
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.
Paul Henri Jean Crauchet
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Army of Shadows
1969 · movie · as Félix Lepercq
The Wise Guys
1965 · movie · as Pelissier, accountant
Le Cercle Rouge
1970 · movie · as The Receiver
My Father's Glory
1990 · movie · as Edmond des Papillons, aka Mond des Parpaillouns
Last Known Address
1970 · movie · as Jacques Loring, Martin's neighbor
War of the Buttons
1962 · movie · as Touegueule
La Belle Verte
1996 · movie · as Osam
Is Paris Burning?
1966 · movie · as Priest
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
Army of Shadows
1969 · movie
Le Cercle Rouge
1970 · movie
The Swimming Pool
1969 · movie
My Father's Glory
1990 · movie
My Mother's Castle
1990 · movie
Un Flic
1972 · movie
War of the Buttons
1962 · movie
La Belle Verte
1996 · movie
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