Gabriel Gobin (12 May 1903 – 9 February 1998) was a Belgian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1947 and 1990. He was born in Hacquegnies, Belgium and died in
Brie-Comte-Robert
Brie-Comte-Robert () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Brie-Comte-Robert is on the edge of the plain of Brie and was formerly the capital of the ''Brie française''.
"Brie" comes ...
, France.
Selected filmography
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Quai des Orfèvres
''Quai des Orfèvres'' (; "Goldsmiths' Quay"; also known as ''Jenny Lamour'') is a 1947 French police procedural drama film based on the book ''Légitime défense'' by Stanislas-Andre Steeman. Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot the film stars S ...
'' (1947) - Le patron du bistrot
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Monsieur Vincent
''Monsieur Vincent'' is a 1947 French film about Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century priest and charity worker. It depicts his struggle to help the poor in the face of obstacles such as the Black Death.
In 1949, it won an honorary Academy Award as ...
'' (1947) - Un serviteur de Monsieur Besnier (uncredited)
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Dédée d'Anvers
''Woman of Antwerp'' or ''Dédée of Antwerp'' (French: ''Dédée d'Anvers'' ) is a 1948 French drama film directed by Yves Allégret that stars Bernard Blier, Simone Signoret, and Marcel Dalio. The film was released in English-speaking markets un ...
'' (1948) - Paul
* ''
Une si jolie petite plage
Une is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Eastern Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre is located at an altitude of at a distance of from the capital Bogotá. The municipality borders Chipaque in the no ...
Here Is the Beauty
''La Belle que voilà'' (English title: ''Here Is the Beauty'') is a 1950 French drama film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois who co-wrote screenplay with Françoise Giroud, based on the novel ''Die Karriere der Doris Hart'' by Vicki Baum. The fil ...
'' (1950) - Le machiniste
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The Paris Waltz
''The Paris Waltz'' (French: ''La Valse de Paris'') is a 1950 French-Italian historical musical film directed by Marcel Achard and starring Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay and Jacques Charon.Hayward p.287 It portrays the life of the nineteenth c ...
'' (1950) - Chqbert - le régisseur
* '' Old Boys of Saint-Loup'' (1950) - Subileau - l'agriculteur
* ''Identité judiciaire'' (1951) - Un ouvrier (uncredited)
* ''Les amants de Bras-Mort'' (1951) - Marinier
* ''Passion'' (1951)
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The Voyage to America
''The Voyage to America'' (French: ''Le Voyage en Amérique'') is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Henri Lavorel and starring Pierre Fresnay, Yvonne Printemps and Jean Brochard. The film contrasts the prosperity of France and the United Sta ...
'' (1951) - Employé du car
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Leathernose
''Leathernose'' (French: ''Nez de cuir'', Italian: ''Naso di cuoio'') is a 1952 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Yves Allégret and starring Jean Marais, Françoise Christophe and Mariella Lotti.Hayward p.68 It is an adaptation of ...
'' (1952) - Le piqueur
* ''
The Seven Deadly Sins The seven deadly sins is a classification of vices used in Christian teachings.
Seven deadly sins may also refer to:
Art
* ''The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things'', a 1485 painting by Hieronymus Bosch
* ''The Seven Deadly Sins of Modern ...
'' (1952) - Le gendarme (segment "Luxure, La / Lust") (uncredited)
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We Are All Murderers
''We Are All Murderers'' (french: Nous sommes tous des assassins, also known as ''Are We All Murderers?'') is a 1952 French film written and directed by André Cayatte, a former attorney. It tells the story of René, a young man from the slums, tra ...
'' (1952) - Un gardien (uncredited)
* ''La jeune folle'' (1952) - L'employé de la gare
* '' Crimson Curtain'' (1952)
* ''
Run Away Mr. Perle
''Run Away Mr. Perle'' (French title ''La Fugue de Monsieur Perle'') is a French comedy film from 1952, directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit, written by Loïc Le Gouriadec, starring Noël-Noël and featuring Louis de Funès.
