American actor Edward Meeks, hero of the television soap opera
Les Globe-Trotters
alongside Yves Rénier, died Saturday morning in the Paris region at the age of 90, AFP learned from his family.
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The Globe-trotters
before Commissioner Moulin
Born on September 27, 1931 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, Edward Meeks had lived in France since the 1950s. He had spent his entire career there, until becoming a figure in cinema and television.
In 1972, he married the novelist Jacqueline Monsigny, author of historical romantic frescoes and biographies, and in particular of
La Belle de Louisiane
.
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Stuntman in
The Longest Day
After beginning his career as a stuntman in
Le Jour le plus long
, released in 1961, he played the captain of a hijacked plane in
Le Clan des Siciliens
by Henri Verneuil (1969) and appeared in a total of twenty films, from the policeman
Maigret sees red
(1963) to
Châteauroux District
(1987).
With his fairness and his American accent, he was above all the star of the very popular soap opera
Les Globe-Trotters
(1966), alongside Yves Rénier, a duo of journalist-adventurers who went around the world.
He was also part of the cast in 1982 of the unreleased short film
Rearranged
with the Princess of Monaco Grace Kelly and was on stage in the 70s. Widower since 2017 of the novelist Jacqueline Monsigny, married in 1972, he had co-authored several souvenir books from the 2000s.