Veteran film star Michael Lonsdale dies aged 89

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Michael Lonsdale, who starred as the Bond villain in Moonraker, has died aged 89. The actor was a giant of the silver screen and theatre in France who worked with some of the world's top directors.During a career that spanned 60 years, Lonsdale worked with Orson Welles, Steven Spielberg, Francois truffaut and Louis Malle.

Michael Lonsdale was a French actor whose notable roles included Hugo Drax, the villain in the 1979 James Bond film “Moonraker.”Lonsdale’s acting career took place largely in Europe, where he appeared in dozens of movies, TV shows, and stage productions. Yet he worked with legendary U.S.

Of Gods and Men, 2010), as one of a group of Trappist monks living in rural Algeria. “I’d vowed never to accept another role as a priest,” Lonsdale said, “but I couldn’t resist playing this wonderful, generous character.”It was Orson Welles who first cast Lonsdale as a priest, in The Trial (1962).

Michael Lonsdale, who starred as the mad villain Hugo Drax in the Bond film Moonraker and the dogged detective in the Fred Zinnemann-directed crime thriller The Day of the Jackal, has died. He was 89.

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Actor Michael Lonsdale has died at the age of 89.Michael was known for playing villain Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film “Moonraker” opposite Roger Moore.The actor died at his home in Paris, his agent Olivier Loiseau confirmed.Lonsdale played an industrialist planning to poison all humans on Earth before repopulating the planet from his space station in the iconic Bond film.He had an acting career that spanned over six decades, playing roles in film, TV, radio and on stage.Lonsdale appeared in over 200 roles in both English and French languages.He was also an author — and wrote a total of 10 books.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorBritish-French actor Michael Lonsdale, known for his roles in Bond movie Moonraker and thriller The Day Of The Jackal, has died aged 89 in Paris, his agent has confirmed to us.Lonsdale appeared in more than 200 film and TV projects, working both in English and French.Among his other most high-profile English-language films were drama Remains Of The Day, crime pic Ronin and historical-thriller Munich.Born in Paris and raised on the island of Guernsey and then London, Lonsdale returned to Paris to study painting in 1947. He first appeared on stage at the age of 24 and would go on to score roles in 1950s French genre movies.

Actor Michael Lonsdale has died aged 89.

Terribly saddened to learn Michael Lonsdale has also passed away today.

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Naman Ramachandran French actor Michael Lonsdale, who was known internationally for his roles as the villain Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film “Moonraker” and detective Claude Lebel in “The Day of the Jackal,” has died. He was 89.AFP confirmed news of the actor’s death, via his agent, on Monday.Lonsdale won France’s Cesar for best supporting actor in 2011 for his role in Xavier Beauvois’ “Of Gods and Men.” His performance in “The Day of the Jackal” earned him a supporting actor BAFTA nomination.Lonsdale was born to an English father and a French mother in Paris in 1931.

James Bond Franchise, as well as The Name of the Rose, has died aged 89.He died Monday afternoon at his home in Paris, with his agent Olivier Loiseau confirming the news to AFP.L’Obs first broke the news of his death.Londsale was known for countless roles, however one of his most famous was as nazi villain Sir Hugo Drax in 1979 Bond film Moonraker.Over his career, the bilingual actor, who was born May 24, 1931, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, clocked up more than 200 roles in both French and English film, theatre and television, over the course of six decades.He also starred as the detective Claude Lebel in The Day of the Jackal, and M.