Philippe Brizard
Acting
Biography
Philippe Brizard (28 August 1933 – 20 February 2021) was a French actor. Source: Article "Philippe Brizard" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Born: August 28, 1933
Place of Birth: Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France
Known For
To Be Twenty in the Aures
A group of refractory and pacifist Bretons is sent to Algeria. These beings confronted with the horrors of war gradually become killing machines. One of them did not accept it and deserted, taking with him an FLN prisoner who was to be executed the next day.
The Phantom of Liberty
This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, these loosely related, intersecting situations, all without a consistent protagonist, reach from the 19th century to the 1970s. Touching briefly on subjects such as execution, pedophilia, incest, and sex, the film features an array of characters, including a sick father and incompetent police officers.
Last Known Address
Marceau Léonetti, a competent and energetic officer stops by chance the son of an influential lawyer driving under the influence of alcohol. A few months later, the lawyer falsely accuses Léonetti as being violent and incompetent. As a result Marceau is transferred to a small police station, where he meets young and beautiful Jeanne. Soon they are faced with a tough investigation.
Spy, Stand Up
Sebastien Grenier, a former French spy, is working as a financial analyst in Zurich. However, his peaceful existence starts to disintegrate when he is recruited by a top French intelligence operative to discover how one of their own secret agents was found out and executed in broad daylight.
Mr. Klein
Paris, France, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Robert Klein, a successful art dealer who benefits from the misfortunes of those who are ruthlessly persecuted, discovers by chance that there is another Robert Klein, apparently a Jewish man; someone with whom he could be mistakenly identified, something dangerous in such harsh times.
Police Commissioner Moulin
The series follows the adventures of lighthearted Jean-Paul Moulin, a police Commissaire, and his team as they solve crimes.
Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff
Jean-Marie Fayard is a young examining magistrate in a large provincial french city. He belongs to that generation of judges who are endeavoring to re-adapt the notion of justice to our changing times. His methods are not agreeable to every one. Criticism and pressure are brought to bear upon him but he is aware of his value, professionally, and refuses to make any concessions. He follows an unwavering course. He uses dynamic methods and takes uncustomary initiatives. He behaves like a crusader, a battler, whence the nickname given him by the reporters : the sheriff.
The Pariah
For more than 15 years, two Marseille friends and criminals battle the law, rival gangs, prison authorities and even mined beaches in order to survive.
L'Affaire Seznec
Guillaume Seznec and Pierre Quéméneur join forces to sell cars to the Soviets. It was then that the latter suddenly disappeared, while driving with the former about 30 kilometers from Paris. The body will never be found. Seznec quickly became the main suspect and was sent to prison for life, even though nothing clearly indicated that he was the culprit.
The Cabbage Soup
Two buddy farmers are visited by aliens who like their domestic cabbage soup.
Filmography
as Assureur Morlaix
as Émile
as Réalisateur radio RTL
as Le maître d'hôtel du président
as Radio engineer
as The Bookseller
as Le conseiller
as Carmarec
as Director of Police
as Prison guard
as Grenier employee
as Le facteur
as Chief warrant officer Colin
as Jules Giroux
as Chériaux
as M. Vendroux, le généalogiste
as Le touriste français
as Le juge
as Paul
as Léon
as Le technicien du magasin de musique
as Commissaire Aubry
as Le chef de la police marseillaise
as Prison director
as (uncredited)
as Claude Morales
as Expert in tables
as Gauthier
as The Bartender at 'Georges'
as Chambon
as 'Fanfan', regular at the gaming circle
as La Marie
as Le gardien de prison
as Taxi driver (uncredited)
as Leplanchet, cuckold bowling player
as Repairman
as Father (uncredited)
as Pernon
as Me Castard / Me Questard
as Zecca (uncredited)
as Hilarious spectator at the conference (uncredited)