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

Midi Première

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Dear Inspector

The Longest Day

The Three Musketeers

The Town that Dreaded Sundown

Quo Vadis?

Fruits of Passion

All Movies (87)

• The Town that Dreaded Sundown2014 · as Older Farmer
• Mesrine: Public Enemy #12008 · as Henri Lelièvre
• Not Here to Be Loved2005 · as Père de Jean-Claude
• Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète2000 · as Self
• Sentimental Destinies2000 · as Robert Barnery
• Viens jouer dans la cour des grands1997 · as Yves Louviers
• Marquise1997 · as Floridor
• L'Affaire Dreyfus1995 · as De Boideffre
• The Eagle and the Horse1994
• Cache Cash1994 · as Louis Messignac, le grand-père d'Antoine
• Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher1993 · as Frere Dominique
• Mother1991 · as (uncredited)
• The Tribe1991 · as Castaing
• L'Huissier1991 · as Saint-Pierre
• My Mother's Castle1990 · as Count Colonel
• The Passion of Bernadette1990 · as Bishop Dupanloup
• Gandahar1987 · as Métamorphe (voice)
• Sea Workers1986 · as reverend Jacquemin Hérode
• Tangos, the Exile of Gardel1985 · as Jean-Marie
• A Christmas Carol1984 · as Ghost of Christmas Present
• Side Roads1983 · as Charles
• A Captain's Honor1982 · as Bâtonnier
• St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea1982 · as Narrator (voice)
• Portrait of a Nude Woman1981 · as Arch. Zanetto
• Fruits of Passion1981 · as Narrator (voice)
• Asphalt1981 · as Professor Kalendarian
• Les aiguilleurs1980 · as Albert
• The Telephone Bar1980 · as Léopold Kretzchman
• Un habit pour l'hiver1979 · as The unknown
• Make Room for Tomorrow1979 · as Eric Oppenheim
• Lady Oscar1979 · as M. de Bouillé, French Guard General
• The Small Timers1978 · as Commissaire Garmiche
• Dear Inspector1978 · as Alexandre Mignonac
• Here We for Example...1977 · as Melano Melani
• Rossel et la commune de Paris1977 · as Léon Gambetta
• Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir1975 · as Judge Douglas
• The Slap1974 · as Pierre
• Il generale dorme in piedi1974 · as Gen. Botta
• Sulle vie di Damasco1974 · as Shaul di Tarshis
• Love at the Top1974 · as Julien Lourceuil
• La dernière carte1974 · as Consul Schnabel
• Chinese In Paris1974 · as Lefranc
• The Three Musketeers1973 · as Treville
• It Was I1973 · as Public minister
• Don't Torture a Duckling1972 · as Francesco
• The Sicilian Checkmate1972 · as Crupi
• Blanche1972 · as The King
• The Case Is Closed, Forget It1971 · as Campoloni
• Sous le soleil de Satan1971 · as Le marquis de Cadignan
• Max and the Junkmen1971 · as Commissioner
• La Mort de Danton1970 · as Georges-Jacques Danton
• The Conspiracy of Torture1969 · as Francesco Cenci
• More Than a Miracle1967 · as Jean-Jacques Bouché
• The Stranger1967 · as Examining Magistrate
• A Young World1966 · as Le Patron
• Merlusse1965 · as Merlusse
• Lucky Jo1964 · as Simon Archambault
• Let's Rob the Bank1964 · as Cyclist Police Officer
• The Empty Canvas1963 · as Cecilia's Father
• Highway Pick-Up1963 · as Thomas
• Sweet and Sour1963 · as Casimir
• Any Number Can Win1963 · as Walther (uncredited)
• Mandrin1962 · as Bélissard
• The Four Days of Naples1962 · as Direttore del riformatorio
• The Longest Day1962 · as Alexandre Renaud
• The Devil and the Ten Commandments1962 · as Marcel Messager
• Bells Without Joy1962 · as Léa's father
• Dark Journey1962 · as Monsieur Grosgeoges
• Disorder1962 · as Don Giuseppe
• The Seven Deadly Sins1962 · as Valentin (segment "La gourmandise")
• La Gourmandise1962 · as Valentin
• Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece1961 · as Captain Haddock
• The Fascist1961 · as Professor Erminio Bonafé
• The Long Absence1961 · as le clochard
• The Joker1961 · as Guillaume Berlon
• Wasteland1960 · as Maître J.Royer
• The Dialogue of the Carmelites1960 · as Chaplain of Carmel
• The Boss1960 · as Monsieur 'A'
• The Green Mare1959 · as Jules Haudouin
• Hi Doc1957 · as Timbarelle
• Le Théâtre National Populaire1956 · as Self
• The Hussars1955 · as le capitaine Georges
• Le Rouge et le Noir1954 · as Mr. Binet (uncredited)
• Poison Ivy1953 · as Duncan aka Melander
• Lettre ouverte1953 · as A tenant
• Skipper Next to God1951 · as A Jewish passenger (uncredited)
• Martin Roumagnac1946 · as Un jeune homme dans le convoi funèbre (uncredited)

All TV Shows (9)

• Dolmen2005 · as Arthus de Kersaint
• Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World II | Australia, Indonesia and the Danube1992 · as Narrator (voice)
• Quo Vadis?1985 · as Pedanio
• The Charterhouse of Parma1982 · as Prince Ernesto IV
• La Lumière des justes1979 · as Michel Ozareff, le père de Nicolas
• Madame le Juge1978 · as le Dr Noë
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
• Midi Première1975 · as Self
• Il giovane Garibaldi1974 · as Beauregard