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Pierre Vaneck

Pierre Vaneck

Actor · Born 1931-04-15 · Lang Son, Indochine

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Biography

Pierre Vaneck (born Pierre Auguste Van Hecke; 15 April 1931 – 31 January 2010) was a French actor. During his career, he won a Molière Award in 1988 and received a César Award nomination in 2009. Son of a Belgian army officer, Pierre Vaneck spent his youth in Antwerp, Belgium, until the age of 17, when he started medical studies in Paris, France. Before long, he branched into studying acting, first at the Rene Simon school, and then at the Theatre Academy, under Henri Rollan. He earned his living meanwhile by working for a saddle-maker by day, and in the evenings, he recited François Villon's poems in cabarets. His début on the stage came in 1952 in The Three Musketeers in the role of Louis XIII. His first important role in the cinema was in the Julien Duvivier film, Marianne of my Youth in 1955. Pierre Vaneck was primarily a theatre and television actor. The general public knew him particularly for his television role as the father of the main character in Fabien Cosma, as well as in many other serials (Spring Tides, The Garonne...). Vaneck died on Sunday 31 January 2010, during open-heart surgery. He was married to Sophie Becker, daughter and sister of Jacques Becker and Jean B…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Science of Sleep (2006) — Mr. Pouchet
  2. Is Paris Burning? (1966) — Maj. Roger Gallois
  3. Love Me No More (2008) — le père d'Antoine
  4. Othello (1995) — Brabantio
  5. Year of the Jellyfish (1984) — Pierre Rivaut
  6. Furia (1999) — Aaron
  7. A Man Named Rocca (1961) — Xavier Adé
  8. Operation Leopard (1980) — Colonel Grasser
  9. He Who Must Die (1957) — Manolios
  10. If Paris Were Told to Us (1956) — François Villon
  11. The Season for Love (1961) — Sylvain
  12. Portuguese Vacation (1963) — Pierre
  13. « Art » (1998) — Marc
  14. If I Had Four Dromedaries (1966) — Récitant (voice)
  15. Paradise Calling (1988) — Noah
  16. A Bullet in the Gun Barrel (1958) — Tony
  17. Potatoes (1969) — German soldier (uncredited)
  18. Nero (2004) — Paul of Tarsus
  19. Enchanted Isles (1965) — Abrantes
  20. Return to Algiers (2000) — Blanville
  21. The Irony of Chance (1974) — Werner Von Rompsay
  22. Sweet Country (1987) — Father Venegas
  23. Famous Love Affairs (1961) — René de La Roche
  24. Portrait d'Orson Welles (1968) — Narrator (voice)
  25. East Wind (1993) — doktor Josef Hoop, premier rządu Liechtensteinu
  26. Biribi (1971) — Ponchard
  27. No Sky Limit with Africa (2005) — Ian Coburn
  28. Misdeal (1969) — Jacques Christens
  29. Le Soleil en face (1980) — Dr. Norbert Bollinger
  30. The Heat of a Thousand Suns (1965) — (voice)
  31. Threshold of the Void (1974) — Dr. Liancourt
  32. La Face de l'Ogre (1988) — Ringler
  33. As in Heaven (1992) — Dr. Charcot
  34. Why Women Sin (1958) — Frédéric Martignac, aka Fred
  35. Imperium: Nero (2004) — Paolo di Tarso
  36. Saint-Just and the Force of Things (1975) — Maximilien Robespierre
  37. Cinq-Mars (1981) — Louis XIII
  38. Sin with a Stranger (1968) — François
  39. Les Cœurs brûlés (1992) — Marc Leroy
  40. The Proprietor (1996) — Raymond T.K