What is Ion Besoiu?
[[File:Ion Besoiu.jpg|thumb|Ion Besoiu]] '''Ion Besoiu''' (11 March 1931 &ndash; 18 January 2017) was a [[Romania]]n actor. He played the lead role in the [[television series]] ''[[Toate pînzele sus]]''. He appeared in [[movie]]s when Romania was under a [[Communist]] [[one-party state]] rule. Those movies include ''[[Thirst (1961 movie)|Thirst]]'' (1961), ''[[Michael the Brave (movie)|Michael the Brave]]'' (1970), ''[[The Actor and the Savages]]'' (1975), ''[[Mihail, câine de circ]]'' (1979), ''[[The Last Assault]]'' (1985). His later roles included ''[[Loverboy (2011 movie)|Loverboy]]'' (2011) and ''[[Bucharest Non Stop]]'' (2015). He was born in [[Sibiu]]. Besoiu died on 18 January 2017 in [[Bucharest]] at the age of 85.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.realitatea.net/ion-besoiu-a-incetat-din-via-a_2023532.html|title=Actorul avea 85 de ani|work=REALITATEA.NET|date=18 January 2017|access-date=18 January 2017|language=ro}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} *{{IMDb name|0078725}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Besoiu, Ion}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Romanian movie actors]] [[Category:Romanian television actors]] [[Category:Romanian stage actors]] {{Actor-stub}}