🎬 Gaston Modot

About

Gaston Modot was a French actor and one of the recognizable faces of early French cinema. He appeared in several films by Jean Renoir and played a lead role in Luis Buñuel's surrealist film L'Âge d'or (1930). Over his career he took part in dozens of films, working alongside major figures of the European avant-garde.

Born:

31 December 1887 (82 years)

Died:

19 February 1970

Place of birth:

Paris, France