# Marc Michel

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{{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](/source/Basse-Terre), [Guadeloupe](/source/Guadeloupe)
| death_date   = 3 November 2016 (aged 87)
| death_place  = [Dreux](/source/Dreux), [Eure-et-Loir](/source/Eure-et-Loir), France
| other_names  = 
| occupation   = Actor
| years_active = 1955-2016 
}}
'''Marc Michel''' (February 10, 1929 &ndash; 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](/source/Le_Trou)'' (1960), and two films by Jacques Demy: ''[Lola](/source/Lola_(1961_film))'' (1961) and ''[The Umbrellas of Cherbourg](/source/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](/source/The_Hole_(1960_film))''
| Claude Gaspard
|
|-
| 1961
| ''[Lola](/source/Lola_(1961_film))''
| Roland Cassard
| Main male protagonist
|-
| 1963
| ''Blague dans le coin''
| Bob, l'électricien
|
|-
|rowspan=3|1964
| ''[La ragazza di Bube](/source/La_ragazza_di_Bube_(film))''
| Stefano
|
|-
| ''[The Umbrellas of Cherbourg](/source/The_Umbrellas_of_Cherbourg)''
| Roland Cassard
| Supporting role
|-
| ''El señor de La Salle''
| Andrés
|
|-
|rowspan=3|1965
| ''[Samba](/source/Samba_(1965_film))''
| Paulo
|
|-
| ''[Six Days a Week](/source/Six_Days_a_Week)''
| Arturo Santini
|
|-
| ''[Su e giù](/source/Su_e_gi%C3%B9)''
| Baldovino Uberti
| (segment " Il Colpo Del Leone")
|-
| 1967
| ''[Five Ashore in Singapore](/source/Five_Ashore_in_Singapore)''
| Captain Kevin Gray
|
|-
| 1968
| ''[Captain Singrid](/source/Captain_Singrid)''
| Vignal
|
|-
| 1969
| ''[The Pleasure Pit](/source/The_Pleasure_Pit)''
| Marss
|
|-
| 1970
| ''[The Mad Heart](/source/The_Mad_Heart)''
| L'acteur
|
|-
| 1973
| ''[Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu](/source/Il_n'y_a_pas_de_fum%C3%A9e_sans_feu)''
| Jean-Paul Leroy
|
|-
| 1974
| ''Les divorcés''
| L'amant de Jacqueline
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[The French Woman](/source/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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Category:1932 births
Category:2016 deaths
Category:Swiss male film actors
Category:People from Basse-Terre

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