Biography
Alain Cuny (12 July 1908 – 16 May 1994) was a French actor. He was born René Xavier Marie in Saint-Malo, Brittany, and studied medicine for a while before entering the film industry as a costume and set designer. Cuny started acting in the 1930s. Among his most notable films are Les Visiteurs du soir (1942), by Marcel Carné; Les Amants (The Lovers 1958); La dolce vita (1960) and Satyricon (1969), the later two directed by Federico Fellini. During his life, he befriended women such as Hafida Elalama, and many other models and actresses Later in his career he had a role in the softcore porn film Emmanuelle (1974). Also in 1974 he played Sitting Bull in the absurdist western Don't Touch the White Woman!. One of his last roles was in Camille Claudel (1988) as Louis-Prosper Claudel, father of the film's heroine. Cuny worked in both France and Italy, and died in 1994 in Paris. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alain Cuny, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted in 60
2020s
- 2025
Emmanuelle in Ontario
Mario (archival footage)
1990s
- 1995
La famiglia Ricordi
TV
- 1992
The Return of Casanova
Marquis
- 1991
The Annunciation of Marie
Anne Vercors
Sweet War, Farewell
Vecchio Crimen
- 1990
Les chevaliers de la table ronde
Merlin
1980s
- 1988
Camille Claudel
Louis-Prosper Claudel
Umi e, See You
Don Macine
La coscienza di Zeno
Alfio Cosini sr. · 2 episodes
- 1987
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
El Viudo Xius
The Distant Land
Aigner
- 1985
- 1984
Buio nella Valle
Luigi
- 1983
The Basileus Quartet
Mario Cantone
- 1982
Deuil en 24 heures
Le colonel Carvin · 4 episodes
- 1981
The Games of Countess Dolingen
Movie
1970s
- 1979
Le Journal
Wilchaint · 6 episodes
Roberte
La voix du pur esprit
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Barone Nicola Rotunno
- 1978
The Song of Roland
Turpin/der Mönch
- 1976
I prosseneti
Il conte Davide
- 1975
Irene, Irene
Guido
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
Movie
- 1974
Antigone
Le Coryphée
Le Roman de Renart
Ysengrin (voice) · 15 episodes
Don't Touch the White Woman!
Sitting Bull
- 1973
La rosa rossa
Count Paolo Balzeri
Valparaiso, Valparaiso
Balthazar Lamarck-Caulaincourt
La divine comédie
Virgile
- 1972
The Master and Margarita
Profesor Woland & Satana
The Audience
teologa Belga
- 1971
The Big Black Sow
Il Padre di Enrico
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
Safari 5000
Movie
- 1968
La forêt noire
Hans Richter
- 1965
Mission of Fear
Jean de Brébeuf
- 1963
Corruption
Leonardo Mattioli
Banana Peel
Hervé Bontemps
- 1962
Cross of the Living
Baron Von Eggerth
- 1961
Scano Boa
Cavarzan
- 1960
1950s
- 1958
The Lovers
Henri Tournier
- 1956
- 1953
Mina de Vanghel
Mr. de Larçay
The Lady Without Camelias
Lodi
Les Crimes de l'amour
Mr. de Larçay (segment 'Mina de Vanghel')
- 1952
The Solitary Conquerors
Pascal Giroud
Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi
Bueno
- 1951
The Forbidden Christ
Antonio
1940s
- 1946
Solita de Cordoue
Pierre Desluc
- 1943
The Phantom Baron
Hervé
- 1942
The Devil's Envoys
Gilles, a Minstrel
- 1941
Stormy Waters
Un matelot du « Mirva » (uncredited)
Madame Sans-Gêne
Roustan
- 1940
My Crimes After Mein Kampf
Marinus van der Lubbe (l'incendiaire du Reichstag)
Directed 2
1990s
- 1991
The Annunciation of Marie
Director
1950s
- 1953
Wrote 1
1990s
- 1991
The Annunciation of Marie
Screenplay
Appearances10
2000s
- 2006
Histoire(s) du Cinéma 3a: The Coin of the Absolute
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2003
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990s
- 1995
Dear Antonioni
Self
- 1990
Film sur Georges Perec
Self
1970s
- 1975
E il Casanova di Fellini?
Self
- 1972
La Légende du siècle
Self
- 1970
Ciao, Federico!
Self (uncredited)
1950s
- 1956
