Paul Crauchet
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Wonderful Crook
as Henri, drunkard
1975
The Married Couple of the Year Two
as Public Prosecutor
1971
The War Is Over
as Roberto
1966
The Burned Barns
as Pierre Cateux
1973
The Grocer's Son
as Le Père Clément
2007
Le Cercle Rouge
as The Receiver
1970
La Belle Verte
as Osam
1996
The Merry Widow
as Gaby
2007
Zita
as Dr. Bernard
1968
A Cop
as Morand
1972
Army of Shadows
as Félix Lepercq
1969
Wild Grass
as le 1er patient
2009
Sign of the Lion
as Fred
1962
Who Cares: Anatomy of a Delivery Boy
as Le père
1971
The Witness
as Cathy's father
1978
Where Did Tom Go?
as Zagra
1971
Last Known Address
as Jacques Loring, Martin's neighbor
1970
Butterfly on the Shoulder
as Raphaël
1978
The Dominici Affair
as Commissioner Sébeille
1973
Ho !
as Georges Briand
1968
TV Appearances
22 avenue de la Victoire
as Sacristan
1965
Police Commissioner Moulin
as Cassius, le maître
1976
Between Land and Sea
as Charles « Branl'dans le vent »
1997
Les Allumettes suédoises
as Pépé
1996
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
as Régis
1958
Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre
as Gautrais
1965
Le Champ Dolent, le roman de la terre
as Jules (père de Jean-Baptiste)
2002
D'Artagnan
as Planchet
1969
The House in the Woods
as Paul Gardy
1971