Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 02, 1931
Died
Feb 14, 2024
Place of Birth
Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
Credits
36 titles
Gérard Barray
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Galíndez File
Jorge Uria
El paraíso ya no es lo que era
Raúl
No te fallaré
Leo Barthel
Sexy Beast
Spanish Official
Open Your Eyes
Duvernois
Goya
Black Commando
Ludovic Stafford
Madame Sans-Gêne
Neiperg
Summertime Killer
Tania's teacher
The Little Triangle
Sabino Pérez
Le Manège de Port-Barcarès
Bruno Fontan
Le Cinema de Papa
Richard
Neurosis
Carlos Ferrer
The Witness
Van Britten
Beru and These Women
Commissaire San Antonio
Adriatic Sea of Fire
Michel Masic
Tender Sharks
Gregory
Sale temps pour les mouches
Commissioner San-Antonio
The Big Hit of Surcouf
Captain Robert Surcouf
The Sea Pirate
Captain Robert Surcouf
Agent X-77 Orders to Kill
Serge Vadile, agent X 13
Pyramid of the Sun God
Count Alfonso di Rodriganda y Sevilla
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
Count Alfonso di Rodriganda y Sevilla
The Spy
Frank Jackson
The Gallant Musketeer
Knight Jean de Pardaillan
The Adventures of Scaramouche
Robert Lafleur alias Scaramouche
Scheherazade
Renaud de Villecroix
Clash of Steel
Knight Jean de Pardaillan
The Corsican Brothers
Giovanni Sagona
Vengeance of the Three Musketeers
D'Artagnan
The Fighting Musketeers
D'Artagnan
Captain Fracasse
Duke of Vallombreuse
A Game for Six Lovers
Miguel
Discorama
Self
The Twilight Girls
Un journaliste de la télévision
Série noire
Un homme du 'Corse'