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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Army of Shadows (1969) — Félix Lepercq
2. Le Cercle Rouge (1970) — The Receiver
3. The Swimming Pool (1969) — L'inspecteur Lévêque
4. My Father's Glory (1990) — Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns
5. My Mother's Castle (1990) — Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns
6. Un Flic (1972) — Morand
7. War of the Buttons (1962) — Touegueule
8. La Belle Verte (1996) — Osam
9. Is Paris Burning? (1966) — Priest
10. The Wise Guys (1965) — Pelissier, accountant
11. The Last Adventure (1967) — Insurer
12. Flic Story (1975) — Paul Robier
13. Last Known Address (1970) — Jacques Loring, Martin's neighbor
14. The Married Couple of the Year Two (1971) — Public Prosecutor
15. Wild Grass (2009) — le 1er patient
16. The Merry Widow (2007) — Gaby
17. The Dominici Affair (1973) — Commissioner Sébeille
18. The Burned Barns (1973) — Pierre Cateux
19. Without Apparent Motive (1971) — Francis Palombo
20. Sign of the Lion (1962) — Fred
21. The Grocer's Son (2007) — Le Père Clément
22. The War Is Over (1966) — Roberto
23. The Track (1975) — Rollin
24. Butterfly on the Shoulder (1978) — Raphaël
25. Ho ! (1968) — Georges Briand
26. To Kill a Priest (1988) — Alek's Father
27. The Witness (1978) — Cathy's father
28. The King's Whore (1990) — Le Duc de Luynes
29. Fast (1995) — Pépé
30. A Cloud in the Teeth (1974) — Chavignac
31. Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre (1965) — Gautrais
32. The Wonderful Crook (1975) — Henri, drunkard
33. Who Cares: Anatomy of a Delivery Boy (1971) — Le père
34. La Maison des bois (1971) — Paul Gardy
35. Zita (1968) — Dr. Bernard
36. Black List (1984) — Pierre
37. Impossible Object (1973) — The Plumber
38. Venus and Lulu (1991) — Pépé Laubépin
39. Police Commissioner Moulin (1976) — Cassius, le maître
40. Rascals (2006) — Favart adult