Paul Crauchet

Personal Info

Birthday

July 14, 1920

Day of Death

2012-12-19

(92 years old)

Place of Birth

Béziers, Hérault, France

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.

Known For

Police Commissioner Moulin

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes

Army of Shadows

La Belle Verte

The Swimming Pool

Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre

The House in the Woods

My Mother's Castle

Filmography

2009
Wild Grass
as le 1er patient
Adieu De Gaulle, adieu
as Vieux jardinier
2007
The Merry Widow
as Gaby
The Grocer's Son
as Le Père Clément
2006
Rascals
as Favart adult
2002
Le Marathon du lit
as Simon
1999
Dessine-moi un jouet
as Le mendiant
1996
La Belle Verte
as Osam
1995
Les Derniers Jours de la victime
as Funès Le Chat
Fast
as Pépé
1993
Faut-il aimer Mathilde?
as Papy
Les Maîtres du pain
as 'La Fatigue'
1992
Just a Game
as 'Smoking'
1991
Venus and Lulu
as Pépé Laubépin
1990
Un été après l'autre
as Pa
The King's Whore
as Le Duc de Luynes
My Mother's Castle
as Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns
My Father's Glory
as Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns
1988
To Kill a Priest
as Alek's Father
1987
Le Passager du Tassili
as M. Vergeli
La Brute
as Yves Rodellec
Les fortifs
as Germain
1985
Le temps d'un instant
as Brice
1984
Black List
as Pierre
1981
La Gueule du loup
as Commissioner Chailloux
1979
Félicité
as The father
1978
The Witness
as Cathy's father
Butterfly on the Shoulder
as Raphaël
Le beaujolais nouveau est arrivé...
as Gaston, le patron du 1er bistrot
1975
Flic Story
as Paul Robier
Beyond Fear
as Inspector
The Track
as Rollin
1974
A Cloud in the Teeth
as Chavignac
1973
The Burned Barns
as Pierre Cateux
Impossible Object
as The Plumber
The Dominici Affair
as Commissioner Sébeille
1972
A Cop
as Morand
1971
Where Did Tom Go?
as Zagra
Without Apparent Motive
as Francis Palombo
The Married Couple of the Year Two
as Public Prosecutor
Who Cares: Anatomy of a Delivery Boy
as Le père
1970
Le Cercle Rouge
as The Receiver
Last Known Address
as Jacques Loring, Martin's neighbor
1969
Lettres de Stalingrad
as Pianist
Army of Shadows
as Félix Lepercq
The Swimming Pool
as L'inspecteur Lévêque
1968
Ho!
as Georges Briand
Zita
as Dr. Bernard
1967
L'Affaire Lourdes
as Bernadette's father
The Looters
as Valdés
The Last Adventure
as Insurer
The Sunday of Life
as Poucier
1966
Is Paris Burning?
as Priest
The War Is Over
as Roberto
1965
The Wise Guys
as Pelissier, accountant
1962
À fleur de peau
as l'inspecteur
Font-aux-Cabres
as Florès
Sign of the Lion
as Fred
War of the Buttons
as Touegueule
1958
Why Women Sin
as Photograph
1955
Série noire
as Le portier du garage
1952
Foyer perdu
as Coffee boy
1951
Skipper Next to God
as A Jewish passenger (uncredited)