The famous French actor Gerard Barray has died at 92 years in the Malaga town of Marbellawhere he lived since the late 70s with his wife, also an actress and dancer Sevillian Teresa Lorcaas reported this Friday by his son Julian Barray.
Barry, what has died on Thursday at the Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella, he will be farewelled by his family and loved ones this Sunday at twelve noon in the ccemetery of San Bernabé de Marbella.
Gérard Barray and Teresa Lorca met during the filming of a film in what was then Czechoslovakia in the 1960s. They moved to Marbella in 1979, where they acquired premises in the Puente Romano hotel, where the French actor opened a piano bar where he played this instrument, since he was also a pianist in Paris. There he became friends with the trumpeter Louis Armstrongreceiving other great jazz musicians of the time.
The Marbella de Barray piano-bar was an obligatory stop for the high society of the Costa del Sol in those years and great international stars such as Alain Delon o Sean Conneryamong others.
He also visited the place Lola Floresa friend of the French actor, who had worked assiduously in the tablaos of the area with Rocío Jurado.
Gérard Barray achieved fame in his country thanks to his performance in the play The two-headed eagles, the Jean Cocteauand later participated as a swordsman in several action films of the swashbuckling genre.
Another of the most notable roles of his career was that of Inspector San Antonio, a crime genre title from 1966. He also participated in the film Alejandro Amenábar Open your eyes (1997).
Gérard Barray debuted in it theater in 1955 con Lady Windermere’s fanby Oscar Wilde, at the Théâtre Hébertot, and participated in several films.
In 1959, upon his return from military service in Algeriaplayed his first major role in A game for six lovers, by Jacques Doniol-Valcroze. The following year, he replaced Jean Marais at The two-headed eaglea work by Jean Cocteau that, fourteen years after its creation, was revived at the Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt, again with Edwige Feuillère.
In 1961, after train in fencing con Claude Carliez and in combat con Henry Coganplayed the role of the Duke of Vallombreuse in Pierre Gaspard-Huit’s film Captain Fracassa, becoming, after Jean Marais, one of the most emblematic actors of the genre. He excelled in knight roles, playing d’Artagnan in The Three Musketeersby Bernard Borderie, in Pardaillan in The Knight of Pardaillan (1962) and in Hardi! Pardaillan (1964), also by Bernard Borderie. In total, she appeared in a dozen feature films, most of which were box office hits, widely distributed abroad.
Gérard Barray was born on November 2, 1931 in Toulouse, receiving the name Gérard-Marcel-Louis Baraillé. His father, originally from Mazamet, was an arts and crafts engineer and ran a factory in Toulouse. His mother, born in Montauban, graduated in French, Latin y Greek.
Around the age of fifteen, Gérard discovered jazz and his passion for this musical genre never waned. That is why he decided to found the piano-bar in Marbella. He participated in some cabaret shows, while he continued his studies and passed his baccalaureate at the University of Toulouse. She later began studying obstetrics to succeed her mother at the head of her clinic.
However, his tastes leaned more toward theater and comedy. He followed the advice from Camille Ricardactress turned professor at the Toulouse Conservatory, who advised her to go to Paris with a letter of recommendation for a friend of hers, Noel Roquevert. He made him work on some scenes and, when he had to go on tour, he was admitted to the Cours Simon. Four years later, he won the Prix du Jury. To earn a living, he also performed as a pianist in cabarets such as L’Écluse.
2024-02-16 23:15:27
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