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French actor
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 '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.
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His remains were interred at
Passy Cemetery 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 ) - Adrien
1939:
La Fin du jour (directed by
Julien Duvivier ) - Le journaliste
1939:
The Fatted Calf (directed by
Serge de Poligny ) - Gaston Vachon
1939:
Nightclub Hostess (directed by
Albert Valentin ) - Jean
1941:
Le Duel (directed by
Pierre Fresnay ) - Jean
1941:
First Ball (directed by
Christian-Jaque ) - Ernest Vilar
1941:
Happy Days (directed by
Jean de Marguenat ) - Bernard
1942:
Love Marriage (directed by
Henri Decoin ) - Pierre
1942:
Love Letters (directed by
Claude Autant-Lara ) - 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 ) - Bastien
1944:
Bonsoir mesdames, bonsoir messieurs (directed by
Roland Tual ) - Dominique Verdelet
1944:
L'Enfant de l'amour (directed by
Jean Stelli ) - Maurice Orland
1946:
Sylvie and the Ghost (directed by
Claude Autant-Lara ) - Ramure
1946:
La Tentation de Barbizon (directed by
Jean Stelli ) - Le diable et Ben Atkinson / The Devil
1946:
Au petit bonheur (directed by
Marcel L'Herbier ) - Denis Carignol
1946:
Un revenant (directed by
Christian-Jaque ) - François Nisard
1947:
Le Silence est d'or (directed by
René Clair ) - Jacques Francet
1948:
Une jeune fille savait (directed by
Maurice Lehmann ) - 'Coco' Levaison
1948:
La Vie en rose (directed by
Jean Faurez ) - François Lecoc
1948:
Woman Without a Past (directed by
Gilles Grangier ) - Michel
1949:
Jean de la Lune (directed by
Marcel Achard ) - 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 ) - Heurtebise
1950:
The Little Zouave (directed by
Gilles Grangier ) - M. Denis
1950:
Old Boys of Saint-Loup (directed by
Georges Lampin ) - Charles Merlin
1950:
Souvenirs perdus (directed by
Christian-Jaque ) - Jean-Pierre Delagrange (episode "Une couronne mortuaire")
1951:
L'Affaire Manet (directed by
Jean Aurel ) (court-métrage) (voice)
1951:
Sous le ciel de Paris (directed by
Julien Duvivier ) - Récitant (voice)
1951:
My Seal and Them (directed by
Pierre Billon ) - François Verville
1952:
Love, Madame (directed by
Gilles Grangier ) - François Célerier
1952:
She and Me (directed by
Guy Lefranc ) - Jean Montaigu
1953:
A Woman's Treasure (directed by
Jean Stelli ) - François Delaroche
1953:
Jeunes mariés (directed by
Gilles Grangier ) - Jacques Delaroche
1953:
Capitaine Pantoufle (directed by
Guy Lefranc ) - Emmanuel Bonavent
1953:
Bonjour Paris [
fr ] (directed by
Jean Image ) - Narrator (voice)
1953:
Les Amants de la villa Borghese (Villa Borghese ) (directed by
Vittorio De Sica and
Gianni Franciolini ) - Il professore di greco (segment: Pi-greco)
1954:
Quelques pas dans la vie (Tempi nostri ) (directed by
Alessandro Blasetti and
Paul Paviot ) - Lui
1954:
Secrets d'alcôve (directed by
Jean Delannoy ) - 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 ) - Cadet Rousselle
1955:
Stopover in Orly (directed by
Jean Dréville ) - Pierre Brissac
1955:
Le Ciel de lit (directed by
Marcel L'Herbier ) (TV Movie)
1955:
The Fugitives (directed by
Jean-Paul Le Chanois ) - François
1956:
The Man Who Never Was (L'Homme qui n'a jamais existé ) (directed by
Ronald Neame ) - Clerk of British Embassy (uncredited)
1956:
Gervaise (directed by
René Clément ) - Henri Coupeau - le second compagnon de Gervaise, un ouvrier zingueur
1956:
I'll Get Back to Kandara (directed by
Victor Vicas ) - 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 ) - Oscar D'Onofrio
1957:
Anyone Can Kill Me (directed by
Henri Decoin ) - Paul - le directeur de la prison
