Portrait of Paul Crauchet

Paul Crauchet

Acting

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.

Born: July 14, 1920

Place of Birth: Béziers, Hérault, France

Filmography

2009
Wild Grass

as le 1er patient

2009
Adieu De Gaulle, adieu

as Vieux jardinier

2007
2007
The Grocer's Son

as Le Père Clément

2006
Rascals

as Favart adult

2002
Le Champ Dolent, le roman de la terre

as Jules (père de Jean-Baptiste)

2002
1999
Dessine-moi un jouet

as Le mendiant

1997
Between Land and Sea

as Charles « Branl'dans le vent »

1996
1995
Fast

as Pépé

1993
Les Maîtres du pain

as 'La Fatigue'

1992
Just a Game

as 'Smoking'

1991
Venus and Lulu

as Pépé Laubépin

1990
The King's Whore

as Le Duc de Luynes

1990
My Mother's Castle

as Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns

1990
My Father's Glory

as Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns

1988
To Kill a Priest

as Alek's Father

1987
1987
La Brute

as Yves Rodellec

1987
Les fortifs

as Germain

1984
Black List

as Pierre

1981
La Gueule du loup

as Commissioner Chailloux

1979
Félicité

as The father

1978
The Witness

as Cathy's father

1978
Beaujolais Nouveau Is Arrived

as Gaston, le patron du 1er bistrot

1976
Police Commissioner Moulin

as Cassius, le maître

1975
Flic Story

as Paul Robier

1975
Beyond Fear

as Inspector

1975
The Track

as Rollin

1975
The Wonderful Crook

as Henri, drunkard

1974
1973
The Burned Barns

as Pierre Cateux

1973
Impossible Object

as The Plumber

1973
The Dominici Affair

as Commissioner Sébeille

1973
Héloïse and Abélard

as Pierre le Vénérable

1972
A Cop

as Morand

1971
1971
Without Apparent Motive

as Francis Palombo

1971
1971
1970
Le Cercle Rouge

as The Receiver

1970
Last Known Address

as Jacques Loring, Martin's neighbor

1969
D'Artagnan

as Planchet

1969
1969
Army of Shadows

as Félix Lepercq

1969
The Swimming Pool

as L'inspecteur Lévêque

1968
Ho !

as Georges Briand

1968
Zita

as Dr. Bernard

1968
1967
L'Affaire Lourdes

as Bernadette's father

1967
The Looters

as Valdés

1967
1967
1966
1966
The War Is Over

as Roberto

1965
The Wise Guys

as Pelissier, accountant

1962
À fleur de peau

as l'inspecteur

1962
Font-aux-Cabres

as Florès

1962
1962
War of the Buttons

as Touegueule

1958
Why Women Sin

as Photograph

1955
Série noire

as Le portier du garage

1952
Foyer perdu

as Coffee boy

1951
Skipper Next to God

as A Jewish passenger (uncredited)