François Périer (; born François Pillu; 10 November 1919 – 28 June 2002) was a French actor renowned for his expressiveness and diversity of roles.
Career
He made over 110 film and TV appearances from 1938 to 1996, with notable excursion into the French avant-garde. He was also prominent in the theatre. Among his better-known parts was that of Hugo in the first production of
Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary criticism, literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th ...
's ''
Les Mains Sales'' in 1948. He was the narrator of the French-language version of ''
Fantasia'', and he made several commercial audio recordings (with commentary) popularizing classical music in France. In 1957, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film ''
Gervaise''.
Personal life
Périer was born in Paris, France on 10 November 1919. He had two children with his first wife, Jacqueline Porel: photographer
Jean-Marie and journalist
Anne-Marie. He died on 29 June 2002 in Paris of a heart attack during his sleep.
His remains were interred at
Passy Cemetery
Passy Cemetery () is a small cemetery in Passy, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France.
History
The current cemetery replaced the old cemetery (''l'ancien cimetière communal de Passy'', located on Rue Lekain), which was closed in 1802.
...
in Paris next to those of the stage and silent film actress
Réjane (1856–1920), who was the grandmother of Périer's first wife.
Filmography
* 1938: ''
Mother Love'' (directed by
Jean Boyer) - Batilly
* 1938: ''
Hôtel du Nord'' (directed by
Marcel Carné
Marcel Albert Carné (; 18 August 1906 – 31 October 1996) was a French film director. A key figure in the poetic realism movement, Carné's best known films include ''Port of Shadows'' (1938), ''Le Jour Se Lève'' (1939), ''Les Visiteurs du Soi ...
) - Adrien
* 1939: ''
La Fin du jour'' (directed by
Julien Duvivier
Julien Duvivier (; 8 October 1896 – 29 October 1967) was a French film director and screenwriter. He was prominent in French cinema in the years 1930–1960. Amongst his most original films, chiefly notable are ''La Bandera (film), La Bandera'', ...
) - Le journaliste
* 1939: ''
The Fatted Calf'' (directed by
Serge de Poligny
Serge de Poligny (1903–1983) was a French screenwriter and film director.
Career
Serge de Poligny was born in Paris in 1903. He studied art at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, École des Beaux-Arts in the class of the painter Maurice Denis. In 1925 ...
) - Gaston Vachon
* 1939: ''
Nightclub Hostess'' (directed by
Albert Valentin) - Jean
* 1941: ''
Le Duel'' (directed by
Pierre Fresnay
Pierre Fresnay (; 4 April 1897 – 9 January 1975) was a French stage and film actor.
Biography
Born Pierre Jules Louis Laudenbach, he was encouraged by his uncle, actor Claude Garry, to pursue a career in theater and film. He joined the company ...
) - Jean
* 1941: ''
First Ball
''First Ball'' (French: ''Premier bal'') is a 1941 French romantic comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Marie Déa, Fernand Ledoux and Raymond Rouleau.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.309 It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris ...
'' (directed by
Christian-Jaque
Christian-Jaque (byname of Christian Maudet; 4 September 1904 – 8 July 1994) was a French filmmaker. From 1954 to 1959, he was married to actress Martine Carol, who starred in several of his films, including ''Lucrèce Borgia'' (1953), ''M ...
) - Ernest Vilar
* 1941: ''
Happy Days
''Happy Days'' is an American television sitcom that aired first-run on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC network from January 15, 1974, to July 19, 1984, with a total of 255 half-hour episodes spanning 11 seasons. Created by Garry Marsha ...
'' (directed by
Jean de Marguenat
Jean de Marguenat (2 May 1893 – 16 April 1956) was a French screenwriter and film director. He directed nineteen films including the 1937 British musical ''The Street Singer (1937 film), The Street Singer'' (1937).
Earlier in his life de Margu ...
) - Bernard
* 1942: ''
Love Marriage'' (directed by
Henri Decoin
Henri Decoin (18 March 1890 – 4 July 1969) was a French film director and screenwriter, who directed more than 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who won the national title in 1911 and held the national record in the 500 ...
) - Pierre
* 1942: ''
Love Letters'' (directed by
Claude Autant-Lara
Claude Autant-Lara (; 5 August 1901 – 5 February 2000) was a French film director, screenwriter, set designer and costume designer who worked in films for over 50 years. He made films characterised by bourgeois Realism (arts), realism, anti- ...
