Gilles Ségal

Gilles Ségal ( born January 13, 1932 in Fălticeni, Romania) is a French actor.

He became famous in 1964 as spectacular burglars in Jules Dassin's Topkapi Giulio. He served with the legendary scene in which he silently rappelling down to the diamond-studded dagger, as a model for Tom Cruise's part in Mission: Impossible. Two years later he played a major role in the Soviet- French co-production Tretya Molodost. In the 70s he worked with Costa -Gavras ( The Confession ), Marc Monnet ( Léa in winter), Philippe Labro ( nine in the crosshairs ) and Edouard Molinaro (escape in the circle).

A great success was his role as a husband at the side of Claude Brigitte Fossey in Faraldos honey flowers. He had a major TV role in 1975 as Julius Rosenberg next to Marie -José Nat in The Rosenbergs may not die. In the 80s, Gilles Ségal plays mainly in TV movies, such as Bernard alongside Claude Jade in Nous ne l' avons pas assez aimée (1980 ), as Commissioner Sarrasins in L ' Afrique, c'est loin (1982 ) and as Herbert John alongside Farrah Fawcett in tracked and hunted ( Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story) (1986). In the 90 and 2000s mainly TV roles (including 2003 next to Marie -José Nat in When I was seven )