Roger Hanin (born Roger Levy, 20 October 1925 – 11 February 2015) was a French actor and film director, best known for playing the title role in the TV police drama, Navarro.
Career Roger Hanin was born in 1925 in Algiers, Algeria as Roger Lévy to Jewish parents. His brother-in-law was François Mitterrand (the former President of France), whose wife, Danielle, was the sister of Hanin's wife, Christine Gouze-Rénal.
With Claude Chabrol, Hanin co-wrote the scripts for a pair of spy films in the mid-1960s. Chabrol directed Code Name: Tiger (1964) and Our Agent Tiger (1965), both featuring Hanin in the starring role of secret agent Le Tigre.
From the late 1970s, Hanin enjoyed newfound popularity in France thanks to his roles in Le Coup de Sirocco, a dramedy about the pieds-noirs exodus in Metropolitan France and Le Grand pardon, a gangster film about the French Jewish pied-noir mafia. Both films were directed by Alexandre Arcady. From 1989 to 2007, he played the title character in the TV series Navarro.
Awards and honours His 1985 film, Hell Train, was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize.
In September 2000 he was awarded a place on the honourable list of the National Order of Merit of Algeria. He said: "I always refused decorations. This is the first time that I agree, but it's also the last because I want it to be unique."
Filmography Actor Year Title Role Director Notes1952The Road to DamascusUn discipleMax Glass1953La môme vert-de-grisa bodyguardBernard Borderie1954Les ImpuresLe client de LiliPierre ChevalierUncredited1955Série noireMénardPierre FoucaudGas-OilRené SchwobGilles GrangierLes Hussardsa soldier Alex JofféUncreditedLes salauds vont en enferUn mauvais garçonRobert HosseinUncreditedVous pigez ?IstriaPierre Chevalier1957He Who Must DiePannagotarosJules DassinEscapadeOlivierRalph Habib1958TamangoFirst Mate BebeJohn Berry The Cat PierreHenri DecoinBe Beautiful But Shut UpCharlemagneMarc AllégretLe désordre et la nuitAlbert SimoniGilles GrangierSunday EncounterRobert SartoriMarc Allégret1959RamuntchoItchoaPierre SchoendoerfferGéo Paquet a.k.a. le GorilleBernard BorderieDu rififi chez les femmesBugAlex JofféLe FricRobert BertinMaurice ClocheThe VerdictAntoine Castellani1960BreathlessCal ZombachJean-Luc GodardSerge CazaisCharles GérardRocco and His BrothersMoriniLuchino ViscontiMichel FerréolHenri Verneuil1961Vive Henri IV, vive l'amourRavaillacClaude Autant-LaraLe Miracle des loupsCharles the BoldAndré HunebelleInspecteur LandaisJacques Guymont1962Capitaine Jean de LursacÉdouard Molinaro Carillons sans joieMauriceCharles BrabantGéo Paquet a.k.a. le GorilleMaurice LabroMarch on RomeCapitaine PaolinelliDino Risi1963Portuguese VacationPierre KastUncredited1964Ernest CharnotWerner KlinglerLe Tigre aime la chair fraicheLouis Rapière a.k.a. le TigreClaude Chabrol1965Passeport diplomatique agent K 8MirmontRobert VernayUn mari à prix fixeRomain de BrétignyClaude de GivrayCode Name: JaguarBob StuartMaurice LabroMarie-Chantal contre le docteur KhaBruno KerrienClaude ChabrolOur Agent TigerLouis Rapière a.k.a. le TigreClaude Chabrol1966Via MacauMichelJean LeducOur Men in BagdadSadovPaolo BianchiniThe Brides of Fu ManchuPierre GrimaldiDon SharpFour Queens for an AceDan LaytonJacques PoitrenaudFrank NormanRalph Habib1967Da Berlino l'ApocalisseSaint DominiqueMario MaffeiLe chacal traque les fillesFrançois Merlin, dit le ChacalJean-Michel RankovitchFrançois CartierJacques Poitrenaud1968They Came to Rob Las Vegasthe BossAntonio Isasi-Isasmendi1969Michel FauvelLa MainL'inspecteur / Le producteurHenri GlaeserPlus jamais seulsStéphaneJean Delire1970Le clair de terreM. Brumeu, le père de PierreGuy GillesSenza via d'uscitaKurtMichael Pressman1971Une femme libreAndréClaude PiersonThe Most Gentle ConfessionsInspecteur BorelliÉdouard Molinaro1972The RevengersQuiberonDaniel Mann1973La raison du plus fouLe patron de l'hôtelFrançois ReichenbachLe conciergeBarbarin - un industrielJean GiraultTony ArzentaCarré1974Le ProtecteurJulien da CostaRoger Hanin1975L'intrépideCanelloJean GiraultLe faux-culBelkacemRoger Hanin1978The Pocket LoverBarbouze ministre 1Bernard QueysanneLe SucreKarbaouiJacques Rouffio1979Albert NarboniAlexandre Arcady1980Certaines nouvellesGeorgesJacques Davila1982Raymond BettounAlexandre ArcadyLes Misérablesthe innkeeperRobert HosseinLa BarakaAimé PradoJean Valère1983My Other HusbandPhilippeGeorges LautnerLe Grand CarnavalLéon CastelliAlexandre Arcady1985Hell TrainCommissaire CouturierRoger Hanin1986La Galette du roiVictor HarrisJean-Michel RibesL'étincelleMauriceMichel Lang1987Lévy et GoliathVoix de DieuGérard OuryUncreditedLa rumbaBeppo ManzoniRoger HaninDernier été à TangerWilliam Barrès, le maître de TangerAlexandre Arcady1989L'Orchestre rougeBerzineJacques Rouffio1990Jean Galmot, aventurierGeorges Picard, le gouverneurAlain Maline1992Day of AtonementRaymond BettounAlexandre Arcady1993Le Nombril du mondeScaliAriel Zeitoun1997SoleilProf. Meyer LévyRoger Hanin
Producer Soleil (1997) with Marianne Sägebrecht
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