) - François de Portal
* 1943: ''
The White Truck'' (directed by
Léo Joannon) - François Ledru - un jeune garagiste
* 1943: ''
La Ferme aux loups'' (directed by
Richard Pottier
Richard Pottier (6 June 1906, in Graz – 2 November 1994, in Le Plessis-Bouchard) was a film director in France. He was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire as Ernst Deutsch.
Selected filmography
* ''If I Were Boss (1934 film), If I Were Boss'' ( ...
) - Bastien
* 1944: ''
Bonsoir mesdames, bonsoir messieurs'' (directed by
Roland Tual) - Dominique Verdelet
* 1944: ''
L'Enfant de l'amour L'Enfant may refer to:
* ''L'Enfant'' (film), a 2005 Belgian film
* L'Enfant (poster), a noted 1987 photographic poster
* Pierre Charles L'Enfant, architect and civil engineer credited with planning the city of Washington, D.C.
* , a 1943 cargo ...
'' (directed by
Jean Stelli
Jean Stelli (6 December 1894 in Lille – 2 February 1975 in Grasse) was a French screenwriter and film director.Rège p.939
Selected filmography
* ''The Hurricane on the Mountain'' (1922)
* ''Durand Jewellers'' (1938)
* ''Gibraltar (1938 film), ...
) - Maurice Orland
* 1946: ''
Sylvie and the Ghost'' (directed by
Claude Autant-Lara
Claude Autant-Lara (; 5 August 1901 – 5 February 2000) was a French film director, screenwriter, set designer and costume designer who worked in films for over 50 years. He made films characterised by bourgeois Realism (arts), realism, anti- ...
) - Ramure
* 1946: ''
La Tentation de Barbizon'' (directed by
Jean Stelli
Jean Stelli (6 December 1894 in Lille – 2 February 1975 in Grasse) was a French screenwriter and film director.Rège p.939
Selected filmography
* ''The Hurricane on the Mountain'' (1922)
* ''Durand Jewellers'' (1938)
* ''Gibraltar (1938 film), ...
) - Le diable et Ben Atkinson / The Devil
* 1946: ''
Au petit bonheur'' (directed by
Marcel L'Herbier
Marcel L'Herbier (; 23 April 1888 – 26 November 1979) was a French filmmaker who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued unti ...
) - Denis Carignol
* 1946: ''
Un revenant'' (directed by
Christian-Jaque
Christian-Jaque (byname of Christian Maudet; 4 September 1904 – 8 July 1994) was a French filmmaker. From 1954 to 1959, he was married to actress Martine Carol, who starred in several of his films, including ''Lucrèce Borgia'' (1953), ''M ...
) - François Nisard
* 1947: ''
Le Silence est d'or'' (directed by
René Clair
René Clair (; 11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette (), was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy. H ...
) - Jacques Francet
* 1948: ''
Une jeune fille savait'' (directed by
Maurice Lehmann
Maurice Lehmann (May 14, 1895 – May 17, 1974) was a French actor, director and producer of the stage and screen. He starred in the 1923 film ''Koenigsmark (1923 film), Koenigsmark'' in which he played the title role.Goble p.36 In 1956 Cannes F ...
) - 'Coco' Levaison
* 1948: ''
The Loves of Colette'' (directed by
Jean Faurez) - François Lecoc
* 1948: ''
Woman Without a Past'' (directed by
Gilles Grangier
Gilles Grangier (5 May 1911 – 27 April 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 50 films and several TV series between 1943 and 1985. His film ''Archimède le clochard'' was entered into the 9th Berlin Inter ...
) - Michel
* 1949: ''
Jean de la Lune'' (directed by
Marcel Achard
Marcel Achard (5 July 1899 – 4 September 1974) was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies Garzanti p. 3 maintained his position as a highly recognizable name in his country's theatrical and literary circles ...
) - Clotaire dit Cloclo - le frère fantasque et envahissant de Marceline
* 1949: ''
Retour à la vie'' (directed by
Georges Lampin) - Antoine (segment 2 : "Le retour d'Antoine")
* 1950: ''
La Souricière'' (directed by
Henri Calef) - Michel Riverain
* 1950: ''
Orphée'' (directed by
Jean Cocteau
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau ( , ; ; 5 July 1889 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of the 20th-c ...
