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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
La Belle Verte
as Osam
Army of Shadows
as Félix Lepercq
The Swimming Pool
as L'inspecteur Lévêque
Is Paris Burning?
as Priest
War of the Buttons
as Touegueule
Le Cercle Rouge
as The Receiver
A Cop
as Morand
My Mother's Castle
as Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns
To Kill a Priest
as Alek's Father
Flic Story
as Paul Robier
