Maurice Ronet

Biography

Maurice Ronet (13 April 1927 – 14 March 1983) was a French film actor, director, and writer. Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes. He was the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut at the age of 14 alongside his parents in Sacha Guitry's Deux couverts in Lausanne. After attending the Parisian acting school Centre du Spectacle de la Rue-Blanche, he entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1944, where Jean-Louis Barrault was one of his mentors. When he made his film debut at 22 in Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de juillet (1949) in a role that was written specifically for him by Becker, he had little interest in pursuing an acting career. After completing the film, he married Maria Pacôme (a French stage actress and playwright), and they departed to Moustiers-Sainte-Marie in Provence, where he tried his hand at ceramics. After completing his military service, he returned to Paris in the early 1950s where he took courses in philosophy and physics, and pursued his passion for literature, music (piano and organ), film and painting. His artwork, part of the peinture non figurative movement, wa…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Elevator to the Gallows (1958) — Julien Tavernier
2. Purple Noon (1960) — Philippe Greenleaf
3. The Swimming Pool (1969) — Harry
4. The Fire Within (1963) — Alain Leroy
5. Beau Pere (1981) — Charly
6. The Unfaithful Wife (1969) — Victor Pegala
7. Death of a Corrupt Man (1977) — Philippe Dubaye
8. La Balance (1982) — Roger Massina
9. Lost Command (1966) — Capain. Boisfeuras
10. Bloodline (1979) — Charles Martin
11. The Marseille Contract (1974) — Inspector Briac
12. Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman (1973) — Piere Gonzague
13. Line of Demarcation (1966) — Pierre, comte de Damville
14. Sphinx (1981) — Yvon Mageot
15. Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) — Jacques
16. The Victors (1963) — French Lieutenant
17. Three Rooms in Manhattan (1965) — François Combe
18. Raphael or the Debauched One (1971) — Raphaël de Lorris
19. Seduction (1973) — Giuseppe Lagana
20. The Champagne Murders (1967) — Paul Wagner
21. The Deadly Trap (1971) — L'homme de l'organisation
22. The Vixen (1969) — Jérôme
23. Madame Claude (1977) — Pierre
24. The Sensuous Assassin (1970) — Serge
25. Circle of Love (1964) — Henri
26. Garden of Delights (1967) — Carlo
27. He Who Must Die (1957) — Michelis
28. Rendezvous in July (1949) — Roger Moulin
29. How Sweet It Is! (1968) — Phillipe
30. The Seven Deadly Sins (1952) — The priest (segment "La Luxure")
31. Golden Night (1976) — Nuit d'or
32. Birds in Peru (1968) — Rainier
33. Last Leap (1970) — Garal
34. The Crazy Capo Affair (1973) — Diserens
35. Devil in the Brain (1972) — Fabrizio Garces
36. Oh, mia bella matrigna (1976) — Luigi
37. The Aristocrats (1955) — Christophe de Conti
38. The Road to Corinth (1967) — Dex
39. Enough Rope (1963) — Walter Saccard
40. The Blonde Witch (1956) — Laurent Brulard

Directed

1. Bartleby (1976) — Director
2. The Thief of Tibadabo (1965) — Director