{{short description|Swiss actor}} {{For|the French poet|Marc-Michel}} {{Infobox person | image = MarcMichel-Italie-1964.png | caption = | name = Marc Michel | birth_date = February 10, 1929 | birth_place = Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe | death_date = 3 November 2016 (aged 87) | death_place = Dreux, Eure-et-Loir, France | other_names = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1955-2016 }} '''Marc Michel''' (February 10, 1929 – 3 November 2016) was a French-Swiss actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/19127/marc-michel|title=Marc Michel|work=unifrance.org|accessdate=5 November 2016}}</ref> He appeared in more than fifty films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Cinema/Marc-Michel-Les-Parapluies-de-Cherbourg-est-mort-1110278|title=Marc Michel ("Les Parapluies de Cherbourg") est mort|work=parismatch.com|accessdate=5 November 2016|language=French}}</ref>
He is best known for his roles in three seminal French films of the 1960s: Jacques Becker's ''Le Trou'' (1960), and two films by Jacques Demy: ''Lola'' (1961) and ''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg'' (1964). In both Demy films, he played the same role, Roland Cassard, a lovesick writer and jeweler.
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |rowspan=2|1955 | ''Sophie et le crime'' | | Uncredited |- | ''Les premiers outrages'' | Le jeune marié | |- | 1960 | ''The Hole'' | Claude Gaspard | |- | 1961 | ''Lola'' | Roland Cassard | Main male protagonist |- | 1963 | ''Blague dans le coin'' | Bob, l'électricien | |- |rowspan=3|1964 | ''La ragazza di Bube'' | Stefano | |- | ''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg'' | Roland Cassard | Supporting role |- | ''El señor de La Salle'' | Andrés | |- |rowspan=3|1965 | ''Samba'' | Paulo | |- | ''Six Days a Week'' | Arturo Santini | |- | ''Su e giù'' | Baldovino Uberti | (segment " Il Colpo Del Leone") |- | 1967 | ''Five Ashore in Singapore'' | Captain Kevin Gray | |- | 1968 | ''Captain Singrid'' | Vignal | |- | 1969 | ''The Pleasure Pit'' | Marss | |- | 1970 | ''The Mad Heart'' | L'acteur | |- | 1973 | ''Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu'' | Jean-Paul Leroy | |- | 1974 | ''Les divorcés'' | L'amant de Jacqueline | |- | 1977 | ''The French Woman'' | Hugo | |- | 1983 | ''{{ill|Un dimanche de flic|fr}}'' | Charlie | |- | 1998 | ''Sucre amer'' | Nolivos | |- | 2001 | ''Papa je crack'' | | |- | 2004 | ''1802, l'épopée guadeloupéenne'' | | |- | 2004 | ''Cracking Up'' | Frank Cardonat | |- | 2011 | ''Tout est encore possible'' | president Basto | |- | 2012 | ''Summer in Provence'' | Tom Washington | |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{IMDb name|0584879}}
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