Bernard Fresson

Born: 1931-05-27

Bernard Fresson (27 May 1931- 20 October 2002) was a French cinema actor. He starred in over 160 films. Some of his notable roles include: Javert in the 1972 mini-series version of Les Misérables, Inspector Barthelmy in John Frankenheimer's French Connection II (1974), Scope in Roman Polanski's The Tenant (1976), Gilbert in Lover Boy (1978), and Francis in Garçon! (1983), for which he received a César nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernard Fresson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​


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Belle de Jour

as Le grele (uncredited)
Released: 1967-05-24

Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her...

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The Tenant

as Scope
Released: 1976-05-26

A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a...

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as French Commando (uncredited)
Released: 1962-09-25

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and...

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Farewell, Friend

as Inspecteur Antoine Méloutis
Released: 1968-08-14

After serving together in the French Foreign Legion, a mercenary and a doctor leave the service...

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French Connection II

as Henri Barthélémy
Released: 1975-05-18

"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseilles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him...

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Hiroshima Mon Amour

as German Lover
Released: 1959-06-10

The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this...

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Max and the Junkmen

as Abel Maresco
Released: 1971-02-17

A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too...

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Is Paris Burning?

as F.F.I liaison officer
Released: 1966-10-26

Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if...

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Z

as Matt, friend of the Deputy, lawyer
Released: 1969-02-26

Amid a tense political climate, the opposition leader is killed in an apparent accident. When a...

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Cookies

as Émile, professional painter
Released: 1975-08-20

Henri Serin (Jean-Pierre Marielle), an umbrella salesman, leads a quiet life between his work,...

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Germinal

as Victor Deneulin
Released: 1993-09-29

It's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by...

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Triple Cross

as French Resistant Raymond
Released: 1966-12-09

A safecracker turns double agent during WWII.

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The Call of the Wild

as François
Released: 1976-05-22

A prospector, a trapper and their sled dog battle the Klondike elements on their journey to get...

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The Adversary

as Le père de Christine
Released: 2002-08-28

Based on the 2000 book of the same name by Emmanuel Carrère, it is inspired by the real-life...

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My Man

as Director of personnel
Released: 1996-01-31

In Lyon, where many are unemployed, Marie is a prostitute who loves her work: she's thoughtful...

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Waiter!

as Francis, head chef of the brasserie
Released: 1983-11-09

After a tumultuous life, a middle-aged headwaiter in a Parisian restaurant dreams of opening a...

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The War Is Over

as Sarlat
Released: 1966-05-11

Diego is one of the chiefs of the Spanish Communist Party. On his way from Madrid to Paris, he...

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Little Girl in Blue Velvet

as Professeur Lherbier
Released: 1978-08-23

An ageing surgeon falls in love with a thirteen-year-old girl.

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Without Family

as Padrone Garofoli
Released: 2000-12-12

Young Remi, a foundling, lives on the farm run by his impoverished foster parents. When their...

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Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime

as Bernard Hannecart
Released: 1968-04-24

Recovering from an attempted suicide, a man is selected to participate in a time travel...

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Espion, lève-toi

as Henri Marchand
Released: 1982-01-27

Sebastien Grenier, a former French spy, is working as a financial analyst in Zurich. However,...

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Place Vendôme

as Vincent Malivert
Released: 1998-10-07

The story of a woman that remained distracted for a long time from her life, from the passions...

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The Cop

as l'inspecteur Barnero
Released: 1970-10-05

A crackdown on drugs leads a burned out cop to take the law into his own hands and seek revenge...

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Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair

as Pierre
Released: 1990-04-29

The story of the hijacking of the Italian luxury liner Achille Lauro by four Palestinians.

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Mado

as Julien, Simon's partner
Released: 1976-10-27

A middle-aged businessman faces bankruptcy after his partner's suicide and a rival's...

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Woman in Chains

as Gilbert Moreau
Released: 1968-11-20

Gallery director Stanislas bolsters the development of modern art with his collection of...

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Six-Pack

as Benetti
Released: 2000-04-26

A serial killer is on the loose in Paris and he seems to be an american citizen working in the...

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Hearth Fires

as Marc Champenois
Released: 1972-05-24

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Don't Bite, We Love You

as Georges, le père
Released: 1976-05-03

Georges,a trucker, is the single father of young Frédéric. His job prevents him from seeing his...

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Far from Vietnam

as Claude Ridder (segment "Claude Ridder")
Released: 1967-10-18

In seven different parts, Godard, Ivens, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais, and Varda show their...

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Zita

as Boniface
Released: 1968-01-12

Because "Tante Zita" main theme is death: a twenty-year old girl, Annie (Shimkus) lives with her...