Cast
* Noël-Noël: M ...
'' (1952) - Un homme au bistrot de Romainville
* '' Follow That Man'' (1953) - L'agent Faurel (uncredited)
* ''
Le Secret d'Hélène Marimon
''The Secret of Helene Marimon'' (French: ''Le Secret d'Hélène Marimon'') is a 1954 French-Italian drama film directed by Henri Calef and starring Isa Miranda, Franck Villard and Carla Del Poggio.Caldiron & Hochkofler p.144 The scenario was ba ...
'' (1954)
* ''
The Lovers of Marianne
''The Lovers of Marianne'' (French: ''Les amoureux de Marianne'') is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Jean Stelli and starring Gaby Morlay, André Luguet and Jean Debucourt.Rège p.939
The film's sets were designed by Raymond Gabutti
Raymo ...
'' (1954) - Le villageois qui fait du scandale (uncredited)
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Razzia sur la chnouf
''Razzia sur la chnouf'' (French for "Raid on the Dope") is a 1955 French gangster film directed by Henri Decoin that stars Jean Gabin, Lino Ventura, Lila Kedrova and Magali Noël. The screenplay, based on a novel by Auguste Le Breton, explores t ...
'' (1955) - Un client du "Troquet"
* '' Black Dossier'' (1955) - Le brigadier
* ''Girl on the Third Floor'' (1955) - Un locataire (uncredited)
* '' The Best Part'' (1955) - Un joueur de cartes
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People of No Importance
''People of No Importance'' (french: Des gens sans importance) is a 1956 French drama film directed by Henri Verneuil. Set entirely among ordinary working people, it tells the story of an unhappily married long-distance lorry driver who starts an a ...
'' (1956) - L'homme de la cabane
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Marie Antoinette Queen of France
''Marie Antoinette Queen of France'' (french: Marie-Antoinette reine de France and also known as ''Shadow of the Guillotine'') is a 1956 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Jean Delannoy who co-wrote the screenplay with Pierre Erlange ...
'' (1956) - (uncredited)
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Meeting in Paris
''Meeting in Paris'' (French: ''Rencontre à Paris'') is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Georges Lampin and starring Robert Lamoureux, Betsy Blair and Jacques Castelot.Parish p.96
The film's sets were designed by the art director
Art di ...
'' (1956)
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The Width of the Pavement
''The Width of the Pavement'' is a 1956 French film directed by Léonide Moguy.
It was known as Le long des trottoirs and Diary of a Bad Girl.
Cast
*Anne Vernon
* Danik Patisson
*François Guérin
François Guérin (1927–2003) was a French ...
Blood to the Head
''Blood to the Head'' (French: ''Le sang à la tête'') is a 1956 French drama film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur and Claude Sylvain.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.177 It is based on the 1942 novel '' Young Cardinaud'' ...
'' (1956) - Arthur Cardinaud
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Paris, Palace Hotel
''Paris, Palace Hotel'' is a 1956 French-Italian romantic comedy film directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Charles Boyer, Françoise Arnoul and Tilda Thamar.Parish p.61
It was shot in Eastmancolor at the Boulogne Studios in Paris. The film's ...
'' (1956) - Le brigadier
* ''Que les hommes sont bêtes'' (1957)
* ''Le rouge est mis'' (1957) - L'inspecteur Bouvard
* ''Young Girls Beware'' (1957) - Le médecin
* ''Trois jours à vivre'' (1957)
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Comme un cheveu sur la soupe
''Comme un cheveu sur la soupe'' (french: Like a hair on the soup), is a French comedy film from 1957, directed by Maurice Regamey, written by Yvan Audouard, starring Louis de Funès. Shooting took place at the " Franstudio" film studios from D ...
