Jean-Roger Caussimon (24 July 1918 – 19 October 1985) was a "provocative, anarchising" French singer-songwriter and film actor.
He appeared in 90 films between 1945 and 1985 but is better known for having worked with poet-singer
Léo Ferré
Léo Ferré (24 August 1916 – 14 July 1993) was a French-born Monégasque poet and composer, and a dynamic and controversial live performer, whose career in France dominated the years after the Second World War until his death. He released s ...
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Discography
Studio albums
* ''Jean-Roger Caussimon chante Jean-Roger Caussimon'' (1970)
* ''À la Seine'' (1972)
* ''Musique légère'' (1974)
* ''Il fait soleil'' (1975)
* ''Chanson de l'homme heureux'' (1977)
* ''Papy rock'' (1979)
Live albums
* ''Au théâtre de la Ville'' (1978)
Posthumous releases
* ''En public à l'Olympia 74'' (1992)
* ''Jean-Roger Caussimon au cabaret du Lapin Agile'' (2003)
Selected filmography
* ''
François Villon
François Villon (Modern French: , ; – after 1463) is the best known French poet of the Late Middle Ages. He was involved in criminal behavior and had multiple encounters with law enforcement authorities. Villon wrote about some of these ex ...
'' (1945) - Le grand écolier
* ''
The Last Judgment
The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Reckoning, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, Doomsday, Day of Resurrection or The Day of the Lord (; ar, یوم القيامة, translit=Yawm al-Qiyāmah or ar, یوم الدین, translit=Yawm ad-Dīn, ...
'' (1945)
* ''
Pétrus'' (1946) - Milou
* ''
Destiny Has Fun
''Destiny Has Fun'' (French: ''Le destin s'amuse'') is a 1947 French comedy film directed by Emil E. Reinert and starring André Claveau, Dany Robin and Robert Murzeau.Goble p.735
The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne. ...
'' (1946) - Marcel
* ''
Captain Blomet
''Captain Blomet'' (French: ''Capitaine Blomet'') is a 1947 French comedy film directed by Andrée Feix and starring Fernand Gravey, Gaby Sylvia and Jean Meyer.Palmer & Michael p.69 The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss ...
'' (1947) - Clodomir
* ''La fleur de l'âge'' (1947)
* ''Le mannequin assassiné'' (1948) - Jérôme
* ''
Clochemerle
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'' (1948) - Samotras
* ''
The Murdered Model'' (1948) - L'inspecteur
* ''Bonheur en location'' (1949) - Julien
* ''
The Man from Jamaica
''The Man from Jamaica'' (French: ''L'homme de la Jamaïque'') is a 1950 French adventure film directed by Maurice de Canonge and starring Pierre Brasseur, Véra Norman and Georges Tabet.Goble p.800
The film's sets were designed by the art dir ...
'' (1950) - Le docteur Van Boeken
* ''
The Red Rose'' (1951) - L'homme du bar
* ''
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
''Juliette, or Key of Dreams'' (french: Juliette ou La clef des songes) is a 1951 French drama film directed by Marcel Carné. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. The film is based on a play by Georges Neveux.
Cast
* Gérard P ...
'' (1951) - Le châtelain & Monsieur Bellanger
* ''
The Red Inn
''The Red Inn'' () is a 1951 French comedy crime film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Fernandel, Françoise Rosay and Julien Carette. It premiered on 19 October 1951. A remake of the film, directed by Gérard Krawczyk, premiered in 20 ...
'' (1951) - Darwin
* ''
Milady and the Musketeers
''Milady and the Musketeers'' (Italian: ''Il boia di Lilla'', also known as ''Vengeance of the Musketeers'' and ''La vita avventurosa di Milady'') is 1952 French-Italian historical adventure film directed by Vittorio Cottafavi and starring Rossa ...
'' (1952) - Mastro Pietro / Boia di Lilla
* ''
La Reine Margot'' (1954) - Le gouverneur de la prison / Prison Governor
* ''French Cancan'' (1955) - Baron Walter
* ''
Bel Ami
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The story chronicles journalist ...
'' (1955) - Charles Forestier
* ''
House on the Waterfront
''House on the Waterfront'' (French: ''Port du désir'') is a 1955 French drama film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Jean Gabin, Andrée Debar and Henri Vidal.Block p.49
It was made at the Billancourt Studios with some location ...
'' (1955) - Monsieur Black
* ''La villa Sans-Souci'' (1955) - Jarewski
* ''Fernand cow-boy'' (1956) - Castor Prudent
* ''Et par ici la sortie'' (1957) - Picatellos
* ''
Three Sailors'' (1957) - Éric Bergen
* ''Ce joli monde'' (1957) - Joseph
* ''Un homme se penche sur son passé'' (1958) - Stopwell
* ''Quand sonnera midi'' (1958) - Don Gaspar
* ''
The Mask of the Gorilla
''The Mask of the Gorilla'' (french: Le Gorille vous salue bien) is a 1958 French action film directed by Bernard Borderie. It is based on a novel by Antoine Dominique (Dominique Ponchardier).
Cast
* Lino Ventura - Géo Paquet - le gorille
* ...