) - Heurtebise
* 1950: ''
The Little Zouave'' (directed by
Gilles Grangier
Gilles Grangier (5 May 1911 – 27 April 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 50 films and several TV series between 1943 and 1985. His film ''Archimède le clochard'' was entered into the 9th Berlin Inter ...
) - M. Denis
* 1950: ''
Old Boys of Saint-Loup'' (directed by
Georges Lampin) - Charles Merlin
* 1950: ''
Souvenirs perdus'' (directed by
Christian-Jaque
Christian-Jaque (byname of Christian Maudet; 4 September 1904 – 8 July 1994) was a French filmmaker. From 1954 to 1959, he was married to actress Martine Carol, who starred in several of his films, including ''Lucrèce Borgia'' (1953), ''M ...
) - Jean-Pierre Delagrange (episode "Une couronne mortuaire")
* 1951: ''
L'Affaire Manet'' (directed by
Jean Aurel
Jean Aurel (6 November 1925 in Rastolita, Romania – 24 August 1996 in Paris) was a Romanian-born French film director and scriptwriter. Notably, he co-wrote ''La Femme d'à côté'' (''The Woman Next Door (1981 film), The Woman Next Door'') wit ...
) (court-métrage) (voice)
* 1951: ''
Sous le ciel de Paris'' (directed by
Julien Duvivier
Julien Duvivier (; 8 October 1896 – 29 October 1967) was a French film director and screenwriter. He was prominent in French cinema in the years 1930–1960. Amongst his most original films, chiefly notable are ''La Bandera (film), La Bandera'', ...
) - Récitant (voice)
* 1951: ''
My Seal and Them'' (directed by
Pierre Billon) - François Verville
* 1952: ''
Love, Madame'' (directed by
Gilles Grangier
Gilles Grangier (5 May 1911 – 27 April 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 50 films and several TV series between 1943 and 1985. His film ''Archimède le clochard'' was entered into the 9th Berlin Inter ...
) - François Célerier
* 1952: ''
She and Me'' (directed by
Guy Lefranc) - Jean Montaigu
* 1953: ''
A Woman's Treasure'' (directed by
Jean Stelli
Jean Stelli (6 December 1894 in Lille – 2 February 1975 in Grasse) was a French screenwriter and film director.Rège p.939
Selected filmography
* ''The Hurricane on the Mountain'' (1922)
* ''Durand Jewellers'' (1938)
* ''Gibraltar (1938 film), ...
) - François Delaroche
* 1953: ''
Jeunes mariés'' (directed by
Gilles Grangier
Gilles Grangier (5 May 1911 – 27 April 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 50 films and several TV series between 1943 and 1985. His film ''Archimède le clochard'' was entered into the 9th Berlin Inter ...
) - Jacques Delaroche
* 1953: ''
Capitaine Pantoufle'' (directed by
Guy Lefranc) - Emmanuel Bonavent
* 1953: ' (directed by
Jean Image
Imre Hajdú (; 26 January 1911 – 21 October 1989) better known by his stage name Jean Image () was a Hungarian-French director, script writer and producer of French animation films.
His stage name, "Image" is based upon the French pronunciatio ...
) - Narrator (voice)
* 1953: ''
It Happened in the Park'' (''Villa Borghese'') (directed by
Vittorio De Sica
Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.
Widely considered one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, four of the fil ...
and
Gianni Franciolini) - Il professore di greco (segment: Pi-greco)
* 1954: ''
Quelques pas dans la vie
''A Slice of Life'' (, , also known as ''The Anatomy of Love'') is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and Paul Paviot.
Plot
Mara
From a story by Vasco Pratolini, written by the author.
Vasco and Mara get to know in a re ...
'' (''Tempi nostri'') (directed by
Alessandro Blasetti
Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film ''Four Steps in the Clouds''. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the ...
and
Paul Paviot) - Lui
* 1954: ''
Secrets d'alcôve'' (directed by
Jean Delannoy
Jean Delannoy (; 12 January 1908 – 18 June 2008) was a French actor, film editor, screenwriter and film director.
