Michael Lonsdale Image: Jacques Brinon/PA Images Michael Lonsdale Image: Jacques Brinon/PA Images MICHAEL LONSDALE, THE British-French actor with a far-ranging film and theatre career but most widely recognised as the villain opposite James Bond in Moonraker, died today aged 89.
His agent, Olivier Loiseau, said he had died at his home in Paris, the city where he was born on May 24, 1931, to an English military officer and a French mother.Based on true events, the film tells the story of seven French monks who were murdered after being kidnapped from their monastery in Algeria in 1996 during the country’s civil war.
"We are very sad to learn of the passing of Michael Lonsdale, who played Hugo Drax in Moonraker. He was an extraordinarily talented actor and a very dear friend. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this sad time” – Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. pic.twitter.com/oMepLcSP0dLonsdale was raised in London and later in Morocco during World War II, when in 1942 American soldiers introduced him to films by John Ford, George Cukor and Howard Hawks.
He performed in plays by top playwrights of the era including Eugene Ionesco, Samuel Beckett and Marguerite Duras.
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