Maurice Barrier

Actor

June 8, 1932 (87 years)

† April 12, 2020

Malicorne-sur-Sarthe, Sarthe, France

Biography

Maurice Barrier (8 June 1932 – 12 April 2020) was a French actor and singer. Barrier was the son of a cabinetmaker, and had his first job working in his father's workshop. While in Rennes at age 28, he met several resident actors at the Théâtre National de Bretagne and made his stage debut in Caligula, written by Albert Camus. His first major role on television was in the film The Taking of Power by Louis XIV. His other major films included The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, Two Men in To…

Filmography

6.2

Scene of the Crime

Khamon

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

6.8

Champs-Elysées

Self

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3.6

Vivement dimanche

Self

No description available

5.2

Louis la Brocante

Edgar de Bansac

Louis Roman is a secondhand goods broker in the Lyon region of France. He provides assistance to people and acts as a private investigator in cases involving suspected relatives or clients.

6.8

The Outsider

« Tonton »

Philippe Jordan is a policeman prone to advancing the cause of justice by any means necessary. On his agenda is a powerful drug cartel working out of Paris and Marseilles, with a drug lord who is essentially inaccessible -- but not immortal.

5.6

He Died with His Eyes Open

Arthur Chalon

Police Inspector Staniland is investigating the death of a pianist. While conducting his investigation and looking through the victim's apartment, he meets Barbara, the mistress of the murder victim. Barbara confesses to the crime, but Staniland, based on his observations and experience, does not believe her. He then sets out to find the truth.

7.0

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

Chaperon, Toulouse agent

A hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.

6.2

The Gang

Lucien

In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the front-wheel drive gang". The police attempt to stop their crime spree with little success, but how long will their luck last?

6.8

The Fugitives

Superintendent Duroc

Coming out from jail, Lucas has decided to change his life and behave like a good citizen. But when he is taken hostage in a bank by a hare-brained robber, no cops can believe he is not part of the action.

7.2

And the Ship Sails On

Ziolev

In 1914, a cruise ship sets sail from Naples to spread the ashes of beloved opera singer Edmea Tetua near Erimo, the isle of her birth. During the voyage, the eclectic array of passengers discovers a group of Serbian refugees aboard the vessel. Peace and camaraderie abound until the ship is descended upon by an Austrian flagship. The Serbians are forced to board it, but naturally they resist, igniting a skirmish that ends in destruction.

6.4

Flic Story

Rene Bollec

The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Paris. Buisson, who three years later would become France's public enemy number one, begins a murderous rampage through the French capital.

8.5

David Lansky

Angelo Sébastiani

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10.0

Les Chevaux du soleil

Antoine Bouychou

Adapted from Jules Roy's historical novel of the French presence in North Africa, the TV series follows the destiny of two families, the Bouychous and the Parises, from the conquest of Algiers in 1830 to the Independence in 1962.

6.3

The Gypsy

Jacques Helman

Two thieves, Hugo Sennart and Yan Kuq, wanted by the same police inspector, cross paths by chance.

8.0

Rally

Diego

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6.7

The Return of Martin Guerre

Pierre Guerre

Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and Bertrande de Rols marry. A few years later, accused of having committed a robbery, Martin suddenly disappears. When, almost a decade later, a man arrives in Artigat claiming to be Martin, the Guerre family recognizes him as such; but doubts soon arise about his true identity.

7.1

Two Men in Town

Investigating judge

A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.

3.7

La Valise en carton

Alfredo

From her childhood in Alentejo to her career as a singer, Linda de Suza recounts her life, in a Portugal marked by the Salazar dictatorship, with her family and in particular her mother, before fleeing to France as an adult.

5.8

Paul Gauguin

Gauguin

The life of famous painter Paul Gauguin.

6.6

The ComDads

Raffart

Unable to find her runaway son, a woman deceives two of her ex-lovers from her youth, a mild-mannered teacher and a tough journalist, that each is the real father in order to obtain their help.