Biography
Although Delannoy was born in a Paris suburb, his family was from Haute-Normandie in the north of France. He was a Pro ...
) - Bertrand Germain-Latour (segment "Lit de la Pompadour, Le")
* 1954: ''
Scènes de ménage'' (directed by
André Berthomieu) - Trielle
* 1954: ''
Cadet Rousselle'' (directed by
André Hunebelle
André Hunebelle (; 1 September 1896 – 27 November 1985) was a French maître verrier (master glassmaker) and film director.
Master Glass Artist
After attending polytechnic school for mathematics, he became a decorator, a designer, and then a m ...
) - Cadet Rousselle
* 1955: ''
Stopover in Orly'' (directed by
Jean Dréville) - Pierre Brissac
* 1955: ''
Le Ciel de lit'' (directed by
Marcel L'Herbier
Marcel L'Herbier (; 23 April 1888 – 26 November 1979) was a French filmmaker who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued unti ...
) (TV Movie)
* 1955: ''
The Fugitives'' (directed by
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Jean-Paul Étienne Dreyfus, better known as Jean-Paul Le Chanois (; 25 October 1909 – 8 July 1985), was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His film ''...Sans laisser d'adresse'' won the Golden Bear, Golden Bear (Comedies) awar ...
) - François
* 1956: ''
The Man Who Never Was
''The Man Who Never Was'' is a 1956 British espionage thriller film produced by André Hakim and directed by Ronald Neame. It stars Clifton Webb and Gloria Grahame and features Robert Flemyng, Josephine Griffin and Stephen Boyd. It is b ...
'' (''L'Homme qui n'a jamais existé'') (directed by
Ronald Neame
Ronald Neame CBE, BSC (23 April 1911 – 16 June 2010) was an English film producer, director, cinematographer, and screenwriter. Beginning his career as a cinematographer, for his work on the British war film '' One of Our Aircraft Is Missin ...
) - Clerk of British Embassy (uncredited)
* 1956: ''
Gervaise'' (directed by
René Clément
René Clément (; 18 March 1913 – 17 March 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He is known for directing the films ''The Battle of the Rails'' (1946), ''Forbidden Games'' (1952), ''Gervaise (film), Gervaise'' (1956), ''Purple No ...
) - Henri Coupeau - le second compagnon de Gervaise, un ouvrier zingueur
* 1956: ''
I'll Get Back to Kandara'' (directed by
Victor Vicas
Victor Vicas (25 March 1918 – 9 December 1985) was a French film director and screenwriter. His film ''The Wayward Bus (film), The Wayward Bus'' was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Between 1974 and 1983 he directed ...
) - André Barret
* 1957: ''
Que les hommes sont bêtes'' (directed by
Roger Richebé) - Roland Devert
* 1957: ''
The She-Wolves'' (directed by
Luis Saslavsky) - Gervais Larauch / Bernard Pradal
* 1957: ''
Nights of Cabiria'' (''Le Notti di Cabiria'') (directed by
Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and ...
) - Oscar D'Onofrio
* 1957: ''
Anyone Can Kill Me'' (directed by
Henri Decoin
Henri Decoin (18 March 1890 – 4 July 1969) was a French film director and screenwriter, who directed more than 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who won the national title in 1911 and held the national record in the 500 ...
) - Paul - le directeur de la prison
* 1957: ''
Charming Boys'' (directed by
Henri Decoin
Henri Decoin (18 March 1890 – 4 July 1969) was a French film director and screenwriter, who directed more than 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who won the national title in 1911 and held the national record in the 500 ...
) - Robert
* 1958: ''
La Création du monde
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
*"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smi ...
'' (directed by
Eduard Hofman) - Récitant / Narrator (voice)
* 1958: ''
La Bigorne'' (directed by
Robert Darène) - La Bigorne
* 1958: ''
Maxime'' (directed by
Henri Verneuil) - Récitant / Narrator (voice, uncredited)
* 1958: ''
L'Américain se détend'' (directed by
François Reichenbach
François Arnold Reichenbach (3 July 1921 – 2 February 1993) was a French film director, cinematographer producer and screenwriter
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft ...
