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Michael Lonsdale

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.[4] He is most famous for being cast as the villain Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker,[5][9] deputy police commissioner 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).

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Michael Lonsdale

Michael Lonsdale, né le 24 mai 1931 à Paris, est un acteur de théâtre et de cinéma et metteur en scène français.

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Name
Michael Lonsdale
Birth Name
Michael Edward Lonsdale-Crouch[1]
Born
24 May 1931
Birthplace
Paris, France
Died
21 September 2020
Occupation
Actor
Nationality
France and United Kingdom.

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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.[4] He is most famous for being cast as the villain Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker,[5][9] deputy police commissioner 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).

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