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Paul Crauchet

Paul Crauchet

Birthday: 1920-07-14 | Place of Birth: Béziers, Hérault, France

Paul Crauchet (14 July 1920 – 19 December 2012)[1] was a French actor. As a young man interested in aviation and rugby, Paul Crauchet discovered a passion for the theatre at the age of 23. He settled in Paris in 1945, he studied under Charles Dullin for three years and began on stage in 1949. He then worked at the Théâtre National Populaire with Jean Vilar. Crauchet appeared in the first film by Éric Rohmer, The Sign of Leo, in 1959, and then in 1962 in The War of the Buttons of Yves Robert. It is in The Wise Guys of Robert Enrico in 1965 that he became noticed. He had a very long career during which he worked with many directors, such as Alain Resnais, René Clément, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jacques Deray and José Giovanni. In 1983 he starred in Les Bancals. Source: Article "Paul Crauchet" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2009
Wild Grass

as    le 1er patient

2007
The Merry Widow

as    Gaby

2007
The Grocer's Son

as    Le Père Clément

1996
La Belle Verte

as    Osam

1990
The King's Whore

as    Le Duc de Luynes

1978
The Witness

as    Cathy's father

1969
The Swimming Pool

as    L'inspecteur Lévêque