1957:
Charming Boys (directed by
Henri Decoin ) - Robert
1958:
La Création du monde (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 ) (court-métrage) - Récitant (voice)
1959:
Bobosse [
fr ] (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 ) - (voice)
1959:
Il Magistrato (directed by
Luigi Zampa ) - Luigi Bonelli
1960:
Le Testament d'Orphée (directed by
Jean Cocteau ) - Heurtebise (uncredited)
1960:
Lovers on a Tightrope (directed by
Jean-Charles Dudrumet ) - Daniel
1960:
La Française et l'amour (directed by
Christian-Jaque ) - Michel (segment "Divorce, Le")
1960:
Jack of Spades (directed by
Yves Allégret )
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 (directed by
Philippe de Broca ) - Georges
1961: Réveille-toi chérie (directed by
Claude Magnier [
fr ] ) - Robert
1962:
Girl on the Road (directed by
Jacqueline Audry ) - L'homme de 40 ans
1962:
Le Crime ne paie pas (directed by
Gérard Oury ) - 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 ) - 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 ) - 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 ) - Moujon
1967:
Le Samouraï (directed by
Jean-Pierre Melville ) - Le Commissaire
1969:
Z (directed by
Costa-Gavras ) - Le procureur
1968:
Les Gauloises bleues (directed by
Michel Cournot ) - Le juge
1970:
Les Caprices de Marie (directed by
Philippe de Broca ) - Jean-Jules de Lépine
1970:
Le Cercle rouge (directed by
Jean-Pierre Melville ) - Santi
1970:
Tumuc Humac (directed by
Jean-Marie Périer ) - Le juge
1971:
Max et les ferrailleurs (directed by
Claude Sautet ) - Rosinsky
1971:
Juste avant la nuit (directed by
Claude Chabrol ) - François Tellier
1972:
La Nuit Bulgare (directed by
Michel Mitrani ) - Lafond
1972:
L'Attentat (directed by
Yves Boisset ) - 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 ) - 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 ) (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 ) - Commissaire Ganay
1977:
Baxter, Vera Baxter (directed by
Marguerite Duras ) - Jean Baxter (voice)
1978:
La Raison d'état (directed by
André Cayatte ) - le professeur Marrot
1978:
Mazarin (directed by
Pierre Cardinal ) (TV miniseries) - Mazarin
1979:
The Police War (directed by
Robin Davis ) - Colombani
1980:
Le Bar du téléphone (directed by
Claude Barrois ) - Commissaire Claude Joinville
1983:
Le Battant (directed by
Robin Davis and
Alain Delon ) - Gino Ruggieri
1983:
Thérèse Humbert (directed by
Marcel Bluwal ) (TV movie) - Me Dumort
1984:
La piovra (directed by
Damiano Damiani (TV miniseries) - Avvocato Terrasini
1984:
Le Tartuffe (directed by
Gérard Depardieu ) - Orgon
1984:
Jacques le fataliste et son maître (directed by
Claude Santelli ) (TV movie) - Denis Diderot
1985:
La piovra ,
season 2 [
it ] (directed by
Florestano Vancini ) (TV miniseries) - Avvocato Terrasini
1987:
La piovra ,
season 3 [
it ] (directed by
Luigi Perelli ) (TV miniseries) - Avvocato Terrasini
1987:
Soigne ta droite (directed by
Jean-Luc Godard ) - L'homme
1990-1991:
Le Gorille (directed by
Jean Delannoy ) (TV series) - Berthomieu / Berthomieu, dit 'Le vieux' / Le Vieux
1990:
Lacenaire (directed by
Francis Girod ) - Le père de Lacenaire
1991:
Madame Bovary (directed by
Claude Chabrol ) - 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
^
"matchID - François Périer" .
Fichier des décès (in French). Retrieved 4 November 2023 .
^
Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2002: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture . McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. 2008-10-24.
ISBN
9780786452071 .
^ Bergan, Ronald (July 2002).
"Obituary: Francois Perier" . The Guardian .
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