Departures of note

Gérard Croce was a French actor born in Marseille who began his career in the 1960s and became known to the wider public in the early 1970s. He appeared in popular comedies of the era, including Claude Zidi's Les Fous du Stade and Les Bidasses en folie, Jean Girault's Les Charlots font l'Espagne, and Pierre Richard's Je sais rien, mais je dirai tout. He also collaborated regularly with director Max Pécas on films such as Branchés à Saint-Tropez, Belles, blondes et bronzées, and Deux enfoirés à Saint-Tropez. In Claude Berri's Germinal he played the grocer Maigrat alongside Gérard Depardieu and Miou-Miou, and he also appeared in Mesrine and Le Cri du Hibou. He later devoted much of his career to television, acting in telefilms and co-producing series such as Sydney Fox, l'aventurière and Léa Parker.