About Albert Rémy
Lived 1911 – 1967 (aged 55). Albert Rémy was a French film actor and actor.
Albert Rémy (; 9 April 1915 – 26 January 1967) was a French actor best known for his supporting roles in François Truffaut's first two feature films. He played Antoine Doinel's father in The 400 Blows and Charlie Koller's (Charles Aznavour) brother in Shoot the Piano Player. He also appeared in Marcel Carné's Les Enfants du Paradis, John Frankenheimer's The Train and René Clément's Is Paris Burning?
Selected filmography
Strange Inheritance (1943) - L'ivrogne (uncredited) It Happened at the Inn (1943) - Jean des Goupi Madame et le Mort (1943) - Henri Goodbye Leonard (1943) - Le marchand d'oiseaux Love Story (1943) - Le sacristain (uncredited) The Woman Who Dared (1944) - Marcel Children of Paradise (1945) - Scarpia Barrigni The Black Cavalier (1945) - Pinte La Boîte aux rêves (1945) François Villon (1945) - Perrot La part de l'ombre (1945) La Fille du diable (1946) - Clément Devil in the Flesh (1947) - Le sacristain Les Amants du pont Saint-Jean (1947) - Le beau-frère du noyé The Lost Village (1947) - Un montagnard The Charterhouse of Parma (1948) Parade du rire (1948) - Piton Impeccable Henri (1948) - Gustave Croisière pour l'inconnu (1948) - Albert Ronde de nuit (1949) - L'homme nu All Roads Lead to Rome (1949) - Edgar Skipper Next to God (1951) - Le cuistot Alone in Paris (1951) - Arthur Une fille dans le soleil (1953) - Vergèze Les amours finissent à l'aube (1953) - Picard, un employé du garage Au diable la vertu (1953) - Henri Légère et court vêtue (1953) - Henri (uncredited) Virgile (1953) - Bastien Minuit... Champs-Élysées (1954) - Etienne Wild Fruit (1954) - Louis Before the Deluge (1954) - Le garçon de café La bella Otero (1954) - Un sergent de ville Razzia sur la chnouf (1955) - Bibi French Cancan (1955) - Barjolin Je suis un sentimental (1955) - Ledoux The Affair of the Poisons (1955) - Le bourreau Guillaume Les Hussards (1955) - Un hussard (uncredited) Elena and Her Men (1956) - Buchez Paris, Palace Hotel (1956) - Le ronfleur du commissariat Crime and Punishment (1956) - L'inspecteur Renaud The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956) - Jupiter Que les hommes sont bêtes (1957) - L'inspecteur Escapade (1957) - José Les Truands (1957) - L'agent de police Rafles sur la ville (1958) - Auguste, dit "Gus" Police judiciaire (1958) - L'inspecteur Valentin Miss Pigalle (1958) In Case of Adversity (1958) - Le commissaire à la préfecture (uncredited) Cigarettes, whisky et p'tites pépées (1959) The 400 Blows (1959) - Julien Doinel The Cow and I (1959) - Colinet - prisonnier de guerre dans la scierie Pantalaskas (1960) - Georges Battistini Dialogue of the Carmelites (1960) - Un sans-culotte Tomorrow Is My Turn (1960) Shoot the Piano Player (1960) - Chico Saroyan Le Caïd (1960) - Bob (uncredited) The Black Monocle (1961) - Mérignac - le bibliothécaire Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962) - François Lafayette (1962) - Louis XVI The Seventh Juror (1962) - Police Superintendent Portrait-robot (1962) Gigot (1962) - Alphonse Five Miles to Midnight (1962) - L'inpecteur Mandrin (1962) - Grain de sel A King Without Distraction (1963) - Le maire La foire aux cancres (Chronique d'une année scolaire) (1963) - Le serrurier Bebert and the Train (1963) - Le Brigadier Belissard Behold a Pale Horse (1964) - (uncredited) The Train (1964) - Didont Weekend at Dunkirk (1964) - Virrel Mata Hari, Agent H21 (1964) - Adam Zelle, Mata Hari's Father Cent briques et des tuiles (1965) - Etienne How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965) - Inspecteur Graunu (segment "Bons vivants, Les") Is Paris Burning? (1966) - Policeman / Le gendarme Grand Prix (1966) - Surgeon La Vingt-cinquième Heure (1967) - Joseph Grenier (posthumous release) An Idiot in Paris (1967) - Rabichon, le restaurateur (posthumous release) Shock Troops (1967) - Emile (posthumous release) The Oldest Profession (1967) - Frenchman with 2 sous (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited) (final film role, posthumous release)
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Frequently asked questions
Who was Albert Rémy?
1915-1967 French actor
When was Albert Rémy born?
Albert Rémy was born on 9 April 1911 in Sèvres.
When did Albert Rémy die?
Albert Rémy died on 26 January 1967 in Paris.
What was Albert Rémy's occupation?
Albert Rémy was a film actor and actor.
What nationality was Albert Rémy?
Albert Rémy was French.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Albert Rémy. https://biography.guide/albert-remy/
MLA: "Albert Rémy." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/albert-remy/.
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