Jean Clarieux (April 3, 1911 – February 11, 1970) was a French

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and

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. Generally a

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appearing in smaller parts, he played a more substantial role in

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's 1946 resistance film '' The Battle of the Rails''.Barker p.256

Biography

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. He lends his voice to

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in a cartoon series on the adventures of

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directed by

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. Beyond the dubbing, his filmography is important: he notably plays a railwayman in ''

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'' by

, and it is his weathered face that appears on the poster of the film. In '' Golden Helmet'' by

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, he plays the role of Paul, alongside

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. He also acted for television in the 1960s, notably in the series ''

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'' by Claude Loursais and in ''Les Beaux Yeux d'Agatha'' by Bernard Hecht.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1941) * '' The Blue Veil'' (1942) * '' The Battle of the Rails'' (1946) * ''

Lawless Roads ''Lawless Roads'' (French: ''Chemins sans loi'') is a 1947 French drama film directed by Guillaume Radot and starring Ginette Leclerc, Jean Murat and Marguerite Moreno.Rège p.849 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets w ...

'' (1947) * ''

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'' (1949) * '' La Marie du port'' (1950) * ''

Three Telegrams ''Three Telegrams'' (French: ''Trois télégrammes'') is a 1950 French drama film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Gérard Gervais, Pierrette Simonet and Olivier Hussenot.Rège p.293 The film's art direction was by Auguste Capelier. It ...

'' (1950) * ''

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'' (1950) * '' Cartouche, King of Paris'' (1950) * ''

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) * '' Duel in Dakar'' (1951) * ''

Paris Still Sings ''Paris Still Sings'' (French: ''Paris chante toujours'') is a 1951 French musical comedy film directed by Pierre Montazel and starring Lucien Baroux, Clément Duhour and Madeleine Lebeau with performances from a large number of leading French s ...

'' (1951) * ''

The Night Is My Kingdom ''The Night Is My Kingdom'' (French: ''La nuit est mon royaume'') is a 1951 French drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Jean Gabin, Simone Valère and Gérard Oury.Aitken p.754 Gabin was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the ...

'' (1951) * ''

Casque d'Or ''Casque d'Or'' ("Golden Helmet") is a 1952 French historical drama film directed by Jacques Becker. It is a Belle Époque tragedy, the story of an ill-fated love affair between characters played by Simone Signoret and Serge Reggiani. The story wa ...

'' (1952) * '' A Mother's Secret'' (1952) * ''

Judgement of God ''Judgement of God'' (french: Le Jugement de Dieu), is a French drama film from 1952, directed by Raymond Bernard, written by Pierre Montazel, and starring by Andrée Debar and Louis de Funès. The screenplay was based on the German legend from ...

'' (1952) * ''

Holiday for Henrietta ''Holiday for Henrietta'' (french: La fête à Henriette) is a 1952 French comedy film directed by Julien Duvivier, and starring Dany Robin, Michel Auclair, and Hildegard Knef. While urgently trying to develop a screenplay for a new film, two scr ...

'' (1952) * ''

The Adventurer of Chad ''The Adventurer of Chad'' (French: ''L'aventurière du Tchad'') is a 1953 French drama film directed by Willy Rozier and starring Madeleine Lebeau, Jean Danet and Tania Fédor.Rège p.897 Synopsis After gambling away a stolen diamond bracelet ...

'' (1953) * '' Double or Quits'' (1953) * ''

The Count of Bragelonne ''The Count of Bragelonne'' (French: ''Le Vicomte de Bragelonne'', Italian: ''Il Visconte di Bragelonne'') is a 1954 Franco-Italian film directed by Fernando Cerchio. It is a film adaptation of the novel ''Le Vicomte de Bragelonne'' by Alexandre ...

'' (1954) * ''

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) * ''

Irresistible Catherine ''Irresistible Catherine'' (French: ''L'irrésistible Catherine'') is a 1957 French comedy film directed by André Pergament and starring Michel Auclair, Marie Daëms and Fernand Sardou.Goble p.814 Cast * Michel Auclair as Georges Bartone * Mari ...

'' (1957) * '' Marie of the Isles'' (1959)

References

Bibliography

* Jennifer Lynde Barker. ''The Aesthetics of Antifascist Film: Radical Projection''. Routledge, 2013.

External links

* 1911 births 1970 deaths French male television actors French male film actors People from La Rochelle {{France-screen-actor-stub