Georges Wilson

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French actor and director

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Field	Value
name	Georges Wilson
image	GeorgesWilson-LoStraniero-1967.png
caption	Wilson in The Stranger (1967).
birth_name	Georges Willson
birth_date
birth_place	Champigny-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France
death_date
death_place	Rambouillet, Yvelines, France
othername	George Wilson, Georges Wilson du T.N.P.
occupation
yearsactive	1946–2008
known_for	Director of the Théâtre National Populaire (1963-72)
spouse	Nicole Wilson
children	2; including Lambert
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Georges Wilson (né Willson, ; 16 October 1921 – 3 February 2010) was a French actor and director of stage and screen. He was a significant figure in French theatre during the latter 20th-century, serving as director of the Théâtre National Populaire from 1963 and 1972, while his film work earned him both BAFTA Award and Cesar Award nominations. He was also the father of French actor Lambert Wilson.

Biography

Wilson was born in Champigny-sur-Marne, Seine (now Val-de-Marne) as the illegitimate son of a French father and an Irish mother. His professional surname, Wilson, derives from his Irish grandmother; his birthname has not been made public.

He was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award, and also nominated for a César Award. Georges Wilson's last film was Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One.

From 1963 to 1972 Georges Wilson was the director of the Théâtre national de Chaillot (formerly known as the Théâtre National Populaire).

Georges Wilson died in Rambouillet in 2010, aged 88, from undisclosed causes.

Selected filmography

Martin Roumagnac (1946) – Un jeune homme dans le convoi funèbre (uncredited)
Skipper Next to God (1951) – Un passager juif (uncredited)
Open Letter (1953) – Un locataire
La môme vert-de-gris (1953) – Duncan aka Melander
The Red and the Black (1954) – M. Binet
Les Hussards (1955) – Le capitaine Georges
Bonjour Toubib (1957) – Timbarelle
The Green Mare (1959) – Jules Haudouin
Dialogue of the Carmelites (1960) – L'aumônier du Carmel
Le Farceur (1960) – Guillaume Berlon
Wasteland (1960) – His Honour J. Royer the juvenile judge
Le Caïd (1960) – Monsieur 'A'
Une aussi longue absence (1961) – Le clochard
The Fascist (1961) – Prof. Erminio Bonafé
Tintin and the Golden Fleece (1961) – Captain Haddock
Dark Journey (1961) – Husband
The Seven Deadly Sins (1962) – Valentin (segment "Gourmandise, La")
Disorder (1962) – Don Giuseppe
Carillons sans joie (1962) – Le père de Léa
Le Diable et les Dix Commandements (1962) – Marcel Messager (segment "Tes père et mère honoreras")
The Longest Day (1962) – Alexandre Renaud
The Four Days of Naples (1962) – Reformatory Director (uncredited)
Mandrin (1962) – Bélissard
Any Number Can Win (1963) – Walther (uncredited)
Sweet and Sour (1963) – Casimir
Chair de poule (1963) – Thomas
The Empty Canvas (1963) – Cecilia's Father
Faites sauter la banque! (1964) – L'agent cycliste / The policeman
Lucky Jo (1964) – Simon
Un monde nouveau (1966) – Le Patron
The Stranger (1967) – Examining Magistrate
More Than a Miracle (1967) – Jean-Jacques Bouché 'Monzu'
Beatrice Cenci (1969) – Francesco Cenci
Max et les Ferrailleurs (1971) – Le Commissaire
Blanche (1971) – The King
The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971) – Campoloni
La violenza: quinto potere (1972) – Crupi
Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) – Francesco
Il generale dorme in piedi (1972) – Gen. Botta
Sono stato io (1973)
The Three Musketeers (1973) – Treville
...E di Saul e dei sicari sulle vie di Damasco (1973) – Shaùl
Chinese in Paris (1974) – Lefranc
Love at the Top (1974) – Lourceuil
The Slap (1974) – Pierre
The Peaceful Age (1975) – L'altro
** (1976, TV film) – Charlemagne
** (1977) – Dr. Rudolf Fachmin
The Apprentice Heel (1977) – Maître Chappardon / Monsieur Marcel / L'héritier ronchon / L'expert escroc
Tendre Poulet (1977) – Alexandre Mignonac
Ecco noi per esempio (1977) – Melano Melani
Les Ringards (1978) – CommissaireGarmiche
Lady Oscar (1979) – M. de Bouillé, French Guard General
Au bout du bout du banc (1979) – Eric Oppenheim
Le bar du téléphone (1980) – Léopold Kretzchman
Le cheval d'orgueil (1980) – Récitant / Narrator (voice)
Asphalte (1981) – Le professeur Kalendarian – un chirurgien débordé
Cserepek (1981)
Fruits of Passion (1981) – Le narrateur (voice)
Portrait of a Woman, Nude (1981) – Arch. Zanetto
A Captain's Honor (1982) – Le bâtonnier
Itinéraire bis (1983) – Charles
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel (1985) – Jean-Marie
Gandahar (1988) – Métamorphe (voice)
La Passion de Bernadette (1989) – Mgr Dupanloup
My Mother's Castle (1990) – Le comte colonel
La Tribu (1991) – Castaing
Mayrig (1991) – (uncredited)
Cache Cash (1994) – Louis
Marie de Nazareth (1995) – Récitant (voice)
Marquise (1997) – Floridor
Sentimental Destinies (2000) – Robert Barnery
Not Here to Be Loved (2005) – Le père de Jean-Claude
L'Ennemi public nº 1 (2008) – Henri Lelièvre (final film role)

References

(3 February 2010). "L'acteur et metteur en scène Georges Wilson est mort". Le Monde.fr.
"The Left Anchor, Biography of Georges Wilson".
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055526/ Tintin and the Golden Fleece]

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