American actor based in France Edward Meeks, hero of the series “The Globe-Trotters”, died at 90.

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By Rose Johnson

July 2, 2022

at 90

American actor Edward Meeks died on Saturday morning July 2 in the Paris region at the age of 90, AFP learned from his family. Born in Jonesboro (Arkansas), Edward Meeks had lived in France since the 1950s. He had spent his entire career there, until becoming a figure in cinema and television.

After starting his career as a stuntman in The Longest Day released in 1961, he played the captain of a hijacked plane in The Sicilian Clan by Henri Verneuil (1969) and had appeared in a total of twenty films, from detective Maigret sees red (1963) at Chateauroux District (1987).

Fame with “The Globetrotters”

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 short film which remained unreleased Rearranged with the Princess of Monaco Grace Kelly and was on stage in the 70s. Widower since 2017 of the novelist Jacqueline Monsigny, married in 1972, he had co-authored several souvenir books from the 2000s.

 

MEEKS, Edward (Edward Samuel Meeks Jr.)

Born: 9/27/1934, Jonesboro, Arkansas, U.S.A.

Died: 7/2/2022, Paris, Île-de-France, France

 

Edward Meeks’ western – actor:

Tales of the North (TV) – 1995 (Fitzgerald)