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Paul Crauchet

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Paul Crauchet

Born July 14, 1920 in Béziers, Hérault, FranceDied December 19, 201269 films

Paul Crauchet (14 July 1920 – 19 December 2012) was a French actor.

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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.

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Army of Shadows posterFirst watchArmy of Shadows19697.9as Félix LepercqBetrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Le Cercle Rouge poster7.6Le Cercle Rouge1970The Swimming Pool poster7.0The Swimming Pool1969My Father's Glory poster7.3My Father's Glory1990My Mother's Castle poster7.2My Mother's Castle1990War of the Buttons poster7.2War of the Buttons1962La Belle Verte poster7.2La Belle Verte1996The Wise Guys poster7.9The Wise Guys1965Is Paris Burning? poster7.2Is Paris Burning?1966

Filmography

69 films as actor
  1. 2009Wild Grassle 1er patient
  2. 2009Adieu De Gaulle, adieuVieux jardinier
  3. 2007The Merry WidowGaby
  4. 2007The Grocer's SonLe Père Clément
  5. 2006RascalsFavart adult
  6. 2002Le Marathon du litSimon
  7. 1999Dessine-moi un jouetLe mendiant
  8. 1996La Belle VerteOsam
  9. 1995Les Derniers Jours de la victimeFunès Le Chat
  10. 1995FastPépé
  11. 1993Faut-il aimer Mathilde?Papy
  12. 1993Les Maîtres du pain'La Fatigue'
  13. 1992Just a Game'Smoking'
  14. 1991Venus and LuluPépé Laubépin
  15. 1990Un été après l'autrePa
  16. 1990The King's WhoreLe Duc de Luynes
  17. 1990My Mother's CastleEdmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns
  18. 1990My Father's GloryEdmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns
  19. 1988To Kill a PriestAlek's Father
  20. 1987Le Passager du TassiliM. Vergeli
  21. 1987La BruteYves Rodellec
  22. 1987Les fortifsGermain
  23. 1985Le temps d'un instantBrice
  24. 1984Black ListPierre
  25. 1984Homicide by night
  26. 1981La Gueule du loupCommissioner Chailloux
  27. 1981Le Pain de fougèreLe père Grandet
  28. 1980Louis et RéjaneLouis
  29. 1979FélicitéThe father
  30. 1978The WitnessCathy's father
  31. 1978Butterfly on the ShoulderRaphaël
  32. 1978Beaujolais Nouveau Is ArrivedGaston, le patron du 1er bistrot
  33. 1975Flic StoryPaul Robier
  34. 1975Beyond FearInspector
  35. 1975The TrackRollin
  36. 1975The Wonderful CrookHenri, drunkard
  37. 1974A Cloud in the TeethChavignac
  38. 1973The Burned BarnsPierre Cateux
  39. 1973Impossible ObjectThe Plumber
  40. 1973The Dominici AffairCommissioner Sébeille
  41. 1973Héloïse and AbélardPierre le Vénérable
  42. 1972Un FlicMorand
  43. 1972Lettres de StalingradPianist
  44. 1971Where Did Tom Go?Zagra
  45. 1971Without Apparent MotiveFrancis Palombo
  46. 1971The Married Couple of the Year TwoPublic Prosecutor
  47. 1971Who Cares: Anatomy of a Delivery BoyLe père
  48. 1970Le Cercle RougeThe Receiver
  49. 1970Last Known AddressJacques Loring, Martin's neighbor
  50. 1969Army of ShadowsFélix Lepercq
  51. 1969The Swimming PoolL'inspecteur Lévêque
  52. 1968Ho !Georges Briand
  53. 1968ZitaDr. Bernard
  54. 1967L'Affaire LourdesBernadette's father
  55. 1967The LootersValdés
  56. 1967The Last AdventureInsurer
  57. 1967The Sunday of LifePoucier
  58. 1966Is Paris Burning?Priest
  59. 1966The War Is OverRoberto
  60. 1965The Wise GuysPelissier, accountant
  61. 1964L'auto rouge
  62. 1962À fleur de peaul'inspecteur
  63. 1962Font-aux-CabresFlorès
  64. 1962Sign of the LionFred
  65. 1962War of the ButtonsTouegueule
  66. 1958Why Women SinPhotograph
  67. 1955Série noireLe portier du garage
  68. 1952Foyer perduCoffee boy
  69. 1951Skipper Next to GodA Jewish passenger (uncredited)