12-29 |
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Quand tu seras débloqué... fais-moi signe ! | Blaise | 1981-12-16 |
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Une semaine de vacances | le docteur Sabouret | 1980-06-02 |
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La Petite Sirène | Georges Maréchal | 1980-08-20 |
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La Tisane de sarments | Joë Bousquet | 1980-05-10 |
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L'Empreinte des géants | Lucien Chabaud | 1980-03-05 |
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Judith Therpauve | Jean-Pierre Maurier | 1978-10-06 |
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Va voir maman, papa travaille | Vincent | 1978-03-15 |
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L'Ombre des châteaux | Luigi | 1977-04-27 |
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La Communion solennelle | Jacques Gravet | 1977-04-27 |
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La Comédie du train des pignes | Self | 1977-03-02 |
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Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff | Marec | 1977-01-12 |
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Les Conquistadores | 1976-03-10 | |
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Vincent mit l'âne dans un pré (et s'en vint dans l'autre) | (uncredited) | 1976-05-12 |
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Le Bon et les Méchants | le vendeur de Citroën | 1976-01-19 |
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Pas si méchant que ça | Julien | 1975-02-19 |
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La Traque | Paul Danville | 1975-05-14 |
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Le Chat et la Souris | Pierre Chemin | 1975-09-03 |
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French Connection II | Jacques | 1975-05-18 |
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La Gueule ouverte | Philippe | 1974-05-08 |
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La guerre du pétrole n'aura pas lieu | Padovani | 1974-01-02 |
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Le Milieu du monde | Paul | 1974-09-11 |
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Kamouraska | Antoine | 1973-07-18 |
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The Day of the Jackal | Gendarme | 1973-05-16 |
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Une belle fille comme moi | Clovis | 1972-09-13 |
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Avoir vingt ans dans les Aurès | Lieutenant Perrin | 1972-05-12 |
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Rak | Lucien | 1972-04-07 |
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Le Franc-tireur | Michel Perrat | 1972-11-26 |
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Camille ou La comédie catastrophique | Honoré | 1971-04-20 |
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Max et les ferrailleurs | Losfeld | 1971-02-17 |
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Les Deux Anglaises et le Continent | Diurka | 1971-11-18 |
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Crime et châtiment | Razoumikhine | 1971-01-20 |
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Domicile conjugal | L'homme Ivre (uncredited) | 1970-09-09 |
