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Pierre Fresnay

Actor

Pierre Fresnay

Born April 3, 1897 in Paris, FranceDied January 9, 197563 films

Pierre Fresnay was a French stage and film actor.

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Grand Illusion posterFirst watchGrand Illusion19377.9as Captain de BoëldieuA group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Le Corbeau poster7.5Le Corbeau1943The Man Who Knew Too Much poster6.5The Man Who Knew Too Much1934The Murderer Lives at Number 21 poster7.2The Murderer Lives at Number 211942Marius poster7.4Marius1931César poster7.6César1936Fanny poster7.5Fanny1932Carnival of Sinners poster6.7Carnival of Sinners1943The Old Guard poster6.3The Old Guard1960

Filmography

63 films as actor
  1. 1970Clock HeadTête d'horloge
  2. 1969God Chose ParisNarrator
  3. 1961Le Grand Secret
  4. 1960The Old GuardBaptiste Talon, retired SNCF employee
  5. 1960The Thousandth WindowArmand Vallin
  6. 1959The DreadfulCésar Dandieu
  7. 1958So Much Love LostJoseph Andrieu
  8. 1958Et ta sœur…Bastien
  9. 1957A Bomb for a DictatorLuis Vargas
  10. 1957The Ostrich Has Two EggsHippolyte Barjus
  11. 1956L'Homme aux clés d'orAntoine Fournier
  12. 1955The AristocratsMarquis de Maubrun et maire
  13. 1955The FugitivesLieutenant Pierre Keller, instituteur
  14. 1954The Unfrocked OneMaurice Morand
  15. 1953Napoleon RoadEdouard Martel
  16. 1952Dr. SchweitzerDr. Albert Schweitzer
  17. 1951PerfectionistProfessor Louis Delage
  18. 1951Trip to AmericaGaston Fournier
  19. 1951Amazing Monsieur FabreM. Fabre
  20. 1950God Needs MenThomas Gourvennec
  21. 1950Justice Is DoneNarrator (uncredited)
  22. 1950Paris WaltzJacques Offenbach
  23. 1949At the Grand BalconyCarbot
  24. 1949Just OutMoscat
  25. 1949BarryLe père Théotime
  26. 1948ConvictedJean Séverac, le mari d'Hélène
  27. 1947Monsieur VincentVincent de Paul
  28. 1946TaintedSauval
  29. 1946Devil's DaughterLudovic Mercier / Saget
  30. 1944The Traveler Without LuggageGaston
  31. 1943I Am with YouFrançois Laferrière
  32. 1943Le CorbeauLe docteur Rémy Germain
  33. 1943L'Escalier sans finPierre
  34. 1943Carnival of SinnersRoland Brissot
  35. 1942The Murderer Lives at Number 21Commissaire Wens
  36. 1942The Newspaper Falls at Five O'ClockPierre Rabaud
  37. 1942Strangers in the HouseLe narrateur (uncredited)
  38. 1941The Chain BreakerMarcus
  39. 1941The Last One of the SixCommissaire Wens
  40. 1941The DuelAbbot Daniel Maurey
  41. 1939The Phantom WagonDavid Holm
  42. 1938Three WaltzesOctave, Philippe & Gérard de Chalencey
  43. 1938Adrienne Lecouvreur
  44. 1938S.O.S. MediterraneanCommander Lestailleur
  45. 1938Chéri-BibiFrancis aka 'Chéri-Bibi'
  46. 1938The PuritanLe commissaire Lavan
  47. 1937La Bataille silencieuseBordier
  48. 1937Grand IllusionCaptain de Boëldieu
  49. 1937Street of Shadowsle capitaine Georges Carrère
  50. 1936CésarMarius Ollivier
  51. 1936Under Western EyesRazumov
  52. 1936The Novel of a Poor Young ManMaxime Hauterive de Champcey
  53. 1935Crimson DynastyRaoul Vignerte
  54. 1934The Man Who Knew Too MuchLouis Bernard
  55. 1934CamilleArmand Duval
  56. 1933Âme de clownJack
  57. 1932FannyMarius Olivier
  58. 1931MariusMarius Ollivier, fils de César
  59. 1930Ça aussi !... c'est Paris
  60. 1929A Foolish Maiden
  61. 1924Les amours de RocamboleJean Robert
  62. 1924Les premières armes de RocamboleJean Robert
  63. 1922The Black DiamondBouvier