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Street of No Return

as Morin
Released: 1989-05-17

A rock star-turned-bum, his vocal chords severed at the height of his career for the love of a...

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Marie, the Doll

as Sergio
Released: 1976-08-25

Marie, who was orphaned as a young girl, has a case of arrested development that makes her act...

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Please, Not Now!

as Serge, le photographe
Released: 1961-04-19

A sexy model pretends to have a new boyfriend in a wacky plan to make her ex-lover jealous.

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Rive droite, rive gauche

as "President" Pervillard
Released: 1984-10-30

Longtime friends Guarrigue and Sénanques own a successful law practice in Paris. The dreaded...

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The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

as Jean Eguivin, le camioneur
Released: 1970-10-22

Dany Longo is red-haired, beautiful, disturbed, passionate--and nearsighted. As she speeds...

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Money

as Henry Landau
Released: 1991-04-06

A young man whose father's fortune was stolen by his closest friends sets out to get revenge in...

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Rain over Santiago

as un Ministre
Released: 1975-12-10

A semi-fictional account on the fatidic September 11, 1973, when the military commanded by...

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The Passengers

as Fabio
Released: 1977-03-09

A man and his stepson driving across Europe are terrorized by a man following them in a pickup...

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Dingo

as Jacques Boulain
Released: 1991-06-02

Young John Anderson is captivated by jazz musician, Billy Cross when he performs on the remote...

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Girl in the Window

as Vincenzo
Released: 1961-04-14

A romantic drama partially set in Amsterdam, this standard tale starts out in a mining area in...

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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception

as Joffre
Released: 1999-10-31

Indy's work with the Belgian Army takes him to the front lines of Verdun in 1916, where...

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The Big Swag

as Le responsable de la rame à finances
Released: 1965-07-09

Louis Bourdin est employé à la RATP le jour, romancier la nuit, avec une forte prédilection pour...

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Oh, Sun

as Friend
Released: 1973-01-04

An educated native of Mauritania tries to find work in Paris but encounters difficulty because...

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Madame Claude 2

as Paul Barton
Released: 1981-08-26

A notorious French madam, whose business serves many of the nation's most powerful individuals,...

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Sweet Lies

as Mr. Leguard
Released: 1987-12-18

An insurance investigator is visiting Paris on assignment. He is soon made the object of a...

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To Each His Hell

as Bernard Girard
Released: 1977-02-02

After her daughter is kidnapped, a mother discovers that there can be something even worse after...

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Spray of the Days

as Nicolas
Released: 1968-04-21

Chick fell in love with Alise because of a shared passion for writer Jean-Sol Partre who...

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The Undertaker Parlor Computer

as Delouette
Released: 1976-04-07

Fred works for an insurance company as a computer engineer. He is bored with enduring the trials...

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Skies Above

as Laurent
Released: 1965-01-20

The crew of an aircraft carrier discovers that it is being pursued by a UFO that turns out to be...

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Where There's Smoke

as Dr. Peyrac
Released: 1973-05-16

An election campaign becomes more interesting when anonymously published photographs depict the...

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Le Dernier Baiser

as The husband
Released: 1977-05-11

The meeting of two women of the same age. One is a taxi driver, a little idealistic and romantic...

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Sahara on Fire

as (uncredited)
Released: 1961-01-18

A young engineer, Lucien Rombeau, is sent to the Sahara by the oil company that employs him,...

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Lover Boy

as Gilbert
Released: 1978-02-15

"The Pocket Lover" tells the story of Julien, a 15 year-old boy who falls in love with an older...

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The American

as Raymond
Released: 1969-09-24

A man returns to Rouen, after fifteen years in the United States, and feels like a stranger...

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Taking Wing

as Victor
Released: 2000-07-05

This is the story of Stan, a young man who might be considered an ordinary, run of the mill guy....

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My Love, My Love

as Serge
Released: 1967-06-08

An architect has an affair with a young woman who aspires to be a pop singer. She ends up...

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Sunday Buddies

as Un ouvrier à la cantine (uncredited)
Released: 1957-07-01

Casti and Trébois, two friends who are workers at the same factory, have developed a common...

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No Harm Intended

as Doctor Serge Cohen
Released: 1988-02-03

When Catherine is caught with her illicit lover by her father-in-law Paul, the concerned father...

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La Règle de l'homme

as Mehmet Pacha
Released: 1994-05-16

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New Year's Eve At Bob's

as Kremeur
Released: 1984-12-12

On New Year's Eve, among the tower blocks of a huge housing estate in Paris, strange people -...

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Sons

as Baker
Released: 1990-01-01

A trio of stepbrothers accompany their paralysed father on a jaunt to Normandy where the old boy...

