Actor François Perrot, a popular figure in supporting roles, starring 150 films and plays for nearly sixty years, died Sunday at his home in Livry-Gargan, Seine-Saint-Denis, announced Monday his agent.
"François Perrot was 94. He died of old age and, according to his last wishes, there will be no ceremony, he wished his ashes to be dispersed in the Larzac where he had great memories of childhood," he said. Catherine Davray.
Actor of Claude Chabrol and Bertrand Tavernier. Named in 1990 for the César for best supporting role for La Vie and Bertrand Tavernier's nothing else , François Perrot has also shot several films under the direction of Claude Chabrol, including The Innocents with Dirty Hands (1975), or Henri Verneuil, including Les Morfalous (1984) alongside Jean-Paul Belmondo. After Coup de Torchon in 1981, Bertrand Tavernier enlisted him in 2013 for Quai d'Orsay , his latest film.
François Perrot, who started with Louis Jouvet before joining Jean Vilar's TNP, was also featured in popular comedies like Banzai (1983) by Claude Zidi with Coluche and Pour briques, t'a plus rien .. (1982) by Edouard Molinaro.
Theater and television. At the theater, François Perrot was directed by the greatest directors including Georges Vitaly, Robert Hossein, Jean-Louis Barrault and Jean-Luc Moreau. Television has also offered many roles in the early 60s including The Last Five Minutes , Châteauvallon , Investigations Commissioner Maigret and more recently Les Cordier, judge and cop .
Roles of notables. Very often, François Perrot, at the distinguished pace, has encamped notables, bankers and entrepreneurs. "He was a cabinetmaker and he was always amused to be given the role of bosses or bank manager," said Catherine Davray.
"François Perrot has just left, at the age of 94, after hundreds of roles in the cinema and on TV.Always supporting, but of those who always mark: with Belmondo, at Chabrol, Téchiné, Costa Gavras and Tavernier. Colonel in "Coups de Torchon" Thanks, "tweeted Pierre Lescure, president of the Cannes Film Festival.