Jean Barney

Jean Barney (* 1947 ) is a French actor.

Life

His film debut in 1968 in the lead role of "King" in Trois filles vers le soleil was followed by supporting roles in Jean-Paul Rappeneau's period comedy Musketier mit Hieb und Stich and Denys de La Patellière's The Killer and the Commissioner as well as the main male role of Tortu alongside Jane Birkin in Catherine & Co (1974). Busy on TV, in 1978 he played the title role of Henri IV in Marcel Camus ' mini-series Heinrich, the Good King . Barney specializes primarily in theatrical film adaptations , for example alongside Claude Jade in the TV adaptation of Jacques Deval's Il ya longtemps que je t'aime and alongside Mary Marquet in Dürrenmatt's film adaptation The Visit of the Old Lady . Since the mid-80s, Jean Barney has been playing supporting roles in Three Men and a Baby , Jean-Pierre Mocky's Vindage and Bertrand Bliers. How much do you love me? (2005, with Monica Bellucci )

On television, Barney continues to be a popular leading actor in films (alongside the former Louis de Funès film mate Claude Gensac in the comedy Quiproquos ! , as Bergougnoux in Maurice Frydlands Terres gelées , as the second husband of Claude Jade in Jacques Richards Porté disparu , as Bob in Michel Lang's Bébé coup de foudre , as Hervé alongside Carmen Chaplin in Ciel d'orage and alongside Richard Bohringer in Villa Vanille ) and series (alongside Bernard Giraudeau in La Poursuite du vent ), international a. a. as a guest star on the Relic Hunter series .

In the 1974 TV film "Il ya longtemps que je t'aime", Jean Barney sang the song " À la claire fontaine " ( À la claire fontaine, m'en allant promener, J'ai trouvé l'eau in a duet with Claude Jade si belle que je m'y suis baigné. Il ya longtemps que je t'aime, jamais je ne t'oublirai ... ).

Web links

• Jean Barney in the Internet Movie Database (English)