Paul Crauchet

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.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1951 Skipper Next to God Un passager juif Uncredited 1952 Foyer perdu Le garçon de café 1955 Série noire Le portier du garage 1956 La Bande à papa Marcel 1958 La Moucharde Le photographe 1962 War of the Buttons Touegueule Le Signe du Lion Fred À fleur de peau L'inspecteur 1965 The Wise Guys Pélissier 1966 The War Is Over Roberto Is Paris Burning? Priest 1967 Le dimanche de la vie Poucier The Last Adventure L'assureur The Looters Valdés 1968 Tante Zita Dr. Bernard Ho! Gabriel Briand 1969 La Piscine Leveque Army of Shadows Felix Lepercq Lettres de Stalingrad Pianist 1970 Last Known Address Jacques Loring Le Cercle rouge Le Receleur 1971 Bof... Anatomie d'un livreur Paulo / Le père / The father The Married Couple of the Year Two Public Prosecutor Without Apparent Motive Francis Palombo Where Did Tom Go ? 1972 Un flic Morand 1973 The Dominici Affair Le commissaire Sébeil Story of a Love Story The Burned Barns Pierre Cateux 1974 Un nuage entre les dents Chavignac 1975 Pas si méchant que ça L'ivrogne The Track Rollin Au-delà de la peur Inspector Flic Story Paul Robier 1978 Attention, The Kids Are Watching Un pêcheur Uncredited Le beaujolais nouveau est arrivé Gaston, le patron du 1er bistrot Butterfly on the Shoulder Raphaël The Witness Le père de Cathy 1979 Félicité Le père 1980 Bobo la tête Dostoïevski 1981 La gueule du loup Commissaire Chailloux 1983 Les Bancals Antoine 1984 Liste noire Pierre 1985 Le temps d'un instant Brice 1987 La brute Yves Rodellec 1988 To Kill a Priest Alek's Father 1989 À deux minutes près Le docteur Gallois 1990 My Father's Glory Edmond des Papillons My Mother's Castle The King's Whore Le Duc de Luynes Impasse de la vignette Pa 1991 Le coup suprême Smoking Venus and Lulu Pépé Laubépin 1993 Faut-il aimer Mathilde? Papy 1995 Fast Pépé 1996 La Belle Verte Osam 2007 The Grocer's Son Le père Clément The Merry Widow Gaby 2009 Wild Grass Patient