RIP Fernand Guiot

 

Fernand Guiot, prolific supporting role of French cinema, died at 88 years old on June 26, 2021 in Paris, France. The Franco-Belgian actor Fernand Guiot, a prolific supporting role, one of the popular “faces” of French cinema known in particular for his role of a stupid inspector of the Duchemin Guide in “The Wing or the Thigh” by Claude Zidi. Born on August 7, 1932 in Namur, Belgium, trained at the Conservatoire dramatique de Bruxelles, Fernand Guiot moved to Paris at the end of the 1950s, starting a long career in cinema, theater and television with nearly 200 films, parts and series to his credit. He appeared in two Euro-western TV series: ‘Frontier’ (1969) as commander of the Clementine and ‘Hudson Frontier’ (1986) as Lorrain.