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. 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

Army of Shadows

as Félix Lepercq

Le Cercle Rouge

as The Receiver

The Swimming Pool

as L'inspecteur Lévêque

My Father's Glory

as Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns

My Mother's Castle

as Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns

War of the Buttons

as Touegueule

A Cop

as Morand

La Belle Verte

as Osam

Is Paris Burning?

as Priest

The Wise Guys

as Pelissier, accountant