Georges Wilson
Born: 1921-10-16 in Champigny-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France
Died: 2010-02-03
Known For: Acting
Biography
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 Theatre 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. 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. Source: Article "Georges Wilson" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
2014
- The Town that Dreaded Sundown as Older Farmer
2008
- Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 as Henri Lelièvre
2005
- Dolmen as Arthus de Kersaint
- Not Here to Be Loved as Père de Jean-Claude
2000
- Sentimental Destinies as Robert Barnery
- Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète as Self
1997
- Marquise as Floridor
- Viens jouer dans la cour des grands as Yves Louviers
1995
- L'Affaire Dreyfus as De Boideffre
1994
- Cache Cash as Louis Messignac, le grand-père d'Antoine
- The Eagle and the Horse
1993
- Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher as Frere Dominique
1992
- Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World II | Australia, Indonesia and the Danube as Narrator (voice)
1991
- Mother as (uncredited)
- The Tribe as Castaing
- L'Huissier as Saint-Pierre
1990
- My Mother's Castle as Count Colonel
- The Passion of Bernadette as Bishop Dupanloup
1989
- La Vouivre ... (Director)
1987
- Gandahar as Métamorphe (voice)
1986
- Sea Workers as reverend Jacquemin Hérode
1985
- Quo Vadis? as Pedanio
- Tangos, the Exile of Gardel as Jean-Marie
1984
- A Christmas Carol as Ghost of Christmas Present
1983
- Side Roads as Charles
1982
- The Charterhouse of Parma as Prince Ernesto IV
- St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea as Narrator (voice)
- A Captain's Honor as Bâtonnier
1981
- Fruits of Passion as Narrator (voice)
- Portrait of a Nude Woman as Arch. Zanetto
- Asphalt as Professor Kalendarian
1980
- The Telephone Bar as Léopold Kretzchman
- Les aiguilleurs as Albert
1979
- Lady Oscar as M. de Bouillé, French Guard General
- Make Room for Tomorrow as Eric Oppenheim
- La Lumière des justes as Michel Ozareff, le père de Nicolas
- Un habit pour l'hiver as The unknown
1978
- Dear Inspector as Alexandre Mignonac
- Madame le Juge as le Dr Noë
- The Small Timers as Commissaire Garmiche
1977
- Here We for Example... as Melano Melani
- Rossel et la commune de Paris as Léon Gambetta
1975
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- Midi Première as Self
- Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir as Judge Douglas
1974
- Love at the Top as Julien Lourceuil
- Il giovane Garibaldi as Beauregard
- Chinese In Paris as Lefranc
- The Slap as Pierre
- Il generale dorme in piedi as Gen. Botta
- Sulle vie di Damasco as Shaul di Tarshis
- La dernière carte as Consul Schnabel
1973
- The Three Musketeers as Treville
- It Was I as Public minister
1972
- Don't Torture a Duckling as Francesco
- Blanche as The King
- The Sicilian Checkmate as Crupi
1971
- The Case Is Closed, Forget It as Campoloni
- Max and the Junkmen as Commissioner
- Sous le soleil de Satan as Le marquis de Cadignan
1970
- La Mort de Danton as Georges-Jacques Danton
1969
- The Conspiracy of Torture as Francesco Cenci
1967
- The Stranger as Examining Magistrate
- More Than a Miracle as Jean-Jacques Bouché
1966
- A Young World as Le Patron
1965
- Merlusse as Merlusse
1964
- Let's Rob the Bank as Cyclist Police Officer
- Lucky Jo as Simon Archambault
1963
- Any Number Can Win as Walther (uncredited)
- The Empty Canvas as Cecilia's Father
- Sweet and Sour as Casimir
- Highway Pick-Up as Thomas
1962
- The Longest Day as Alexandre Renaud
- The Seven Deadly Sins as Valentin (segment "La gourmandise")
- The Four Days of Naples as Direttore del riformatorio
- The Devil and the Ten Commandments as Marcel Messager
- Disorder as Don Giuseppe
- Mandrin as Bélissard
- Bells Without Joy as Léa's father
- Dark Journey as Monsieur Grosgeoges
- La Gourmandise as Valentin
1961
- Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece as Captain Haddock
- The Long Absence as le clochard
- The Fascist as Professor Erminio Bonafé
- The Joker as Guillaume Berlon
1960
- The Dialogue of the Carmelites as Chaplain of Carmel
- The Boss as Monsieur 'A'
- Wasteland as Maître J.Royer
1959
- The Green Mare as Jules Haudouin
1957
- Hi Doc as Timbarelle
1956
- Le Théâtre National Populaire as Self
1955
- The Hussars as le capitaine Georges
1954
- Le Rouge et le Noir as Mr. Binet (uncredited)
1953
- Poison Ivy as Duncan aka Melander
- Lettre ouverte as A tenant
1951
- Skipper Next to God as A Jewish passenger (uncredited)
1946
- Martin Roumagnac as Un jeune homme dans le convoi funèbre (uncredited)