Pierre brice biography
Pierre-Louis Le Bris, known as Pierre Brice, was a French actor, best known as portraying fictional Apache-chief Winnetou in German films based on Karl May novels.
Pierre-Louis Le Bris (6 February – 6 June ), known as Pierre Brice, was a French actor, best known as portraying fictional Apache-chief Winnetou in....
Pierre Brice
French actor (1929–2015)
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Born | (1929-02-06)6 February 1929 Brest, France |
Died | 6 June 2015(2015-06-06) (aged 86) Compiègne, France |
Occupation | Actor |
Nationality | French |
Period | 1962–1997 |
Genre | Western |
Pierre-Louis Le Bris (6 February 1929 – 6 June 2015), known as Pierre Brice, was a French actor, best known as portraying fictionalApache-chief Winnetou in German films based on Karl May novels.[1][2]
Life and films
Brice was born in Brest, Brittany, France.
When he was 19, Brice enlisted in the French Army and fought in the First Indochina War. While patrolling in Indochina, one of his team triggered a mine and its explosion sent Brice whirling through the air, but left him virtually unhurt.
Member of the Commandos Marine, special forces units of the French Navy, he served later as a paratrooper during the Algerian War.[3]
From 1962 to 1968 he acted in a tot