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In The Three Musketeers, he and the other two musketeers Porthos and Aramis are friends of the novel's protagonist, D'Artagnan. He has a mysterious past connecting him with the villainess of the novel, Milady de Winter.

The oldest by some years, Athos is a father figure to the other musketeers. He is described as noble but also very secretive, drowning his secret sorrows in drink.

By the end of the novel, it is revealed that he is the Comte de la Fère, who was Milady's husband before she married the Comte de Winter.

In The Vicomte de Bragelone, he is openly known as the Comte de la Fère and is the father of the young hero, Raoul de Bragelone. Like the other musketeers, Athos' given name is never told.

The fictional Athos is named after the historical musketeer Armand de Sillègue d'Athos d'Autevielle ( 1615- 1644). (They don't actually have much in common apart from the name.)

Film and Television

Actors who have played Athos on screen include:

• Henri Rollan , in Les trois mousquetaires (1921)
• Paul Lukas, in The Three Musketeers (1935)
• Barry Morse , in The Three Musketeers (TV movie) (1960)
• Oliver Reed, in The Three Musketeers (1973), The Four Musketeers (1974), and The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
• José Ferrer, in The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
• Kiefer SutherlandKiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland (born December 21, 1966) is a Canadian television and film actor. He was born in London, England while his parents were working there, but was raised in Canada. He is the son of Donald Sutherland an, in The Three Musketeers (1993)
• John MalkovichJohn Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953 in Christopher, Illinois) is an American actor, producer, and director. Biography As a youngster, Malkovich was reportedly heavy set. By High School, he had transformed himself physically and was a star athlete., in The Man in the Iron MaskThere have been several movies entitled The Man in the Iron Mask all based on the final section of the novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, which was itself based on the 18th century myth of the Man in the Iron Mask. The plot involves D'Art (1998)
• Christopher Cazenove , in La Femme Musketeer (TV miniseries) (2003)