Paul Crauchet

Paul Crauchet
Born	(1920-07-14)14 July 1920 Béziers, France
Died	19 December 2012(2012-12-19) (aged 92)

Paul Crauchet (14 July 1920 – 19 December 2012) was a French actor.

Biography

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.

Selected filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2009	Wild Grass	Patient
2007	The Grocer's Son	Le père Clément
1996	La Belle Verte	Osam
1990	The King's Whore	Le Duc de Luynes
	My Mother's Castle	Edmond des Papillons
	My Father's Glory	Edmond des Papillons
	Impasse de la vignette	Pa
1978	Butterfly on the Shoulder	Raphaël
1975	Flic Story	Paul Robier
1973	Story of a Love Story
	The Burned Barns	Pierre Cateux
1972	Un flic	Morand
1971	Where Did Tom Go ?
	The Married Couple of the Year Two	Public Prosecutor
1970	Le Cercle rouge	Le Receleur
	Last Known Address	Jacques Loring
1969	Army of Shadows	Felix Lepercq
	La Piscine	Leveque
1967	The Last Adventure	L'assureur
1966	The War Is Over	Roberto
	Is Paris Burning?	Priest
1965	The Wise Guys	Pélissier
1962	War of the Buttons	Touegueule
1959	The Sign of Leo	Fred
1956	La Bande à papa

External links

• Paul Crauchet at IMDb