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Pierre Brasseur
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Pierre Brasseur, born Pierre-Albert Espinasse (22 December 1905, Paris â 16 August 1972, Bruneck, Italy) was a French actor.
He was the son of actor Georges Espinasse and actress Germaine Brasseur while the latter was married to Albert Brasseur. His grandfather, Jules Brasseur, was an actor as well. The family tradition of using the name Brasseur was continued by his son Claude and his grandson Alexandre.
Renowned for playing outsized characters, Brasseur is probably best known in the anglophone world for his (semi-fictionalised) portrayal of the actor FrĂ©dĂ©rick LemaĂźtre in Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise, 1945) and as Docteur GĂ©nessier (more subdued) in the horror film Eyes WâŠ
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Pierre Brasseur, born Pierre-Albert Espinasse (22 December 1905, Paris â 16 August 1972, Bruneck, Italy) was a French actor. He was the son of actor Georges Espinasse and actress Germaine Brasseur while the latter was married to Albert Brasseur. His grandfather, Jules Brasseur, was an actor as well. The family tradition of using the name Brasseur was continued by his son Claude and his grandson Alexandre. Renowned for playing outsized characters, Brasseur is probably best known in the anglophone world for his (semi-fictionalised) portrayal of the actor FrĂ©dĂ©rick LemaĂźtre in Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise, 1945) and as Docteur GĂ©nessier (more subdued) in the horror film Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux sans visage, 1960) co-starring with Alida Valli. On May 30, 1927, Brasseur performed the spoken role of the Narrator in the world premiere of Igor Stravinsky's opera-oratorio Oedipus rex. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Brasseur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Pierre Brasseur's Filmography
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Michel Audiard et le mystĂšre du triangle des Bermudes
as Self (archive footage)
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
as La BrunetiĂšre
The Married Couple of the Year Two
as Gosselin
No Poster
Macédoine
Un ange passe
Un ange passe
as Florisse
Goto, Island of Love
as Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
No Poster
à la recherche de Jean Grémillon
as Self
Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
as Faria
Birds in Peru
as Husband
A Little Virtuous
as Jules Polnick
The Madman of Lab Four
as Father Ballanchon
No Poster
The Birth of Children of Paradise
as Self
King of Hearts
as General GĂ©ranium
Pas de panique
as Fernand Toussaint
A Young World
as Le Grec
A Matter of Resistance
as Dimanche
Two Hours to Kill
as Laurent
Fortuna
as Nissim Buzaglo
L'Or du duc
as Adhémar de Talois-Minet
Cloportes
as DemuldĂšre aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
as Patache
Black Humor
as Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
The Circular Triangle
as Georges Richter
Lucky Jo
as Loudéac
A Very Handy Man
as Simone Palumbo
Josefa's Loot
as Mayor
Agent of Doom
as CharlĂšz
Don't Tempt the Devil
as Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré
The Abominable Man of Customs
as Russian killer
Crime Does Not Pay
as Martin Fenayrou
Hitch-Hike
as Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin Ă Orly
Emile's Boat
as François Larmentiel
Rencontres
as Carl Krasner
Famous Love Affairs
as le grand duc Ernest
The Nina B. Affair
as Berrera
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
as Constable of Montmorency
Spotlight on a Murderer
as Comte de Kerloquen
