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Actor, Singer & Musician
Born Olivier DESPAX
French guitarist, singer and film actor
Born on February 28, 1939 in Neuilly-sur-Seine , France
Died on April 10, 1974 in Villejuif , France
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... Olivier Despax born Olivier Despax de Kerver 28 February 1939 died 10 April 1974 was a French guitarist, singer and film actor.
Biography
The grandnephew of composer Florent Schmitt and the son of Comte Joel de Kerver, Despax began piano lessons at age four and was given a guitar by his parents on his twelfth birthday. He was awarded the Best Jazz Guitarist award in 1955 from the Salon de la Jeunesse du Grand Palais when he was 16 years old.After military service in the Algerian War he formed a rock group called Olivier Despax and the Gamblers and was signed by Barclay Records.
During a gig at Saint-Tropez, he met Brigitte Bardot who he taught how to play the guitar. The two appeared together on French television in 1963 singing a duet. The publicity led to a film career in France beginning in 1964 with Mort, où est ta victoire?. He made his English language debut in Dark of the Sun (1968).
Despax was diagnosed with leukemia in 1969 and died in 1974.
Filmography
References
Bibliography
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
Olivier Despax at IMDb
Biography from Wikipedia (see original) under licence CC BY-SA 3.0
Geographical origins
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