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Disappearance. Death of actor Claude Giraud, seen in “Rabbi Jacob”

You may have forgotten his name, but his face is part of French cinema history. The actor Claude Giraud, who had played in “The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob” alongside Louis de Funès, died on Tuesday at the age of 84, report The mountain.

The cause of his death is not known. Father of two children, he lived in Saint-Priest-des-Champs in Puy-de-Dôme.

The French public knew Claude Giraud for his role of Mohamed Larbi Slimane in “The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob” and that of Philippe de Plessis-Bellières, lover of the heroine in “Angélique Marquise des anges”.

The man first exercised his talents in the theater before making his debut on the big screen in “Les Tricheurs” by Marcel Carné in 1958 … then behind this screen.

He has dubbed many English speaking actors

Claude Giraud was indeed a dubbing actor, and embodied the French voice of many personalities such as Robert Redford, Alain Rickman, Tommy Lee Jones, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Liam Neeson or the late Sean Connery.

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