Pierre Repp (5 November 1909 in

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, France – 1 November 1986 in Plessis-Trévise, France) was a French

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and

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. His real name was Pierre Alphonse Léon Frédéric Bouclet. On 14 August 1930, he married Ferdinande Alice Andrée Bouclet in

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. He is famous in France for his unique comic talent. He used to simulate stuttering while talking, in a humoristic way, trying to pronounce some words and finally replacing them by others. In a famous French sketch, "Les crêpes", he explained the recipe that way, with sentences like this one: "Then you add some mamerlade, oh sorry ! Some marlamade... Uh! Me, I pour some chocolate". Pierre Repp appeared in many theatre plays and TV shows, but mainly in music-hall and cabarets in

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or on tour. Pierre Repp has his place in the French cinéma story due to many "third-roles" in about forty

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Filmography

* '' Une Femme au volant'' (1933, directed by

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and Pierre Billon) * '' La merveilleuse tragédie de Lourdes'' (1933, directed by Henri Fabert) * '' M'sieur la Caille'' (1955, directed by André Pergament) - The marquis * ''

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'' (1956, directed by

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) * ''

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'' (''Club of Women'') (1956, directed by Ralph Habib) - The usher * '' Le colonel est de la revue'' (1957, directed by

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) * '' Printemps à Paris'' (1957, directed by Jean-Claude Roy) * '' Nuit blanche et rouge à lèvres'' (1957, directed by Robert Vernay) - Prince Yucca's secretary * '' Brigade des mœurs'' (1959, directed by

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) * ''

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'' (''The 400 Blows'') (1959, directed by

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) - The English teacher * ''

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'' (''The Games of Love'') (1960, directed by

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) - The car driver * ''

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'' (''Croesus'') (1960, directed by

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) - The bank clerk * ''

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'' (1960, directed by

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) - Le pasteur (uncredited) * '' Le bouclier'' (1960, Short film about security, directed by Georges Rouquier) - L'ouvrier bègue * ''

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'' (''Five Day Lover'') (1961, directed by

) - Pépère * '' Le Tracassin ou les plaisirs de la ville'' (''The Busybody'') (1961, directed by

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) - The strawberries taster * ''

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'' (''Swords of Blood'') (1962, directed by

) - Marquis de Griffe * ' (''Hitch-Hike'') (1962, directed by Jacqueline Audry) - The sex maniac * ''

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'' (''Moonlight in Maubeuge'') (1962, directed by Jean Chérasse) - Le secrétaire bègue * '' Césarin joue les étroits mousquetaires'' (1962, directed by

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) - Césarin * '' Un roi sans divertissement'' (''A King Without Distraction'') (1963, directed by

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) - Ravanel * '' La bande à Bobo'' (1963, directed by Tony Saytor) - Spiguy * '' Humour noir'' (''Black Humor'') (1965, directed by

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) (segment 1 'La Bestiole') * ''

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'' (1965, directed by

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) - Le commissaire * '' L'Or du duc'' (1965, directed by Jacques Baratier and Bernard Toublanc-Michel) - The textile saler * '' Le tatoué'' (''The Tattooed One'') (1968, directed by

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) - Countryman with beef (uncredited) * ''

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'' (''The Return of Monte Cristo'') (1968, directed by

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) - Jauffrey * '' Peau d'Âne'' (''Donkey Skin'') (1970, directed by

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) - Thibaud * '' L'explosion'' (''The Hideout'') (1971, directed by Marc Simenon - 1971) - Dubois * '' La Grande mafia'' (''La Grande Maffia'') (1971, directed by

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) - The Prime Minister * '' Je sais rien, mais je dirai tout'' (''Don't Know Anything But I'll Tell All'') (1973, directed by

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) - Bernier, le sous-directeur * '' Cours après moi que je t'attrape'' (''Run After Me Until I Catch You'') (1976, directed by Robert Pouret) - The taxi driver * ''

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'' (''The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space'') (1979, directed by Jean Girault) - The garage mechanic * '' Les Givrés'' (1979, directed by Alain Jaspard) - The ski lift clerk * '' Charles et Lucie'' (1979, directed by

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) - The bus driver * ''

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'' (''Never Play Clever Again'') (1982, directed by Jean Girault) - The stuttering complainant * '' Prends ton passe-montagne, on va à la plage'' (1983, directed by Eddy Matalon) - Le client du garage * ''

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'' (''The Telephone Always Rings Twice'') (1985, directed by Jean-Pierre Vergne) - A witness (final film role)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Repp, Pierre 1909 births 1986 deaths French comedians French male stage actors French male television actors 20th-century French male actors French male film actors 20th-century French comedians