Paul Crauchet
| Paul Crauchet | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
14 July 1920 Béziers, France |
| Died | 19 December 2012 (aged 92) |
Paul Crauchet (14 July 1920 – 19 December 2012)[1] was a French actor.
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]
Selected filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Wild Grass | Patient | |
| 2007 | The Grocer's Son | Le père Clément | |
| 1996 | La Belle Verte | Osam | |
| 1990 | The King's Whore | Le Duc de Luynes | |
| My Mother's Castle | Edmond des Papillons | ||
| My Father's Glory | Edmond des Papillons | ||
| Impasse de la vignette | Pa | ||
| 1978 | Butterfly on the Shoulder | Raphaël | |
| 1975 | Flic Story | Paul Robier | |
| 1973 | Story of a Love Story | ||
| The Burned Barns | Pierre Cateux | ||
| 1972 | Un flic | Morand | |
| 1971 | Where Did Tom Go ? | ||
| The Married Couple of the Year Two | Public Prosecutor | ||
| 1970 | Le Cercle rouge | Le Receleur | |
| Last Known Address | Jacques Loring | ||
| 1969 | Army of Shadows | Felix Lepercq | |
| La Piscine | Leveque | ||
| 1967 | The Last Adventure | L'assureur | |
| 1966 | The War Is Over | Roberto | |
| Is Paris Burning? | Priest | ||
| 1965 | The Wise Guys | Pélissier | |
| 1962 | War of the Buttons | Touegueule | |
| 1959 | The Sign of Leo | Fred | |
| 1956 | La Bande à papa |
References
- ↑ "La disparition du comédien Paul Crauchet à l'âge de 92 ans". lci.tf1.fr. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
- ↑ Kaplan, Mike (1 August 1983). Variety international show business reference, 1983. Garland Pub. p. 437.