
Gérard Barray (born 2 November 1931 in Toulouse) is a French actor.
Barray's parents split up quickly and his mother, who came from Montauban decided to return to her hometown with her little boy. Around the age of 15, he discovered a passion for jazz; he participated in a few shows in nightclubs while pursuing his studies and obtained a bachelor's degree at the Faculty of Toulouse. Camille Ricard, an actress and teacher at the Conservatory of Toulouse, who advised him to go to Paris with a letter of recommendation for a friend, Noel Roquevert. Barray enrolled at the Cours Simon, a drama school in Paris. Four years later, Gérard Barray won the Jury It will then excel in the roles of knights with a big heart. He starred as D'Artagnan, Pardaillan, Surcouf and Scaramouche. In total there practice gender in a dozen feature films, most of which are box-office success, widely known abroad. Besides films swashbuckling as Pardaillan and Scaramouche and adventure films like Surcouf, Barray turned police commissioner in two San Antonio movies. In 1969, he starred beside young actress Claude Jade in "The Witness". He played Van Britten, a mysterious museum curator who seduces a young English teacher. It was his last major role.
For Claude Berri he played in Le Cinéma de papa (1970) as Richard, a super star and rather temperamental actor. His comeback in 1997 was in Alejandro Amenabar's "Abre los ojos" as Devernois, a TV man.
Gérard Barray was appointed an Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters in January 2010.
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Open Your Eyes
1997 · as Duvernois

Sexy Beast
2001 · as Spanish Official

Scheherazade
1963 · as Renaud de Villecroix

Tender Sharks
1967 · as Gregory

The Gallant Musketeer
1964 · as Knight Jean de Pardaillan

Captain Fracasse
1961 · as Duke of Vallombreuse

The Witness
1969 · as Van Britten

The Adventures of Scaramouche
1963 · as Robert Lafleur alias Scaramouche

The Fighting Musketeers
1961 · as D'Artagnan

Le Cinema de Papa
1971 · as Richard

The Corsican Brothers
1961 · as Giovanni Sagona

The Twilight Girls
1957 · as Un journaliste de la télévision

Vengeance of the Three Musketeers
1961 · as D'Artagnan

The Spy
1964 · as Frank Jackson

The Big Hit of Surcouf
1966 · as Captain Robert Surcouf

Summertime Killer
1972 · as Tania's teacher

Beru and These Women
1968 · as Commissaire San Antonio

The Sea Pirate
1966 · as Captain Robert Surcouf