Daniel Ceccaldi
Acting
Biography
Daniel Ceccaldi (July 25, 1927 – March 27, 2003) was a French actor. He was born in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France. The mild-mannered Daniel Ceccaldi is famous as Claude Jade's father Lucien Darbon in François Truffaut's movies Stolen Kisses and Bed & Board.Note: Christine refers to him twice as "Lucien", not papa, indicating perhaps that he is not her biological father, echoing Truffaut's own experience. The American critics Bob Wade wrote about Ceccaldi in 'Stolen Kisses': "Claude Jade's parents are memorably played by Daniel Ceccaldi and Claire Duhamel. Ceccaldi’s role may represent the most pleasant and neurosis-free father in any movie of the era. He overflows with Dickensian warmth and geniality." Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Ceccaldi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: July 25, 1927
Place of Birth: Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France
Known For
Dieu seul me voit (Versailles-Chantiers) - version interminable
Heart and Sword
After the death of his father, prince Tristan is living in Cornwall at the court of his uncle, King Marke, who treats him like a son. When the Irish king sends his son Morold over to demand high tax payments, Tristan challenges him to combat. He manages to kill Morold but is very badly injured, and is placed in a boat to be healed by the magic powers of the sea, which takes him across to Ireland.
The Octopus
An epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. The mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus, and anyone who tries to bring them down pays the ultimate price.
In the Mouth of the Wolf
Photographer Henri Barbier is lured by his old friend Barbara to fake the theft of her jewels. It turns out that he is suspected of murder and extortion, while Barbara and her lover are the culprits, which is eventually revealed.
That Man from Rio
French military man Adrien Dufourquet gets an eight-day furlough to visit his fiancée, Agnès. But when he arrives in Paris, he learns that her late father's partner, museum curator Professor Catalan, has just been kidnapped by a group of Amazon tribesmen who have also stolen a priceless statue from the museum. Adrien and Agnès pursue the kidnappers to Brazil, where they learn that the statue is the key to a hidden Amazon treasure.
Stolen Kisses
The third in a series of films featuring François Truffaut's alter-ego, Antoine Doinel, the story resumes with Antoine being discharged from military service. His sweetheart Christine's father lands Antoine a job as a security guard, which he promptly loses. Stumbling into a position assisting a private detective, Antoine falls for his employers' seductive wife, Fabienne, and finds that he must choose between the older woman and Christine.
Love in the Afternoon
Frederic leads a bourgeois life; he is a partner in a small Paris office and is happily married to Helene, a teacher expecting her second child. In the afternoons, Frederic daydreams about other women, but has no intention of taking any action. One day, Chloe, who had been a mistress of an old friend, begins dropping by his office. They meet as friends, irregularly in the afternoons, till eventually Chloe decides to seduce Frederic, causing him a moral dilemma.
Bed and Board
Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have set up a cozy domestic life of selling flowers and giving violin lessons while Antoine fitfully works on his long-gestating novel. As Christine becomes pregnant with the couple's first child, Antoine finds himself enraptured with a young Japanese beauty. The complications change the course of their relationship forever.
The Soft Skin
Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married to Franca and father of Sabine. He starts a love affair with air hostess Nicole, which Pierre is hiding, but he cannot stay away from her.
The Magic of Méliès
A walk through the life and work of the brilliant French filmmaker Georges Méliès (1861-1938), pioneer of special and visual effects.
Filmography
as President of the polling station
as le père
as Commander Destouche
as Maurice Focodel
as Monsieur Oliver
as Count Krasow
as Motorist
as Hoel
as Le président du bureau de vote
as Sylvestre Archimbaud
as Melchiorre
as Admiral
as Méliès (voice)
as Self
as Me Sachet
as Julien Legrand
as Jacques
as Julien
as Self
as Jordi Basté
as Maître Ravignac
as Nicola Sorbi
as Lucky Luke (voice)
as Le père abbé
as Léopold
as Self
as Coccioli
as Père Alphonse
as Guillaume
as Felloux
as Charles
as Norbert
as Emile Roussel, le père
as Jean La Pallière
as Lucky Luke (voice)
as Euloge Saint-Prix
as Theater administrator
as Maître Lucien Lacor
as Hubert Martin
as The family man
as Le marquis du Velin
as Police Prefect
as M. Levêgue, directeur des relations publiques, Fileding
as Antoine, skuespiller
as Self
as Bertrand Danois
as Philippe Morhange
as L'ambassadeur
as Henri
as Michel, the government's man
as Duguet
as Louis XIII
as Louis XIII / Le roi
as l'oncle
as Alain Renon
as Paul Raymond, le député
as Louis Carat
as Uncle Jacques
as Le lieutenant de marine Jean-Yves Marie Le Gouennec
as Gérard Chardonnet
as Gérard
as Morgan
as Coffinet
as Lucien Darbon
as Ivan
as Museum curator
as Max
as Dorante
as Lucien Darbon
as Wendell
as Letellier
as Christian
as Calfarelli
as Cassagne
as Michel
as Christian
as Jacques Vincent
as Le commissaire Noël
as Robert Scott
as Captain of the boat
as le directeur Barnave
as Police inspector Lescure
as Le prêtre
as Félix Pignol, metro ticket puncher colleague
as L'inspecteur Georget
as Léon, bartender
as Stephan
as Seller
as Michel, bartender
as Inspector Belin
as Clément
as Noreau
as Commissaire
as Giovanelli, jewel thief
as François
as Pedro Castelli
as L'homme amoureux de Virginie (segment "Le Repas gastronomique")
as Paul Bonnenfant
as 'La Banque'
as Antonio Villa
as Richard Lanne
as Roger
as Officer
as Italian taxi customer
as Serge Leonidovitch - le premier buveur
as Jacques Gauthier
as Hairdresser
as Un ami de Barbara
as l'amoureux en panne
as Military man at Maxim’s
as Officer (uncredited)
as Le chevalier des Grieux
as Lieutenant Bogard
as Henri d'Anjou
as The third reservist
as Fred, Charlotte's friend (uncredited)
as Doctor
as Théobald - le commis de M. Bernauer et amoureux d'Agnès
as The soldier who shoots badly at the funfair (uncredited)
as A friend of Jérôme (uncredited)
as Un serveur du bistrot (uncredited)
as Lackey (uncredited)