Christian Barbier 28 June 1924 3 November 2009 was a French film and television actor Barbier was born at SaintOuen Seine currently SeineSaintDenis France During his career 1964 to 1997 he specialized in drama rather than comedy In film he held several leading roles but is especially distinguished in auxiliary roles depicting more limited characters He is especially remembered for his firstclass performance in Army of Shadows by JeanPierre Melville in 1969 Appearing in a number of soaps and TV shows of the late 1960s to early 1980s Barbier gained a certain notoriety thanks to the character of Joseph Durtol bounded and proud hero of The Man of Picardy the legendary French television series He died in Manosque Alpes de HauteProvence aged 85 Source Article Christian Barbier from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30