) (court-métrage) - Récitant (voice)
* 1959: ' (directed by
Étienne Périer) - Tony Varlet / Bobosse / Les six jurés / Le président du Tribunal / L'avocat général / L'avocat / Le garde
* 1959: ''
Les Affreux'' (directed by
Marc Allégret
Marc Allégret (22 December 1900 – 3 November 1973) was a French screenwriter, photographer and film director.
Biography
Born in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, he was the elder brother of Yves Allégret. Marc was educated to be a lawyer in ...
) - (voice)
* 1959: ''
Il Magistrato'' (directed by
Luigi Zampa
Luigi Zampa (2 January 1905 – 16 August 1991) was an Italian film director.
Biography
Son of a worker, Zampa studied filmmaking from 1932 to 1937 at the Italian film school in Rome.
He directed several Italian neorealism films in the 1940 ...
) - Luigi Bonelli
* 1960: ''
Le Testament d'Orphée'' (directed by
Jean Cocteau
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau ( , ; ; 5 July 1889 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of the 20th-c ...
) - Heurtebise (uncredited)
* 1960: ''
Lovers on a Tightrope'' (directed by
Jean-Charles Dudrumet) - Daniel
* 1960: ''
La Française et l'amour'' (directed by
Christian-Jaque
Christian-Jaque (byname of Christian Maudet; 4 September 1904 – 8 July 1994) was a French filmmaker. From 1954 to 1959, he was married to actress Martine Carol, who starred in several of his films, including ''Lucrèce Borgia'' (1953), ''M ...
) - Michel (segment "Divorce, Le")
* 1960: ''
Jack of Spades'' (directed by
Yves Allégret
Yves Allégret (13 October 1905 – 31 January 1987) was a French film director, often working in the film noir genre. He was born in Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine and died in Paris.
He was an assistant to film directors such as his brothe ...
)
* 1960: ''
Zaa, petit chameau blanc'' (directed by
Jacques Poitrenaud) (court-métrage) - (voice)
* 1961: ''
Les Amours de Paris'' (directed by
Jacques Poitrenaud) - Maurice Lasnier
* 1961: ''
L'Amant de cinq jours
''The Lover'' (French: ''L'Amant'') is an autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras, published in 1984 by Les Éditions de Minuit. It has been translated into 43 languages and was awarded the 1984 Prix Goncourt. It was adapted to film in 1992 as ...
'' (directed by
Philippe de Broca
Philippe Claude Alex de Broca de Ferrussac (; 15 March 1933 – 26 November 2004) was a French film director.
He directed 30 full-length feature films, including the highly successful ''That Man from Rio (''L'Homme de Rio'')'', ''Le Magnifique, ...
) - Georges
* 1961: ''Réveille-toi chérie'' (directed by ) - Robert
* 1962: ''
Girl on the Road'' (directed by
Jacqueline Audry
Jacqueline Audry (25 September 1908 – 22 June 1977) was a French film director who began making films in post-World War II France and specialised in literary adaptations. She was the first commercially successful female director of post-war ...
) - L'homme de 40 ans
* 1962: ''
Le Crime ne paie pas'' (directed by
Gérard Oury
Gérard Oury (; born Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum; 29 April 1919 – 20 July 2006) was a French film director, actor and writer.
Life and career
Max-Gérard Houry-Tannenbaum was the only son of Serge Tannenbaum, a violinist of Russian-Jewish or ...
) - Récitant / Narrator (voice)
* 1962: ''Mandrin'' (directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois) - Narrator (voice, uncredited)
* 1963: ''
The Bamboo Stroke'' (directed by
Jean Boyer) - Léon Brissac
* 1963: ''
Les Veinards'' (directed by
Jean Girault
Jean Girault (; 9 May 1924 – 24 July 1982) was a French film director and screenwriter. From 1951 to 1960 he worked as a screenwriter, mainly for comedy films. He made his film debut as a director in 1960. He directed more than thirty films bet ...
) - Jérôme Boisselier (segment "Le manteau de vison")
* 1963: ''
Dragées au poivre'' (directed by
Jacques Baratier) - Legrand (le nounou 1)
* 1963: ''
Les Camarades'' (''I Compagni'') (directed by
Mario Monicelli
Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, one of the masters of the ''commedia all'italiana'' ("Italian-style comedy"). He was nominated six times for an Academy Awards, Os ...
