Daniel Boulanger

Daniel Boulanger (24 January 1922 – 27 October 2014) was a French novelist, playwright, poet and screenwriter. He has also played secondary roles in films and was a member of the Académie Goncourt from 1983 until his death. He was born in Compiègne, Oise.

Boulanger is most known for his roles as the detective hunting down Jean-Paul Belmondo in Jean-Luc Godard's ''Breathless'', the neighbor of Claude Jade and Jean-Pierre Léaud in François Truffaut's ''Bed and Board'' and as a comical gangster in ''Shoot the Piano Player'', another Truffaut feature. On 27 October 2014, Boulanger died at the age of 92. Provided by Wikipedia