Hanin, Roger

(Roger Levy / October 20, 1925, Algiers, Algeria-)

   He moved to Paris to study law and pharmacy. In 1952, he made his stage (La Maison de la Nuit, Thierry Maulnier) and film (La Môme vert-de-gris / USA: Poison Ivy) debuts. In the 1950s, he played mainly supporting roles and was often cast as a bad guy. From 1959 (La Valse du Gorille / US TV: Operation: Top Secret, Bernard Borderie) to 1968 (Da Berlino l'apocalisse / Le Tigre sort sans sa Mère / Heisses Pflaster fur Spione, Mario Maffei, Italy / France / West Germany), he portrayed many secret agents. Under the pseudonym of Antoine Flachot, he created one of them, Le Tigre, and wrote the screenplays of Le Tigre aime la Chair fraîche / La tigre ama la carne fesca / UK: The Tiger Likes Fresh Blood / USA: Code Name: Tiger (France / Italy, 1964) and Le Tigre se parfume à la Dynamite / La Tigre profumata alla dinamite / El Tigre se perfume con dinamita / USA: An Orchid for the Tiger (France / Italy / Spain), both di­rected by Claude Chabrol. Besides his action films, he played in such memorable movies as A Bout de Souffle / UK: By a Tether / UK and USA: Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960), Rocco e i suoi fratelli / Rocco et ses Frères / UK and USA: Rocco and His Brothers (Luchino Visconti, Italy / France, 1960), and La marcia su Roma / La Marche sur Rome / UK and USA: March on Rome (Dino Risi, Italy / France, 1962). In 1971, he also co-starred with William Holden, Susan Hayward, Ernest Borgnine, and Woody Strode in an American western, The Revengers (Daniel Mann). More recently seen in comedy and dramatic roles, he has remained popular with French audiences thanks to a TV series, Navarro (106 episodes from 1989 to 2007). He wrote several novels (1983 L'Ours en Lambeaux, Editions Encre; 1985 Le Voyage d'Arsène, Editions Grasset; 1995 Les Sanglots de la Fête, Editions Grasszet; 1998 Hôtel de Ville de la vieille Lune, Editions Grasset; 2007 Loin de Kharkov, Editions Grasset). His second wife was film producer Christine Gouze-Rénal (1914-2002). He was French President François Mitterrand's brother-in-law.

 Filmography

        ◘ Le Protecteur / Trafico de mujeres (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, actor; France / Spain)

        ◘ Le Faux-Cul (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, actor)

1985 ◘ Train d'Enfer / USA: Hell Train (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, actor)

1987 ◘ La Rumba (also co-screenwriter, actor)

1997 ◘ Soleil (also screenwriter, dialogist, France / Italy / Germany)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ Il était un Musicien (episode "Monsieur Rach­maninoff"; also screenwriter, dialogist, producer)

        ◘ Orange amère (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)

        ◘ Il était un Musicien (episode "Monsieur Stravin­ski"; also screenwriter, dialogist, producer)

1980 ◘ Le Roman du Samedi Soir: Le Coffre et le Revenant (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1988 ◘ Un Coupable (France / Italy)

1990 ◘ Le Gorille / Il Gorilla (episode "Le Pavé du Gorille"; also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; France / Italy / Germany)