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No Time for Justice

as The Godfather
Released: 1990-05-30

A man is accused of a crime he didn't commit. He will be sexually abused in prison.

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L'Interdiction

as Judge Popinot
Released: 1993-09-18

An upright judge must consider the petition of a scheming marquise who wants to have her...

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Jean Moulin, une affaire française

as Général Delestraint
Released: 2003-01-06

Drama set in the Second World War, focused on Jean Moulin, hero, martyr and symbol of the French...

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Bonjour l'angoisse

as commissaire Maréchal
Released: 1988-08-17

Anxious and shy, Michaud works for a company that specializes in alarms, safes and other...

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3000 Million Without an Elevator

as Julien
Released: 1972-08-18

Seven small rogues dream of stealing the beautiful jewels which are in Paris for an exhibition.

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Thursday We Shall Sing Like Sunday

as Jean
Released: 1967-01-01

A bitter-sweet story of a young sales assistant and a truck driver trapped between their dreams...

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How Not to Rob a Department Store

as uncredited
Released: 1965-02-25

To repay a debt, Marcel must commit a robbery in a large department store. Unfortunately his...

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Clash

as Be Schmuller
Released: 1984-02-08

A woman revisits long-suppressed nightmares as she is being chased through an abandoned...

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Manège

as Saradel
Released: 1998-07-27

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La Dixième de Beethoven

as Ludwig Van Beethoven
Released: 1985-03-16

Play by Peter Ustinov, about a return to the modern world by Beethoven, who knocks on the door...

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Shadow of a Kiss

as Jean
Released: 1995-08-31

Albert is a distinguished art dealer living in New York City. One day by chance, he visits a...

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Autopsie d’un complot

as Jacques Serrano
Released: 1978-07-01

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L'Affaire Marie Besnard

as Maître Albert Gautrat
Released: 1986-01-01

In the small town of Louvun, Marie and Léon Besnard live quite comfortably. But on 25 October...

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Zielscheiben

as Fütterer
Released: 1985-03-15

The police catch Zorro, a small-time crook who is to testify as a key witness in a trial against...

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L'Amour ou presque

as Pyromaniac
Released: 1985-11-20

Without warning, Mélie disembarks on the cargo ship where her father has the sailor's blues. He...

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Too Small My Friend

as Philippe Algir
Released: 1971-08-06

Ticky Edriss, a dwarf, develops a scheme to avenge him on society and extort a bank.

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Ursule and Grelu

as Grelu
Released: 1974-01-09

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Légitime défense

as Béchereau
Released: 1980-07-18

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Portrait of Marianne

as Alfred
Released: 1971-02-03

Octave, a young painter, realizes that his wife Marianne has left without a word or explanation....

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Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur

as Orgon
Released: 1980-09-24

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Équipe de nuit

as Schlossberg
Released: 1990-04-25

Quentin and André, two brothers who had lost sight for several years, find themselves in the...

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La Beauté sur la terre

as Rougier
Released: 2001-06-02

Coming to live with her uncle in the canton of Vaud after the death of her father, a pretty...

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Ils n'ont pas vingt ans

as Jock
Released: 1995-03-03

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Quiproquos !

as Jean-Michel Ducharry
Released: 1991-05-08

A candidate for mayor of a small town decides to have the mayor's daughter kidnapped to induce...

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L'Été de la Révolution

as uncredited
Released: 1989-07-11

Part 1: In May 1789, in Versailles, a game tug of war takes place between conservative and more...

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Le Guépiot

as Claude Chenot
Released: 1981-06-17

A girl is placed in a strict Catholic boarding school by her hateful mother after the divorce of...

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Champs-Elysées

as Self
First aired: 1982-01-16

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Le Grand Échiquier

as Self
First aired: 1972-01-12

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30 millions d'amis

as Self
First aired: 1976-01-06

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Les Misérables

as Javert
First aired: 1972-09-21

An ex-convict who wants to make an honest life for himself is pursued by the implacable hatred...

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Entre terre et mer

as Le père Léon Lebreton
First aired: 1997-12-22

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L’Aéropostale, courrier du ciel

as Didier Daurat
First aired: 1980-12-13

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Los Desastres de la Guerra

as General Leopoldo Hugo
First aired: 1983-06-06

The series narrates the events that occurred in Spain between 1808 and 1814, during the Spanish...

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Thérèse Humbert

as Romain Daurignac
First aired: 1983-11-18

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L'Ennemi de la mort

as Gaspard de Fersac
First aired: 1981-08-28

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Sans famille

as Padrone Garofoli
First aired: 2000-12-18

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L'Été de la Révolution

as Mirabeau
First aired: 1989-04-26

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Jo Gaillard

as Joël Gaillard, dit « Jo »
First aired: 1975-01-06

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