Amidou

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Hamidou Ben Messaoud (born August 2, 1935 in Rabat , Morocco , † September 19, 2013 in Paris , France ) was a Moroccan actor .

Life

Amidou moved to Paris in the early 1950s to study at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique . He made his film debut in 1961 in Claude Lelouch's directorial debut Le propre de l'homme ; In total, he played Lelouch in ten films until 2002, including Lebe das Leben and And Now ... Ladies & Gentlemen . In addition to numerous film and television roles in French productions, he was also seen in US feature films from the mid-1970s. He played the role of the Arab terrorist Kirkbane in Otto Preminger's political thriller Rosebud and the truck driver Kassem Martinez in William Friedkin's Wages of Fear - remake Breathless from Fear . He became famous in German-speaking countries in 1981 through the spaghetti western Eine Faust goes west . Here he played at the side of Bud Spencer's partner, the Indian "Thundering Eagle". He later appeared in minor roles in John Frankenheimer's Ronin and Tony Scott's Spy Game - The Final Countdown . He had a major supporting role in 2000 at the side of Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Kingsley in Rules - seconds of decision .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1966: Special Department C III Montmartre (anti-gangs brigade)
  • 1967: The million dollar duel (Fleur d'oseille)
  • 1967: Live the life (Vivre pour vivre)
  • 1968: The girl from over there (La fille d'en face)
  • 1968: Life, Love and Death (La vie, l'amour, la mort)
  • 1970: The crook (Le voyou)
  • 1971: Smic, Smac, Smoc - The three from the dry dock (Smic, smac, smoc)
  • 1973: Punition - Whipped (La punition)
  • 1975: Rosebud Company (Rosebud)
  • 1977: Breathless with fear (Sorcerer)
  • 1981: A fist goes west (Occhio alla penna)
  • 1986: Bitter champagne (Champagne amer)
  • 1989: Brothers in Arms (L'union sacrée)
  • 1990: So are the days and the moon (Il ya des jours… et des lunes)
  • 1992: The Mafia Law (Le Grand pardon II)
  • 1992: The most beautiful story in the world (La belle histoire)
  • 1998: Ronin
  • 2000: Rules - Seconds of Decision (Rules of Engagement)
  • 2001: Spy Game - The Final Countdown (Spy Game)
  • 2002: And Now… Ladies & Gentlemen

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Harris M. Lentz III: Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2013 , McFarland 2014, ISBN 978-0786476657
  2. ↑ IMDB (English)
personal data
SURNAME Amidou
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ben Messaoud, Hamidou
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Moroccan actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Rabat , Morocco
DATE OF DEATH 19th September 2013
Place of death Paris , France