Pierre Maguelon

{{Short description|French actor}}{{More citations needed|date=April 2026}}{{Expand French|topic=bio|Pierre Maguelon|date=January 2012}} '''Pierre Maguelon''' (3 September 1933 – 10 July 2010) was a French actor, best known for his 9 year role as Inspector Marcel Terrasson in the television series "Les Brigades du Tigre" from 1973 to 1982.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Mathieu |first=Clément |date=2010-07-10 |title=Décès du comédien Pierre Maguelon |trans-title=Death of comedian, Pierre Maguelon |url=https://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Cinema/Deces-du-comedien-Pierre-Maguelon-175571 |access-date=2026-04-01 |website=Paris Match |language=fr}}</ref><ref name="disparition">{{Cite web |date=2011-11-01 |title=Disparition d'une "gueule" du cinéma, Pierre Maguelon |url=https://www.franceinfo.fr/culture/arts-expos/disparition-d-une-gueule-du-cinema-pierre-maguelon_1650171.html |access-date=2026-04-01 |website=Franceinfo |language=fr-FR|trans-title=A familiar face of cinema, Pierre Maguelon, has passed away}}</ref>

Maguelon was born in Le Tarn<ref name=":0" /> on September 1933. He went on to become a well known french stage, television and film actor.<ref name="disparition" />

Maguelon died on the morning of 10 July 2010 in Perpignan of a cerebral hemorrhage.<ref name="disparition" /><ref name=":0" /> He had been "attending the Saint-André theater festival in the Pyrénées-Orientales region, where he was the guest of honour."<ref name="disparition" /> Maguelon was 76.<ref name="disparition" />

In June 2025, a building was named in his honour, in the commune of Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone, from which he took his stage name.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-12 |title=Cérémonie de dénomination de l’espace socio culturel Pierre Maguelon |url=https://www.villeneuvelesmaguelone.fr/evenement/ceremonie-de-denomination-de-lespace-socio-culturel-pierre-maguelon/ |access-date=2026-04-01 |website=Ville de Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2025-06-16 |title=Inauguration de l'Espace Pierre Maguelon |url=https://formation-tsv.fr/inauguration-de-lespace-pierre-maguelon/ |access-date=2026-04-01 |website=Technicien du Spectacle Vivant (TSV) |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== {{Div col}} * ''Tire-au-flanc 62'' (1960) * ''The President'' (1961) – Un parlementaire (uncredited) * ''Cartouche'' (1962) – Un complice de Cartouche (uncredited) * ''The Suitor'' (1962) – Olympia's Stage Manager * ''Le roi du village'' (1963) * ''Bebert das Arábias'' (1963) – Perrin – le chef de gare de Gretz * ''Monnaie de singe'' (1966) – Un co-détenu * ''Un garçon, une fille. Le dix-septième ciel'' (1966) – (uncredited) * ''Mise à sac'' (1967) – Le pompier Arthur * ''Very Happy Alexander'' (1968) – Verglandier * ''Love in the Night'' (1968) * ''Le tatoué'' (1968) – Le détective #2 * ''The Milky Way'' (1969) – Le caporal de la Guardia Civil / Civil Guard Corporal * ''Élise ou la vraie vie'' (1970) – Le chef d'équipe * ''Bed and Board'' (1970) – L'ami de Césarin * ''Les Assassins de l'ordre'' (1971) – Le gardien * ''The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'' (1972) – Police Sergeant * ''Beau Masque'' (1972) – Mignot * ''France société anonyme'' (1974) * ''The Tiger Brigades'' (1974, TV series) – L'inspecteur Terrasson * ''The Phantom of Liberty'' (1974) – Gérard, le gendarme / Policeman * ''Vincent, François, Paul and the Others'' (1974) – Farina * ''The Pink Telephone'' (1975) – Le patron de la brasserie * ''Boomerang'' (1976) – L'inspecteur Léoni * ''Le pays bleu'' (1977) – Clovis * ''Et vive la liberté!'' (1978) – Le lieutenant * ''Le pull-over rouge'' (1979) – L'inspecteur Commenci * ''L'oeil du maître'' (1980) – Le patron du café * ''A Bad Son'' (1980) – Le commissaire * ''Garde à vue'' (1981) – Adami<ref name="disparition"></ref> * ''Cap Canaille'' (1983) – Varenne * ''Julien Fontanes, magistrat'' (1985, TV Series) – André * ''Le débutant'' (1986) – Gachassin * ''Three Seats for the 26th'' (1988) – Marius Ceredo * ''The Little Thief'' (1988) – Monsieur Fauvel * ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' (1990) – Carbon de Castel-Jaloux<ref name="disparition"></ref> * ''Le provincial'' (1990) – Fernand Labadie * ''My Father's Glory'' (1990) – François<ref name="disparition"></ref> * ''My Mother's Castle'' (1990) – François * ''Triplex'' (1991) – Le gardien de prison optimiste * ''Alice and Martin'' (1998) – Victor Sauvagnac * ''Fin d'été'' (1999) – Roger {{div col end}}

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