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Pangloss
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
as Commissioner of the Republic
Il bell'Antonio
as Alfio Magnano
Carthage in Flames
as Sidone
Eyes Without a Face
as Professor GĂ©nessier
The Bureaucrats
as Monsieur NĂšgre
Head Against the Wall
as Dr. Varmont
The Law
as Don Cesare
The Possessors
as Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
Life Together
as Pierre Carreau
Sans famille
as Jeroboam Driscoll
The Gates of Paris
as Juju
Napoleon
as Barras
Tower of Lust
as Jehan Buridan
Oasis
as Antoine Vallin
Rasputin
as Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
as Self
Clothing the Naked
as Console Grotti
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
as Bird (voice)
The Drunkard
as MaĂźtre Pierre Renneville
Crimson Curtain
as Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
No Poster
Torticola versus Frankensberg
as Invisible Man's Friend
Le Plaisir
as Julien Ledentu
Bluebeard
as Amédée de SalfÚre dit Barbe-Bleue
Dirty Hands
as Hoederer
Skipper Next to God
as Captain Joris KnAipper
Jamaican Man
as Jacques Mervel
Lost Souvenirs
as Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris")
Julie de Carneilhan
as Hubert Espivant
Millionaires for One Day
as Francis
Portrait of a Murderer
as Fabius / Jean
The Lovers of Verona
as Raffaele
The Secret of Monte-Cristo
as François Picault
La Nuit blanche
as Pierre Taverny
Cruise for the Unknown One
as Emile Fréchisse
The Revenge of Baccarat
as Rocambole
Rocambole
as Rocambole
Noah's Ark
as Bitru
Love Around the House
as 'Douze ApĂŽtres'
Gates of the Night
as Georges
PĂ©trus
as Rodrigue
La Femme fatale
as Jean Pleyard
Land Without Stars
as Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud
Behind These Walls
as Jean-CĂ©sar Morin
Children of Paradise
as Frédérick Lemaßtre
Adieu LĂ©onard
as Prosper Bonenfant
Summer Light
as Roland
Two Shy Ones
as Vancouver
Le soleil a toujours raison
as Gabriel
La Croisée des chemins
as Hubert Epervans
Promise to the Unknown One
as Lussac
Three Argentines in Montmartre
as Toninett
No Poster
Tobie Is an Angel
SixiĂšme Ă©tage
as Jonval, the young cynic
The Path of Honor
as Philippe
Last Desire
as Frossard
Second Childhood
as Frossard
Corsican Brothers
as Tonio
Le pĂšre Lebonnard
as Alfredo Lebonnard
Visages de femmes
as Georges Legrand
Café de Paris
as Le Rec
The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
as Alexandre Dumas figlio
Gosse de riche
as Pierre Mougins
Port of Shadows
as Lucien
Grisou
as Hagnauer
Heartbeat
as Cousine (uncredited)
Hercule
as Bastien
Claudine at School
as Doctor Dubois
The Virgin Bride
as Georges Letournel, fils du mari de Jacqueline
La Reine des resquilleuses
as Fred Woolson
Confessions of a Newlywed
as Edmond Trivelin
Une femme qui se partage
Le Mari rĂȘvĂ©
as René Daroy /Achille Daroy
PrĂȘte-moi ta femme
Passé à vendre
as Bob
Jeunesse d'abord
Valse Ă©ternelle
Le Bébé de l'escadron
as Max
Little One
as Georges Darnetal
A Rare Bird
as Jean Berthier
No Poster
Jonny, haute-couture
as Jonny
No Poster
Le Miroir aux alouettes
as Jean Forestier
Quadrille d'amour
as Robert Lanclot
Caravane
as Lt. de Tokay
L'Oncle de PĂ©kin
as Philippe
The Amorous Garrison
as Paul, rider
No Poster
Incognito
as Marcel
Moi et l'impératrice
as Didier
One Night's Song
as Koretzky
Honeymoon Trip
as Rudi
No Poster
Weaker Sex
as Jimmy
No Poster
Une faim de loup
Quick
as Maxime
No Poster
A Father Without Knowing It
as Jean
The Winner
as Hunter
Circulate!
as Jean Dupont-Desroches
My Friend Victor
as Edgar Flachon
Backbiters
as Le type de l'appareil Ă sous
No Poster
Feu!
as Frémiet's ordinance
Madame Sans-GĂȘne
la loi
as Don Cesare
No Poster
Opération Jericho
as Jean-CĂ©sar Morin