Robert Castel
Robert Castel (21 May 1933 – 5 December 2020) was a French actor.
Castel was born in Bab El Oued on 21 May 1933. He was the son of Lili Labassi, a singer-songwriter of Chaabi music. He started his career as a musician, accompanying his father in Franco-Arabic songs. He began his acting career in the troupe of the Centre régional d'art dramatique in Algiers. He played the role of Robert in the play on the people of the Pied-Noir, titled La Famille Hernandez. He began his film career at the age of 24 with Les Amants de demain, directed by Marcel Blistène and Un témoin dans la ville, directed by Édouard Molinaro. He continued his acting career for the remainder of the 20th Century, ending his career with the 2017 documentary Les Magnifiques, which featured Charley Marouani, Enrico Macias, and Philippe Clair. The documentary covered pop culture in France from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Castel was the widower of Pied-Noir actress Lucette Sahuquet, who died in 1987. The couple appeared on Les Grosses Têtes, broadcast on RTL, and Les Jeux de 20 heures, broadcast on France Régions 3. Robert Castel died in the Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière in Paris on 5 December 2020 following a long illness. He was buried on 9 December at the Cimitière parisien de Pantin.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 7.4 |
Birthday | 1933-05-21 |
Place of Birth | Bab El-Oued, Alger, Algérie |
Also Known As | Robert Adolphe Moyal, |
1981
Le bahut va craquer
4/3
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Le bahut va craquer
1973
Two Men in Town
7/140
A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.
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Two Men in Town
1975
The Common Man
7/58
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The Common Man
1972
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
6.991/411
Hapless orchestra player becomes an unwitting pawn of rival factions within the French secret service after he is chosen as a decoy by being identifie...
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The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972
There Once Was a Cop
6/38
Campana, a commissar at the drugs bureau of Paris police gets an undercover job in Nice to catch an Italian-French mafia boss. As he slips into the id...
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There Once Was a Cop
1977
Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!
3.7/6
At a French military outpost, a group of lackadaisical servicemen find plenty of time to make trouble, enjoy nature and pursue beautiful women.
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Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!
1980
Les Borsalini
5/1
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Les Borsalini
1976
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
3.4/9
A bumbling film crew attempts to make a porno movie.
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Let's Make a Dirty Movie
1975
It's Tough for Everybody
5.4/10
After losing his job, an idealistic adman starts his own agency, putting himself in the crosshairs of his jaded ex-boss.
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It's Tough for Everybody
1976
Les Grands Moyens
5.7/6
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Les Grands Moyens
1974
Shut Up, Gulli
6/2
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Shut Up, Gulli
1973
The Suburbs Are Everywhere
4.5/15
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The Suburbs Are Everywhere
1974
Le Permis de conduire
6.2/13
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Le Permis de conduire
1976
La Décharge
5/3
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La Décharge
2012
El Gusto
7.5/6
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El Gusto
1974
Par le sang des autres
5/4
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Par le sang des autres
1964
The Unvanquished
6.536/28
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The Unvanquished
1974
Bedmania
4/4
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Bedmania
1959
The Lovers of Tomorrow
4/5
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The Lovers of Tomorrow
1980
What Did I Ever Do to the Good Lord to Deserve a Wife Who Drinks in Cafes with Men?
6.5/2
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1983
C'est facile et ça peut rapporter... 20 ans
2/1
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C'est facile et ça peut rapporter... 20 ans
2009
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
0/0
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Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
1978
Too Shy to Try
6.4/77
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Too Shy to Try
2016
The Jews
4.3/193
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The Jews
1974
Par ici la monnaie
2/2
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1978
Take It from the Top
5.4/7
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Take It from the Top
1982
Hassan Taxi
8.3/3
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Hassan Taxi
1980
Sacrés gendarmes
5.1/4
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Sacrés gendarmes
2011
Teenagers
6.3/7
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Teenagers
1969
Three Men on a Horse
1/1
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Three Men on a Horse
2000
The Sandmen
6.5/4
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The Sandmen
1983
Le Braconnier de Dieu
5/4
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Le Braconnier de Dieu
2017
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
7/1
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2006
One Fine Day
5/83
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One Fine Day
1982
Les p’tites têtes
7/1
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Les p’tites têtes
1969
Les gros malins
1/1
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1969
La Honte de la famille
2/1
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La Honte de la famille
1973
The Conspiracy
5.3/8
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