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James Bond Villain Michael Lonsdale Dead At 89:

British-French actor Michael Lonsdale, best known for playing Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker, has died in Paris aged 89, his agent has told AFP.

Lonsdale was also known in the English-speaking world as detective Claude Lebel [in] 1973's spy thriller The Day of the Jackal and as. M. in 1993's The Remains of the Day. In 1986 he starred opposite Sean Connery in the medieval drama The Name of the Rose.

He also appeared in Steven Spielberg's 2005 historical drama Munich, alongside future James Bond star Daniel Craig, and in 1998's action thriller Ronin.

[...] Lonsdale was born in Paris to English and Irish-French parents, and initially raised in Guernsey, then later in Casablanca, Morocco. He later returned to live in Paris, making his stage debut aged 24. He made his film debut in 1956.

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2. "James Bond Villain Michael Lonsdale Dead At 89" - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-lonsdale-moonraker-dead-89_n_5f68d41dc5b63b8afd809508
3. "his agent has told AFP" - https://www.france24.com/en/20200921-french-actor-michael-lonsdale-dies-aged-89
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