1930-04-29 Paris, France
Jean Raoul Robert Rochefort (29 April 1930 – 9 October 2017) was a French actor. He received many accolades during his career, including an Honorary César in 1999. Rochefort was born on 29 April 1930 in Paris, France, to Breton parents. Jean Rochefort was not born in Dinan, but his parents were living there. He was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen. Rochefort was nineteen years old when he entered the Centre d'Art Dramatique de la rue Blanche. Later he joined the Conservatoire National. After completing his national service in 1953, he worked with the Compagnie Grenier Hussenot as a theatre actor for seven years. There he was noted for his ability to play both drama and comedy. He then became a television and cinema actor, and also worked as director. After some supporting roles in Cartouche, Captain Fracasse and in Marvelous Angelique, Rochefort played his first big role with Annie Girardot as his wife and Claude Jade as his daughter in Hearth Fires in 1972. In this drama, he starred as a man who leaves his family for ten years before returning. In this film he played at 41 years old a father of adult children (the young Claude Jade was already 23). To appear older, he grew a moustache, his trademark, which he later removed only once, in 1996 for Ridicule. Four years after Hearth Fires he was the leading star of the midlife crisis comedy Pardon Mon Affaire as a man who risks his married life with Danièle Delorme for an affair with Anny Duperey. Thanks to the success of this film, Rochefort became very popular. In 1972, he starred opposite Pierre Richard as Chief of Counter-Espionage, Louis Toulouse, in the Yves Robert comedy Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire, a role he reprised in the 1974 sequel Le Retour du grand blond, also directed by Robert. In 1998, he starred as "Fernand de Morcerf" opposite Gerard Depardieu in the mini-series Le Comte de Monte Cristo. In the eighties, he became the narrator of the French version of Welcome to Pooh Corner, replacing Laurie Main. This made him popular with children at the time and Disney hired him to record several audio versions of their classic movies. In the 1990s, he returned to comedy with Les Grands Ducs where he played alongside two other actors of his generation with a similar career, Philippe Noiret and Jean-Pierre Marielle. He was set to play the lead role in The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, after being found as "the perfect Quixote" by director Terry Gilliam. Rochefort learned to speak English just for the part. Unfortunately, amongst other production problems, he began suffering from a herniated disc. Unable to film for months, production was cancelled. A documentary, Lost in La Mancha, was made about the failed production. In 1960, he married Alexandra Moscwa, with whom he had two children: Marie (1962) and Julien (1965). With actress-filmmaker Nicole Garcia, he also had a son Pierre. Through his second marriage with Françoise Vidal, he had two children, Louise (1990) and Clémence (1992). ... Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Rochefort, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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L'Œuvre invisible | Self | 2026-04-08 |
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Belmondo l'incorrigible | 2022-09-05 | |
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Rochefort, Marielle, Noiret: Les copains d'abord | Self (archive footage) | 2021-12-13 |
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Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible | Self (archive footage) | 2020-11-30 |
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Je ne sais pas si c'est tout le monde | Self | 2019-10-23 |
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À la recherche de... Pierre Richard | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2017-09-01 |
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Belmondo ou le goût du risque | Self | 2017-12-05 |
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Belmondo, le magnifique | Self (archive footage) | 2017-09-03 |
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Belmondo par Belmondo | Self | 2016-05-05 |
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Avril et le monde truqué | Pops (voice) | 2015-11-04 |
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Les Rats | Narrator (voice) | 2015-11-21 |
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Floride | Claude Lherminier | 2015-08-12 |
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Jack et la mécanique du cœur | Méliès (voice) | 2014-01-29 |
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Jappeloup | Self (uncredited) | 2013-03-13 |
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... à la française ! | Minister of Foreign Affairs | 2013-01-19 |
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El artista y la modelo | Marc Cros | 2012-09-28 |
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Astérix & Obélix : Au service de Sa Majesté | Lucius Fouinus | 2012-10-17 |
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Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde | Self (archive footage) | 2011-10-25 |
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Belmondo, itinéraire... | Self | 2011-05-18 |
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Titeuf (Le Film) | Pépé (voice) | 2011-04-06 |
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Le Grand Restaurant | Un client du restaurant | 2010-02-20 |
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Bien des choses | Sultan the dog (voice) | 2008-05-17 |
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J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster | Jean | 2008-03-26 |
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Agathe Cléry | Louis Guinard | 2008-11-11 |
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Ne le dis à personne: La face B | Self | 2007-10-15 |
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La Clef | Joseph Arp | 2007-12-19 |
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Mr. Bean's Holiday | Maître d'hôtel | 2007-03-22 |
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Désaccord Parfait | Louis Ruinard | 2006-11-08 |
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Ne le dis à personne | Gilbert Neuville | 2006-11-01 |
