Paul Crauchet
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 8.676 |
| Birthday | 1920-07-14 |
| Place of Birth | Béziers, Hérault, France |
| Also Known As |
1974
The Wonderful Crook
5.6/13
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The Wonderful Crook
1971
The Married Couple of the Year Two
6.556/80
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The Married Couple of the Year Two
1966
The War Is Over
6.4/36
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The War Is Over
1973
The Burned Barns
6.641/46
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The Burned Barns
1970
Le Cercle Rouge
7.6/601
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Le Cercle Rouge
2007
The Grocer's Son
6.588/40
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The Grocer's Son
1996
La Belle Verte
7.187/227
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La Belle Verte
2007
The Merry Widow
4.9/83
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The Merry Widow
1972
Un Flic
6.622/234
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Un Flic
1969
Army of Shadows
7.958/609
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2009
Wild Grass
6.039/77
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1962
Sign of the Lion
6.896/53
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1971
Who Cares: Anatomy of a Delivery Boy
3.5/8
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1978
The Witness
6.8/23
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1970
Last Known Address
7.346/91
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Last Known Address
1978
Butterfly on the Shoulder
6/34
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Butterfly on the Shoulder
1973
The Dominici Affair
6.905/63
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The Dominici Affair
1968
Ho!
6.232/28
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Ho!
1971
Without Apparent Motive
5.8/45
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Without Apparent Motive
1987
La Brute
5/2
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La Brute
1984
Black List
5.714/7
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Black List
1973
Story of a Love Story
4.5/6
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Story of a Love Story
1969
Lettres de Stalingrad
0/0
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Lettres de Stalingrad
1990
Un été après l'autre
1/1
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Un été après l'autre
1965
The Wise Guys
7.996/130
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The Wise Guys
1967
The Last Adventure
6.9/111
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The Last Adventure
1990
The King's Whore
4.7/22
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The King's Whore
1979
Félicité
4.3/3
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Félicité
1975
Beyond Fear
6.5/2
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Beyond Fear
1975
The Track
7.2/36
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The Track
1993
Faut-il aimer Mathilde?
7.5/2
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1991
Venus and Lulu
5.2/8
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Venus and Lulu
2009
Adieu De Gaulle, Adieu
7/1
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Adieu De Gaulle, Adieu
1978
Le beaujolais nouveau est arrivé...
3.2/4
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Le beaujolais nouveau est arrivé...
1990
My Father's Glory
7.359/294
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My Father's Glory
1990
My Mother's Castle
7.207/270
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My Mother's Castle
2006
Rascals
7/4
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Rascals
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Fast
5.35/10
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1962
War of the Buttons
7.232/267
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The Swimming Pool
7/456
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The Sunday of Life
5.3/6
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Why Women Sin
6/2
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The Looters
3.5/2
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The Looters
1975
Flic Story
6.427/91
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1993
Les Maîtres du pain
8/1
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1995
Les Derniers Jours de la victime
0/0
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Les Derniers Jours de la victime
1999
Dessine-moi un jouet
4/2
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Dessine-moi un jouet
1955
Série noire
2/1
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Série noire
2002
Le Marathon du lit
8/1
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Le Marathon du lit
1962
À fleur de peau
0/0
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1966
Is Paris Burning?
7.1/202
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Is Paris Burning?
1971
Where Did Tom Go?
6.3/3
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Where Did Tom Go?
1951
Skipper Next to God
0/0
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Skipper Next to God
1952
Foyer perdu
0/0
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Foyer perdu
1964
L'auto rouge
0/0
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L'auto rouge
1967
L'affaire Lourdes
0/0
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L'affaire Lourdes
1981
La Gueule du loup
4/1
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La Gueule du loup
1987
Les fortifs
0/0
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Les fortifs
1987
Le Passager du Tassili
0/0
An adaptation of Les A.M.I. du Tassili by the Algerian Akli Tadjer about Algerian immigration in France.
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Le Passager du Tassili
1968
Zita
5.2/7
Because "Tante Zita" main theme is death: a twenty-year old girl, Annie (Shimkus) lives with her mother and her aunt (both played by first-class actre...
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Zita
1992
Just a Game
0/0
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Just a Game
1962
Font-aux-Cabres
0/0
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Font-aux-Cabres
1974
A Cloud in the Teeth
5.5/13
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A Cloud in the Teeth
1968
Zita
5.2/7
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Zita
1988
To Kill a Priest
6/25
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1980
Louis et Réjane
0/0
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