Jean Carmet
Acting
Biography
Jean Carmet (25 April 1920 – 20 April 1994) was a French actor. Jean Carmet began working on stage and then in film in the early 1940s becoming a very popular comedic actor in his native country. He is best known internationally for his role as a French colonist in the 1976 film, La Victoire en Chantant (Black and White in Color). Because of his good-natured manner, he was as popular with members of the film crew as he was with the audiences. During his long career, he appeared in more than 200 films, and although he played dramatic parts, he usually acted in a supporting role as a comedic character. He was nominated for the César Award for Best Actor for his leading role in the 1986 film, Miss Mona. Twice he won the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated on two other occasions. In February 1994, to celebrate his 50th year in film, he was honored by the French motion picture industry with a special César Award. Just a few months later, Jean Carmet died of a heart attack. Jean Carmet is interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris. In his birthplace of Bourgueil, a theater and an avenue were named in his honor. Source: Article "Jean Carmet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Born: April 25, 1920
Place of Birth: Bourgueil, Indre-et-Loire, France
Known For
Children of Paradise
In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance. But Garance, in turn, is loved by three other men: pretentious actor Frederick, conniving thief Lacenaire, and Count Edouard of Montray.
Le Grand Échiquier
Procès de Jean Carmet
Dr. Knock
Saint-Maurice, an ordinary peaceful village, lived healthily so much so that the local doctor's practice was scant. But that was before Dr. Parpalaid retired and was replaced by a charlatan by the name of Knock. A real genius this one, for he soon managed to persuade everyone that they were ill. And not only didn't they resent him but they even loved their physician, who made a fortune and brought prosperity to the village by turning it into a big hospital.
The Boy Soldier
In the 1930s a young fellow, Simon Chalumet, is sent to a military school by his overbearing father, an ex-soldier who has little sympathy for his son's more gentle temperament, or for his interest in films.
Any Number Can Win
Charles, fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cell mate, Francis, to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned assault on the vault of a Cannes casino.
My Mother's Castle
To his chagrin, young Marcel Pagnol and his family move back to their home in Marseille, France, far from their pastoral holiday cottage in the hills. Determined, Marcel makes the long voyage back to the cottage on foot and lands himself in trouble. One day Marcel's father discovers a shortcut to the cottage, but it requires trespassing. Despite their trepidations, Marcel and his family begin using the secret trail to reach their cottage.
Buffet Froid
Alphonse Tram is unwittingly involved in several murders despite having no memory of committing the crimes. His confusion lead him to confess to his neighbour, Inspector Morvandieu. Alphonse and Morvandieu become the axis around which murders occur.
The Common Man
Georges Lajoie is a Parisian café owner. As every summer, Georges, his wife Ginette and grown-up son Léon go on holiday to Loulou's campsite, where they meet up with the Schumacher family (whose father is a bailiff) and the Colin family (who sells bras in the markets). This year, their peace is slightly disturbed by the proximity of a construction site where foreign workers are employed. Xenophobic comments are made. One evening at the ball, a fight breaks out between Lajoie, Albert Schumacher and two algerian immigrant workers...
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
A hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identified as a super secret agent.
Filmography
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Bolo
as Père Grandet
as M. Durandet, vétérinaire en retraite
as Vincent Maheu, aka Bonnemort
as René Bertillon
as Michel
as Ponsard
as Self
as Le Légat du Pape
as Chauveau
as Monsieur Vandubas
as Le directeur
as Lucien
as Raymond Pelleveau, le père âgé
as Drunkard guard
as Le commandant
as Juste Pecuchet
as Juste Pécuchet
as Self
as Le grand-père
as Le Colonel
as Jean-Lou
as Requiem
as Pilier de comptoir
as Scipion
as Le régisseur / Désiré
as Emile Rivereau
as Le curé / Vicar
as Self
as Self
as M. Deliot
as Miss Mona
as Raphael Poitevin
as Doctor Martin, veterinarian
as Désiré, the farmer
as Jocelyn Bouloire
as Zigou
as Sam
as Egon Ratablavasky
as Le pharmacien
as Self
as Forger
as Inspector Robert Casti
as Pacifique Berthet
as Socrate
as André Bourdelle, « Capitaine Raymond » chef d'un mouvement de résistants
as Self
as Joseph Cohen
as Thénardier, innkeeper of Montfermeil
as François
as Self
as Francis Chérasse (Le Bombé)
as Kreps
as Théophraste Longuet
as Rudnik
as Max
as L'adjudant Chalumot
as L'abbé Birotteau
as Duvernet
as Le vieil assassin
as Emile Cousin
as François Dupuis
as Le juge Fernand Noblet
as Adrien Courtois
as Baptiste Nozière
as Camadule
as M. Albert, le passeur qui ne parle pas Anglais
as Inspecteur Melville
as L'indicateur
as Colas
as Sergeant Bosselet
as Marcel Dutilleul
as Self
as Cameo
as Georges Lajoie
as Self
as Henri-Pierre
as Maurice Lefebvre
as Commissioner Bude
as Self
as Antoine Robineau
as Doctor Féraud (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
as Raoul
as Le Restaurateur
as Paul Bourru
as Georges Armand
as le père
as Ludovic, frère de Jocelyne
as Le mari de la directrice de la Maison de Repos
as Maurice Lefebvre, Perrin's best friend
as 'Jambe de laine'
as Lord Picratt
as Paul
as Fisherman
as Maître Vierzon, l'avocat de Noël
as Self
as Staline
as Jeannot
as Angelo
as Martin Bardeau
as Renier
as M. Pinelli
as Le client au chien
as Léo Clapier
as Le patron du bistrot
as Member of Yiddish International Power
as Karl de Kerfuntel
as Tax collector
as Man who wants to buy the bus (uncredited)
as The superstitious security guard (uncredited)
as 'La Fringale'
as Ernest Grafouillères, transporteur de légumes
as Tristot
as Vicar
as Paulo, le complice de Léonard Maburon (sketch "Le Procès")
as Effeminate art critic (uncredited)
as Picard
as 'La Fauche'
as Le porte drapeau
as Déde Lemartin
as L'horloger à l'enterrement
as Station master
as Bartender
as Le porteur
as Le chauffeur
as Le clochard
as Guillaume aka 'Le Fermier'
as Planchet
as Planchet
as Burglar
as Jo le Bègue
as Martial, customs officer
as le pompiste
as Balluché
as Dédé
as Papillote
as Feliciano
as Lamme
as Hubert, le beau-fils
as Second inspector
as Corporal Drawer
as Gaston Duvet, le rôle radiophonique de « Gaston Duraton »
as Jean Courtebride
as (uncredited)
as Soldier Mathieu
as Alvarez
as (uncredited)
as Gaston
as Village vicar
as Merle, l'adjoint de l'inspecteur
as Antoine
as Gaston, l'ami de Jean
as Paullaud
as Gaston Lemeunier
as François
as Baptiste
as M. Grosjean
as Jean - le postier
as Le Guen
as Le clerc
as le premier gars
as La Globule, ami de Robert
as Yvon
as Emile
as The Brigadier
as 'Brin d'Amour', soldier
as le pianiste malade
as Bidel - un fantaisiste raté
as Mechanic (uncredited)
as Nestor
as Gustave
as Le père affolé (uncredited)
as Guy Piponnet
as Albert Farjon
as Étienne
as Guest
as L'abbé Pontail
as Ismora's accomplices
as Third accomplice
as A man of Laurent
as Durand, aka 'Durandal'
as Companion of François (uncredited)
as Un spectateur au paradis des Funambules (uncredited)
as Tortillard (uncredited)
as Typographer (uncredited)