'' (1958) - Léon
* ''Le Sicilien'' (1958) - Beau Parleur
* ''Dangerous Games'' (1958) - Bourdieux
* ''Le petit prof'' (1959) - Le proviseur
* ''
Le Saint mène la danse
''Le Saint mène la danse'' (''The Saint leads the Dance'') also known as ''The Dance of Death'' and ''Le Saint conduit le bal'' (''The Saint leads the Ball'')
is a 1960 film featuring Félix Marten as Simon Templar, the crimefighter also known a ...
'' (1960) - Le maître d'hôtel
* ''
The Return of Dr. Mabuse
''The Return of Doctor Mabuse'' (german: Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse) is a 1961 black-and-white crime film/thriller made in West Berlin. It was a West German/French/Italian international co-production directed by Harald Reinl that was the seco ...
'' (1961) - Küster
* ''
La Fayette'' (1962) - Maurepas
* ''À fleur de peau'' (1962) - M. Brémont
* ''
Hardi Pardaillan!
''Hardi Pardaillan!'' is a 1964 Cinema of France, French-Cinema of Italy, Italian adventure film directed by Bernard Borderie and starring Gérard Barray, Valérie Lagrange, Philippe Lemaire, Sophie Hardy, and Guy Delorme. It was also known as ''T ...
'' (1964) - Ruggieri
* ''Les baratineurs'' (1965) - L'héraldiste
* ''L'amour à la chaîne'' (1965) - Le curé
* ''
The Treasure of the Aztecs
''The Treasure of the Aztecs'' (German: ''Der Schatz der Azteken'') is a 1965 western adventure film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Lex Barker, Gérard Barray and Michèle Girardon. It was made as a co-production between France, Italy an ...
'' (1965) - Marshal Bazaine
*''
The Pyramid of the Sun God
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'' (1965) - Marshall Bazaine (uncredited)
* ''
Thomas the Impostor
''Thomas the Impostor'' (french: Thomas l'imposteur) is a 1965 French drama film directed by Georges Franju and starring Emmanuelle Riva, Fabrice Rouleau, Sophie Dares, Jean Marais and Charles Aznavour. It is based on a novel of the same name b ...
'' (1965) - L'évêque
* ''
Pleins feux sur Stanislas
''Pleins feux sur Stanislas'' () is a French-German comedy thriller film from 1965. It was directed by Jean-Charles Dudrumet, written by Michel Cousin and Jean-Charles Dudrumet, starring Jean Marais. The film was known under the title ''Killer S ...
'' (1965) - Le faux conservateur en chef
* ''
Dis-moi qui tuer
''Dis-moi qui tuer'' (English title: ''Tell Me Whom to Kill'') is a 1965 French drama film directed by Étienne Périer. The screenplay was written by Maurice Fabre and Didier Goulard, based on a novel by Henri Lapierre. The film stars Michèle ...
'' (1965) - Kopf
* ''Deux heures à tuer'' (1966) - Gabriel Damerville
* ''
Triple Cross
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'' (1966) - Luftwaffe General
* ''
Fantômas contre Scotland Yard
''Fantômas contre Scotland Yard'' (, "Fantomas Against Scotland Yard") is the final installment of a trilogy of films starring Jean Marais as the arch villain Fantômas name opposite Louis de Funès as the earnest but outclassed commissaire Juv ...
'' (1967) - Lord Edward MacRashley / Fantômas
* ''
Law Breakers
''Law Breakers'' (french: Les Assassins de l'ordre) is a 1971 French drama film starring Jacques Brel, directed by Marcel Carné. It was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival.
Based on a real-life incident, an idealistic a ...
'' (1971) - Le commissaire Lagache
* ''Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil'' (1972) - Le père Derugleux
* ''
Five Leaf Clover'' (1972) - Vampirus
* ''Moi y'en a vouloir des sous'' (1973) - L'évêque
* ''
Que la fête commence
''Que la fête commence...'' (English title ''Let Joy Reign Supreme'') is a 1975 French film directed by Bertrand Tavernier and starring Philippe Noiret. It is a historical drama set during the 18th century French Régence centring on the Breton P ...
'' (1975) - Le cardinal
* ''
The Judge and the Assassin
''The Judge and the Assassin'' (french: Le Juge et l'assassin) is a 1976 French drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier that stars Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Michel Galabru, and Jean-Claude Brialy. Set in France in the 1890s, it shows ...
'' (1976) - Street Singer
* ''Deux imbéciles heureux'' (1976) - Albert Breux
* ''
The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials
''The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials'' (french: Le Gendarme et Les Extra-Terrestres) is a continuation of the Gendarme series starring Louis de Funès. It is also known as ''The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space'' and is followed by ...
'' (1979) - L'évêque
* ''Signé Furax'' (1981) - Le jardinier
* ''
Les Misérables
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In the English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original ...
'' (1982) - Le Conventionnel
* ''La baraka'' (1982) - Le clochard
References
External links
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1918 births
1985 deaths
French male film actors
Male actors from Paris
Singers from Paris
20th-century French male actors
20th-century French male singers
French anarchists