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Michael Lonsdale

Michael Lonsdale
Lonsdale in 2013
Born
Michael Edward Lonsdale-Crouch[1][2]

(1931-05-24)24 May 1931
Paris, France
Died21 September 2020(2020-09-21) (aged 89)
Paris, France
Other namesMichel Lonsdale
OccupationActor
Years active1955–2016[3]

Michael Edward Lonsdale Crouch[1] (24 May 1931 – 21 September 2020), commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes as Michel Lonsdale, was a French and British actor and author who appeared in over 180 films and television shows.[4] He is best known in the English-speaking world for his roles as the villain Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker,[5] the detective Claude Lebel in The Day of the Jackal, The Abbot in The Name of the Rose and Dupont d'Ivry in The Remains of the Day.

  1. ^ a b Mes Étoiles: les rencontres qui ont éclairé mon chemin, Michael Lonsdale and Patrick Scheyder, Bayard, 2018
  2. ^ "Michael Lonsdale et Jeanne-Marie Conquer". Maison internationale des Poètes et des Écrivains de Saint-Malo. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. ^ Rédaction, La; le 21/09/20 17:00, Mis à jour. "Mort de Michael Lonsdale : retour sur ses plus grands rôles". linternaute.com (in French). Retrieved 21 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Michael Lonsdale, icône du cinéma et du théâtre, est mort". L'Obs (in French). 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  5. ^ Canby, Vincent (29 June 1979). "Moonraker (1979) MOONRAKER". The New York Times.

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