Pierre Brasseur
Born in Paris, France — Dec 22 1905• Died Aug 16 1972
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Pierre Brasseur, born Pierre-Albert Espinasse (22 December 1905, Paris – 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…
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Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Maurice Tardenois
Children of Paradise
Frédérick Lemaître
Eyes Without a Face
Professor Génessier
Le Plaisir
Julien Ledentu
King of Hearts
General Géranium
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Self (archive footage)
Cloportes
Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
Napoleon
Barras
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
Constable of Montmorency
Il bell'Antonio
Alfio Magnano
Lucky Jo
Loudéac
The Married Couple of the Year Two
Gosselin
The Possessors
Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
Port of Shadows
Lucien
Famous Love Affairs
le grand duc Ernest
A Little Virtuous
Jules Polnick
Head Against the Wall
Dr. Varmont
The Madman of Lab Four
Father Ballanchon
Bluebeard
Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
Spotlight on a Murderer
Comte de Kerloquen
Oasis
Antoine Vallin
A Matter of Resistance
Dimanche
L'Or du duc
Adhémar de Talois-Minet
Hitch-Hike
Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly
Gates of the Night
Georges
La Brigade des maléfices
Diablevert
Dirty Hands
Hoederer
The Law
Don Cesare
Caravane
Lt. de Tokay
Pétrus
Rodrigue
Crime Does Not Pay
Martin Fenayrou
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
La Brunetière
Heartbeat
Cousine (uncredited)
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Pangloss
Weaker Sex
Jimmy
Life Together
Pierre Carreau
A Very Handy Man
Simone Palumbo
Adieu Léonard
Prosper Bonenfant
Don't Tempt the Devil
Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré
The Gates of Paris
Juju
Fortuna
Nissim Buzaglo
Crimson Curtain
Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
A Young World
Le Grec
Behind These Walls
Jean-César Morin
Clothing the Naked
Console Grotti
Un ange passe
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
Commissioner of the Republic
Grisou
Hagnauer
Corsican Brothers
Tonio
Rocambole
Rocambole
Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
Faria
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
Bird (voice)
The Abominable Man of Customs
Russian killer
Tower of Lust
Jehan Buridan
Hercule
Bastien
Sans famille
Jeroboam Driscoll
Le père Lebonnard
Alfredo Lebonnard
Millionaires for One Day
Francis
Summer Light
Roland
The Lovers of Verona
Raffaele
The Bureaucrats
Monsieur Nègre
The Birth of Children of Paradise
Self
The Nina B. Affair
Berrera
Black Humor
Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Emile's Boat
François Larmentiel
Confessions of a Newlywed
Edmond Trivelin
A Rare Bird
Jean Berthier
Carthage in Flames
Sidone
The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
Alexandre Dumas figlio
Macédoine
Lost Souvenirs
Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris")
Quick
Maxime
Skipper Next to God
Captain Joris KnAipper
The Drunkard
Maître Pierre Renneville
Café de Paris
Le Rec
Cruise for the Unknown One
Emile Fréchisse
Opération Jericho
Jean-César Morin
Le soleil a toujours raison
Gabriel
Claudine at School
Doctor Dubois
Josefa's Loot
Mayor
Land Without Stars
Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud
La Croisée des chemins
Hubert Epervans
Noah's Ark
Bitru
A Father Without Knowing It
Jean
Portrait of a Murderer
Fabius / Jean
Rasputin
Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine
Second Childhood
Frossard
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
Self
The Virgin Bride
Georges Letournel, fils du mari de Jacqueline
Jamaican Man
Jacques Mervel
The Amorous Garrison
Paul, rider
Goto, Island of Love
Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
Promise to the Unknown One
Lussac
Two Hours to Kill
Laurent
Torticola versus Frankensberg
Invisible Man's Friend
La Femme fatale
Jean Pleyard
Honeymoon Trip
Rudi
Agent of Doom
Charlèz
Rencontres
Carl Krasner
La Nuit blanche
Pierre Taverny
Two Shy Ones
Vancouver
Madame Sans-Gêne
Birds in Peru
Husband
The Secret of Monte-Cristo
François Picault
La Reine des resquilleuses
Fred Woolson
Last Desire
Frossard
Pas de panique
Fernand Toussaint
The Revenge of Baccarat
Rocambole
The Winner
Hunter
The Path of Honor
Philippe
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
Patache
Le Miroir aux alouettes
Jean Forestier
Tell Me Tonight
Koretzky
Three Argentines in Montmartre
Toninett
Tobie Is an Angel
Backbiters
Le type de l'appareil à sous
Love Around the House
'Douze Apôtres'
Jonny, haute-couture
Jonny
Incognito
Marcel
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
Self
Moi et l'impératrice
Didier
Jeunesse d'abord
Julie de Carneilhan
Hubert Espivant
Passé à vendre
Bob
Le Bébé de l'escadron
Max
Little One
Georges Darnetal
Feu!
Frémiet's ordinance
Visages de femmes
Georges Legrand
The Circular Triangle
Georges Richter
Gosse de riche
Pierre Mougins
Sixième étage
Jonval, the young cynic
L'Oncle de Pékin
Philippe
Valse éternelle
Prête-moi ta femme
Le Dernier Mélodrame
Writing
Le Mari rêvé
René Daroy /Achille Daroy
Une femme qui se partage
Quadrille d'amour
Robert Lanclot
My Friend Victor
Edgar Flachon
Une faim de loup
Circulate!
Jean Dupont-Desroches