French actor (1919–2002)
François Périer (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa peʁje] ; bornFrançois Pillu ; 10 November 1919 – 28 June 2002) was a French actor renowned for his expressiveness and diversity of roles.
He made over 110 film and TV appearances from 1938 to 1996, with notable excursion into the French avant-garde. He was also prominent in the theatre. Among his better-known parts was that of Hugo in the first production ofJean-Paul Sartre 'sLes Mains Sales in 1948. He was the narrator of the French-language version ofFantasia , and he made several commercial audio recordings (with commentary) popularizing classical music in France. In 1957, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor for his performance in the filmGervaise .
Périer was born in Paris, France on 10 November 1919. He had two children with his first wife, Jacqueline Porel: photographerJean-Marie and journalistAnne-Marie . He died on 29 June 2002 in Paris of a heart attack during his sleep.[ 2] [ 3]
His remains were interred atPassy Cemetery in Paris next to those of the stage and silent film actressRéjane (1856–1920), who was the grandmother of Périer's first wife.
1938:Mother Love (directed byJean Boyer ) - Batilly 1938:Hôtel du Nord (directed byMarcel Carné ) - Adrien 1939:La Fin du jour (directed byJulien Duvivier ) - Le journaliste 1939:The Fatted Calf (directed bySerge de Poligny ) - Gaston Vachon 1939:Nightclub Hostess (directed byAlbert Valentin ) - Jean 1941:Le Duel (directed byPierre Fresnay ) - Jean 1941:First Ball (directed byChristian-Jaque ) - Ernest Vilar 1941:Happy Days (directed byJean de Marguenat ) - Bernard 1942:Love Marriage (directed byHenri Decoin ) - Pierre 1942:Love Letters (directed byClaude Autant-Lara ) - François de Portal 1943:The White Truck (directed byLéo Joannon ) - François Ledru - un jeune garagiste 1943:La Ferme aux loups (directed byRichard Pottier ) - Bastien 1944:Bonsoir mesdames, bonsoir messieurs (directed byRoland Tual ) - Dominique Verdelet 1944:L'Enfant de l'amour (directed byJean Stelli ) - Maurice Orland 1946:Sylvie and the Ghost (directed byClaude Autant-Lara ) - Ramure 1946:La Tentation de Barbizon (directed byJean Stelli ) - Le diable et Ben Atkinson / The Devil 1946:Au petit bonheur (directed byMarcel L'Herbier ) - Denis Carignol 1946:Un revenant (directed byChristian-Jaque ) - François Nisard 1947:Le Silence est d'or (directed byRené Clair ) - Jacques Francet 1948:Une jeune fille savait (directed byMaurice Lehmann ) - 'Coco' Levaison 1948:The Loves of Colette (directed byJean Faurez ) - François Lecoc 1948:Woman Without a Past (directed byGilles Grangier ) - Michel 1949:Jean de la Lune (directed byMarcel Achard ) - Clotaire dit Cloclo - le frère fantasque et envahissant de Marceline 1949:Retour à la vie (directed byGeorges Lampin ) - Antoine (segment 2 : "Le retour d'Antoine") 1950:Sorceror (directed byHenri Calef ) - Michel Riverain 1950:Orphée (directed byJean Cocteau ) - Heurtebise 1950:The Little Zouave (directed byGilles Grangier ) - M. Denis 1950:Old Boys of Saint-Loup (directed byGeorges Lampin ) - Charles Merlin 1950:Souvenirs perdus (directed byChristian-Jaque ) - Jean-Pierre Delagrange (episode "Une couronne mortuaire") 1951:L'Affaire Manet (directed byJean Aurel ) (court-métrage) (voice) 1951:Sous le ciel de Paris (directed byJulien Duvivier ) - Récitant (voice) 1951:My Seal and Them (directed byPierre Billon ) - François Verville 1952:Love, Madame (directed byGilles Grangier ) - François Célerier 1952:She and Me (directed byGuy Lefranc ) - Jean Montaigu 1953:A Woman's Treasure (directed byJean Stelli ) - François Delaroche 1953:Jeunes mariés (directed byGilles Grangier ) - Jacques Delaroche 1953:Capitaine Pantoufle (directed byGuy Lefranc ) - Emmanuel Bonavent 1953:Bonjour Paris [fr ] (directed byJean Image ) - Narrator (voice) 1953:It Happened in the Park (Villa Borghese ) (directed byVittorio De Sica andGianni Franciolini ) - Il professore di greco (segment: Pi-greco) 1954:Quelques pas dans la vie (Tempi nostri ) (directed byAlessandro Blasetti andPaul Paviot ) - Lui 1954:Secrets d'alcôve (directed byJean Delannoy ) - Bertrand Germain-Latour (segment "Lit de la Pompadour, Le") 1954:Scènes de ménage (directed byAndré Berthomieu ) - Trielle 1954:Cadet Rousselle (directed byAndré Hunebelle ) - Cadet Rousselle 1955:Stopover in Orly (directed byJean Dréville ) - Pierre Brissac 1955:Le Ciel de lit (directed byMarcel L'Herbier ) (TV Movie) 1955:The Fugitives (directed byJean-Paul Le Chanois ) - François 1956:The Man Who Never Was (L'Homme qui n'a jamais existé ) (directed byRonald Neame ) - Clerk of British Embassy (uncredited) 1956:Gervaise (directed byRené Clément ) - Henri Coupeau - le second compagnon de Gervaise, un ouvrier zingueur 1956:I'll Get Back to Kandara (directed byVictor Vicas ) - André Barret 1957:Que les hommes sont bêtes (directed byRoger Richebé ) - Roland Devert 1957:The She-Wolves (directed byLuis Saslavsky ) - Gervais Larauch / Bernard Pradal 1957:Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria ) (directed byFederico Fellini ) - Oscar D'Onofrio 1957:Anyone Can Kill Me (directed byHenri Decoin ) - Paul - le directeur de la prison 1957:Charming Boys (directed byHenri Decoin ) - Robert 1958:La Création du monde (directed byEduard Hofman ) - Récitant / Narrator (voice) 1958:La Bigorne (directed byRobert Darène ) - La Bigorne 1958:Maxime (directed byHenri Verneuil ) - Récitant / Narrator (voice, uncredited) 1958:L'Américain se détend (directed byFrançois Reichenbach ) (court-métrage) - Récitant (voice) 1959:Bobosse [fr ] (directed byÉtienne Périer ) - Tony Varlet / Bobosse / Les six jurés / Le président du Tribunal / L'avocat général / L'avocat / Le garde 1959:Les Affreux (directed byMarc Allégret ) - (voice) 1959:Il Magistrato (directed byLuigi Zampa ) - Luigi Bonelli 1960:Le Testament d'Orphée (directed byJean Cocteau ) - Heurtebise (uncredited) 1960:Lovers on a Tightrope (directed byJean-Charles Dudrumet ) - Daniel 1960:La Française et l'amour (directed byChristian-Jaque ) - Michel (segment "Divorce, Le") 1960:Jack of Spades (directed byYves Allégret ) 1960:Zaa, petit chameau blanc (directed byJacques Poitrenaud ) (court-métrage) - (voice) 1961:Les Amours de Paris (directed byJacques Poitrenaud ) - Maurice Lasnier 1961:L'Amant de cinq jours (directed byPhilippe de Broca ) - Georges 1961:Réveille-toi chérie (directed byClaude Magnier [fr ] ) - Robert 1962:Girl on the Road (directed byJacqueline Audry ) - L'homme de 40 ans 1962:Le Crime ne paie pas (directed byGérard Oury ) - Récitant / Narrator (voice) 1962:Mandrin (directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois) - Narrator (voice, uncredited) 1963:The Bamboo Stroke (directed byJean Boyer ) - Léon Brissac 1963:Les Veinards (directed byJean Girault ) - Jérôme Boisselier (segment "Le manteau