Georges de Caunes

Biography

Louis Georges Gustave de Caunes (26 April 1919 – 28 June 2004), professionally known as Georges de Caunes, was a well-known French television and radio presenter, journalist, writer and producer whose career spanned over six decades in French language television and radio. De Caunes joined broadcasting in 1945, shortly after the Second World War, there he translated Voice of America into French for the National broadcaster Radiodiffusion française. When television was launched in 1949, De Caunes became one of the first newsreaders on National TV, for which he co-anchored with Pierre Tchernia and Claude Dargat. He later went freelance and in 1953 was offered a full-time presenting job on TMC, following a success on Monacan television, De Caunes was later offered a radio presenting job on the newly formed station Europe 1. Between 1964 and 1966 he was head anchor for the evening news on O.R.T.F and by 1967 he had moved to Radio Luxembourg to front the morning show. He made guest appearances in other television productions including a few episodes of Le Voyageur des siècles. He was also the French commentator at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971, 1975 and 1977. He was also had a p…

Movies & TV Shows

1. À la Mode (1993) — Journaliste TV
2. Champs-Elysées (1982) — Self
3. Tartarin de Tarascon (1962) — Radio reporter
4. The Fuhrer Runs Amok (1974) — Le Présentateur
5. La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022) — Self (archive footage)
6. Sacrée soirée (1987) — Self
7. Chance at Love (1964) — Journalist (segment "Les interviews-vérités") (uncredited)
8. Mitterrand et la télé (2021) — Self (archive footage)
9. 30 millions d'amis (1976) — Self
10. La Chance aux chansons (1984) — Self
11. Route des Cimes (1957) — Narrator (French version)
12. Greenland (1952) — Narrator
13. Over the waves (1951) — Self
14. Secret professionnel (1959) — Painter
15. Tahiti (1957) — The journalist
16. Discorama (1959) — Self - Co-Host
17. 40° à l'ombre (1987) — Self
18. Jeu de dames (1973) — Pierre Bangor
19. Alibi pour un meurtre (1961) — Mauliaire
20. En direct de... (1956) — self
21. Seize millions de jeunes (1964) — Self

Directed

1. Les Champs-Élysées (1965) — Director