Paul Crauchet
Known for Acting
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. 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
Is Paris Burning?
1966
as Priest
La Belle Verte
1996
as Osam
Ho !
1968
as Georges Briand
Army of Shadows
1969
as Félix Lepercq
The Swimming Pool
1969
as L'inspecteur Lévêque
Le Cercle Rouge
1970
as The Receiver
War of the Buttons
1962
as Touegueule
My Mother's Castle
1990
as Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns
Who Cares: Anatomy of a Delivery Boy
1971
as Le père
The Last Adventure
1967
as Insurer
To Kill a Priest
1988
as Alek's Father
A Cop
1972
as Morand
Just a Game
1992
as 'Smoking'
My Father's Glory
1990
as Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns
The Witness
1978
as Cathy's father
Flic Story
1975
as Paul Robier
The Merry Widow
2007
as Gaby
Without Apparent Motive
1971
as Francis Palombo
The Wise Guys
1965
as Pelissier, accountant
Venus and Lulu
1991
as Pépé Laubépin