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Pierre Mondy

Acting Born Feb 10, 1925 Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France 24 credits

Biography

Pierre Mondy (born Pierre Cuq; 10 February 1925 – 15 September 2012) was a French film and theatre actor and director.

He was married four times: to Claude Gensac, Pascale Roberts, Annie Fournier, and Catherine Allary, all actresses. He died on 15 September 2012, aged 87, from lymphoma.

Mondy's first on-screen appearance was in 1949 in Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de juillet and he appeared in over 140 films over the course of his career. In 1960, he received international recognition for the role of Napoléon Bonaparte in the film Austerlitz directed by Abel Gance. In the 1970s, his most successful film was the comedy Mais où est donc passée la septième compagnie?. From 1992 until 2005, he appeared in the French television series Les Cordier, juge et flic.

As a voice actor, he voiced Caius Obtus in Asterix et la Surprise de Cesar (Asterix vs. Caesar; 1985) and Cetinlapsus in Asterix Chez Le Bretons (Asterix in Britain; 1986).

Mondy directed four films and thirteen television episodes, and wrote two television screenplay adaptions. He also directed over 60 theatre productions, many of them at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. In 1973 he directed the first production of La Cage aux folles starring Jean Poiret and Michel Serrault.

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Known for

Vivement dimanche

as Self

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Sacrée soirée

as Self

Les Cordier, juge et flic

as Pierre Cordier

Full filmography

  • Vivement dimanche (1998) as Self
  • Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self
  • Sacrée soirée (1987) as Self
  • Numéro un (1975) as Self
  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self
  • Midi Première (1975) as Self
  • Midi trente (1972) as Self
  • The Octopus (1984) as Don Amilcare Attilio Brenno
  • At Theatre Tonight (1966) as Harry Brock
  • Cinépanorama (1956) as Self
  • Nulle part ailleurs (1987) as Self
  • Stars 90 (1990) as Self
  • Les Cordier, juge et flic (1994) as Pierre Cordier
  • À bout portant (1968) as Self
  • Matin Bonheur (1987) as Self
  • Cadet Rousselle (1971) as Self
  • Palace (1988) as Client qui participe à la partouze / Client de l'ascenseur du 14e
  • Palace (1988) as Directeur de Tourisme international
  • Palace (1988) as Le vérificateur de chez Canibouffe
  • Palace (1988) as Robert
  • Les Cent Livres des Hommes (1970)
  • Asterix in Britain (1986) as Cétinlapsus (voice)
  • Petit déjeuner compris (1980) as Gauthier Leroux
  • Les Dossiers de l'Agence O (1968) as Commissioner Lucas