Paul Crauchet
Known for ActingBorn 1920-07-14 — died 2012-12-19Béziers, Hérault, France
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.
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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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Known for
The Swimming Pool
1969 · as L'inspecteur Lévêque
Is Paris Burning?
1966 · as Priest
La Belle Verte
1996 · as Osam
Le Cercle Rouge
1970 · as The Receiver
Army of Shadows
1969 · as Félix Lepercq
The Merry Widow
2007 · as Gaby
Un Flic
1972 · as Morand
Flic Story
1975 · as Paul Robier
My Mother's Castle
1990 · as Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns
Ho !
1968 · as Georges Briand
To Kill a Priest
1988 · as Alek's Father
Fast
1995 · as Pépé
The Last Adventure
1967 · as Insurer
The Witness
1978 · as Cathy's father
My Father's Glory
1990 · as Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns
The King's Whore
1990 · as Le Duc de Luynes
The Married Couple of the Year Two
1971 · as Public Prosecutor
War of the Buttons
1962 · as Touegueule