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Akoibon | Chris Barnes | 2005-04-13 |
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L'Enfer | Louis | 2005-11-16 |
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Les bottes | Récitant (voice) | 2004-05-12 |
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RRRrrrr!!! | Lucie | 2004-01-28 |
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Les Dalton | Jolly Jumper (voice) | 2004-11-08 |
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Heureux ? | The interpreter of Fernand Raynaud's sketches | 2004-01-14 |
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Saint-Germain ou La négociation | Henri de Malassise | 2003-12-20 |
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Il était une fois Jean-Sébastien Bach | Narrator (voice) | 2003-08-13 |
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Les Clefs de bagnole | Actor who refuses to film with Laurent | 2003-12-10 |
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Pierre et le Loup | Narrator (voice) | 2002-10-22 |
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Lost in La Mancha | Self | 2002-02-11 |
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L'Homme du train | Monsieur Manesquier | 2002-10-02 |
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Blanche | Mazarin | 2002-09-18 |
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Le Placard | Kopel, le directeur de l'usine | 2001-01-17 |
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Honolulu Baby | Cri Cri | 2001-03-23 |
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Delphine Seyrig, portrait d'une comète | Self | 2000-08-01 |
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A propósito de Buñuel | Self | 2000-06-09 |
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Rembrandt | Nicolaes Tulp | 1999-08-09 |
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El viento se llevó lo qué | Edgard Wexley | 1998-11-12 |
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Le serpent a mangé la grenouille | Monsieur Moreau | 1998-08-12 |
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Never Ever | Gerard Panier | 1997-09-17 |
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Clara et son juge | Judge Larcher | 1997-03-17 |
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Barracuda | Monsieur Clément | 1997-10-29 |
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Ridicule | Le Marquis de Bellegarde | 1996-05-09 |
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Les Grands Ducs | Eddie Carpentier | 1996-02-21 |
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Palace | Thomas Fausto | 1996-01-12 |
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Tom est tout seul | Jean-Pierre | 1995-01-25 |
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Prêt-à-Porter | Inspector Tantpis | 1994-12-23 |
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Tutti gli anni una volta l'anno | Raffaele | 1994-10-13 |
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La prossima volta il fuoco | Amedeo | 1993-09-17 |
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Tango | Bellhop | 1993-02-03 |
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Tombés du ciel | Arturo Conti | 1993-09-01 |
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Cible émouvante | Victor Meynard | 1993-08-18 |
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El largo invierno | Jordi Casals | 1992-02-15 |
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Un voyage dans le temps | Louis XV | 1992-04-12 |
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L'Atlantide | Le Meige | 1992-11-05 |
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Le Bal des casse-pieds | Henri Sauveur | 1992-02-12 |
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Amoureux fou | Rudolph | 1991-06-07 |
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Le Château de ma mère | Adolphe Cassignol, aka Loïs de Montmajour | 1990-10-26 |
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Le Mari de la coiffeuse | Antoine | 1990-10-03 |
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La Seconde | Farou | 1990-04-25 |
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Je suis le seigneur du château | Jean Bréaud | 1989-02-22 |
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Le Moustachu | le capitaine Duroc | 1987-04-08 |
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Tandem | Michel Mortez | 1987-06-17 |
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I miei primi 40 anni | Principe Riccio | 1987-11-05 |
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La Galette du roi | Arnold III of Corsalina | 1986-01-29 |
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L'Énigme blanche | Henri | 1985-12-26 |
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Sortűz egy fekete bivalyért | Lajos Ácsi, the count | 1985-05-16 |
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Réveillon chez Bob | Louis Alban | 1984-12-12 |
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Frankenstein 90 | Victor Frankenstein, alias Victor Lafaurie | 1984-08-14 |
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L'Ami de Vincent | Vincent Lamar | 1983-09-28 |
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Un dimanche de flics | A. Rupert | 1983-10-31 |
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Le Grand Frère | Charles-Henri Rossi | 1982-09-08 |
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L'Indiscrétion | Alain Tescique | 1982-07-21 |
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Il faut tuer Birgitt Haas | Charles-Philippe Bauman | 1981-09-02 |
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Un étrange voyage | Pierre | 1981-02-04 |
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Chère inconnue | Gilles Martin | 1980-04-09 |
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Odio le bionde | Donald Rose | 1980-09-12 |
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Le Cavaleur | Edouard Choiseul | 1979-01-17 |
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Courage fuyons | Martin Belhomme | 1979-10-17 |
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French Postcards | Monsieur Tessier | 1979-10-19 |
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Grandison | Carl Grandison | 1978-03-28 |
