About
Michael Edward Lonsdale Crouch (24 May 1931 – 21 September 2020), commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes as Michel Lonsdale, was a French-British actor and author who appeared in over 180 films and television shows. He is often known in the English-speaking world for his roles as the villain Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker, deputy police commissioner Claude Lebel in The Day of the Jackal (1973), The Abbot in The Name of the Rose (1986) and Dupont d'Ivry in The Remains of the Day (1993). Lonsdale was born in Paris, the natural son of British Army officer Edward Lonsdale Crouch and Simone Calderon (née Béraud). He was brought up initially on the island of Jersey, then in London from 1935, and later, during the Second World War, in Casablanca, Morocco. He returned to Paris to study painting in 1947, but was drawn into the world of acting instead, first appearing...
Known for
The Name of the RoseMovie • 1986
MaigretSeries • 1991
MoonrakerMovie • 1979
MunichMovie • 2005
AgoraMovie • 2009
The Day of the JackalMovie • 1973
Smiley's PeopleSeries • 1982
RoninMovie • 1998
The Remains of the DayMovie • 1993
HibernatusMovie • 1969
Stolen KissesMovie • 1968
Is Paris Burning?Movie • 1966
The Phantom of LibertyMovie • 1974
Murmur of the HeartMovie • 1971
The TrialMovie • 1962
Goya's GhostsMovie • 2006
A Monkey's TaleMovie • 1999
The Bride Wore BlackMovie • 1968
Mr. KleinMovie • 1976
ActorsMovie • 2000
Of Gods and MenMovie • 2010
Successive Slidings of PleasureMovie • 1974
The Romantic EnglishwomanMovie • 1975
Nelly and Monsieur ArnaudMovie • 1995