
Person
Paul Crauchet
Acting · 1920–2012 · Béziers, Hérault, France
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.
Known for

Police Commissioner Moulin
Cassius, le maître

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Régis

The Swimming Pool
L'inspecteur Lévêque

Le Cercle Rouge
The Receiver

La Belle Verte
Osam

Army of Shadows
Félix Lepercq

Is Paris Burning?
Priest

My Mother's Castle
Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns

Un été après l'autre
Pa

Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre
Gautrais
Filmography
- 2009Wild Grassle 1er patient
- 2009Adieu De Gaulle, adieuVieux jardinier
- 2007The Merry WidowGaby
- 2007The Grocer's SonLe Père Clément
- 2006RascalsFavart adult
- 2002Le Champ Dolent, le roman de la terreJules (père de Jean-Baptiste)
- 2002Le Marathon du litSimon
- 1999Dessine-moi un jouetLe mendiant
- 1997Between Land and SeaCharles « Branl'dans le vent »
- 1996La Belle VerteOsam
- 1996Les Allumettes suédoisesPépé
- 1995Les Derniers Jours de la victimeFunès Le Chat
- 1995FastPépé
- 1993Faut-il aimer Mathilde?Papy
- 1993Les Maîtres du pain'La Fatigue'
- 1992Just a Game'Smoking'
- 1992Brothers in ArmsSelf (archive footage)
- 1991Venus and LuluPépé Laubépin
- 1990Un été après l'autrePa
- 1990The King's WhoreLe Duc de Luynes
- 1990My Mother's CastleEdmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns
- 1990My Father's GloryEdmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns
- 1988To Kill a PriestAlek's Father
- 1987Le Passager du TassiliM. Vergeli
- 1987La BruteYves Rodellec
- 1987Les fortifsGermain
- 1985Le temps d'un instantBrice
- 1984Black ListPierre
- 1984Homicide by night
- 1981La Gueule du loupCommissioner Chailloux
- 1981Le Pain de fougèreLe père Grandet
- 1980Louis et RéjaneLouis
- 1979FélicitéThe father
- 1978The WitnessCathy's father
- 1978Butterfly on the ShoulderRaphaël
- 1978Beaujolais Nouveau Is ArrivedGaston, le patron du 1er bistrot
- 1976Police Commissioner MoulinCassius, le maître
- 1975Flic StoryPaul Robier
- 1975Beyond FearInspector
- 1975The TrackRollin
- 1975The Wonderful CrookHenri, drunkard
- 1974A Cloud in the TeethChavignac
- 1973The Burned BarnsPierre Cateux
- 1973Impossible ObjectThe Plumber
- 1973The Dominici AffairCommissioner Sébeille
- 1973Héloïse and AbélardPierre le Vénérable
- 1972Un FlicMorand
- 1971Where Did Tom Go?Zagra
- 1971Without Apparent MotiveFrancis Palombo
- 1971La Maison des boisPaul Gardy
- 1971The Married Couple of the Year TwoPublic Prosecutor
- 1971Who Cares: Anatomy of a Delivery BoyLe père
- 1970Le Cercle RougeThe Receiver
- 1970Last Known AddressJacques Loring, Martin's neighbor
- 1969D'ArtagnanPlanchet
- 1969Lettres de StalingradPianist
- 1969Army of ShadowsFélix Lepercq
- 1969The Swimming PoolL'inspecteur Lévêque
- 1968Ho !Georges Briand
- 1968ZitaDr. Bernard
- 1967La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles BaudelaireL'avocat
- 1967L'Affaire LourdesBernadette's father
- 1967The LootersValdés
- 1967The Last AdventureInsurer
- 1967The Sunday of LifePoucier
- 1966Is Paris Burning?Priest
- 1966The War Is OverRoberto
- 1965The Wise GuysPelissier, accountant
- 196522 avenue de la VictoireSacristan
- 1965Belphegor, or The Phantom of the LouvreGautrais
- 1964L'auto rouge
- 1962À fleur de peaul'inspecteur
- 1962Font-aux-CabresFlorès
- 1962Sign of the LionFred
- 1962War of the ButtonsTouegueule
- 1958Why Women SinPhotograph
- 1958Les Cinq Dernières MinutesRégis
- 1955Série noireLe portier du garage
- 1952Foyer perduCoffee boy
- 1951Skipper Next to GodA Jewish passenger (uncredited)
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