@AlainDelon Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon ( 8 November 1935 – 18 August 2024) is a French - Swiss actor and businessman . He became internationally known for his role in the film The Sun as a Witness , and went on to become one of Europe 's most prominent actors and a sex symbol in the 1960s and 1970s . He is widely considered one of the greatest French actors of all time.