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Michael Lonsdale

1931 - 2020

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Michael Edward Lonsdale Crouch (24 May 1931 – 21 September 2020), commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes as Michel Lonsdale, was a French-British actor and author who appeared in over 180 films and television shows. He is often known in the English-speaking world for his roles as the villain Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker, the detective Claude Lebel in The Day of the Jackal (1973), The Abbot in The Name of the Rose (1986) and Dupont d'Ivry in The Remains of the Day (1993). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Lonsdale is the 558th most popular actor (down from 483rd in 2019), the 993rd most popular biography from France (down from 922nd in 2019) and the 47th most popular French Actor.

Michael Lonsdale is most famous for his work in the film The Day of the Jackal.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michael Lonsdale ranks 558 out of 13,578. Before him are Jean Simmons, Carole Bouquet, Robert Wagner, Sonny Chiba, Bourvil, and James Cromwell. After him are Ginger Rogers, Jayne Mansfield, Richard Dreyfuss, Dennis Quaid, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., and Claude Jade.

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Among people born in 1931, Michael Lonsdale ranks 56. Before him are Nawal El Saadawi, Kakuichi Mimura, William Shatner, Viktor Korchnoi, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, and Hamilton O. Smith. After him are Caterina Valente, Takashi Takabayashi, Jim Jones, Richard Rorty, Hiroto Muraoka, and John Robert Schrieffer. Among people deceased in 2020, Michael Lonsdale ranks 42. Before him are Arthur Ashkin, Lee Teng-hui, Little Richard, Juliette Gréco, Kenny Rogers, and Dmitry Yazov. After him are Luis Sepúlveda, Jiří Menzel, Bill Gates Sr., Qasem Soleimani, Jack Steinberger, and Masatoshi Koshiba.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michael Lonsdale ranks 993 out of 6,770. Before him are François Joseph Lefebvre (1755), René Lalique (1860), Carole Bouquet (1957), Manu Chao (1961), Gérard Debreu (1921), and Bourvil (1917). After him are Geoffrey of Villehardouin (1150), Joan II of Navarre (1311), Antoine Bourdelle (1861), Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700), Jacques Cassini (1677), and Pierre Janet (1859).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Michael Lonsdale ranks 47. Before him are Françoise Dorléac (1942), Claudette Colbert (1903), Christian Clavier (1952), Geneviève Page (1927), Carole Bouquet (1957), and Bourvil (1917). After him are Claude Jade (1948), Jacques Perrin (1941), Stéphane Audran (1932), Danielle Darrieux (1917), Michèle Morgan (1920), and Jean Rochefort (1930).

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