Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 16, 1921
Died
Feb 03, 2010
Place of Birth
Champigny-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France
Credits
99 titles
Georges Wilson
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
Older Farmer
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1
Henri Lelièvre
Not Here to Be Loved
Père de Jean-Claude
Dolmen
Arthus de Kersaint
Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète
Self
Sentimental Destinies
Robert Barnery
Viens jouer dans la cour des grands
Yves Louviers
Marquise
Floridor
L'Affaire Dreyfus
De Boideffre
The Eagle and the Horse
Cache Cash
Louis Messignac, le grand-père d'Antoine
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
Frere Dominique
Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World II | Australia, Indonesia and the Danube
Narrator (voice)
Mother
(uncredited)
The Tribe
Castaing
L'Huissier
Saint-Pierre
My Mother's Castle
Count Colonel
The Passion of Bernadette
Bishop Dupanloup
La Vouivre
Writer
Gandahar
Métamorphe (voice)
Sea Workers
reverend Jacquemin Hérode
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel
Jean-Marie
Quo Vadis?
Pedanio
A Christmas Carol
Ghost of Christmas Present
Side Roads
Charles
A Captain's Honor
Bâtonnier
St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea
Narrator (voice)
The Charterhouse of Parma
Prince Ernesto IV
Frère Martin
Portrait of a Nude Woman
Arch. Zanetto
Fruits of Passion
Narrator (voice)
Asphalt
Professor Kalendarian
Les aiguilleurs
Albert
The Telephone Bar
Léopold Kretzchman
Un habit pour l'hiver
The unknown
Make Room for Tomorrow
Eric Oppenheim
La Lumière des Justes
Michel Ozareff, le père de Nicolas
Lady Oscar
M. de Bouillé, French Guard General
The Small Timers
Commissaire Garmiche
Madame le Juge
le Dr Noë
Dear Inspector
Alexandre Mignonac
Here We for Example...
Melano Melani
Rossel et la commune de Paris
Léon Gambetta
Le Jeune Homme et le Lion
Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir
Judge Douglas
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Midi Première
Self
The Slap
Pierre
Il generale dorme in piedi
Gen. Botta
Sulle vie di Damasco
Shaul di Tarshis