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Philippe Clay

Philippe Clay

Actor · Born 1927-03-07 · Paris, France

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Biography

Philippe Clay, born Philippe Mathevet, (March 7, 1927 – December 13, 2007) was a French mime artist, singer and actor. He was known for his tall and slim silhouette (he was 1,90 m tall) and for his interpretations of songs by Charles Aznavour, Claude Nougaro, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Boris Vian, Serge Gainsbourg, Jean Yanne, Léo Ferré, Jacques Datin, Jean-Claude Massoulier or Bernard Dimey. He interpreted “La Complainte des Apaches” for the TV series Les Brigades du Tigre, written by Henri Djian and composed by Claude Bolling. As an actor, he appeared in many movies (Bell, Book and Candle) and television films. One of his famous roles is in the Jean Renoir film, French Cancan, where he played Casimir le Serpentin (a character inspired by Valentin le désossé). Description above from the Wikipedia article Philippe Clay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Bell, Book and Candle (1958) — French Singer at the Zodiac Club
  2. Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ (1982) — Herald of the arena
  3. The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) — Chanteur Complainte
  4. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956) — Clopin Trouillefou
  5. French Cancan (1955) — Casimir le Serpentin
  6. Tuvalu (1999) — Karl
  7. Toto in Paris (1958) — il finto maggiordomo
  8. In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles! (1961) — Jean-Louis Preminger (voice)
  9. Lautrec (1998) — Auguste Renoir
  10. Shanks (1974) — Mr. Barton
  11. 1974, une partie de campagne (2002) — Self
  12. The Road to Shame (1959) — Tom
  13. Sale temps pour les mouches (1966) — Pierre Mazaud, aka 'Félix'
  14. Let's Arm Ourselves and Go! (1971) — generale McMaster
  15. Ivory Coast Adventure (1965) — Renaud Lefranc
  16. Nathalie (1957) — Adolphe Faisant
  17. Champs-Elysées (1982) — Self
  18. Vivement dimanche (1998) — Self
  19. A Good Little Devil (1983) — Judge
  20. Not Dumb, the Bird (1972) — Jack Bromfield
  21. La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022) — Self (archive footage)
  22. The Bureaucrats (1959) — Letondu
  23. Les joyeux lurons (1972) — L'abbé Larivière
  24. The Insolent (1973) — Dargnac
  25. The Freelancers (1999) — Le Chatelain
  26. Salut la puce (1983) — Rigodo-Cartecolin, un marionnettiste
  27. Catherine (1986) — Barnabé
  28. Take Me As I Am (1960) — Carlo
  29. Life is beautiful (1956) — le pasteur
  30. Musketeers of the Sea (1962) — Gosselin
  31. The Night of the Hunted (1959) — Taretta
  32. The Hotheads (1967) — Prêcheur
  33. 30 millions d'amis (1976) — Self
  34. La Brigade des maléfices (1971)
  35. It Happened on the 36 Candles (1957) — Self (uncredited)
  36. Pour un sourire (1970) — Nicolas
  37. Rome Express (1950) — Sleeping car employee
  38. Alexina's House (1999) — Raffin
  39. En bordée (1958) — Bailladrisse / Yves Biadrix
  40. Die Wildnis (1993) — Peasant