Biography
Pierre Brasseur, born Pierre-Albert Espinasse (22 December 1905, Paris – 16 August 1972, Bruneck, Italy) was a French actor. He was the son of actor Georges Espinasse and actress Germaine Brasseur while the latter was married to Albert Brasseur. His grandfather, Jules Brasseur, was an actor as well. The family tradition of using the name Brasseur was continued by his son Claude and his grandson Alexandre. Renowned for playing outsized characters, Brasseur is probably best known in the anglophone world for his (semi-fictionalised) portrayal of the actor Frédérick Lemaître in Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise, 1945) and as Docteur Génessier (more subdued) in the horror film Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux sans visage, 1960) co-starring with Alida Valli. On May 30, 1927, Brasseur performed the spoken role of the Narrator in the world premiere of Igor Stravinsky's opera-oratorio Oedipus rex. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Brasseur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted in 126
1970s
- 1972
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
La Brunetière
- 1971
La Brigade des maléfices
Diablevert, Diablegris · 1 episode
The Married Couple of the Year Two
Gosselin
- 1970
Un ange passe
Florisse
1960s
- 1969
Goto, Island of Love
Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
- 1968
Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
Faria
Birds in Peru
Husband
A Little Virtuous
Jules Polnick
- 1967
The Madman of Lab Four
Father Ballanchon
- 1966
Pas de panique
Fernand Toussaint
A Young World
Le Grec
A Matter of Resistance
Dimanche
Fortuna
Nissim Buzaglo
- 1965
L'Or du duc
Adhémar de Talois-Minet
Cloportes
Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
Patache
Black Humor
Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
- 1964
The Circular Triangle
Georges Richter
Lucky Jo
Loudéac
A Very Handy Man
Simone Palumbo
- 1963
Josefa's Loot
Mayor
Agent of Doom
Charlèz
Don't Tempt the Devil
Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré
The Abominable Man of Customs
Russian killer
- 1962
Crime Does Not Pay
Martin Fenayrou
Hitch-Hike
Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly
Emile's Boat
François Larmentiel
Rencontres
Carl Krasner
- 1961
Famous Love Affairs
le grand duc Ernest
The Nina B. Affair
Berrera
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
Constable of Montmorency
Spotlight on a Murderer
Comte de Kerloquen
- 1960
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Pangloss
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
Commissioner of the Republic
Il bell'Antonio
Alfio Magnano
Carthage in Flames
Sidone
1950s
- 1959
The Bureaucrats
Monsieur Nègre
Head Against the Wall
Dr. Varmont
The Law
Don Cesare
- 1958
The Possessors
Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
Life Together
Pierre Carreau
- 1957
The Gates of Paris
Juju
- 1955
Tower of Lust
Jehan Buridan
Oasis
Antoine Vallin
- 1954
Rasputin
Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine
Clothing the Naked
Console Grotti
- 1953
The Drunkard
Maître Pierre Renneville
- 1952
Crimson Curtain
Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
- 1951
Bluebeard
Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
Dirty Hands
Hoederer
Skipper Next to God
Captain Joris KnAipper
- 1950
Jamaican Man
Jacques Mervel
Julie de Carneilhan
Hubert Espivant
1940s
- 1949
Millionaires for One Day
Francis
Portrait of a Murderer
Fabius / Jean
- 1948
The Secret of Monte-Cristo
François Picault
La Nuit blanche
Pierre Taverny
Cruise for the Unknown One
Emile Fréchisse
The Revenge of Baccarat
Rocambole
Rocambole
Rocambole
- 1947
Noah's Ark
Bitru
Love Around the House
'Douze Apôtres'
- 1946
Pétrus
Rodrigue
La Femme fatale
Jean Pleyard
Land Without Stars
Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud
Behind These Walls
Jean-César Morin
- 1945
- 1943
Adieu Léonard
Prosper Bonenfant
Summer Light
Roland
Two Shy Ones
Vancouver
Le soleil a toujours raison
Gabriel
- 1942
La Croisée des chemins
Hubert Epervans
Promise to the Unknown One
Lussac
- 1941
Three Argentines in Montmartre
Toninett
- 1940
Sixième étage
Jonval, the young cynic
1930s
- 1939
The Path of Honor
Philippe
Last Desire
Frossard
Second Childhood
Frossard
Corsican Brothers
Tonio
Le père Lebonnard
Alfredo Lebonnard
Visages de femmes
Georges Legrand
- 1938
Café de Paris
Le Rec
The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
Alexandre Dumas figlio
Gosse de riche
Pierre Mougins
Port of Shadows
Lucien
Grisou
Hagnauer
Hercule
Bastien
- 1937
Claudine at School
Doctor Dubois
The Virgin Bride
Georges Letournel, fils du mari de Jacqueline
La Reine des resquilleuses
Fred Woolson
Confessions of a Newlywed
Edmond Trivelin
Une femme qui se partage
Movie
- 1936
Le Mari rêvé
René Daroy /Achille Daroy
Prête-moi ta femme
Movie
Passé à vendre
Bob
Jeunesse d'abord
Movie
Valse éternelle
Movie
- 1935
Le Bébé de l'escadron
Max
Little One
Georges Darnetal
A Rare Bird
Jean Berthier
Quadrille d'amour
Robert Lanclot
- 1934
Caravane
Lt. de Tokay
L'Oncle de Pékin
Philippe
The Amorous Garrison
Paul, rider
- 1933
Moi et l'impératrice
Didier
One Night's Song
Koretzky
Honeymoon Trip
Rudi
- 1932
Quick
Maxime
The Winner
Hunter
- 1931
Circulate!
Jean Dupont-Desroches
My Friend Victor
Edgar Flachon
1920s
- 1927
Backbiters
Le type de l'appareil à sous
- 1925
Madame Sans-Gêne
Movie
No release date
la loi
Don Cesare
Wrote 3
1970s
- 1979
Le Dernier Mélodrame
Writer
- 1970
Un ange passe
Writer
1930s
- 1938
Grisou
Dialogue, Theatre Play
Sound 1
Appearances4
2000s
- 2002
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Self (archive footage)
1950s
- 1956
- 1954
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
Self
- 1952
La Joie de vivre
Self · 1 episode
