Michael Lonsdale | |
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Born | 24 May 1931 Paris, France |
Died | 21 September 2020 Paris, France | (aged 89)
Other names | Michel Lonsdale |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1955–2016[3] |
Michael Edward Lonsdale Crouch[1] (24 May 1931 – 21 September 2020), commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes as Michel Lonsdale, was a French and British actor and author who appeared in over 180 films and television shows.[4] He is best known in the English-speaking world for his roles as the villain Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker,[5] the detective Claude Lebel in The Day of the Jackal (1973), The Abbot in The Name of the Rose (1986) and Dupont d'Ivry in The Remains of the Day (1993).