Born: October 20, 1925
Died: February 11, 2015 (at age 89)
Birthplace: Algiers, Algeria
Roger Hanin
Biography
Roger Hanin (20 October 1925 - 11 February 2015) was a French actor and film director, best known for playing the title role in the 1989-2006 TV police drama, Navarro.
Career
Roger Hanin was born in 1925 in Algiers, Algeria as Roger Lévy to Jewish parents. His brother-in-law was François Mitterrand (the late former President of France), whose wife, the late Danielle, was the sister of Hanin's wife, Christine Gouze-Rénal.
With Claude Chabrol, Hanin co-wrote the scripts for a pair of spy films in the mid-1960s. Chabrol directed Code Name: Tiger (1964) and Our Agent Tiger (1965), both featuring Hanin in the starring role of secret agent Le Tigre.
Awards and honours
His 1985 film, Hell Train, was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize.
In September 2000 he received the "Achir medal", the highest decoration from Algeria. He said: "I always refused decorations. This is the first time that I agree, but it's also the last because I want it to be unique. "
Selected filmography
Actor
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | La môme vert-de-gris | a bodyguard | Bernard Borderie |
| 1955 | Les Hussards | a soldier | Alex Joffé |
| 1957 | He Who Must Die | Pannagotaros | Jules Dassin |
| Escapade | Olivier | Ralph Habib | |
| 1958 | Tamango | First Mate Bebe | John Berry |
| La Chatte (fr) | Pierre | Henri Decoin | |
| Be Beautiful But Shut Up | Charlemagne | Marc Allégret | |
| Le désordre et la nuit | Simoni | Gilles Grangier | |
| 1959 | La Valse du Gorille (fr) | Géo Paquet aka "le Gorille" | Bernard Borderie |
| Du rififi chez les femmes | "Bug" | Alex Joffé | |
| The Verdict | Antoine Castellani | Jean Valère (fr) | |
| 1960 | Breathless | Cal Zombach | Jean-Luc Godard |
| L'Ennemi dans l'ombre (fr) | Serge Cazais | Charles Gérard | |
| Rocco and His Brothers | Morini | Luchino Visconti | |
| L'Affaire d'une nuit (fr) | Michel Ferréol | Henri Verneuil | |
| 1961 | Le Miracle des loups | Charles the Bold | André Hunebelle |
| Les Bras de la nuit (fr) | Inspecteur Landais | Jacques Guymont | |
| 1963 | Les Ennemis (fr) | Capitaine Jean de Lursac | Édouard Molinaro |
| Le Gorille a mordu l'archevêque (fr) | Géo Paquet aka "le Gorille" | Maurice Labro | |
| March on Rome | Capitaine Paolinelli | Dino Risi | |
| 1964 | Das Haus auf dem Hügel (de) | Ernest Charnot | Werner Klingler |
| Le Tigre aime la chair fraiche | Louis Rapière aka "le Tigre" | Claude Chabrol | |
| 1965 | Passeport diplomatique agent K 8 | Mirmont | Robert Vernay |
| Un mari à prix fixe | Romain de Brétigny | Claude de Givray | |
| Corrida pour un espion (fr) | Bob Stuart | Maurice Labro | |
| Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha | Bruno Kerrien | Claude Chabrol | |
| Our Agent Tiger | Louis Rapière aka "le Tigre" | Claude Chabrol | |
| 1966 | Our Men in Bagdad | Sadov | Paolo Bianchini |
| The Brides of Fu Manchu | Pierre Grimaldi | Don Sharp | |
| Four Queens for an Ace | Dan Layton | Jacques Poitrenaud | |
| Le Solitaire passe à l'attaque (fr) | Frank Norman | Ralph Habib | |
| 1967 | Da Berlino l'Apocalisse | Saint Dominique | Mario Maffei |
| Le Canard en fer blanc (fr) | François Cartier | Jacques Poitrenaud | |
| 1968 | They Came to Rob Las Vegas | the Boss | Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi |
| 1969 | Bruno, l'enfant du dimanche (fr) | Michel Fauvel | Louis Grospierre (fr) |
| 1972 | The Revengers | Quiberon | Daniel Mann |
| 1978 | Le Sucre | Karbaoui | Jacques Rouffio |
| 1979 | Le Coup de sirocco (fr) | Albert Narboni | Alexandre Arcady |
| 1982 | Le Grand Pardon (fr) | Raymond Bettoun | Alexandre Arcady |
| Les Misérables | the innkeeper | Robert Hossein | |
| 1992 | Day of Atonement | Raymond Bettoun | Alexandre Arcady |
Producer
- Soleil (1997) with Marianne Sägebrecht
[ Source: Wikipedia ]
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