Alain Delon (1935–2024) was a French actor. He is known as one of Europe's most prominent actors and screen sex symbols from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Over the course of his career, Delon has starred in over 90 films in a variety of roles and genres. He achieved critical acclaim for his performance in films such as Purple Noon (1960), Rocco and His Brothers (1960), L'Eclisse (1962), The Leopard (1963), Le Samouraï (1967), and La Piscine (1969). He later cultivated an image as a "tough guy" with appearances in crime dramas such as The Sicilian Clan (1969), Borsalino (1970), Le Cercle Rouge (1970), Un flic (1972) and Borsalino & Co. (1974). His films, combined, have been seen in cinemas by over 135 million spectators. Delon worked with many well-known directors over his career, including Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Louis Malle. He also appeared in nine films directed by Jacques Deray, including La Piscine (1969). As a theatre actor, Delon has performed in six different plays. As a singer, Delon has recorded seven songs, and one as a featured artist.

Delon is the credited film director for two films: Pour la peau d'un flic (1981) and Le battant (1983). Delon has also produced many films, primarily through his production company, , which he founded in 1968.

Film + Film credits of Alain Delon Year Title Role Director Notes 1949 Le rapt Gangster Olivier Bourguignon Short film 1957 Send a Woman When the Devil Fails() Jo Yves Allégret Feature debut Be Beautiful But Shut Up() Loulou Marc Allégret 1958 Christine Franz Lobheiner Pierre Gaspard-Huit 1959 Women Are Weak() Julien Fenal Michel Boisrond Way of Youth() Antoine Michaud Michel Boisrond 1960 Purple Noon() Tom Ripley René Clément Rocco and His Brothers() Rocco Parondi Luchino Visconti 1961 The Joy of Living() Ulysse Cecconato René Clément Famous Love Affairs() Albert III, Duke of Bavaria Michel Boisrond 1962 L'Eclisse Piero Michelangelo Antonioni Redhead() A passenger in Venice Helmut Käutner Uncredited The Devil and the Ten Commandments() Pierre Messager Julien Duvivier 1963 The Leopard() Prince Tancredi Falconeri Luchino Visconti Any Number Can Win() Francis Verlot Henri Verneuil Carom Shots() Monsieur Lambert Marcel Bluwal Uncredited 1964 The Black Tulip() Guillaume de Saint Preux / Julien de Saint Preux / The Black Tulip Christian-Jaque Joy House() Marc René Clément The Unvanquished() Thomas Vlassenroot Alain Cavalier Also uncredited producer The Yellow Rolls-Royce Stefano Anthony Asquith British debut Le journal d'un combat Guy Gilles Short film; producer 1965 Once a Thief() Eddie Pedak Ralph Nelson Hollywood debut Love at Sea() Film actor Guy Gilles 1966 Lost Command Captain Philippe Esclavier Mark Robson Texas Across the River Don Andrea Baldazar Michael Gordon Is Paris Burning?() Jacques Chaban-Delmas René Clément 1967 The Last Adventure() Manu Borelli Robert Enrico Le Samouraï Jef Costello Jean-Pierre Melville Diabolically Yours() Pierre Lagrange / Georges Campo Julien Duvivier 1968 Spirits of the Dead() William Wilson Louis Malle Segment: "William Wilson" The Girl on a Motorcycle() Daniel Jack Cardiff Also uncredited producer Farewell, Friend() Dino Barran Jean Vautrin Ho! Man at airport Robert Enrico Uncredited 1969 The Swimming Pool() Jean-Paul Leroy Jacques Deray Jeff Laurent Jean Vautrin Also producer The Sicilian Clan() Roger Sartet Henri Verneuil 1970 Borsalino Roch Siffredi Jacques Deray Also producer Sortie de secours Roger Kahane Producer Le Cercle Rouge Corey Jean-Pierre Melville The Love Mates() Julien Dandieu Roger Kahane Also producer 1971 Fantasia Among the Squares() A caïd Gérard Pirès Uncredited Easy, Down There!