Maurice Barrier
Frequent Collaborators
i How is this score calculated?
The ThumbScore for Maurice Barrier (78.1%) is the average audience approval rating across 9 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Maurice's films are well-received by everyday viewers.
Maurice Barrier (8 June 1932 – 12 April 2020) was a French actor and singer.
Barrier was the son of a cabinetmaker, and had his first job working in his father's workshop. While in Rennes at age 28, he met several resident actors at the Théâtre National de Bretagne and made his stage debut in Caligula, written by Albert Camus.
His first major role on television was in the film The Taking of Power by Louis XIV. His other major films included The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, Two Men in Town, Black and White in Color, Coup de tête, and Flic Story. He played alongside several actors, such as Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu, and Gérard Jugnot.
Barrier was married to the actress Hélène Manesse. The pair resided in Montréal, France from 1962 until Maurice's death on 12 April 2020 in Montbard at the age of 87 due to COVID-19.
Born 1932-06-08 in Malicorne-sur-Sarthe, Sarthe, France. Died 2020-04-12.
On ThumbScore, Maurice Barrier appears in 9 films with an average audience score of 78.1%, most frequently in the Comedy genre.
Sources: TMDB
Every Maurice Barrier movie, ranked by audience score
Free to watch now (26 Oct): The ComDads (Kanopy) · The Outsider (Kanopy) · The Return of Martin Guerre (Tubi, Kanopy) · Flic Story (Tubi).