Robert Hosseinoff was born on December 30, 1927. He is the
son of composer, conductor André Hossein and was trained at René Simon's acting
school. Hossein labored away as an actor and director with the legendary
Theatre Grand Guignol in Montmartre, then spent several years on the
"legitimate" stage. His first film appearance was in “Sextette”
(1948) and went on to appear in over 105 films and TV series. Hossein has been
generally cast as jaded villains. Making his movie directorial debut with “The
Wicked Go to Hell” (1955), Hossein went on to call the shots on such Film Noir
fare as “Blonde in a White Car” (1958) and “Rasputin” (1967). He worked beside
such famous actresses as Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren, Marina Vlady, Claude
Jade, Stéphane Audran, Michèle Mercier. In the 1960s, Robert Hossein appeared
regularly as Jeoffrey de Peyrac in the soft-core Angélique films. Robert
appeared in four Euro-westerns: “The Taste of Violence” (1960), “Cemetery
Without Crosses”, “Once Upon a Time in the West” (both 1968) and “Judge Roy
Bean” (1971). Hossein also appeared in the TV Euro-western documentary “Denn
sie kennen kein Erbarmen” (2005). Robert
has been married to actress Marina Vlady [1938- ]
(1955-1959), screenwriter Caroline Eliacheff [1947- ]
(1962-19??) and actress Candice Patou [1947-
] (1976- ). Today we celebrate
Robert Hossein’s 85th birthday.
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