
Amidou
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.
55 acting credits
Acting · 55

Vivement dimanche
1998

Ronin
1998

Sorcerer
1977

Joséphine, Guardian Angel
1997

Spy Game
2001

Escape to Victory
1981

Rules of Engagement
2000

Rosebud
1975

Hideous Kinky
1999

Buddy Goes West
1981

Comme les 5 doigts de la main
2010

Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
2007

The Punishment
1973

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
2002

Life Love Death
1969

Soleil
1997

Brothers in Arms
1989

There Were Days... and Moons
1990

Hot Chocolate
1992

Live for Life
1967

The Crook
1970

Ali Baba and the 40 thieves
2007

The Beautiful Story
1992

Aïcha
2009

To Be a Crook
1965

Man in the Trunk
1973
Unveiled
1994

3000 Million Without an Elevator
1972

Touch and Go
1971

The Night Wears Suspenders
1985

Sorrel Flower
1967

The Big Pardon 2
1992

Heartbeat
1968

Brigade Anti Gangs
1966

The Girl Across the Way
1968

Smic, Smac, Smoc
1971

Countdown to Vengeance
1970
Les Avocats du Diable
1981

Bitter Champagne
1986

Farewell Fred
1985

Les grands moments
1966

Aïcha : Vacances infernales
2012

Heaven's Doors
2006

Soleil de Printemps
1969

Aïcha : La grande débrouille
2011

Here and There
2004

Lalla Hobby
1996

Argana
2007

Aïcha : Job à tout prix
2011

The Right of Man
1961

The Passenger
1987
Thé a la menthe
1962

La parole est au témoin
1963
Une histoire d'amour
2002

Les p’tites têtes
1982