Marcel Bozzuffi
French actor (1929–1988)
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Marcel Bozzuffi (28 October 1929 – 1 February 1988) was a French film actor.[1] Internationally, he appeared as a hitman in the Oscar-winning American film The French Connection. In 1963, he married French actress Françoise Fabian.
Born28 October 1929
Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Died1 February 1988 (aged 58)
Paris, France
Resting placeMontparnasse Cemetery
OccupationActor
Marcel Bozzuffi | |
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| Born | 28 October 1929 Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France |
| Died | 1 February 1988 (aged 58) Paris, France |
| Resting place | Montparnasse Cemetery |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse | Françoise Fabian |
According to producer Philip D'Antoni, Bozzuffi began his career doing stunts in France and performed the difficult backwards fall down the elevated railway steps himself. He later became a director and supplied the dubbed voices for Charles Bronson and Paul Newman.
Selected filmography
- 1955: Caroline and the Rebels as Un Soldat (uncredited)
- 1955: Razzia sur la chnouf as Le Client au Révolver (uncredited)
- 1955: Blackmail as Un Accusé
- 1955: Gas-Oil as Pierrot Ragondin
- 1955: La Meilleure Part
- 1956: La Bande à papa as La Volaille
- 1956: The Wages of Sin
- 1956: Le Pays d'où je viens as Le chauffeur du camion
- 1957: Reproduction interdite as Bernard
- 1957: Le rouge est mis as Pierre
- 1957: Escapade as Raymond
- 1958: Le Sicilien as Pete
- 1959: Asphalte as Gino
- 1960: Le Caïd as Toni
- 1961: The Sahara Is Burning as Gomez
- 1961: Tintin and the Golden Fleece (Tintin et le Mystère de la Toison d'or) as Angorapoulos
- 1963: The Day and the Hour (Le jour et l'heure) as Inspector Lerat
- 1963: Maigret Sees Red as Torrence
- 1965: Heaven on One's Head (Le Ciel sur la tête) as Captain
- 1965: The Sleeping Car Murders (Compartiment tueurs) as Un Agent de Police (uncredited)
- 1966: The Upper Hand as Marque Mal
- 1966: Le deuxième souffle as Jo Ricci
- 1968: Béru et ces dames as Francis
- 1969: Life Love Death (La Vie, l'Amour, la Mort) as Le Commissaire Marchand
- 1969: Z as Vago
- 1969: L'Américain as Jacky
- 1969: Love Is a Funny Thing (Un homme qui me plaît) as Le mari de Françoise
- 1970: Le Temps des loups as Marco / Sidekick
- 1970: Vertige pour un tueur as Marc
- 1970: The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun as Manuel
- 1970: Crepa padrone, crepa tranquillo
- 1971: Comptes à rebours as Zampa
- 1971: The French Connection as Pierre "Frog Two" Nicoli
- 1971: Daisy Town as Lucky Luke (voice)
- 1972: Images as Rene
- 1972: Trois milliards sans ascenseur as Gus
- 1972: Black Turin (Torino nera) as Fridda
- 1973: Le Fils as Marcel / Gunman
- 1973: Les Hommes as Félix Vinciguerra 'Vinci'
- 1973: Chino (The Valdez Horses) as Maral
- 1974: Hold-Up, instantánea de una corrupción as Steve Duggins
- 1974: Caravan to Vaccarès as Czerda
- 1974: The Marseille Contract as Calmet
- 1974: Drama of the Rich (Fatti di gente perbene) as Augusto Stanzani
- 1975: Go Gorilla Go
- 1975: Le Gitan as Policeman Blot
- 1975: Hallucination Strip (Roma drogata: la polizia non può intervenire) as Il Commissario De Stefani
- 1976: Illustrious Corpses (Cadaveri eccellenti) as The Lazy
- 1976: Colt 38 Special Squad (Quelli della calibro 38) as Inspector Vanni
- 1976: Rome: The Other Side of Violence as Carli
- 1977: Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff as Joanno dit Le Capitaine
- 1977: Stunt Squad (La polizia è sconfitta) as Grifi
- 1977: March or Die as Lieutenant Fontaine
- 1977: L'uomo di Corleone
- 1978: Safari Rally (6000 km di paura) as Paul Stark
- 1979: The Passage as Perea
- 1979: Bloodline as Man In Black
- 1979: Il cappotto di Astrakan as Commissario Juvet
- 1980: Contraband (Luca il contrabbandiere) as Francois Jacois, The Marsigliese
- 1980: La Cage aux Folles II as Broca
- 1982: Identification of a Woman (Identificazione di una donna) as Mario
- 1983: Le Cercle des passions as Turiddu Zangara
- 1983: Afghanistan pourquoi? as Colonel Russe
- 1984: To Catch a King as Colonel da Cunha
- 1984: Asphalt Warriors (L'Arbalète) as Falco
- 1986: Adiós pequeña as Fidel Arteche
- 1986: L'ogre as Paul Calmet
- 1988: Savannah as Caplan
- 1988: Giallo alla regola as Colonel Catalini