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Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? | August Grandvilliers | 1978-09-13 |
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Le Crabe-Tambour | Captain, commander of the escort ship | 1977-11-09 |
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Le Diable dans la boîte | Alain Brissot | 1977-04-19 |
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Nous irons tous au paradis | Etienne Dorsay | 1977-11-09 |
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Les vécés étaient fermés de l'intérieur | Le commissaire Pichard | 1976-01-07 |
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Calmos | Albert | 1976-02-11 |
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Un éléphant ça trompe énormément | Étienne | 1976-09-22 |
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Les innocents aux mains sales | Maitre Albert Legal | 1975-03-26 |
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Les Magiciens | Edouard | 1975-09-05 |
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Que la fête commence ! | Abbot Dubois | 1975-03-23 |
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Un divorce heureux | Jean-Baptiste Morin, læge | 1975-06-06 |
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Isabelle devant le désir | M. Vaudois | 1975-04-16 |
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Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard | Foisnard | 1974-06-19 |
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Mio Dio, come sono caduta in basso! | Barone Henri de Sarcey | 1974-10-24 |
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Le Retour du Grand Blond | Colonel Louis, Marie, Alphonse Toulouse | 1974-11-12 |
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Le Fantôme de la liberté | Mr. Legendre | 1974-09-10 |
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L'Horloger de Saint-Paul | Commissioner Guilboud | 1974-01-16 |
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Bel ordure | The police inspector | 1973-10-04 |
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Dio, sei proprio un padreterno! | Louis | 1973-11-23 |
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Le Complot | Dominique Clavet | 1973-05-10 |
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Salut l'artiste | Clément Chamfort | 1973-12-06 |
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L'Héritier | Le nonce (André Berthier) | 1973-03-22 |
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Les Feux de la Chandeleur | Alexandre Boursault | 1972-05-24 |
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Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire | Colonel Louis Toulouse | 1972-12-06 |
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L'Œuf | Victor Dugommier | 1972-03-08 |
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Le Misanthrope | Alceste | 1971-02-20 |
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La Liberté en croupe | Moss | 1970-10-30 |
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Le Temps de mourir | Hervé Breton | 1970-07-08 |
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Céleste | Georges Cazenave | 1970-12-10 |
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Le diable par la queue | Le comte Georges | 1969-02-07 |
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Ne jouez pas avec les Martiens | René Mastier | 1968-05-31 |
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Pour un amour lointain | Guillaume | 1968-08-23 |
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Le Dimanche de la vie | Captain Bordeille | 1967-01-13 |
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À cœur joie | Philippe | 1967-06-07 |
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Angélique et le Roy | François Desgrez / Narrator (voice) | 1966-01-31 |
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Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo ? | Grégoire Pecque | 1966-10-21 |
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Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine | Leon | 1965-12-04 |
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Le Naïf amoureux | Paul Robignac, adult | 1965-06-26 |
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Merveilleuse Angélique | François Desgrez | 1965-07-07 |
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Les Pieds nickelés | Croquignol | 1964-09-30 |
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Angélique, marquise des anges | François Desgrez | 1964-12-08 |
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Du grabuge chez les veuves | Inspecteur Laforêt | 1964-04-15 |
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Le Belle Famiglie | Marchese Osvaldo | 1964-12-26 |
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Fort du Fou | Sergeant Hérange | 1963-01-16 |
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Symphonie pour un massacre | Jabeke | 1963-04-23 |
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La Porteuse de pain | Ovide Soliveau | 1963-08-29 |
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La Foire aux cancres | Didier's father | 1963-10-30 |
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Le Soleil dans l’œil | 1962-06-22 | |
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Le Masque de fer | Lastreaumont | 1962-10-26 |
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La Nuit des rois | Sir André | 1962-11-15 |
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Cartouche | La Taupe | 1962-03-07 |
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Le Capitaine Fracasse | Malartic | 1961-04-21 |
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Леон Гаррос ищет друга | Fernand | 1961-01-13 |
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Le Mariage de Figaro ou La Folle Journée | Le comte Almaviva | 1961-12-25 |
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Vingt mille lieues sur la Terre | Fernand | 1961-01-01 |
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La dame de pique | Le compte Paul Tomsk | 1958-04-22 |
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Une balle dans le canon | Léopold, barman of 'Tip Tap' | 1958-11-19 |
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Rencontre à Paris | L'interne | 1956-05-02 |
