Gérard Blain 23 October 1930 17 December 2000 was a French actor and film director Blain appeared in sixty films between 1944 and 2000 He also directed nine films between 1971 and 2000 In 1971 he won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival for his film The Friends Blain married three times including briefly to Bernadette Lafont Source Article Gérard Blain from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30