Marc Porel Explained

Marc Porel
Birth Name:Marc Michel Marrier de Lagatinerie
Birth Date:1949 1, df=y
Birth Place:Lausanne, Switzerland
Death Place:Casablanca, Morocco
Occupation:Actor
Yearsactive:1967 - 1983
Spouse:
  • Bénédicte Lacoste (divorced)
Parents:Gérard Landry
Jacqueline Porel
Relatives:Gabrielle Réjane (great-grandmother)
Jean-Marie Périer (half brother)
Children:1

Marc Michel Marrier de Lagatinerie (3 January 1949 – 15 August 1983), known professionally as Marc Porel, was a Swiss-born French film actor.[1] He appeared in 40 films between 1967 and 1983.

Life

Marc Michel Marrier de Lagatinerie was born in Lausanne, Switzerland on 3 January 1949, the son of Jacqueline Porel (1918 - 2012), an actress and granddaughter of Gabrielle Réjane, and Gérard Landry, an actor[2] . He had three half siblings, one from an affair his mother had with the singer Henri Salvador : his brother Jean-Marie Périer, and two from her marriage to actor François Périer : his brother Jean-Pierre and sister Anne-Marie.

He was married twice, first to French model Bénédicte Lacoste, with whom he had a daughter. They divorced, and he remarried to Italian actress Barbara Magnolfi.

Death

Porel died in Casablanca on 15 August 1983 of a heroin overdose. He is buried at Passy Cemetery in Paris with his family.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
1967Shock Troops Octave Costa-Gavras
1967Des garçons et des filles Pierre Étienne Périer
1969Une fille nommée Amour Sergio Gobbi Uncredited
1969 Olivier Paul Feyder
1969The Sicilian Clan Sergio Manalese
1970La Horse Henri
1970Last Leap Le danseur arrêté Édouard Luntz
1970Road to Salina Rocky
1970Tumuc Humac Marc Jean-Marie Périer
1971Les Aveux les plus doux Jean Dubreuil Édouard Molinaro
1971Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide Gilles Lantier
1972Don't Torture a Duckling Don Alberto Avallone
1973Ludwig Richard Hornig
1973Un officier de police sans importance Camille Jean Larriaga
1973Tony Arzenta Domenico Maggio
1974Virilità Roberto
1974 Alain
1974Nipoti miei diletti Marco Franco Rossetti
1975Loaded Guns Manuel
1975Il marsigliese Pierre Toriel TV Mini-Series, 3 episodes
1976Soldier of Fortune Duke of Namur
1976Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man Fred
1976The Innocent Filippo d'Arborio
1977Sette note in nero Luca Fattori
1977A Spiral of Mist Fabrizio Sangermano
1977Quand la ville s'éveille Alex Ridzi Pierre Grasset
1977Difficile morire Umberto Silva
1978Blazing Flowers Pino Scalise
1978Porci con la P 38 Morris Gianfranco Pagani
1978La Sorella di Ursula Filippo Andrei / Gianni Nardi
1979L'albero della maldicenza Mario Giacinto Bonacquisti
1980Je vais craquer Christian dit Chris François Leterrier
1980La pagella
1981La disubbidienza Alfio Aldo Lado
1981Il Marchese del Grillo Blanchard Mario Monicelli
1982 Lieutenant Robert TV Mini-Series, 2 episodes
1983Delitto carnale Max Cesare Canevari

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marc Porel. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304141106/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/57373/Marc-Porel. dead. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. 2016. 4 March 2016.
  2. Web site: Family tree of Marc Michel MARRIER DE LAGATINERIE dit" Marc POREL". Geneanet.