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Paul Crauchet

Acting Born Jul 14, 1920 Béziers, Hérault, France 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

La Belle Verte

as Osam
Film

Army of Shadows

as Félix Lepercq
Film

Le Cercle Rouge

as The Receiver

Full filmography

  • Police Commissioner Moulin (1976) as Cassius, le maître
  • Les Cinq Dernières Minutes (1958) as Régis
  • The Swimming Pool (1969) as L'inspecteur Lévêque
  • La Belle Verte (1996) as Osam
  • Army of Shadows (1969) as Félix Lepercq
  • Le Cercle Rouge (1970) as The Receiver
  • La Maison des bois (1971) as Paul Gardy
  • Is Paris Burning? (1966) as Priest
  • Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre (1965) as Gautrais
  • The Burned Barns (1973) as Pierre Cateux
  • A Cop (1972) as Morand
  • My Father's Glory (1990) as Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns
  • D'Artagnan (1969) as Planchet
  • Between Land and Sea (1997) as Charles « Branl'dans le vent »
  • War of the Buttons (1962) as Touegueule
  • Les Allumettes suédoises (1996) as Pépé
  • My Mother's Castle (1990) as Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns
  • Ho ! (1968) as Georges Briand
  • 22 avenue de la Victoire (1965) as Sacristan
  • Flic Story (1975) as Paul Robier
  • The Merry Widow (2007) as Gaby
  • To Kill a Priest (1988) as Alek's Father
  • The Married Couple of the Year Two (1971) as Public Prosecutor
  • The Last Adventure (1967) as Insurer