Summary
Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu (born 15 October 1930) is a French actor. He has appeared in over 150 films since 1960, and has worked extensively in Italian cinema, as well as in his native country.[1] He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor for his debut performance in Jacques Becker’s The Hole (1960), and for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for playing the title role in the Italian miniseries The Life of Leonardo da Vinci (1971). He was previously a decorated paratrooper in the French Foreign Legion, where he served in the First Indochina War and the Algerian War.
Philippe Leroy | |
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 Leroy in La nuora giovane (1975) | |
| Born | Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu 15 October 1930 Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1960–present |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 3; including Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  France |
| Service/ | French Foreign Legion |
| Years of service | 1953–1960 |
| Rank |  Captain |
| Commands held | 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment |
| Battles/wars | French Indochina War Algerian War |
| Awards |  Chevalier Légion d'Honneur Croix de la Valeur Militaire Croix de Guerre des Theatres d'Operations Exterieurs Medaille commemorative de la Campagne d'Indochine |
Early life edit
Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu was born in Paris on 15 October 1930 to a prominent family. His ancestors included economist Pierre Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, historian Henri Jean Baptiste Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu, and architect Jean-François Leroy. He worked on an ocean liner as a teenager, and spent a year abroad in New York City.
Military service edit
In 1953, he enlisted in the French Foreign Legion and served as a paratrooper in the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment in the French Indochina War. He later became a reservist, and served in the Algerian War as a 2nd Lieutenant. He was awarded two decorations of the Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, a Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures, and the Cross for Military Valour for his service. He retired as a captain.
Acting career edit
Leroy made his film debut in 1960 as a character based on José Giovanni in Jacques Becker’s prison drama The Hole. Becker cast all non-professional actors as his leads to lend a sense of authenticity, Leroy among them. His performance won international recognition, and he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor.
In 1962 he went to Italy and he started working in many Italian films and TV fictions, such as Renato Castellani's The Life of Leonardo da Vinci. He also played the role of Yanez de Gomera, Sandokan's partner, in 1976 TV series Sandokan.
During his career, he has worked with directors like Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Deray, Dario Argento, Luc Besson, Alberto Lattuada, Luigi Magni and many more.
Personal life edit
Leroy married Italian journalist Silvia Tortora in 1990. They were married until her death on 10 January 2022.[2] They had two children; Philippe and Michelle. He also has another child, actress Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, from a previous marriage.
Leroy has continued parachuting as a hobby.[3] He is a member of the parachuting division of the SS Lazio sports club, as well as a supporter of the Lazio's football team. In 2010 during the Rome Parashow, he celebrated his 80th birthday with a jump. In April 2011 (at the age of 81) he spent 12 days in Afghanistan with Italian paratroopers as a special correspondent.[4]
Filmography edit
- Le Trou (1960) .... Manu Borelli
- Chaque minute compte (1960) .... Patrick
- Spotlight on a Murderer (1961) .... André
- Les filles sèment le vent (1961) .... Armand
- The Italian Brigands (1961) .... O Zelluso
- Leoni al sole (1961) .... Mimí
- Caccia all'uomo (1961) .... Mazzarò
- Careless (1962) .... Stefano Balli
- La loi des hommes (1962) .... Dandieu
- Alone Against Rome (1962) .... Silla
- The Shortest Day (1962) .... Soldato
- L'attico (1963) .... Tommaso
- 55 Days at Peking (1963) .... Julliard
- Le Quatrième Sexe (1963) .... Paul
- The Terrorist (1963) .... Rodolfo Boscovich
- Shivers in Summer (1964) .... Manolo
- Il treno del sabato (1964) .... Paolo Traversi
- Love in Four Dimensions (1964) .... Franco Lampredi, il marito (segment "Amore e arte")
- White Voices (1964) .... Don Ascanio
- Weeping for a Bandit (1964) .... Pedro Sánchez
- Castle of the Living Dead (1964) .... Eric[5]
- A Married Woman (1964) .... Pierre, the husband
- Amore facile (1964) .... Giovanni Bollati (segment "Il vedovo bianco")
- Love and Marriage (1964) .... (segment "Sabato 18 luglio")
- Una storia di notte (1964) .... Jimmy
- The Naked Hours (1964) .... Massimo
- The Possessed (1965) .... Mario
- Seven Golden Men (1965) .... Albert (le professeur)
- The Mandrake (1965) .... Callimaco
- Seven Golden Men Strike Again (1965) .... Albert
- A Maiden for a Prince (1966) .... Ippolito
- The Almost Perfect Crime (1966) .... Paolo Respighi
- Yankee (1966) .... Yankee
