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.
Acted in 72
2000s
- 2009
Wild Grass
le 1er patient
Adieu De Gaulle, adieu
Vieux jardinier
- 2007
The Grocer's Son
Le Père Clément
- 2006
Rascals
Favart adult
- 2002
Le Champ Dolent, le roman de la terre
Jules (père de Jean-Baptiste) · 4 episodes
Le Marathon du lit
Simon
1990s
- 1999
Dessine-moi un jouet
Le mendiant
- 1997
Between Land and Sea
Charles « Branl'dans le vent » · 6 episodes
- 1996
Les Allumettes suédoises
Pépé · 3 episodes
- 1995
Les Derniers Jours de la victime
Funès Le Chat
Fast
Pépé
- 1993
Les Maîtres du pain
'La Fatigue'
- 1992
Just a Game
'Smoking'
- 1991
Venus and Lulu
Pépé Laubépin
- 1990
The King's Whore
Le Duc de Luynes
My Father's Glory
Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns
1980s
- 1988
To Kill a Priest
Alek's Father
- 1987
Le Passager du Tassili
M. Vergeli
La Brute
Yves Rodellec
Les fortifs
Germain
- 1984
- 1981
La Gueule du loup
Commissioner Chailloux
1970s
- 1979
Félicité
The father
- 1978
Butterfly on the Shoulder
Raphaël
Beaujolais Nouveau Is Arrived
Gaston, le patron du 1er bistrot
- 1976
- 1975
Beyond Fear
Inspector
The Track
Rollin
The Wonderful Crook
Henri, drunkard
- 1974
A Cloud in the Teeth
Chavignac
- 1973
The Burned Barns
Pierre Cateux
Impossible Object
The Plumber
Héloïse and Abélard
Pierre le Vénérable
- 1972
Un Flic
Morand
Lettres de Stalingrad
Pianist
- 1971
Where Did Tom Go?
Zagra
Without Apparent Motive
Francis Palombo
The Married Couple of the Year Two
Public Prosecutor
Who Cares: Anatomy of a Delivery Boy
Le père
- 1970
Last Known Address
Jacques Loring, Martin's neighbor
1960s
- 1969
D'Artagnan
Planchet · 4 episodes
- 1968
- 1967
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
L'avocat
L'Affaire Lourdes
Bernadette's father
The Sunday of Life
Poucier
- 1966
- 1965
The Wise Guys
Pelissier, accountant
Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre
Gautrais · 3 episodes
- 1964
L'auto rouge
Movie
- 1962
À fleur de peau
l'inspecteur
Font-aux-Cabres
Florès
Sign of the Lion
Fred
War of the Buttons
Touegueule
1950s
- 1958
Why Women Sin
Photograph
- 1952
Foyer perdu
Coffee boy
- 1951
Skipper Next to God
A Jewish passenger (uncredited)
Appearances1
1990s
- 1992
Brothers in Arms
Self (archive footage)