Bernard Fresson

Luciano Emmer, Marina Vlady, Magali Noël and Bernard Fresson (1 June 1960)

Bernard Fresson (27 May 1931 – 20 October 2002) was a French cinema actor. He starred in over 160 films. Some of his notable roles include: Javert in the 1972 mini-series version of Les Misérables, Inspector Barthelmy in John Frankenheimer's French Connection II (1974), Scope in Roman Polanski's The Tenant (1976), Gilbert in L'amant de poche (1978), and Francis in Garçon! (1983), for which he received a César nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He also appeared in the 1969 Costa-Gavras film Z.

Selected filmography

• Hiroshima mon amour (1959)
• Girl in the Window (1961)
• The Longest Day (1962) - French Commando (uncredited)
• Heaven on One's Head (1965)
• Triple Cross (1966)
• Thursday We Shall Sing Like Sunday (1967)
• Far from Vietnam (1967)
• La prisonnière (1968)
• Z (1969)
• Max et les Ferrailleurs (1971)
• Trois milliards sans ascenseur (1972)
• Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu (1972)
• French Connection II (1974)
• Les Galettes de Pont-Aven (1975)
• Il pleut sur Santiago (1975)
• The Call of the Wild (1976)
• The Passengers (1977)
• La petite fille en velours bleu (1978)
• Rive droite, rive gauche (1984)
• Zielscheiben (1985)
• Germinal (1993)
• Taking Wing (2000)
• L'adversaire (2002)

External links

• Bernard Fresson at the Internet Movie Database