1927-03-07 Paris, France
Philippe Clay, born Philippe Mathevet, (March 7, 1927 – December 13, 2007) was a French mime artist, singer and actor. He was known for his tall and slim silhouette (he was 1,90 m tall) and for his interpretations of songs by Charles Aznavour, Claude Nougaro, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Boris Vian, Serge Gainsbourg, Jean Yanne, Léo Ferré, Jacques Datin, Jean-Claude Massoulier or Bernard Dimey. He interpreted “La Complainte des Apaches” for the TV series Les Brigades du Tigre, written by Henri Djian and composed by Claude Bolling. As an actor, he appeared in many movies (Bell, Book and Candle) and television films. One of his famous roles is in the Jean Renoir film, French Cancan, where he played Casimir le Serpentin (a character inspired by Valentin le désossé). Description above from the Wikipedia article Philippe Clay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président | Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-07 |
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Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort | Self (archive footage) | 2020-03-13 |
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Dombais et fils | Jérémie | 2007-06-07 |
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1974, une partie de campagne | Self | 2002-02-20 |
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Des croix sur la mer | Napoléon | 2001-10-13 |
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Tuvalu | Karl | 1999-11-19 |
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Les Cachetonneurs | Le Chatelain | 1999-03-24 |
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La maison d'Alexina | Raffin | 1999-06-11 |
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Marceeel!!! | 1998-03-16 | |
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Lautrec | Auguste Renoir | 1998-09-09 |
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Krim | Eugène | 1995-05-31 |
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Die Wildnis | Peasant | 1993-10-01 |
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Le gourou occidental | Serge | 1993-02-03 |
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L'Herbe rouge | Mr. Perle | 1985-09-11 |
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Un bon petit diable | Judge | 1983-12-21 |
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Salut la puce | Rigodo-Cartecolin, un marionnettiste | 1983-01-12 |
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Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ | Herald of the arena | 1982-10-06 |
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Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryx | L'ébéniste | 1981-09-06 |
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Les Trois Mousquetaires | Richelieu | 1974-01-02 |
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Shanks | Mr. Barton | 1974-10-09 |
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L'Insolent | Dargnac | 1973-01-25 |
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Pas folle la guêpe | Jack Bromfield | 1972-11-15 |
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Les joyeux lurons | L'abbé Larivière | 1972-11-22 |
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Armiamoci e partite! | generale McMaster | 1971-09-21 |
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Pour un sourire | Nicolas | 1970-04-29 |
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Les têtes brûlées | Prêcheur | 1967-11-08 |
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Sale temps pour les mouches | Pierre Mazaud, aka 'Félix' | 1966-12-23 |
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Le Gentleman de Cocody | Renaud Lefranc | 1965-04-01 |
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I moschettieri del mare | Gosselin | 1962-02-23 |
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Dans l’eau… qui fait des bulles !... | Jean-Louis Preminger (voice) | 1961-10-25 |
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Touchez pas aux blondes | L'inspecteur Al Wheeler | 1960-12-07 |
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Les canailles | Carlo | 1960-01-29 |
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Messieurs les ronds de cuir | Letondu | 1959-06-30 |
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Des femmes disparaissent | Tom | 1959-04-30 |
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La Nuit des traqués | Taretta | 1959-07-01 |
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Drôles de phénomènes | The Butler Barns | 1959-03-04 |
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En bordée | Bailladrisse / Yves Biadrix | 1958-09-10 |
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Bell, Book and Candle | French Singer at the Zodiac Club | 1958-12-25 |
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Totò a Parigi | il finto maggiordomo | 1958-10-23 |
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C'est arrivé à 36 chandelles | Self (uncredited) | 1957-10-16 |
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Nathalie | Adolphe Faisant | 1957-12-04 |
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Notre-Dame de Paris | Clopin Trouillefou | 1956-12-19 |
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La vie est belle | le pasteur | 1956-10-05 |
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French Cancan | Casimir le Serpentin | 1955-04-09 |
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Le crime du Bouif | 1952-03-05 | |
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Rome Express | Sleeping car employee | 1950-01-18 |
