Comedian Maurice Barrier, known for many supporting roles in film and theater that earned him a Molière in 1998, died this weekend of coronavirus at the age of 87.
“While he was facing pulmonary difficulties, he caught the coronavirus in the hospital and did not recover from it”, posted on Facebook, late Sunday evening, his nephew Jérémy Manesse, whose parents direct Le Café de la Gare in Paris.
According to the Burgundian press, Maurice Barrier has lived in the village of Montreal, in the Yonne, since 1962 with his wife Hélène Manesse. He died on the night of Saturday to Sunday at Montbard hospital in the Côte-d’Or.
Born June 8, 1932 in Malicorne-sur-Sarthe, his acting career began with the role of D’Artagnan in Roberto Rossellini’s “Takeover by Louis XIV” in 1966.
With Belmondo and Delon
He then went on to play supporting roles alongside Jean-Paul Belmondo in “The Married of Year II” (1968), Pierre Richard in “The tall blond with a black shoe” (1972), Jean Gabin and Alain Delon in ” Two men in the city ”(1973).
He found Delon in “Flic Story” in 1975, with Jean-Louis Trintignant, then “Le Gitan” and “Le Gang” in 1976. Three years later, he played one of his most significant roles, a patron of bar, in “Coup de tête” with Patrick Dewaere.
The 1980s were just as prolific with fifteen films, including “Scout Always” with Gérard Jugnot in 1985, and the role of the commissioner who chased after Pierre Richard and Gérard Depardieu in “Les Fugitifs” by Francis Veber the following year.
Maurice Barrier also played a lot in telefilms or television series as well as in the theater, under the direction of Roger Planchon in particular, until the 2000s. He was awarded a Molière in 1998 for his second role in the play ” Twelve Angry Men “by Reginald Rose.
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