Darry Cowl

ActorComposerCrewWriterDirector Aug 27 (died age 80) Vittel, Vosges, France 1955–2020 (65 year career)

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Biography

Darry Cowl (born André Darricau; 27 August 1925 – 14 February 2006) was a French actor and musician. He won a César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 2004 for his role as a concierge in Pas sur la bouche (Not on the lips), which was his last appearance. He was born in Vittel and came to prominence when he was cast by Sacha Guitry in Assassins et voleurs (1956) (Assassins and Robbers). Following this he turned to acting in cinema roles and soon gained celebrity status with his role as…

Known For

Film

Up to His Ears

Biscoton

Film

Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ

Faucuius

Film

Les Miserables

Bookseller

Film

For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now

Le gardien de l'immeuble de Caroline

Film

If I Were a Rich Man

Monsieur Sylvain

Film

The Magnificent Tramp

Arsène, un clochard

Film

The Telephone Always Rings Twice

L'agent de police

Film

Dandelions by the Roots

Gratiopoulos, le milliardaire à la soirée

Filmography

Acting (136)

Movies (126)

Qu'est-ce qui fait courir Darry Cowl ?

2020

as Self

6.0

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

2009

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Private Life

2007

as Mr. Mellifond

Comiques de toujours, coffret Vol. 1 & 2

2007

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

The Man Who Wanted a Child

2007

as Jules

The Giraffe's Neck

2004

as Léo

6.4

Totally Nuts

2004

as Le directeur de la banque

Lost Seamen

as Falco

Not on the Lips

as Madame Foin

Le nouveau Jean-Claude

as Jeff

If I Were a Rich Man

as Monsieur Sylvain

Les p'tits gars Ladouceur

2001

as Humphries

9.5

Scénarios sur la drogue

2000

as Segment "La Purée"

5.0

La Surprise

1999

as Georges Morin

Augustin, King of Kung-Fu

1999

as René

7.3

Marceeel!!!

1998

as Dominique

Droit dans le mur

as le patient

Ma femme me quitte

as Stéphane Lasser

Les Miserables

as Bookseller

Ville à vendre

as Emilio Bingo, l'empailleur

4.5

Deux hommes dans une valise

1989

as Colin

The Seasons of Pleasure

1988

as Daniel D.

4.6

Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale

1988

as Kayser

3.3

Les Dégourdis de la onzième

1986

as Général Burnous

Follow My Gaze

1986

as Le cafetier

6.0

The Telephone Always Rings Twice

1985

as L'agent de police

5.4

Liberté, égalité, choucroute

1985

as Rouget de l'Isle

5.9

It's Called Catastrophe

1983

as Le Juge d'Instruction

3.8

Microbidon

1983

as Mathias

It Could Be Worse

1983

as Jack Renard, the Mayor

2.4

My Pastor Among the Thais

1983

as Tête-de-Fer, le pirate

2.9

Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ

1982

as Faucuius

6.1

For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now

1982

as Le gardien de l'immeuble de Caroline

6.3

On s'en fout… nous on s'aime

1982

as Julien's father

1.0

Qu'est-ce qui fait craquer les filles...

1982

as Journalist

5.0

Les surdoués de la première compagnie

1981

as Colonel Boussardon

3.2

Le bahut va craquer

1981

as le prof de maths

3.5

Voulez-vous un bébé Nobel ?

1980

as Professeur Joseph Menzano

6.2

Les Borsalini

1980

as Pépé

5.0

Général... nous voilà !

1978

as Père Blanc

2.0

A Sea Urchin in the Pocket

1977

as Howard Bachs

4.0

Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!

as Colonel Lessard

Le Jour de gloire

as Le curé

Trop c'est trop

as Lucifer

C'est jeune et ça sait tout !

1974

as Le livreur

2.6

Don't Touch the White Woman!

1974

as Maj. Archibald

5.5

La Gueule de l’emploi

1974

as le patron de l'Arquebuse

2.6

There's a Bone in the Mill

1974

as Gaston

3.9

L'Heptaméron (Joyeux compères)

1973

as Apothecary

2.0

She No Longer Talks, She Shoots

1972

as Commissioner Adrien Bondu

5.2

Cash-Cash

1971

as William Wilson

Ces messieurs de la gâchette

1970

as Albert Pelletier

3.3

Le bourgeois gentil mec

1969

as Perrugo

1.0

Poussez pas grand-père dans les cactus

as Le Docteur Braque

Salut Berthe !

