in Clive Donner's comedy What's New, Pussycat? (1965) as the lover Philippe. In 1968/69 he starred in Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz (1969), featured as the journalist François Picard, the husband of the character played by Claude Jade. Hitchcock changed Subor's role and let François Picard survive the assassination attempt from the novel, so he returns wounded ("I've been shot, just a little") into Claude Jade's arms. He appeared in Jean-Louis Bertucelli's The Imprecator (1977) and Gérard Blain's The Rebel (1980), but felt he never made the transition to mainstream cinema. Blain used Subor again in Amen he (1999). That year's renewal of Subor's career included a role in Claire Denis's Beau Travail, as a Foreign Legion captain named Bruno Forestier. (Denis named his character after the role he played in the Godard film.) Denis' variation of Billy Budd, set in Djibouti on the Red Sea, received high praise. The next year he was in Wild Innocence (2000) directed by Philippe Garrel. Subor has since worked with Denis on other films, including The Intruder (2005). She said of him: "Michel Subor is not a celebrity in L'Intrus; he is the intruder." ("Sur le plateau de L'Intrus, il a captivé tout le monde, mais personne n'a voulu percer son mystère. Michel Sobor n'est pas le personnage de L'Intrus, il est L'Intrus.") He also had a major role in her White Material in 2009, which was set in an unnamed country in Africa. Personal life and death Subor died in a traffic collision in Toulouse on 17 January 2022, at the age of 86. Filmography Frou-Frou (1955) - Le jeune homme au restaurant Un drole de dimanche (1958) - Un élève du cours (uncredited) Mon pote le gitan (1959) - Bruno Pittuiti La Bride sur le Cou (1961) - Alain Varnier Vacances en enfer (1961) - André Jules et Jim (1962) - Récitant / Narrator (voice) Le Petit Soldat (1963) - Bruno Forestier Les Saintes Nitouches (1963) - Gerard LeGall La vie conjugale: Jean-Marc (1964) - Roger La vie conjugale: Francoise (1964) - Roger What's New, Pussycat? (1965) - Philippe La dame de pique (1965) - Herman Le reflux (1965) A nous deux Paris! (1966) - Patrick Cartier Su nombre es Daphne (1966) Hallucination Sadiques (1969) - L'inspecteur Topaz (1969) - Francois Picard The Day of the Jackal (1973) - 2nd OAS Terrorist in car (uncredited) Docteur Francoise Gailland (1976) - Régis Cabret Un