() Simon Médieu Jacques Deray Also producer La planète des hommes Bob Elia and Jean-Marie Périer Short film; producer Red Sun() Gauche Terence Young The Widow Couderc() Jean Lavigne Pierre Granier-Deferre 1972 Il était une fois un flic Man who rings the doorbell Georges Lautner Uncredited The Assassination of Trotsky() Frank Jacson Joseph Losey Indian Summer() Daniele Dominici Valerio Zurlini Also producer A Cop() Commissaire Édouard Coleman Jean-Pierre Melville 1973 Shock Treatment() Doctor Devilers Alain Jessua Scorpio Jean Laurier / Scorpio Michael Winner The Burned Barns() Judge Pierre Larcher Jean Chapot No Way Out() Tony Arzenta Duccio Tessari Also uncredited producer Two Men in Town() Gino Strabliggi José Giovanni Also producer 1974 Creezy() Julien Dandieu Pierre Granier-Deferre Icy Breasts() Marc Rilson Georges LautnerAlso producer Borsalino & Co. Roch Siffredi Jacques Deray 1975 Zorro Don Diego de la Vega / Zorro Duccio Tessari Flic Story Roger Borniche Jacques DerayAlso producer The Gypsy() Hugo Sennart José Giovanni 1976 Mr. Klein() Robert Klein Joseph Losey Boomerang() Jacques Batkin José Giovanni Also producer and writer 1977 The Gang() Robert "Le dingue" Jacques DerayAlso producer Armaguedon Doctor Michel Ambroise Alain Jessua Man in a Hurry() Pierre Niox Édouard Molinaro Death of a Corrupt Man() Xavier "Xav" Maréchal Georges Lautner 1978 Attention, the Kids Are Watching() "The Man" Serge Leroy Power Play() Martyn Burke Producer 1979 The Concorde... Airport '79 Captain Paul Metrand David Lowell Rich Final Hollywood and English-language film The Medic() Jean-Marie Desprée Pierre Granier-Deferre Also producer 1980 Three Men to Kill() Michel Gerfaut Jacques Deray Also producer and writer Teheran 43() Inspector Georges Foche Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov 1981 For a Cop's Hide() Choucas Alain Delon Also director, producer and writer 1982 Le Choc Martin Terrier / Christian Robin Davis Also writer and uncredited co-director 1983 The Fighter() Jacques Darnay Alain Delon Also director, producer and writer Le jeune marié Bernard Stora Producer 1984 Swann in Love() Palamède de Guermantes, Baron de Charlus Volker Schlöndorff Our Story() Robert Avranches Bertrand Blier Also producer 1985 Cop's Honour() Daniel Pratt José PinheiroAlso producer and writer 1986 The Passage() Jean Diaz René Manzor Les pros Florence Moncorgé-Gabin Short film; producer 1988 Let Sleeping Cops Lie() Commissaire Eugène Grindel José Pinheiro Also producer and writer 1990 New Wave() Lui / Roger Lennox / Richard Lennox Jean-Luc Godard Dancing Machine Alan Wolf Gilles Béhat Also producer and writer 1992 The Return of Casanova() Giacomo Casanova Édouard Niermans Also producer 1993 A Crime() Maître Charles Dunand Jacques Deray Also producer and writer 1994 The Teddy Bear() Jean Rivière Jacques Deray 1995 One Hundred and One Nights() Himself Agnès Varda 1997 Day and Night() Alexandre Bernard-Henri Lévy 1998 Half a Chance() Julien Vignal Patrice Leconte 2000 Actors() Himself Bertrand Blier 2008 Asterix at the Olympic Games() Julius Caesar Frédéric Forestier and Thomas Langmann Final acting role (non-self) 2012 Happy New Year, Moms!() Himself Sarik Andreasyan 2019 Disclaimer() Himself Michel Denisot

Unfinished films

+ Unfinished film credits of Alain Delon Year Title Role Notes 1962 God's Chessboard() Marco Polo The project, titled L'Échiquier de Dieu (), materialized in 1962 with Christian-Jaque as director, Alain Delon in the role of Marco Polo, Dorothy Dandridge as Empress Zaire, and Jean Marais in the role of the father. Filming was interrupted due to inadequate financial production and trouble casting secondary roles. A new production resumed filming in 1963, with Denys de La Patellière and Noël Howard as the directors while the role of Marco Polo was given to German actor Horst Buchholz, who, at the time, was considered a rival of Alain Delon. The film, now titled La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo (or Marco the Magnificent), was released in 1965. According to Christian-Jaque, none of his scenes were retained in the final release. 1970 Die Boss, Die Gently(, ) Mercenary An abandoned Italian and French co-production about mercenaries in Africa starring Delon and James Mason, and directed by Jacques Deray and Piero Schivazappa.

