Paul Crauchet
Date of birth: 1920-07-14
Place of birth: Béziers, Hérault, France
Known for: Acting
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Biography
Paul Crauchet (14 July 1920 – 19 December 2012) 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.
Movie Credits
The Wonderful Crook
1975-02-19
A manufacturer of furniture sees his business go down and decides to rob banks to pay his staff. Het
The Married Couple of the Year Two
1971-04-07
Nicolas Philibert goes to America after killing a French aristocrat. On his return he tries to divor
The War Is Over
1966-05-11
Diego is one of the chiefs of the Spanish Communist Party. On his way from Madrid to Paris, he is ar
The Burned Barns
1973-05-30
The body of a young woman is discovered near a farm. The judge, Larcher is in charge and thinks that
The Grocer's Son
2007-06-15
Antoine Sforza, a thirty-year-old young man, left his village ten years before in order to start a n
Le Cercle Rouge
1970-10-19
When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pul
La Belle Verte
1996-09-18
As part of an intergalactic coalition, a well-meaning space alien volunteers to bring a message of s
The Merry Widow
2007-11-01
Anne-Marie lives an easy life with Gilbert, a rich plastic surgeon: a beautiful house, a doggy, a cl
Zita
1968-01-12
Because "Tante Zita" main theme is death: a twenty-year old girl, Annie (Shimkus) lives with her mot
A Cop
1972-10-01
A Parisian police chief has an affair, but unbeknownst to him, the boyfriend of the woman he’s havin
Army of Shadows
1969-09-10
Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Th
Wild Grass
2009-05-20
Marguerite loses her wallet, and it's found by Georges, a seemingly happy head of family. As he look
Sign of the Lion
1962-05-03
An American in Paris lives by sponging off his working friends, and throws a party using borrowed mo
Who Cares: Anatomy of a Delivery Boy
1971-03-17
Experiencing something of a mid-life crisis after his beloved son marries and moves out, a factory w
The Witness
1978-09-20
An Italian painter, Antonio Berti, pays a visit to Reims to his friend Robert Maurisson, a banker wi
Where Did Tom Go?
1971-10-13
Tom is a secretary for an association which aims to free political prisoners. Skipping from inaction
Last Known Address
1970-02-25
Marceau Léonetti, a competent and energetic officer stops by chance the son of an influential lawyer
Butterfly on the Shoulder
1978-05-03
On a stopover in Barcelona, Fériaud Roland discovers a corpse in the hotel room next door. He wakes
The Dominici Affair
1973-03-07
In August 1952, a family of British tourists is found by the roadside in Haute Provence, brutally mu
Ho !
1968-11-04
Race driver who has lost his membership card becomes the chauffeur of a gangsters pack
Skipper Next to God
1951-03-02
Captain Joris Kniper believes so strongly that he is "skipper next to God" that he is used to playin
Foyer perdu
1952-06-13
A brave and talkative wine merchant, Eugène Barbentin drives his son Pierrot out of the family home,
L'auto rouge
1964-11-18
Paul works tirelessly day and night to afford the big red car he has been dreaming of for a long tim
Just a Game
1992-04-22
Emile Michel, Lapland, orphan, is obliged to bring back within the tribe the ancestral totem: a gold
L'Affaire Lourdes
1967-11-07
In Lourdes, in the 1860s, the young Bernadette disturbs despite herself the peaceful life of the sma
Without Apparent Motive
1971-09-15
A series of murders is committed in Nice on the French riviera. The commissaire Carella is in charge
Les fortifs
1987-06-17
In 1943, the young Jean rejects the Obligatory Work Service and returns to his native suburb. His ho
La Gueule du loup
1981-11-10
Upset by the death of one of her patients, Marie, a young nurse, decides to go in search of the rela
Black List
1984-01-01
Three teenage Parisian punks are duped by a crime syndicate into committing a bank robbery that will
Impossible Object
1973-05-24
Harry is a married writer who has an affair with a woman whose husband knows that she is unfaithful.
