Daniel Cauchy (13 March 1930 – 8 May 2020) was a French

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and producer. He was known for his role in

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's 1956 crime film ''

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''. He died from

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. His son

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also became an actor.

Partial filmography

* ''Nous irons à Monte-Carlo'' (1951) - Un fan de Melissa (uncredited) * ''

L'Amour, Madame ''L'Amour, Madame'' ( en, Love, Madame) is a French comedy film from 1952, directed by Gilles Grangier, written by Félix Gandéra, starring Arletty and Jean Marais. The film was known under the title "Coups de soleil" or "Les jeux de la plage ...

'' (1952) - Patrick -un jeune homme * ''

The Green Glove ''The Green Glove'' (aka ''The White Road'') is a 1952 French/American international co-production film noir directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Glenn Ford, Geraldine Brooks, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and George Macready. Plot Church bells be ...

'' (1952) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' Crimson Curtain'' (1952) - Léon * '' Follow That Man'' (1953) - Pierrot * ''

When You Read This Letter ''When You Read This Letter'' (French: ''Quand tu liras cette lettre'') is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Philippe Lemaire, Juliette Gréco and Yvonne Sanson. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios ...

'' (1953) - Biquet * ''Maternité clandestine'' (1953) - Mickey * ''

His Father's Portrait ''His Father's Portrait'' (french: Le Portrait de son père) is a 1953 French comedy film starring Brigitte Bardot. The film recorded 1,643,820 admissions.The Count of Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (french: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (''père'') completed in 1844. It is one of the author's more popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers''. Li ...

'' (1954) - Bruno * ''

Touchez pas au Grisbi ''Touchez pas au grisbi'' (, French for "Don't touch the loot"), released as ''Honour Among Thieves'' in the United Kingdom and ''Grisbi'' in the United States, is a 1954 French-Italian crime film based on a novel by Albert Simonin. It was direc ...

'' (1954) - Fifi * ''

Les Impures ''Les Impures'' en, The Impure Ones, is a French drama film from 1954, directed by Pierre Chevalier, written by Juliette Saint-Giniez, starring Micheline Presle and Louis de Funès. The film is known under the titles "Human Cargo" (USA), "The ...

'' (1954) - Dédé * ''Huis-clos'' (1954) - (uncredited) * ''

The Price of Love "The Price of Love" is a song by the Everly Brothers, released in 1965. It charted at No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 3 on the Irish Singles Chart. It spent one week at Number 1 on the UK's NME chart, but in the US, the song failed to chart ...

'' (1955) - Paulo * '' Black Dossier'' (1955) - Jo * ''

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'' (1955) - Julien * ''Impasse des vertus'' (1955) - Fanfan * ''

'' (1956) - Paulo * ''Police judiciaire'' (1958) - Raoul Menaz * ''En légitime défense'' (1958) - Dédé * ''Miss Pigalle'' (1958) - Clo-Clo * ''Sacrée jeunesse'' (1958) - Gérard * ''Ça n'arrive qu'aux vivants'' (1959) - Bébert * ''I Spit on Your Grave'' (1959) - Sonny * ''Secret professionnel'' (1959) - Michel Langeac * '' Sergeant X'' (1960) - Fred * ''Les mordus'' (1960) - Mosco * ''Samedi soir'' (1961) - Jacky * '' A Touch of Treason'' (1962) - Patrick Lemoine * ''Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin'' (1962) - Charly * ''

Mathias Sandorf ''Mathias Sandorf'' is an 1885 adventure book by French writer Jules Verne. It was first serialized in ''Le Temps'' in 1885, and it was Verne's epic Mediterranean adventure. It employs many of the devices that had served well in his earlier nov ...

'' (1962) - Pescade * '' D'où viens-tu Johnny?'' (1963) - Marcel * ''

The Troops of St. Tropez ''The Troops of St. Tropez'' (french: Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez; literally ''The Policeman from Saint-Tropez'') is a 1964 French comedy film set in Saint-Tropez, a fashionable resort on the French Riviera. Starring Louis de Funès as Ludovic Cru ...

'' (1964) - Richard * ''Le coeur fou'' (1970) - Photographe * ''La liberté en croupe'' (1970) - Un automobiliste dans l'embouteillage (uncredited) * ''Le gang des otages'' (1973) - Gilbert Nodier * ''La fille d'Amérique'' (1977) - Luc * ''

Actors An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ...

'' (2000) - Christian Decharme (final film role)

References

Bibliography

* Gifford, Barry. ''Out of the Past''. University Press of Mississippi, 2001.

External links

* 1930 births 2020 deaths French male film actors Film people from Paris Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in France {{France-film-actor-stub