Maurice Bénichou (23 January 1943 in

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– 14 June 2019) was a French actor. His best known roles include three collaborations with director

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('' Code inconnu'', '' Le Temps du Loup'', and '' Caché''), and a part in

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's ''

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''. He has also played in

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's 1989 film version of ''

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Filmography

*1969: '' Paris n'existe pas'' (directed by

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) *1972: '' Les Camisards'' (directed by

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) - Moïse Plantat *1973: '' Le Mariage à la mode'' (directed by

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) *1976: '' Le Petit Marcel'' (directed by

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) - Garcia *1976: ''

Un éléphant ça trompe énormément ''Pardon Mon Affaire'' (French title: Un éléphant ça trompe énormément, in English literally ''An Elephant Can Be Extremely Deceptive''), is a 1976 French comedy film co-written and directed by Yves Robert. It was remade as the 1984 American ...

'' (directed by

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) - Gonthier *1977: ''

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'' (directed by Laurent Heynemann) - Vincent *1977: '' L'Animal'' (directed by

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) - Le valet *1978: '' Dirty Dreamer'' (directed by

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) - Taupin *1978: '' Les Routes du sud'' (directed by

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) - Garcia *1978: '' La Vocation suspendue'' (directed by Raoul Ruiz) - Le membre de la Dévotion #1 *1979: '' I... comme Icare'' (''I as in Icarus'') (directed by

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) - Robert Sanio, l'homme à la caméra *1981: '' Le Jardinier'' (directed by

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) - The overseer *1981: ''Instinct de femme'' (directed by Claude Othnin-Girard) - Le conférencier des rats *1982: '' Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ?'' (directed by

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) - Albert *1990: ''

'' (TV Mini-Series) (directed by

) - Kitchaka *1990: '' La Fracture du myocarde'' (directed by

) - Le voisin *1993: ''

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'' (directed by

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) - Arnold *1993: '' Fausto'' (directed by Rémy Duchemin) - Lucien *1993: ''

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'' (directed by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann) - Bernard *1994: '' Les Patriotes'' (directed by

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) - Yuri *1997: '' Mordbüro'' (directed by Lionel Kopp) - Léo Stoychev *1998: '' L'homme est une femme comme les autres'' (''Man Is a Woman'') (directed by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann) - Père de Rosalie / Rosalie's father *2000: '' Drôle de Félix'' (directed by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau) - Fisherman *2000: '' Code inconnu'' (directed by

) - The Old Arab *2000: '' Quand on sera grand'' (directed by Renaud Cohen) - Isaac *2000: ''

'' (directed by

) - Dominique Bretodeau *2001: ''Candidature'' (directed by Emmanuel Bourdieu) - Le président du jury *2002: ''

C'est le bouquet ! ''Special Delivery'' (french: C'est le bouquet !) is a 2002 French comedy film directed by Jeanne Labrune. Cast * Sandrine Kiberlain - Catherine * Jean-Pierre Darroussin - Raphaël * Dominique Blanc - Edith * Mathieu Amalric - Stéphane * Jean-C ...

'' (directed by Jeanne Labrune) - Antoine *2003: '' Le Temps du Loup'' (directed by

) - M. Azoulay *2003: '' Qui perd gagne !'' (directed by Laurent Bénégui) - Serge Vaudier *2005: '' Caché'' (directed by

) - Majid *2005: '' Le Passager'' (directed by Éric Caravaca) - Joseph *2007: '' Boxes'' (directed by

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) - Max *2007: '' Le Candidat'' (directed by

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) - Maxime - écrivain *2007: '' Les Toits de Paris'' (directed by Hiner Saleem) - Amar *2008: ''

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) - Le psy *2008: '' Passe-passe'' (directed by

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) - Serge *2008: '' Le Grand Alibi'' (directed by

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) - Lieutenant Grange *2008: '' Inju: The Beast in the Shadow'' (directed by Barbet Schroeder)- L'agent d'Alex Fayard *2009: ''La Grande Vie'' (directed by Emmanuel Salinger) - Kowalski *2009: '' Jusqu'à toi'' (directed by Jennifer Devoldère) - Le réceptionniste / Receptionist *2009: ''Mensch'' (directed by Steve Suissa) - Simon Safran *2011: ''

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'' (directed by Hiner Saleem) - L'employé de la morgue *2011: '' The Rabbi's Cat'' (directed by Antoine Delesvaux and

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)- Le rabbin (voice) *2011: ''

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'' (directed by

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) - Jacques Vergès *2011: '' L'amour fraternel'' (TV Movie) (directed by Gérard Vergez) - Père Chanu *2011: '' Au cas où je n'aurais pas la palme d'or'' (directed by Renaud Cohen) - Le rabbin / Maurice Bénichou *2015: '' The Kind Words'' (directed by Shemi Zarhin) - Maurice Lyon (final film role)

References

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