Philippe Leroy

Philippe Leroy
Leroy in La nuora giovane (1975)
Born	Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu (1930-10-15)15 October 1930 Paris, France
Died	1 June 2024(2024-06-01) (aged 93) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1960–2019
Spouses	Françoise Laurent ​ (divorced)​ Silvia Tortora ​ ​ (m. 1990; died 2022)​
Children	3; including Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
Military career
Allegiance	France
Service/branch	French Foreign Legion
Years of service	1953–1960
Rank	Captain
Commands held	2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment
Battles/wars	French Indochina War Algerian War
Awards	Chevalier Légion d'Honneur Croix de la Valeur Militaire Croix de Guerre des Theatres d'Operations Exterieurs Medaille commemorative de la Campagne d'Indochine

Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu (15 October 1930 – 1 June 2024) was a French actor. He appeared in over 150 films from 1960, and worked extensively in Italian cinema, as well as in his native country.^[1] He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor for his debut performance in Jacques Becker’s The Hole (1960), and for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for playing the title role in the Italian miniseries The Life of Leonardo da Vinci (1971). He was previously a decorated paratrooper in the French Foreign Legion, where he served in the First Indochina War and the Algerian War.^[2][3]