Georges Wilson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 16, 1921, Champigny-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France
- Died
- February 3, 2010
- Movies
- 89
Georges Wilson (né Willson; 16 October 1921 – 3 February 2010) was a French actor and director of stage and screen. He was a significant figure in French theatre during the latter 20th-century, serving as director of the Theatre National Populaire from 1963 and 1972, while his film work earned him both BAFTA Award and Cesar Award nominations. He was also the father of French actor Lambert Wilson.
Wilson was born in Champigny-sur-Marne, Seine (now Val-de-Marne) as the illegitimate son of a French father and an Irish mother. His professional surname, Wilson, derives from his Irish grandmother; his birthname has not been made public.
He was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award, and also nominated for a César Award. Georges Wilson's last film was Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2014 | The Town that Dreaded Sundown | Older Farmer |
| 2008 | Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 | Henri Lelièvre |
| 2005 | Not Here to Be Loved | Père de Jean-Claude |
| 2000 | Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète | Self |
| 2000 | Sentimental Destinies | Robert Barnery |
| 1997 | Viens jouer dans la cour des grands | Yves Louviers |
| 1997 | Marquise | Floridor |
| 1995 | L'Affaire Dreyfus | De Boideffre |
| 1994 | The Eagle and the Horse | |
| 1994 | Cache Cash | Louis Messignac, le grand-père d'Antoine |
| 1993 | Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher | Frere Dominique |
| 1991 | Mother | (uncredited) |
| 1991 | The Tribe | Castaing |
| 1991 | L'Huissier | Saint-Pierre |
| 1990 | My Mother's Castle | Count Colonel |
| 1990 | The Passion of Bernadette | Bishop Dupanloup |
| 1987 | Gandahar | Métamorphe (voice) |
| 1986 | Sea Workers | reverend Jacquemin Hérode |
| 1985 | Tangos, the Exile of Gardel | Jean-Marie |
| 1984 | A Christmas Carol | Ghost of Christmas Present |
| 1983 | Side Roads | Charles |
| 1982 | A Captain's Honor | Bâtonnier |
| 1982 | St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea | Narrator (voice) |
| 1981 | Portrait of a Nude Woman | Arch. Zanetto |
| 1981 | Fruits of Passion | Narrator (voice) |
| 1981 | Asphalt | Professor Kalendarian |
| 1980 | Les aiguilleurs | Albert |
| 1980 | The Telephone Bar | Léopold Kretzchman |
| 1979 | Un habit pour l'hiver | The unknown |
| 1979 | Make Room for Tomorrow | Eric Oppenheim |
| 1979 | Lady Oscar | M. de Bouillé, French Guard General |
| 1978 | The Small Timers | Commissaire Garmiche |
| 1978 | Dear Inspector | Alexandre Mignonac |
| 1977 | Here We for Example... | Melano Melani |
| 1977 | Rossel et la commune de Paris | Léon Gambetta |
| 1974 | The Slap | Pierre |
| 1974 | Il generale dorme in piedi | Gen. Botta |
| 1974 | Sulle vie di Damasco | Shaul di Tarshis |
| 1974 | Love at the Top | Julien Lourceuil |
| 1974 | La dernière carte | Consul Schnabel |
| 1974 | Chinese In Paris | Lefranc |
| 1973 | The Three Musketeers | Treville |
| 1973 | It Was I | Public minister |
| 1972 | Don't Torture a Duckling | Francesco |
| 1972 | The Sicilian Checkmate | Crupi |
| 1972 | Blanche | The King |
| 1971 | The Case Is Closed, Forget It | Campoloni |
| 1971 | Sous le soleil de Satan | Le marquis de Cadignan |
| 1971 | Max and the Junkmen | Commissioner |
| 1970 | La Mort de Danton | Georges-Jacques Danton |
| 1970 | La mort de Danton | Georges-Jacques Danton |
| 1969 | The Conspiracy of Torture | Francesco Cenci |
| 1967 | More Than a Miracle | Jean-Jacques Bouché |
| 1967 | The Stranger | Examining Magistrate |
| 1966 | A Young World | Le Patron |
| 1965 | Merlusse | Merlusse |
| 1964 | Lucky Jo | Simon Archambault |
| 1964 | Let's Rob the Bank | Cyclist Police Officer |
| 1963 | The Empty Canvas | Cecilia's Father |
| 1963 | Highway Pick-Up | Thomas |
| 1963 | Sweet and Sour | Casimir |
| 1963 | Any Number Can Win | Walther (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Mandrin | Bélissard |
| 1962 | The Four Days of Naples | Direttore del riformatorio |
| 1962 | The Longest Day | Alexandre Renaud |
| 1962 | The Devil and the Ten Commandments | Marcel Messager |
| 1962 | Bells Without Joy | Léa's father |
| 1962 | Dark Journey | Monsieur Grosgeoges |
| 1962 | Disorder | Don Giuseppe |
| 1962 | The Seven Deadly Sins | Valentin (segment "La gourmandise") |
| 1962 | La Gourmandise | Valentin |
| 1961 | Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece | Captain Haddock |
| 1961 | The Fascist | Professor Erminio Bonafé |
| 1961 | The Long Absence | le clochard |
| 1961 | The Joker | Guillaume Berlon |
| 1960 | Wasteland | Maître J.Royer |
| 1960 | The Dialogue of the Carmelites | Chaplain of Carmel |
| 1960 | The Boss | Monsieur 'A' |
| 1959 | The Green Mare | Jules Haudouin |
| 1957 | Hi Doc | Timbarelle |
| 1956 | Le Théâtre National Populaire | Self |
| 1955 | The Hussars | le capitaine Georges |
| 1954 | Le Rouge et le Noir | Mr. Binet (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Poison Ivy | Duncan aka Melander |
| 1953 | Lettre ouverte | A tenant |
| 1951 | Skipper Next to God | A Jewish passenger (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Martin Roumagnac | Un jeune homme dans le convoi funèbre (uncredited) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1989 | La Vouivre | Director, Writer |
| 1979 | Un habit pour l'hiver | Director |
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