Edouard Meeks bowed out. This Saturday morning, the American actor who had lived in France since the 1950s died in the Paris region, at the age of 90. The sad news was announced by his son-in-law Thomas Chatel to AFP, through a press release.
“Edward Meeks died this morning at 5:30 a.m. in his sleep. Arrived in France in 1962, he spent his entire career in our country where he married the novelist Jacqueline Monsigny in 1972.“, can we read in the document transmitted by the family to AFP. Actress and novelist, particularly known for her large romantic frescoes of a historical nature and her biographies of personalities such as Jacqueline Kennedy or Grace of Monaco, Jacqueline Monsigny died on August 15, 2017. Her funeral was celebrated at the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris a few days later, in the presence of her husband Edouard Meeks. The Hollywood Novel and The Cannes Film Festival novel.
Born in Jonesboro (Arkansas), Edward Meeks had lived in France for many years. He had spent his entire career there, becoming a figure in cinema and television.
After starting his career as a stuntman in The longest dayreleased in 1961, he played the captain of a hijacked plane in The Clan of the Sicilians by Henri Verneuil (1969) and appeared in a total of twenty films, from detective Maigret sees red (1963) at Chateauroux District (1987).
With his blonde hair and his American accent, he was above all the star of the very popular soap opera The Globe-Trotters (1966), alongside Yves Rénier, a duo of journalist-adventurers who set off to travel around the world. He was also part of the cast in 1982 of the unreleased short film Rearranged with the Princess of Monaco Grace Kelly and was on stage in the 70s.