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| 3 | Philippe Noiret (October 1, 1930 – November 23, 2006) was a French film actor. |
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| 5 | One of French cinema's most familiar faces of the second half of the 20th century, he appeared in more than 100 films in a career that spanned more than fifty years and also included forays into Italian cinema. His screen debut was an uncredited role in the first adaptation of Colette's ''Gigi'' in 1949 (''not'' [[Film/{{Gigi}} that one]]). He won two César Awards for Best Actor, one in 1976 for ''Film/LeVieuxFusil'' and one in 1990 for ''La Vie et rien d'autre''. |
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| 7 | He passed away from metastatic cancer at age 76 on November 23, 2006. |
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| 9 | !!Selected filmography: |
| 10 | * ''Film/ZazieDansLeMetro'' (1960) as Uncle Gabriel |
| 11 | * ''Film/LeCapitaineFracasse'' (1961) as Hérode |
| 12 | * ''Cyrano & D'Artagnan'' (1964) as King UsefulNotes/LouisXIII |
| 13 | * ''Film/TheNightOfTheGenerals'' (1967) as Inspector Morand |
| 14 | * ''Film/{{Topaz}}'' (1969) as Henri Jarré |
| 15 | * ''Film/MurphysWar'' (1971) as Louis Brezan |
| 16 | * ''Film/LaGrandeBouffe'' (1973) as Philippe |
| 17 | * ''Film/MyFriends'' (1975) and ''My Friends Part 2'' (1982) as Giorgio Perozzi |
| 18 | * ''Film/LeVieuxFusil'' (1975) as Julien Dandieu |
| 19 | * ''Film/TheJudgeAndTheAssassin'' (1976) Judge Emile Rousseau |
| 20 | * ''Film/WhoIsKillingTheGreatChefsOfEurope'' (1978) Jean-Claude Moulineau |
| 21 | * ''Film/CoupDeTorchon'' (1981) as Lucien Cordier |
| 22 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheManWhoPlantedTrees'' (1987) as the narrator (French version) |
| 23 | * ''Film/CinemaParadiso'' (1988) as Alfredo |
| 24 | * ''[[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973 Return of the Musketeers]]'' (1989) as UsefulNotes/CardinalMazarin |
| 25 | * ''Film/{{Uranus|1990}}'' (1990) as Watrin |
| 26 | * ''Rossini! Rossini!'' (1991) as Music/GioachinoRossini |
| 27 | * ''Film/RevengeOfTheMusketeers'' (1994) as [[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers d'Artagnan]] |
| 28 | * ''Film/LesGrandsDucs'' (1996) as Victor Vialat |
| 29 | * ''Film/{{Dragonheart}}'' (1996) as Draco (French dub) |
| 30 | * ''Film/OnGuard'' (1997) as Regent Philippe d'Orléans |
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| 32 | !!Tropes & Trivia in his works: |
| 33 | * TheCavalierYears: He's played in a number of {{period piece}}s set in 17th century France. His roles in such films included several {{Historical Domain Character}}s such as King Louis XIII, Regent Philippe d'Orléans ([[invoked]][[RoleReprise twice]]), UsefulNotes/CardinalMazarin and d'Artagnan (the Creator/AlexandreDumas [[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers novels]] version in the latter case). |
| 34 | * [[invoked]]FakeNationality: He ventured into Italian cinema as well, and played a number of Italian characters even though he was French (he did not speak Italian and had to be [[SameLanguageDub dubbed]]). |
| 35 | * [[invoked]]WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was among the actors in talks to play Claude Lacombe in ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind''. The role went to film director Creator/FrancoisTruffaut in the end. |
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