Lettres de Stalingrad
1969-11-10
This film is based on actual letters German soldiers sent home from the siege of Leningrad during Wo
The Wise Guys
1965-10-22
Hector Valentin returns to France from Canada when he inherits a small sawmill. He has difficulties
The Last Adventure
1967-04-12
Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Ma
The King's Whore
1990-11-14
Set in the 17th-century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the King
Le Passager du Tassili
1987-08-05
Omar, a young Franco-Algerian from La Garenne-Colombes, decided to spend his vacation in the country
La Brute
1987-07-29
Jacques Vauthier, a blind, deaf and mute writer is accused of a crime he quickly confesses to having
Félicité
1979-05-22
After a bout of intense jealousy, Félicité finds herself alone. For one night, as her family dissipa
Un été après l'autre
1990-12-19
Beyond Fear
1975-09-23
A group of outlaws takes a man's wife and child hostage. He must walk a fine line between working wi
Font-aux-Cabres
1962-11-13
Font-aux-cabres is the name of an Andalusian village, benefiting the Commander of the Order of Calat
A Cloud in the Teeth
1974-05-01
Malisard is a reporter at "Soir de Paris", his colleague Prévot is a photographer. Together, they ro
Zita
1968-01-12
Because "Tante Zita" main theme is death: a twenty-year old girl, Annie (Shimkus) lives with her mot
To Kill a Priest
1988-09-07
A young priest speaks out against the Communist regime in Poland and is killed for it.
Louis et Réjane
1980-04-02
A widow in her sixties fall in love with a single retiree.
The Track
1975-05-14
Somewhere in rural France, a young English female tourist is sexually assaulted by two men in the co
Faut-il aimer Mathilde?
1993-12-31
Mathilde (Dominique Blanc) has had a number of children, but is still an attractive woman. One day h
Venus and Lulu
1991-05-11
Narcoleptic Finnish naturist as beautiful as Venus is on vacation in Southern France with her husban
Adieu De Gaulle, adieu
2009-04-09
May 1968. Charles de Gaulle is 77. His great career is behind him. Obsessed by France's prestige, he
Beaujolais Nouveau Is Arrived
1978-03-26
Beaujolais Nouveau Is Arrived, directed by Jean-Luc Voulfow in 1978, is a comedy inspired by the nov
My Father's Glory
1990-08-29
Raised by his science teacher father, Joseph Pagnol, and seamstress mother Augustine, young Marcel g
My Mother's Castle
1990-10-26
To his chagrin, young Marcel Pagnol and his family move back to their home in Marseilles, France, fa
Rascals
2006-09-30
The story of boys who were condemned to the severe reformatory regime in a French penal ‘colony’. It
Fast
1995-06-07
Jean-Louis is an naive, amiable orphan who spent his life with his elderly and very strict grandfath
War of the Buttons
1962-04-18
For generations, two rival French villages, Longueverne and Velrans, have been at war. But this is n
The Swimming Pool
1969-01-31
Set in a magnificent villa near a sun-drenched St. Tropez, lovers Jean-Paul and Marianne are spendin
The Sunday of Life
1967-01-13
After five years in the army, Valentin Brû marry a haberdasher. They move to Paris, where Valentin s
The Looters
1967-08-08
Morgan, a lapsed burglar, is drugged and shanghaied on board a yacht by beautiful Colleen. When he c
Why Women Sin
1958-08-06
La moucharde stars Dany Carrel as a young miss who loves neither wisely nor well. Duped into a life
Flic Story
1975-10-01
The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psy
Les Maîtres du pain
1993-12-20
Les Derniers Jours de la victime
1995-09-04
Mendizábal, a reputed hitman, is commissioned to eliminate Rodolfo Kulpe, a small-time criminal.
Dessine-moi un jouet
1999-12-18
A french fantasy film with Christoph Waltz
Série noire
1955-03-04
Léo Fardier is a police inspector who goes to prison undercover as a convict. He shares a cell with
Le Marathon du lit
2002-01-16
À fleur de peau
1962-11-14
When Françoise introduced her fiancé to her parents, she had no idea that, during this family weeken
Is Paris Burning?
1966-10-26
Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it be
Homicide by night
1984-01-01
Three men come together to plot a cunning plan. 67-year-old Auguste is tired of going to balls, wher
Le temps d'un instant
1985-06-01
Héloïse and Abélard
1973-01-01
The love affair between Abélard and Héloïse, or the extraordinary passion between a brilliant 37-yea