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Hamidou Benmessaoud (Arabic: حميدو بنمسعود; 2 August 1935 – 19 September 2013), best known as Amidou, was a Moroccan-French film, television and stage actor.
Born in Rabat, at 17 Amidou moved to Paris to attend the CNSAD. In 1968 he made his debut on stage, in Jean Genet's Les paravents.
Amidou is probably best known for his association with director Claude Lelouch, with whom he has shot eleven films, including the Lelouch's film debut Le propre de l'homme (1960). He made his debut in a Maroccan film in 1969, starring in Soleil de printemps directed by Latif Lahlou. His career includes roles in Spaghetti Westerns like Buddy Goes West and several American productions, inclu…
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From Wikipedia Hamidou Benmessaoud (Arabic: حميدو بنمسعود; 2 August 1935 – 19 September 2013), best known as Amidou, was a Moroccan-French film, television and stage actor. Born in Rabat, at 17 Amidou moved to Paris to attend the CNSAD. In 1968 he made his debut on stage, in Jean Genet's Les paravents. Amidou is probably best known for his association with director Claude Lelouch, with whom he has shot eleven films, including the Lelouch's film debut Le propre de l'homme (1960). He made his debut in a Maroccan film in 1969, starring in Soleil de printemps directed by Latif Lahlou. His career includes roles in Spaghetti Westerns like Buddy Goes West and several American productions, including William Friedkin's Sorcerer, John Frankenheimer's Ronin and John Huston's Escape to Victory. In 1969 Amidou was awarded best actor at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival for his role in Life Love Death by Claude Lelouch, later he won best actor awards at the Cairo Film Festival (for Pursuit by Leila Triquie) and at the Tangier Film Festival (for Rachid Boutounes' Here and There). In 2005, he received at the hands of Martin Scorsese a Lifetime Career Award at the International Film Festival of Marrakech. He was also the first Moroccan actor to have won an acting award at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art. Amidou died on 19 September 2013 in Paris, France. He was 78.
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BODY OF WORK
Amidou's Filmography
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Aïcha : Vacances infernales
as M. Bouamaza
Aïcha : La grande débrouille
as M. Bouamaza
Aïcha : Job à tout prix
as Mr. Bouamaza
Comme les 5 doigts de la main
as Lakdar
Aïcha
as M. Bouamaza
Ali Baba and the 40 thieves
as Le Caliphe
Argana
as Hamou
Heaven's Doors
Here and There
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
as l'inspecteur de police
No Poster
Une histoire d'amour
Spy Game
as Sheik's Doctor
Rules of Engagement
as Dr. Ahmar
Hideous Kinky
as Sufi Sheikh
Ronin
as Man at Exchange
Soleil
as Mokzar
Lalla Hobby
Unveiled
as Det. Brahms
The Big Pardon 2
as Si Ali
The Beautiful Story
as Le berger
Hot Chocolate
as Beauregard
There Were Days... and Moons
as Le motard au radar
Brothers in Arms
as Le Kabyle
The Passenger
Bitter Champagne
as Slim
The Night Wears Suspenders
Farewell Fred
as Poupée
Les p’tites têtes
as Prince Douzami
Escape to Victory
as André
Les Avocats du Diable
as Leader of the FLN
Buddy Goes West
as Girolamo / Eagle Eye
Sorcerer
as Kassem / 'Martinez'
Rosebud
as Kirkbane
Man in the Trunk
as Abdul
The Punishment
as Raymond
3000 Million Without an Elevator
as José
Touch and Go
as Ali
Smic, Smac, Smoc
as Robert 'Smoc'
The Crook
as Bill
Countdown to Vengeance
as Macias
Life Love Death
as François Toledo
Soleil de Printemps
Heartbeat
as Etienne
The Girl Across the Way
as Womanizer
Sorrel Flower
as Francis, le porte-flingue d'Albert Roza
Live for Life
as photographe
Les grands moments
as Roger Amy
Brigade Anti Gangs
as 'Nez Cassé'
To Be a Crook
as Amidou
La parole est au témoin
as (voice)
No Poster
Thé a la menthe
Flore et Blancheflore
as L'aubergiste
