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- Birth nameGérard Marcel Louis Baraillé
- Gérard Barray was the leading hero in Adventure-Movies made in France - following Jean Marais and on his side in his starting-out-Movies. He became famous as D'Artagnan in "Les trois mousquetaires", as Hardi Pardaillan and "Commissaire San Antonio". In 1969 he changed his profile to the dark side as Van Britten, partner of young Claude Jade in The Witness (1969) - his most interesting part, but whithout great success. His come-back to popularity was the TV-Man Duvernois in Open Your Eyes (1997) by Alejandro Amenábar, the original version of Vanilla Sky (2001) with Tom Cruise.
- IMDb mini biography by: Daniel Denner
- SpouseTeresa Lorca(1965 - February 15, 2024) (his death, 2 children)
- In 1959, upon his return from military service in Algeria, he filmed his first important role in L'Eau à la bouche by Jacques Doniol-Valcroze . The following year, he succeeded Jean Marais in L'Aigle à deux têtes , a play by Jean Cocteau which, fourteen years after its creation, was revived at the Sarah-Bernhardt theater , still with Edwige Feuillère .
- Gérard Barray excelled in the roles of knights with a big heart. He starred as D'Artagnan, Pardaillan, Surcouf and Scaramouche. In total he appeared in a dozen feature films of that genre, most of which were box-office successes, widely known abroad.
- 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.
- 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 Amenábar's Abre los ojos as Devernois, a TV man.
- Gérard Barray married in July 1965at the town hall of Montauban the dancer and actress Teresa Lorca He met her on the set of "Mercenaries of the Rio Grande".
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