de vison") 1963:Dragées au poivre (directed byJacques Baratier ) - Legrand (le nounou 1) 1963:Les Camarades (I Compagni ) (directed byMario Monicelli ) - Maestro Di Meo 1963:La Visita (directed byAntonio Pietrangeli ) - Adolfo Di Palma 1964:Week-end à Zuydcoote (directed byHenri Verneuil ) - Alexandre 1967:Un homme de trop (directed byCosta-Gavras ) - Moujon 1967:Le Samouraï (directed byJean-Pierre Melville ) - Le Commissaire 1969:Z (directed byCosta-Gavras ) - Le procureur 1968:Les Gauloises bleues (directed byMichel Cournot ) - Le juge 1970:Les Caprices de Marie (directed byPhilippe de Broca ) - Jean-Jules de Lépine 1970:Le Cercle rouge (directed byJean-Pierre Melville ) - Santi 1970:Tumuc Humac (directed byJean-Marie Périer ) - Le juge 1971:Max et les ferrailleurs (directed byClaude Sautet ) - Rosinsky 1971:Juste avant la nuit (directed byClaude Chabrol ) - François Tellier 1972:La Nuit Bulgare (directed byMichel Mitrani ) - Lafond 1972:L'Attentat (directed byYves Boisset ) - Le commissaire René Rouannat - un flic honnête 1973:Témoignages (directed byJean-Marie Périer ) (TV series) - Lui 1973:Nous voulons les colonels (directed byMario Monicelli ) - Onorevole Luigi Di Cori 1974:Antoine and Sebastian (directed byJean-Marie Périer ) - Antoine 1974:Stavisky... (directed byAlain Resnais ) - Albert Borelli 1975:Sara (directed byMarcel Bluwal ) (TV movie) - Restif de la Bretonne 1975:Docteur Françoise Gailland (directed byJean-Louis Bertucelli ) - Gérard Gailland 1976:Police Python 357 (directed byAlain Corneau ) - Commissaire Ganay 1977:Baxter, Vera Baxter (directed byMarguerite Duras ) - Jean Baxter (voice) 1978:La Raison d'état (directed byAndré Cayatte ) - le professeur Marrot 1978:Mazarin (directed byPierre Cardinal ) (TV miniseries) - Mazarin 1979:The Police War (directed byRobin Davis ) - Colombani 1980:Le Bar du téléphone (directed byClaude Barrois ) - Commissaire Claude Joinville 1983:Le Battant (directed byRobin Davis andAlain Delon ) - Gino Ruggieri 1983:Thérèse Humbert (directed byMarcel Bluwal ) (TV movie) - Me Dumort 1984:La piovra (directed byDamiano Damiani (TV miniseries) - Avvocato Terrasini 1984:Le Tartuffe (directed byGérard Depardieu ) - Orgon 1984:Jacques le fataliste et son maître (directed byClaude Santelli ) (TV movie) - Denis Diderot 1985:La piovra ,season 2 [it ] (directed byFlorestano Vancini ) (TV miniseries) - Avvocato Terrasini 1987:La piovra ,season 3 [it ] (directed byLuigi Perelli ) (TV miniseries) - Avvocato Terrasini 1987:Soigne ta droite (directed byJean-Luc Godard ) - L'homme 1990-1991:Le Gorille (directed byJean Delannoy ) (TV series) - Berthomieu / Berthomieu, dit 'Le vieux' / Le Vieux 1990:Lacenaire (directed byFrancis Girod ) - Le père de Lacenaire 1991:Madame Bovary (directed byClaude Chabrol ) - Récitant / Narrator (voice) 1991:La Pagaille (directed byPascal Thomas ) - Gabriel 1992:Voyage à Rome (directed byMichel Lengliney ) - Le père 1996:Mémoires d'un jeune con (directed byPatrick Aurignac ) - Le père de Frédéric ^ "matchID - François Périer" .Fichier des décès (in French). Retrieved4 November 2023 .^ Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2002: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture . McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. 2008-10-24.ISBN 9780786452071 .^ Bergan, Ronald (July 2002)."Obituary: Francois Perier" .The Guardian .
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