Jean-Paul Belmondo - Cultural References

Cultural References

• Belmondo is saluted in a 1967 episode of the U.S. television sitcom Get Smart. In the episode "The Spirit is Willing" a top agent of the sinister spy agency KAOS is named Paul John Mondebello, an obvious alteration of Belmondo's name. He is also mentioned in a song about "Masculinity" in the play La Cage Aux Folles, and is mentioned in the Donovan song "Sunny South Kensington" on the Mellow Yellow album.
• Belmondo's last name was the inspiration for the name of "Simon Belmondo" better known today as Simon Belmont, of Castlevania fame.