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Pierre Vaneck (born Pierre Auguste Van Hecke; 15 April 1931 – 31 January 2010) was a French actor. During his career, he won a Molière Award in 1988 and received a César Award nomination in 2009.
Son of a Belgian army officer, Pierre Vaneck spent his youth in Antwerp, Belgium, until the age of 17, when he started medical studies in Paris, France. Before long, he branched into studying acting, first at the Rene Simon school, and then at the Theatre Academy, under Henri Rollan. He earned his living meanwhile by working for a saddle-maker by day, and in the evenings, he recited François Villon's poems in cabarets. His début on the stage came in 1952 in The Three Musketeers in the role of Louis…
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Pierre Vaneck (born Pierre Auguste Van Hecke; 15 April 1931 – 31 January 2010) was a French actor. During his career, he won a Molière Award in 1988 and received a César Award nomination in 2009. Son of a Belgian army officer, Pierre Vaneck spent his youth in Antwerp, Belgium, until the age of 17, when he started medical studies in Paris, France. Before long, he branched into studying acting, first at the Rene Simon school, and then at the Theatre Academy, under Henri Rollan. He earned his living meanwhile by working for a saddle-maker by day, and in the evenings, he recited François Villon's poems in cabarets. His début on the stage came in 1952 in The Three Musketeers in the role of Louis XIII. His first important role in the cinema was in the Julien Duvivier film, Marianne of my Youth in 1955. Pierre Vaneck was primarily a theatre and television actor. The general public knew him particularly for his television role as the father of the main character in Fabien Cosma, as well as in many other serials (Spring Tides, The Garonne...). Vaneck died on Sunday 31 January 2010, during open-heart surgery. He was married to Sophie Becker, daughter and sister of Jacques Becker and Jean Becker. His grandchildren, Aurélie and Thibaud Vaneck, are both actors, and feature in the television series Plus Belle la Vie which is broadcast on France 3 channel. Source: Article "Pierre Vaneck" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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A.D.A. : L'argent des autres
as André Jorgensen
Love Me No More
as le père d'Antoine
The Science of Sleep
as Mr. Pouchet
No Sky Limit with Africa
as Ian Coburn
Nero
as Paul of Tarsus
La Source des Sarrasins
as Armand
Return to Algiers
as Blanville
No Poster
Retour à Fonteyne
as Aurélien Laverzac
Furia
as Aaron
« Art »
as Marc
The Proprietor
as Raymond T.K
Othello
as Brabantio
East Wind
as doktor Josef Hoop, premier rządu Liechtensteinu
As in Heaven
as Dr. Charcot
Les Enfants du vent
as Mayor
La Face de l'Ogre
as Ringler
Paradise Calling
as Noah
Sweet Country
as Father Venegas
Mircea Eliade and the Rediscovery of the Sacred
as Narrator
Le collier de velours
as Gilbert Piersaint
Year of the Jellyfish
as Pierre Rivaut
Cinq-Mars
as Louis XIII
Le Soleil en face
as Dr. Norbert Bollinger
Operation Leopard
as Colonel Grasser
The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan
as Narateur
No Poster
Saint-Just and the Force of Things
as Maximilien Robespierre
Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter
as Stam
The Irony of Chance
as Werner Von Rompsay
Threshold of the Void
as Dr. Liancourt
Le Reflet dans la mer
as Karl de Lincken
Biribi
as Ponchard
Potatoes
as German soldier (uncredited)
Misdeal
as Jacques Christens
Sin with a Stranger
as François
Portrait: Orson Welles
as Narrator (voice)
October Revolution
as Narrator (French version) (voice)
If I Had Four Dromedaries
as Récitant (voice)
Is Paris Burning?
as Maj. Roger Gallois
No Poster
The Forbidden Volcano
as Narrator (voice)
The Heat of a Thousand Suns
as (voice)
Enchanted Isles
as Abrantes
No Poster
Tournoi
as Narrator (voice)
Portuguese Vacation
as Pierre
Le Dossier Chelsea Street
as George Steward
A Man Named Rocca
as Xavier Adé
Famous Love Affairs
as René de La Roche
The Season for Love
as Sylvain
Thank You, Natercia
as Alain
A Bullet in the Gun Barrel
as Tony
Why Women Sin
as Frédéric Martignac, aka Fred
Thérèse Étienne
as Gottfried Muller
He Who Must Die
as Manolios
Forgive Our Trespasses
as René
If Paris Were Told to Us
as François Villon
Marianne de ma jeunesse
as Vincent Loringer
No Poster