Paul Meurisse
Acting
Biography
Paul Meurisse (21 December 1912, Dunkirk – 19 January 1979, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French actor who appeared in over 60 films and many stage productions. Meurisse was noted for the elegance of his acting style, and for his versatility. He was equally able to play comedic and serious dramatic roles. His screen appearances ranged from the droll and drily humorous to the menacing and disturbing. His most celebrated role was that of the sadistic and vindictive headmaster in the 1955 film Les Diaboliques. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Meurisse, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: December 21, 1912
Place of Birth: Dunkerque, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Known For
Le Grand Échiquier
Army of Shadows
Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust.
Diabolique
The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.
Crooks in Clover
An aging gangster, Fernand Naudin is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inherits a fortune from an old friend, a former gangster supremo known as the Mexican. If he is ambivalent about his new found wealth, Fernand is positively nonplussed to discover that he has also inherited his benefactor’s daughter, Patricia. Unfortunately, not only does Fernand have to put up with the thoroughly modern Patricia and her nauseating boyfriend, but he also had to contend with the Mexican’s trigger-happy former employees, who are determined to make a claim.
L'assassin connaît la musique
Lionel Fribourg, a great composer (at least that's what he thinks) has a problem with his noisy environment: he can't complete his unfinished symphony. Of course there is a market for unfinished symphonies but, for all he knows, only one became famous. So he had better find a way to finish it. At long last, he comes across Agnès, a divorced woman who agrees to let him her quiet home. Lionel, full of hope, resumes work...
Le Deuxième Souffle
A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.
The Truth
As Dominique Marceau is being tried for the murder of Gilbert Tellier, accounts by different witnesses paint a picture of the kind of relationship the two used to share.
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
A documentary about writer Michel Audiard (1920-1985). Contemporary interviews are interwoven with archival footage and clips from his films. It offers a deeper understanding of the career of the man whom Jean Gabin swore by from the mid-1950s onward, and whom films such as "Les Tontons Flingueurs" immortalized.
Marie-Octobre
A group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, the code name of Marie-Helene Dumoulin. The former members of the network have carried on with their lives after the war, but this evening they are going to have to live again a fateful night – the night their leader was killed. He had been betrayed, his name given to the Germans. The search for the traitor puts each personality in the spotlight – and also that of the killed leader, Castille.
Le Majordome
Léopold, valet de chambre to the avocat général Maître de Royssac, starts studying the penal code and, during his leave, becomes a judge in a "middle" court. His decisions are recognized as final. Léopold falls in love with Agnès, engaged to the two-faced Doctor Ventoux, who becomes "Le chat" when he plays the gangster. Léopold will help "Le chat" pull off the heist of the century, if he remains free to court Agnès. "Le Chat" doesn't play along. A fight breaks out between Léopold's gang and "Le Chat's" gang. The law must prevail.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Julien Blaise
as Yan Kuq
as Laurent Kirchner
as Inspecteur Martino
as Self
as Bishop
as Luc Jardie
as Commissioner Blot
as Talleyrand
as Alexandre Larsan-Bellac
as Paul Filippi, gentleman crook
as Léopold
as Alexandre Dumourier
as Commander Théobald Dromard, aka 'Le Monocle'
as commandant Théobald Dromard, dit « Le Monocle »
as Lionel Fribourg
as Charles Rouvier
as M. Armand, un ancien truand
as Théobald 'Monocle' Dromard
as Captain of Lambérieux
as Father Philippe de Maubrun
as Portrant
as Dromard, "Le Monocle"
as Maître Éparvier
as Jean-Claude Perret, publicitaire et mari cocu (segment "L'Adultère")
as Étienne Alexis, célèbre biologiste
as François Renaud-Picart
as Dr. Emery
as Viscount Édouard de Villancourt
as Manuel Villa
as Divisional Commissioner Varzeilles
as Principal Inspector Malouvier
as Inspector Morice
as Fredo Ricioni
as l'abbé Guibourg
as Mordhom
as Michel Delassalle
as L'empereur Napoléon III
as Bob Torquella
as l'inspecteur Sergil
as Lui-même chez le dentiste
as Carlos
as Dominique Coche
as Steve Richardson
as Inspector Sergil
as Jean
as Inspector Nansen
as Colonel of the Empire Gérard Durand
as Stanilas Octave Seminario aka 'SOS', détective
as Le capitaine Lucien Sommervill - l'ex amant d'Arabella
as Moricet
as Inspector Pierre Sergil
as Victor Ménard, Mrs. Rose's former accomplice
as B.B. / Richard Fernay
as Edouard
as Furet
as Robert
as Maxime Gavard
as Paul Mariol
as Hector