'' (1957) - Le terrassier devant chez Pierre (uncredited)
* ''Sinners of Paris'' (1958) - Le gardien du garage (uncredited)
* ''Police judiciaire'' (1958) - Le chauffeur de René le Belge (uncredited)
* '' Le désordre et la nuit'' (1958) - L'inspecteur Rocard
* ''Rapt au deuxième bureau'' (1958) - Lieutenant Fernand, 2ème Bureau
* ''Madame et son auto'' (1958)
* ''Time Bomb'' (1959) - Julien Aubriant
* ''Le grand chef'' (1959) - Le chauffeur de taxi (uncredited)
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Archimède le clochard
''Archimède le clochard'' is a 1959 French drama film directed by Gilles Grangier. It is also known as ''The Magnificent Tramp''. The film was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival, where Jean Gabin won the Silver Bear for Bes ...
'' (1959) - Le breton (uncredited)
* ''La bête à l'affût'' (1959) - L'hôtelier
* ''Soupe au lait'' (1959)
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Rue des prairies
''Rue des prairies'' is a 1959 French drama film directed by Denys de La Patellière. It is an adaptation of a novel by René Lefèvre.
Plot
Widower Henri Neveux (Jean Gabin) has difficult relationships with his children.
Cast
* Jean Gabin - ...
'' (1959) - Dubourg
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Signé Arsène Lupin
''Signé Arsène Lupin'' ( it, Il ritorno di Arsenio Lupin, also known as ''Signed, Arsene Lupin'') is a 1959 French-Italian crime film written and directed by Yves Robert. It is the sequel of ''The Adventures of Arsène Lupin'' (1957).
Plot
Ars ...
'' (1959) - L'employé de la SNCF (uncredited)
* ''La nuit des traqués'' (1959)
* ''
The Cat Shows Her Claws
''The Cat Shows Her Claws'' (French: ''La chatte sort ses griffes'') is a 1960 French war drama film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Françoise Arnoul, Horst Frank and François Guérin.Bessy & Chirat p.287 It was shot at the Billancourt S ...
'' (1960) - Le conducteur de la locomotive
* '' The Baron of the Locks'' (1960) - Valentin
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Les Bonnes Femmes
''Les Bonnes Femmes'' is a 1960 French comedic drama film directed by Claude Chabrol. Its mix of melodrama, absurd comedy and tragedy is typical for the early, experimental French New Wave, New Wave films. Though unsuccessful upon its initial rel ...
'' (1960) - Le père d'Henri
* '' The Old Guard'' (1960) - Étienne Lesage, employé de la mairie
* ''
It Happened All Night
''It Happened All Night'' (in French: ''Affaire d'une nuit'') is a 1960 French film directed by Henri Verneuil, starring Pascale Petit, Roger Hanin, Pierre Mondy and with the participation of Brigitte Bardot.
Cast
* Pascale Petit : Christine Fi ...
'' (1960) - Sergeant
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Boulevard
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Boulevards were originally circumferential roads following the line of former city walls.
In American usage, boulevards may ...
'' (1960)
* '' The President'' (1961) - Un gendarme en faction
* ''
The Passion of Slow Fire
''The Passion of Slow Fire'' (french: La Mort de Belle) is a 1961 French crime drama film directed by Édouard Molinaro and based on the novel ''La mort de Belle'' by Georges Simenon.
Cast
* Jean Desailly - Stéphane Blanchon
* Alexandra Stewart ...
'' (1961) - Le sergent de police Ruchet
* '' Le cave se rebiffe'' (1961) - L'entraîneur hippique à Vincennes
* '' A Monkey in Winter'' (1962) - Un habitué du café
* ''Trique, gamin de Paris'' (1962)
* ''
The Mysteries of Paris
''The Mysteries of Paris'' (french: Les Mystères de Paris) is a novel by the French writer Eugène Sue. It was published serially in 90 parts in ''Journal des débats'' from 19 June 1842 until 15 October 1843, making it one of the first seria ...
