Paul Crauchet
Paul Crauchet (14 July 1920 – 19 December 2012)[1] was a French actor.
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| Born | 14 July 1920 |
| Died | 19 December 2012 (aged 92) |
Biography
As a young man interested in aviation and rugby, Paul Crauchet discovered a passion for the theatre at the age of 23. He settled in Paris in 1945, he studied under Charles Dullin for three years and began on stage in 1949. He then worked at the Théâtre National Populaire with Jean Vilar.
Crauchet appeared in the first film by Éric Rohmer, The Sign of Leo, in 1959, and then in 1962 in The War of the Buttons of Yves Robert. It is in The Wise Guys of Robert Enrico in 1965 that he became noticed. He had a very long career during which he worked with many directors, such as Alain Resnais, René Clément, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jacques Deray and José Giovanni. In 1983 he starred in Les Bancals.[2]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Maître après Dieu | Un passager juif | Uncredited |
| 1952 | Foyer perdu | Le garçon de café | |
| 1955 | Série noire | Le portier du garage | |
| 1956 | La Bande à papa | Marcel | |
| 1958 | La Moucharde | Le photographe | |
| 1962 | War of the Buttons | Touegueule | |
| Le Signe du Lion | Fred | ||
| À fleur de peau | L'inspecteur | ||
| 1965 | The Wise Guys | Pélissier | |
| 1966 | The War Is Over | Roberto | |
| Is Paris Burning? | Priest | ||
| 1967 | Le dimanche de la vie | Poucier | |
| The Last Adventure | L'assureur | ||
| The Looters | Valdés | ||
| 1968 | Tante Zita | Dr. Bernard | |
| Ho! | Gabriel Briand | ||
| 1969 | La Piscine | Leveque | |
| Army of Shadows | Felix Lepercq | ||
| Lettres de Stalingrad | Pianist | ||
| 1970 | Last Known Address | Jacques Loring | |
| Le Cercle rouge | Le Receleur | ||
| 1971 | Bof... Anatomie d'un livreur | Paulo / Le père / The father | |
| The Married Couple of the Year Two | Public Prosecutor | ||
| Without Apparent Motive | Francis Palombo | ||
| Where Did Tom Go ? | |||
| 1972 | Un flic | Morand | |
| 1973 | The Dominici Affair | Le commissaire Sébeil | |
| Story of a Love Story | |||
| The Burned Barns | Pierre Cateux | ||
| 1974 | Un nuage entre les dents | Chavignac | |
| 1975 | Pas si méchant que ça | L'ivrogne | |
| The Track | Rollin | ||
| Au-delà de la peur | Inspector | ||
| Flic Story | Paul Robier | ||
| 1978 | Attention, The Kids Are Watching | Un pêcheur | Uncredited |
| Le beaujolais nouveau est arrivé | Gaston, le patron du 1er bistrot | ||
| Butterfly on the Shoulder | Raphaël | ||
| The Witness | Le père de Cathy | ||
| 1979 | Félicité | Le père | |
| 1980 | Bobo la tête | Dostoïevski | |
| 1981 | La gueule du loup | Commissaire Chailloux | |
| 1983 | Les Bancals | Antoine | |
| 1984 | Liste noire | Pierre | |
| 1985 | Le temps d'un instant | Brice | |
| 1987 | La brute | Yves Rodellec | |
| 1988 | To Kill a Priest | Alek's Father | |
| 1989 | À deux minutes près | Le docteur Gallois | |
| 1990 | My Father's Glory | Edmond des Papillons | |
| My Mother's Castle | |||
| The King's Whore | Le Duc de Luynes | ||
| Impasse de la vignette | Pa | ||
| 1991 | Le coup suprême | Smoking | |
| 1993 | Faut-il aimer Mathilde? | Papy | |
| 1995 | Fast | Pépé | |
| 1996 | La Belle Verte | Osam | |
| 2007 | The Grocer's Son | Le père Clément | |
| The Merry Widow | Gaby | ||
| 2009 | Wild Grass | Patient |
References
- "La disparition du comédien Paul Crauchet à l'âge de 92 ans". lci.tf1.fr. Archived from the original on 2012-12-22. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
- Kaplan, Mike (1 August 1983). Variety international show business reference, 1983. Garland Pub. p. 437.