Television + Television credits of Alain Delon Year Title Role Director Notes 1962 Le chien Lui François Chalais Television film 1978 Le bel indifférent Émile Marion Sarraut Television film 1987 Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam Narrator Bill Couturié Voice; documentary 1988 Cinéma Julien Manda Philippe Lefebvre Miniseries (3 episodes) 2002 Fabio Montale Fabio Montale José Pinheiro Miniseries (3 episodes) 2003 Le lion John Bullit José Pinheiro Television film 2003–04 Frank Riva Frank Riva Patrick Jamain 6 episodes; also producer 2010 Un mari de trop Maxime de Rougemont Louis Choquette Television film 2011 L'Occupation intime Narrator Isabelle Clarke Voice; documentary

Stage

+ Stage credits of Alain Delon Year Production Role Playwright Director Theatre Notes 1961 'Tis Pity She's a Whore Giovanni John Ford Luchino Visconti Théâtre de Paris 1968 Les Yeux crevés Dino Jean Cau Raymond Rouleau Théâtre du Gymnase 1996 Variations énigmatiques Abel Znorko Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt Bernard Murat Théâtre Marigny 1998 Variations énigmatiques Abel Znorko Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt Bernard Murat Théâtre de Paris 2004 Les Montagnes russes Éric Assous Anne Bourgeois Théâtre Marigny 2007 The Bridges of Madison County Robert Kincaid Robert James Waller Anne Bourgeois Théâtre Marigny 2008 Love Letters Philippe Noiret A. R. Gurney Alain Delon Théâtre de la Madeleine 2011 Une journée ordinaire Julien Éric Assous Jean-Luc Moreau Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens 2013 Une journée ordinaire Julien Éric Assous Anne Bourgeois Tour

Discography + Music credits of Alain Delon Year Title Soundtrack/album Notes 1967 "Laetitia" Les Aventuriers 1973 "Paroles, paroles"(with Dalida) Julien French-language cover of the Italian song "Parole parole" by Mina and Alberto Lupo. 1983 "Thought I'd Ring You"(with Shirley Bassey) 1985 "I Don't Know"(with Phyllis Nelson) Parole de flic 1987 "Comme au cinéma" Music by Romano Musumarra. 2006 "Modern Style"(Françoise Hardy featuring Alain Delon) (Parenthèses...) Music and lyrics by Jean Bart. Delon appears as a featured artist. 2011 "Pauvre Rutebeuf"(Nana Mouskouri featuring Alain Delon) Rendez-Vous Music and Lyrics by Léo Ferré and Rutebeuf. 2013 "Les Moulins de mon cœur" Michel Legrand Anthology French-language version of "The Windmills of Your Mind" from the film The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), translation by Eddy Marnay. Recorded in 1968 and published in the Michel Legrand Anthology 15-CD box set by EmArcy Records. 2019 "Je n'aime que toi" Lyrics by Julia Paris and music by Rick Allison.

Shows + Year Title Venue Notes 1978 La Cinéscénie Puy du Fou 2000 La Bataille du Donjon Puy du Fou Narrator 2016 Génération de Gaulle Mémorial Charles de Gaulle Video mapping collaboration with Christophe Marlard at the 4th edition of De Gaulle en Grand, projected on the croix de Lorraine at Mémorial Charles de Gaulle in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises. 2017 Génération de Gaulle Mémorial Charles de Gaulle 2nd edition 2018 Génération de Gaulle Mémorial Charles de Gaulle 3rd edition

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External links

Alain Delon at UniFrance