Robert Castel

Robert Castel 21 May 1933 5 December 2020 was a French actor Castel was born in Bab El Oued on 21 May 1933 He was the son of Lili Labassi a singersongwriter of Chaabi music He started his career as a musician accompanying his father in FrancoArabic songs He began his acting career in the troupe of the Centre régional dart dramatique in Algiers He played the role of Robert in the play on the people of the PiedNoir titled La Famille Hernandez He began his film career at the age of 24 with Les Amants de demain directed by Marcel Blistène and Un témoin dans la ville directed by Édouard Molinaro He continued his acting career for the remainder of the 20th Century ending his career with the 2017 documentary Les Magnifiques which featured Charley Marouani Enrico Macias and Philippe Clair The documentary covered pop culture in France from the 1960s to the 1980s Castel was the widower of PiedNoir actress Lucette Sahuquet who died in 1987 The couple appeared on Les Grosses Têtes broadcast on RTL and Les Jeux de 20 heures broadcast on France Régions 3 Robert Castel died in the Hôpital de la PitiéSalpêtrière in Paris on 5 December 2020 following a long illness He was buried on 9 December at the Cimitière parisien de Pantin Source Article Robert Castel actor from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30