Paul Crauchet
Actor
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.
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Filmography
Le Cercle Rouge
as The Receiver 1970
The Swimming Pool
as L'inspecteur Lévêque 1969
My Father's Glory
as Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns 1990
My Mother's Castle
as Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns 1990
War of the Buttons
as Touegueule 1962
La Belle Verte
as Osam 1996
A Cop
as Morand 1972
Is Paris Burning?
as Priest 1966
The Wise Guys
as Pelissier, accountant 1965
The Last Adventure
as Insurer 1967
Last Known Address
as Jacques Loring, Martin's neighbor 1970
Flic Story
as Paul Robier 1975
The Married Couple of the Year Two
as Public Prosecutor 1971
Wild Grass
as le 1er patient 2009
The Merry Widow
as Gaby 2007
The Dominici Affair
as Commissioner Sébeille 1973