) - Maestro Di Meo
* 1963: ''
La Visita'' (directed by
Antonio Pietrangeli) - Adolfo Di Palma
* 1964: ''
Week-end à Zuydcoote'' (directed by
Henri Verneuil) - Alexandre
* 1967: ''
Un homme de trop'' (directed by
Costa-Gavras
Konstantinos "Kostas" Gavras (; born 12 February 1933), known professionally as Costa-Gavras, is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France. He is known for political films, such as the political thril ...
) - Moujon
* 1967: ''
Le Samouraï
''Le Samouraï'' (; ) is a 1967 neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, and Cathy Rosier. A Franco-Italian production, it depicts the intersecting pa ...
'' (directed by
Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (), was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual godfather of the French New Wave, he was one of the first fully-independent French filmmake ...
) - Le Commissaire
* 1969: ''
Z'' (directed by
Costa-Gavras
Konstantinos "Kostas" Gavras (; born 12 February 1933), known professionally as Costa-Gavras, is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France. He is known for political films, such as the political thril ...
) - Le procureur
* 1968: ''
Les Gauloises bleues'' (directed by
Michel Cournot) - Le juge
* 1970: ''
Les Caprices de Marie'' (directed by
Philippe de Broca
Philippe Claude Alex de Broca de Ferrussac (; 15 March 1933 – 26 November 2004) was a French film director.
He directed 30 full-length feature films, including the highly successful ''That Man from Rio (''L'Homme de Rio'')'', ''Le Magnifique, ...
) - Jean-Jules de Lépine
* 1970: ''
Le Cercle rouge
''Le Cercle Rouge'' (, "The Red Circle") is a 1970 crime film set mostly in Paris. It was directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and stars Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volonté, François Périer and Yves Montand. It is known for its climactic ...
'' (directed by
Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (), was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual godfather of the French New Wave, he was one of the first fully-independent French filmmake ...
) - Santi
* 1970: ''
Tumuc Humac'' (directed by
Jean-Marie Périer) - Le juge
* 1971: ''
Max et les ferrailleurs'' (directed by
Claude Sautet
Claude Sautet (23 February 1924 – 22 July 2000) was a French film director and screenwriter.
He was a chronicler of post-war French society. He made a total of five films with his favorite actress Romy Schneider.
Biography
Born in Montroug ...
) - Rosinsky
* 1971: ''
Juste avant la nuit'' (directed by
Claude Chabrol
Claude Henri Jean Chabrol (; 24 June 1930 – 12 September 2010) was a French film director and a member of the French New Wave (''nouvelle vague'') group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s. Like his colleagues an ...
) - François Tellier
* 1972: ''
La Nuit Bulgare'' (directed by
Michel Mitrani
Michel Mitrani (1930 - 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He was the founder of the Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels in 1987. His 1974 film ''Black Thursday (film), Les Guichets du Louvre'' was entered into the 24t ...
) - Lafond
* 1972: ''
L'Attentat
''The Assassination'' () is a 1972 French-Italian political thriller film directed by Yves Boisset. Starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Gian Maria Volonté, and Roy Scheider, it was released in the U.S. as ''The French Conspiracy''.
The film wa ...
'' (directed by
Yves Boisset
Yves Félix Claude Boisset (14 March 1939 – 31 March 2025) was a French film director and screenwriter.
Early life
Boisset was born 14 March 1939, in Paris, France. He studied at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC). ...
) - Le commissaire René Rouannat - un flic honnête
* 1973: ''
Témoignages'' (directed by
Jean-Marie Périer) (TV series) - Lui
* 1973: ''
Nous voulons les colonels'' (directed by
Mario Monicelli
Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, one of the masters of the ''commedia all'italiana'' ("Italian-style comedy"). He was nominated six times for an Academy Awards, Os ...
) - Onorevole Luigi Di Cori
* 1974: ''
Antoine and Sebastian'' (directed by
Jean-Marie Périer) - Antoine
* 1974: ''
Stavisky...'' (directed by
Alain Resnais) - Albert Borelli
* 1975: ''
Sara'' (directed by
Marcel Bluwal
Marcel Bluwal (25 May 1925 – 23 October 2021) was a French film director and screenwriter
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as sc ...
