Charles Vanel

Charles-Marie Vanel, known as Charles Vanel (21 August 1892 in Rennes, France - 15 April 1989, in Cannes, France) was a French director and actor. He made his screen debut in 1912, in Robert Péguy's Jim Crow. His 77 year career comprised appearances in more than 200 films.

Selected Filmography

• Wooden Crosses (1932)
• Le Grand Jeu (1934)
• Les Misérables (1934)
• The Green Domino (1935)
• La belle équipe (1936)
• Le ciel est à vous (1944)
• The Wages of Fear (Le Salaire de la Peur, Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)
• Les Diaboliques (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1955)
• To Catch a Thief (Alfred Hitchcock, 1955)
• The Truth (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1960)
• Tintin and the Golden Fleece (Tintin et le mystère de la Toison d'or, Jean-Jacques Vierne, 1961)
• La steppa (1962)
• Magnet of Doom (1963)
• Sébastien et la Mary-Morgane (1970, TV)
• Sept morts sur ordonnance (Jacques Rouffio, 1975)
• Golden Night (1976)
• Illustrious Corpses (1976)
• Alice ou la dernière fugue (1977)
• Three Brothers (1981)
• Si le soleil ne revenait pas (1987)

External links

• Charles Vanel at the Internet Movie Database
• Charles Vanel at Find A Grave
• Photographs and literature