as Didier

The Men in the Family

as Albert Pelletier

The Great Gadget

as Barratier

Docteur Glass

as Harry

Les malabars sont au parfum

as Cassius 0001

Les Combinards

as Léo

Your Money or Your Life

as Marquy

Under Your Hat

as L'agent André

Up to His Ears

as Biscoton

Déclic et des claques

1965

as Un invité

1.0

How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning

1965

as Avocat de Léonard Maburon (sketch "Le Procès")

Les baratineurs

as César Brandini

The Double Bed

as Le frère de la fiancée (3 : « La Répétition »)

The Real Bargain

as Polytechnician

Les Gorilles

as Edouard

Dandelions by the Roots

1964

as Gratiopoulos, le milliardaire à la soirée

5.4

Badmen of the West

1964

as Tom Jackson

Jaloux comme un tigre

1964

as Henri

2.0

The Abominable Man of Customs

1963

as Campo Santos

5.0

Good King Dagobert

1963

as Le maître- bourreau Richardic

6.7

Sweet Skin

1963

as Paul, le directeur du Crazy-Horse

Who Stole the Body?

as Félix

People in Luck

as Simon Taquet (« Une nuit avec la vedette »)

5.5

Les Gros Bras

1963

as Ludovic Gabasse, boss of the photo novel agency

3.8

Tartarin de Tarascon

1962

as Man broken down in the desert

4.8

Tales of Paris

1962

as Hubert Parker (segment "Ella")

5.0

Hitch-Hike

1962

as le journaliste sportif au parapluie

Panurge's Sheep

as Charles Renard

The Lions Are Loose

as Richard, le polytechnicien, amateur de voitures

A Martian in Paris

as Pierre Dubois

Les fortiches

as Riri and JoJo

Les Livreurs

as Édouard

Paris Loves

1961

as Gimenez

Robinson et le triporteur

1960

as Antoine Peyralout

3.9

Love and the Frenchwoman

1960

as Le professeur Dufieux (segment "L'Enfance")

Easy Come Easy Go

as Edouard

Mum's the Word

as Martin

The Magnificent Tramp

1959

as Arsène, un clochard

7.0

You Have Nothing to Declare?

as Désiré Labaule

The Dreadful

as Fernand Mouchette

The Indestructible

as Hippolyte

Hardboiled Egg Time

as Louis Stainval, laveur de voitures, gagnant à la Loterie

5.0

Be Beautiful and Shut Up

1958

as l'inspecteur Jérôme, adjoint de Morel

School for Coquettes

as Gégène

Honey, Scare Me

as Jérôme Lenoir

The Little Professor

as Jérôme

A Dog, A Mouse and a Sputnik

1958

as Hubert, government delegate

4.0

Love in Jamaica

1957

as Pater Noster

3.0

The Innocent with Forty Children

1957

as Le marchand d'échelles

5.0

A Friend of the Family

as Pierre Bernicaud

This Pretty World

as Gaston

Three Make a Pair

as Henri Valpreux, le réalisateur

4.8

The Tricyclist

1957

as Antoine Peyralout

5.5

On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels

1957

as Hubert

5.5

Love Descends from the Sky

1957

as Dédé

4.0

Les Lavandières du Portugal

1957

as Paul

1.0

White Smoke

1957

as Emile Gachit

$Fric-frac en dentelles$

Fric-frac en dentelles

1957

as Le détective amateur

6.0

Five Million in Cash

1957

as Philémon de Montfilet

1.0

Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor

1957

as Egisto

5.3

Slightly Ahead

1956

as Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel Lutécia

6.1

Les Lumières du soir

1956

as (uncredited)

That Naughty Girl

as Man with Suitcase

Plucking the Daisy

as Hubert Dumont

Murderers and Thieves

1956

as Jules Henri Lardenois, le témoin égaré

Hello Smile!

as Doctor

Maid in Paris

as Daniel, le casseur d'assiettes

These Sacred Holidays

1956

as Neighbor

3.5

Les Duraton

1956

as M. Mathieu, le surveillant général du collège

Paris, Palace Hôtel

as Hoyoyo

La joyeuse prison

as Maître Larigot

Four Days in Paris

1955

as Félicien Dieudonné

5.3

Television (10)

Vivement dimanche

1998

as Self

3.0

Palace

1988

as Standardiste du « groom service »

Sacrée Soirée

as Self

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Midi Première

as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

Le Grand Échiquier

as Self

Midi trente

as Self

Samedi soir

as Self

Cinépanorama

as Self

Crew (6)

Movies (6)

Le Concierge

1973

Original Music Composer

The Great Gadget

Compositors

The Double Bed

Writer

Jaloux comme un tigre

1964

Director

2.0

Jaloux comme un tigre

Writer

People in Luck

Music