'' (1962) - M. Morel, le tailleur
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Five Miles to Midnight
''Five Miles to Midnight'' (French: ''Le Couteau dans la plaie'', literally ''The Knife in the wound'') is a 1962 Franco-Italian international co-production drama film produced and directed by Anatole Litvak. It starred Sophia Loren and Anthony P ...
'' (1962)
* ''
Le glaive et la balance
''Le glaive et la balance'' (English: ''The Sword and the Balance'' and ''Two Are Guilty'')Any Number Can Win'' (1963) - Un voyageur du train (uncredited)
* ''
The Day and the Hour
''The Day and the Hour'' (french: Le jour et l'heure) is a 1963 French war-time drama film directed by René Clément and starring Simone Signoret and Stuart Whitman.
Plot
Set in occupied France in 1944 a French woman finds herself helping a down ...
'' (1963) - L'employé du chemin de fer
* '' Diary of a Chambermaid'' (1964) - Le brigadier qui vient arrêter Joseph
* ''
Up from the Beach
''Up from the Beach'' is a 1965 French-American international co-production war film directed by Robert Parrish and starring Cliff Robertson, Red Buttons and James Robertson Justice. It was based on a 1959 novel by George Barr called ''Epitaph f ...
'' (1965) - Trombonist
* ''
The Dirty Game
''The Dirty Game'' (german: Spione unter sich, french: Guerre secrète, it, La guerra segreta) is a 1965 anthology spy film starring Henry Fonda and Robert Ryan. Robert Ryan as American General Bruce is the link between three different spy stor ...
'' (1965) - O'Hara
* ''
Les Bons Vivants
''Les Bons Vivants'' (''High Lifers'') is a French comedy film from 1965, directed by Gilles Grangier and Georges Lautner, that was written by Albert Simonin and Michel Audiard. It stars Bernard Blier, Mireille Darc, Andréa Parisy, Bernadette La ...
La Grande Vadrouille
''La Grande Vadrouille'' (; literally "The Great Stroll"; originally released in the United Kingdom as ''Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!'') is a 1966 French-British comedy film set in 1942 about French civilians who help the crew of a Royal ...
'' (1966) - Le machiniste résistant de l'opéra
* ''
The Thief of Paris
''The Thief of Paris'' (''Le voleur'') is a 1967 French crime film directed by Louis Malle and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo as a professional thief (Georges Randal) at the turn of the century in Paris. The film is based on a book of the same title ...
'' (1967) - Le père Visin
* ''
The Oldest Profession
''The Oldest Profession'' (french: Le Plus Vieux Métier du monde) is a 1967 internationally co-produced comedy film. It features contributions from six different film directors, each one doing a segment on prostitution through the ages.
Plot
...
Les risques du métier
''Les risques du métier'' (''Risky Business'') is a 1967 French drama film directed by André Cayatte. This was Jacques Brel's first feature film and co-starred Emmanuelle Riva, Jacques Harden, and Nadine Alari. Brel also produced the soundtrack ...
'' (1967) - Le juge d'instruction
* ''
The Milky Way
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'' (1969) - Father
* ''Les gros malins'' (1969) - Le président des courses
* ''
La Horse
''La Horse'' ( it, Il Clan degli uomini violenti, german: Der Erbarmungslose) is a 1970 French-language thriller directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre and based on Michel Lambesc's novel of the same name.
Plot
In Normandy, the widower Auguste Maro ...
'' (1970) - Le brigadier
* ''La nuit bulgare'' (1970)
* ''Le petit matin'' (1971) - Un marin
* ''Ben et Bénédict'' (1977) - Le vieux voisin
* '' Inspecteur la Bavure'' (1980) - L'avocat du satyre
* ''
Diva
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'' (1981)
* ''
Tandem
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The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...
'' (1987) - Old barman
* ''L'invité surprise'' (1989) - Le vieil homme