- Che notte ragazzi! (1966) .... Tony
- Lo scandalo (1966) .... David
- Non faccio la guerra, faccio l'amore (1966) .... Nicola
- The Wild Eye (1967) .... Paolo
- La notte è fatta per... rubare (1968) .... George
- The Libertine (1968) .... Tennis Instructor
- Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968) .... Vittorio
- Ecce Homo (1968) .... Jean
- Cuore di mamma (1969) .... Andrea Franti - Lorenza's ex-husband
- His Day of Glory (1969) .... The Commander
- Come, quando, perché (1969) .... Marco
- Senza sapere niente di lei (1969) .... Nanni Brà
- The Laughing Woman (1969) .... Dr. Sayer
- Mr. Superinvisible (1970)
- Senza via d'uscita (1970) .... Gilbert
- Cross Current (1971) .... Marco Breda
- Roma Bene (1971) .... Giorgio Santi
- The Life of Leonardo da Vinci (1971, TV Mini-Series) .... Leonardo da Vinci
- Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte (1971) .... Romolo 'Sartana' Moretti
- Hector the Mighty (1972) .... Ettore
- Panhandle 38 (1972) .... General Briscott
- Caliber 9 (1972) .... Chino
- Naked Girl Killed in the Park (1972) .... Martin
- Gang War in Milan (1973) .... Roger Daverty
- The Black Hand (1973) .... The Professor
- R.A.S. (1973) .... Commandant Lecoq
- The Bloody Hands of the Law (1973) .... Commissario Gianni De Carmine
- Long Lasting Days (1973) .... Philippe
- Cebo para una adolescente (1974) .... Ignacio
- The Night Porter (1974) .... Klaus
- Kidnap (1974) .... The Professor
- La svergognata (1974) .... Fabio Lorenzi
- Libera, My Love (1975) .... Franco Testa
- La nuora giovane (1975) .... Franco
- Il Soldato di ventura (1976) .... Charles La Motte
- La linea del fiume (1976) .... Padre di Giacomino
- Puttana galera! (1976) .... Col. Remy
- Mannaja (1977) .... Edward M. McGowan
- Beyond Good and Evil (1977) .... Peter Gast
- The Cat (1977) .... Don Pezzolla, the priest
- La tigre è ancora viva: Sandokan alla riscossa! (1977, TV Movie) .... Yanez de Gomera
- Quella strana voglia d'amare (1977)
- Gli ultimi angeli (1978) .... Massimo
- Covert Action (1978) .... Inspector Radi Stavropoulos
- Courage - Let's Run (1979) .... Eric Sylvain de Chalamond
- Il medium (1980)
- Qua la mano (1980) .... Pope
- Tranquille donne di campagna (1980) .... Guido Maldini
- Bello di mamma (1980) .... Duca William Trinacria
- Peccato originale (1981)
- Il tango della gelosia (1981) .... Principe Giulio Lovanelli
- Teste di quoio (1981) .... Comandante Bartoli
- State buoni se potete (1983) .... Ignazio di Loyola
- Windsurf - Il vento nelle mani (1984) .... Lupo
- Quo Vadis (1985, TV Mini-Series) .... Paul of Tarsus
- The Berlin Affair (1985) .... Herbert Gessler
- Juke box (1985)
- A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986) .... Professeur Thevenin / Professor Thevenin
- La donna del traghetto (1986) .... Primo (Father of Viola)
- Incidente di percorso (1986)
- Montecarlo Gran Casinò (1987) .... Baron Duroc de Rothschild
- Umi e (1988)
- Don Bosco (1988) .... Leone XIII
- Deux (1989) .... M. Muller
- Un uomo di razza (1989) .... Giulio Romani
- Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre (1989) .... Jacques
- La Femme Nikita (1990) .... Grossman
- The Man Inside (1990) .... Borges
- L'Autrichienne (1990) .... D'Estaing
- Il volo di Teo (1990)
- Netchaïev est de retour (1991) .... Luis Perez
- The Return of Casanova (1992) .... Emissaire
- Adelaide (1992) .... Koller
- Alibi perfetto (1992) .... Police Chief
- Berlin '39 (1993) .... Rostock
- Mario and the Magician (1994) .... Graziano
- Io e il re (1995) .... Conte
- In Love and War (1996) .... Count Sergio Caracciolo
- L'ombre du pharaon (1996)
- Cous-cous (1996) .... Isaia
- Le déménagement (1997) .... Le livreur 1
- The Fish in Love (1999) .... Autista
- The Town Is Quiet (2000) .... René (participation)
- Un giudice di rispetto (2000) .... Ing. Baldassarri
- Teste di cocco (2000) .... Himself / Yanez
- Vajont (2001) .... Giorgio dal Piaz
- Apri gli occhi e... sogna (2002)
- Joy - scherzi di gioia (2002)
- The Accidental Detective (2003) .... Mario Del Marro
- Five Moons Square (2003) .... Barista
- Le Cou de la girafe (2004) .... Maxime
- Father of Mercy (2004, TV Movie) .... Papa Pio XII
- The Mother of Tears (2007) .... Guglielmo De Witt
- The Rage (2008) .... Nonno
- Blood of the Losers (2008) .... Umberto Dogliani
- Le Premier Cercle (2009) .... Halami
- Nient'altro che noi (2009) .... Maestro di Violino
- Vorrei averti qui (2010) .... Paccotto
- La strada di Paolo (2011) .... Lucio
- Breve storia di lunghi tradimenti (2012) .... Joseph Milton-Dumonnier
- Questione di Karma (2017) .... Ludovico Stern
- Chi salverà le rose? (2017) .... Eugenio
- Una gita a Roma (2017) .... Jean
- Hotel Gagarin (2018) .... Virgil
References edit
- ^ "Philippe Leroy". Allocine. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "È morta a 59 anni la giornalista Silvia Tortora, figlia di Enzo Tortora". Il Post. 10 January 2022.
- ^ "Tanti Auguri Philippe" (in Italian). Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Philippe Leroy in Afghanistan con i para' - Associate - ANSA.it". www.ansa.it. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ Curti 2015, p. 115.
Bibliography edit
- Curti, Roberto (2015). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476619897.