Raymond Devos

Personal Info

Birthday

November 9, 1922

Day of Death

2006-06-15

(83 years old)

Place of Birth

Mouscron, Belgium

Raymond Devos

Biography

Raymond Devos (9 November 1922 – 15 June 2006) was a Belgian-French humorist, stand-up comedian and clown. He is best known for his sophisticated puns and surreal humour.

Devos was born in Mouscron, Belgium, close to the French border. Both his parents were French and he moved to Tourcoing, France, at the age of two. Seven years later, his family moved to Paris.

Known For

Pierrot le Fou

Tartarin de Tarascon

The Sicilian

You Have Nothing to Declare?

The Right of the Maddest

Work and Freedom

This Pretty World

Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Antoine

Filmography

2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Les 60 ans du one-man-show
as Self (archive footage)
2017
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
as Self – Humorist (archive footage)
2009
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Raymond Devos à l'Olympia
as Self
1994
Michel Sardou - Show Sardou
as Self
1989
Raymond Devos - Au Palais Royal
as Lui-même
1978
Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre Antoine
as Lui-même
1973
The Right of the Maddest
as Le surveillant de la Maison de Repos
1965
Pierrot le Fou
as L'Homme du Port (uncredited)
1962
Tartarin de Tarascon
as Motorist
1959
Work and Freedom
as Émile Dumoulin
You Have Nothing to Declare?
as Painter, winner of the Prix de Rome
1958
The Sicilian
as Henri
1957
This Pretty World
as The abbot