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Paul Crauchet

Jul 14, 1920 - Dec 19, 2012 (92 years old) in Béziers, Hérault, France

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.

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Known For

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Police Commissioner Moulin
Cassius, le maître
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Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Régis
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Between Land and Sea
Charles « Branl'dans le vent »
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The House in the Woods
Paul Gardy
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22 avenue de la Victoire
Sacristan
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Les Allumettes suédoises
Pépé
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Belphegor, or The Phantom of the Louvre
Gautrais
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Is Paris Burning?
Priest
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Army of Shadows
Félix Lepercq
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La Belle Verte
Osam

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