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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-07-14 (104 years old)

Place of Birth

Béziers, Hérault, France

Paul Crauchet

Biography:

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

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.

Source: Article "Paul Crauchet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Acting

2009

Wild Grass as le 1er patient

Adieu De Gaulle, adieu as Vieux jardinier

2007

The Grocer's Son as Le Père Clément

The Merry Widow as Gaby

2006

Rascals as Favart adult

2002

Le Marathon du lit as Simon

1999

Dessine-moi un jouet as Le mendiant

1997

Between Land and Sea as Charles « Branl'dans le vent »

1996

La Belle Verte as Osam

Les Allumettes suédoises as Pépé

1995

Fast as Pépé

Les Derniers Jours de la victime as Funès Le Chat

1993

Faut-il aimer Mathilde? as Papy

Les Maîtres du pain as 'La Fatigue'

1992

Just a Game as 'Smoking'

1991

Venus and Lulu as Pépé Laubépin

1990

The King's Whore as Le Duc de Luynes

Un été après l'autre as Pa

My Mother's Castle as Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns

My Father's Glory as Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns

1988

To Kill a Priest as Alek's Father

1987

Les fortifs as Germain

Le Passager du Tassili as M. Vergeli

La Brute as Yves Rodellec

1984

Black List as Pierre

1981

La Gueule du loup as Commissioner Chailloux

1980

Louis et Réjane

1979

Félicité as The father

1978

The Witness as Cathy's father

Butterfly on the Shoulder as Raphaël

Le beaujolais nouveau est arrivé... as Gaston, le patron du 1er bistrot

1976

Police Commissioner Moulin as Cassius, le maître

1975

Beyond Fear as Inspector

The Track as Rollin

Flic Story as Paul Robier

1974

The Wonderful Crook

A Cloud in the Teeth as Chavignac

1973

The Burned Barns as Pierre Cateux

The Dominici Affair as Commissioner Sébeille

Story of a Love Story as The Plumber

1972

A Cop as Morand

1971

The Married Couple of the Year Two as Public Prosecutor

Who Cares: Anatomy of a Delivery Boy as Le père

Where Did Tom Go? as Zagra

Without Apparent Motive as Francis Palombo

The House in the Woods as Paul Gardy

1970

Le Cercle Rouge as The Receiver

Last Known Address as Jacques Loring, Martin's neighbor

1969

Army of Shadows as Félix Lepercq

Lettres de Stalingrad as Pianist

The Swimming Pool as L'inspecteur Lévêque

1968

Zita as Dr. Bernard

Ho! as Georges Briand

1967

L'Affaire Lourdes as Bernadette's father

The Last Adventure as Insurer

The Sunday of Life as Poucier

The Looters as Valdés

1966

The War Is Over as Roberto

Is Paris Burning? as Priest

1965

The Wise Guys as Pelissier, accountant

22 avenue de la Victoire as Sacristan

Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre as Gautrais

1964

1962

Sign of the Lion as Fred

Font-aux-Cabres as Florès

War of the Buttons as Touegueule

À fleur de peau as l'inspecteur

1958

Why Women Sin as Photograph

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes as Régis

1955

Série noire as Le portier du garage

1952

Foyer perdu as Coffee boy

1951

Skipper Next to God as A Jewish passenger (uncredited)