Paul Crauchet
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
A Cop
1972
as Morand
Le Cercle Rouge
1970
as The Receiver
Is Paris Burning?
1966
as Priest
Army of Shadows
1969
as Félix Lepercq
The Swimming Pool
1969
as L'inspecteur Lévêque
War of the Buttons
1962
as Touegueule
La Belle Verte
1996
as Osam
My Father's Glory
1990
as Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns
Flic Story
1975
as Paul Robier
My Mother's Castle
1990
as Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns
The Last Adventure
1967
as Insurer
Sign of the Lion
1962
as Fred
The Married Couple of the Year Two
1971
as Public Prosecutor
Last Known Address
1970
as Jacques Loring, Martin's neighbor
Venus and Lulu
1991
as Pépé Laubépin
Wild Grass
2009
as le 1er patient
To Kill a Priest
1988
as Alek's Father
The Wise Guys
1965
as Pelissier, accountant
Without Apparent Motive
1971
as Francis Palombo
The Burned Barns
1973
as Pierre Cateux