) (TV movie) - Restif de la Bretonne
* 1975: ''
Docteur Françoise Gailland'' (directed by
Jean-Louis Bertucelli) - Gérard Gailland
* 1976: ''
Police Python 357'' (directed by
Alain Corneau
Alain Corneau (7 August 1943 – 30 August 2010) was a French film director and writer.
Corneau was born in Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret. Originally a musician, he worked with Costa-Gavras as an assistant, which was also his first opportunity to work ...
) - Commissaire Ganay
* 1977: ''
Baxter, Vera Baxter'' (directed by
Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...
) - Jean Baxter (voice)
* 1978: ''
La Raison d'état'' (directed by
André Cayatte
André Cayatte (; 3 February 1909 – 6 February 1989) was a French filmmaker, writer and lawyer, who became known for his films centering on themes of crime, justice, and moral responsibility.
Biography
Cayatte began his directoral career at ...
) - le professeur Marrot
* 1978: ''
Mazarin'' (directed by
Pierre Cardinal) (TV miniseries) - Mazarin
* 1979: ''
The Police War
''The Police War'' (French: ''La guerre des polices'') is a French police drama film directed by Robin Davis and starring Claude Brasseur, Claude Rich and Marlène Jobert. The French title (literally: "the war of the polices") refers to the riv ...
'' (directed by
Robin Davis) - Colombani
* 1980: ''
Le Bar du téléphone
''Le bar du téléphone'' is a 1980 French film directed by Claude Barrois.
Cast and roles
* Daniel Duval - Toni Véronèse
* François Périer - Commissaire Claude Joinville
* Raymond Pellegrin - Robert Pérez
* Julien Guiomar - Antoine Bini
* G ...
'' (directed by
Claude Barrois Claude may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Claude (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Claude (surname), a list of people
* Claude Callegari (1962–2021), English Arsenal supporter
* Claude Debussy (1862–1918), F ...
) - Commissaire Claude Joinville
* 1983: ''Le Battant'' (directed by
Robin Davis and Alain Delon) - Gino Ruggieri
* 1983: ''Thérèse Humbert'' (directed by
Marcel Bluwal
Marcel Bluwal (25 May 1925 – 23 October 2021) was a French film director and screenwriter
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as sc ...
) (TV movie) - Me Dumort
* 1984: ''La piovra'' (directed by Damiano Damiani (TV miniseries) - Avvocato Terrasini
* 1984: ''Le Tartuffe (film), Le Tartuffe'' (directed by Gérard Depardieu) - Orgon
* 1984: ''Jacques le fataliste et son maître (film), Jacques le fataliste et son maître'' (directed by Claude Santelli) (TV movie) - Denis Diderot
* 1985: ''La piovra'', (directed by Florestano Vancini) (TV miniseries) - Avvocato Terrasini
* 1987: ''La piovra'', (directed by Luigi Perelli) (TV miniseries) - Avvocato Terrasini
* 1987: ''Soigne ta droite'' (directed by Jean-Luc Godard) - L'homme
* 1990-1991: ' (directed by
Jean Delannoy
Jean Delannoy (; 12 January 1908 – 18 June 2008) was a French actor, film editor, screenwriter and film director.
Biography
Although Delannoy was born in a Paris suburb, his family was from Haute-Normandie in the north of France. He was a Pro ...
) (TV series) - Berthomieu / Berthomieu, dit 'Le vieux' / Le Vieux
* 1990: ''Lacenaire (film), Lacenaire'' (directed by Francis Girod) - Le père de Lacenaire
* 1991: ''Madame Bovary (1991 film), Madame Bovary'' (directed by
Claude Chabrol
Claude Henri Jean Chabrol (; 24 June 1930 – 12 September 2010) was a French film director and a member of the French New Wave (''nouvelle vague'') group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s. Like his colleagues an ...
) - Récitant / Narrator (voice)
* 1991: ''La Pagaille'' (directed by Pascal Thomas) - Gabriel
* 1992: ''Voyage à Rome'' (directed by Michel Lengliney) - Le père
* 1996: ''Mémoires d'un jeune con'' (directed by Patrick Aurignac) - Le père de Frédéric
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Perier, Francois
1919 births
2002 deaths
Burials at Passy Cemetery
Male actors from Paris
French male film actors
20th-century French male actors
Best Foreign Actor BAFTA Award winners
Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres