Pierre Brasseur

ActorWriterSound Dec 22 (died age 66) Paris, France 1925–2002 (77 year career)

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Biography

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 anglopho…

Known For

Film

Eyes Without a Face

Professor Génessier

Film

Children of Paradise

Frédérick Lemaître

Film

Port of Shadows

Lucien

Film

Le Plaisir

Julien Ledentu

Film

Il bell'Antonio

Alfio Magnano

Film

King of Hearts

General Géranium

Film

The Married Couple of the Year Two

Gosselin

Film

The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life

La Brunetière

Filmography

Acting (141)

Movies (138)

Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes

2002

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life

1972

as La Brunetière

7.2

The Married Couple of the Year Two

as Gosselin

Macédoine

Un ange passe

Goto, Island of Love

as Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III

6.2

À la recherche de Jean Grémillon

1969

as Self

Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo

as Faria

A Little Virtuous

as Jules Polnick

Birds in Peru

as Husband

The Madman of Lab Four

1967

as Father Ballanchon

5.9

The Birth of Children of Paradise

1967

as Self

Fortuna

1966

as Nissim Buzaglo

6.0

A Matter of Resistance

1966

as Dimanche

6.8

A Young World

1966

as Le Grec

Two Hours to Kill

as Laurent

King of Hearts

as General Géranium

Pas de panique

as Fernand Toussaint

Cloportes

1965

as Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver

6.2

L'Or du duc

1965

as Adhémar de Talois-Minet

1.0

Black Humor

1965

as Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'

2.0

Pas de caviar pour tante Olga

1965

as Patache

The Circular Triangle

1964

as Georges Richter

A Very Handy Man

as Simone Palumbo

Lucky Jo

as Loudéac

The Abominable Man of Customs

as Russian killer

Agent of Doom

as Charlèz

Josefa's Loot

as Mayor

Don't Tempt the Devil

1963

as Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré

Rencontres

as Carl Krasner

Crime Does Not Pay

as Martin Fenayrou

Hitch-Hike

as Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly

5.5

Emile's Boat

1962

as François Larmentiel

6.4

Famous Love Affairs

1961

as le grand duc Ernest

3.7

Spotlight on a Murderer

1961

as Comte de Kerloquen

6.5

Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!

1961

as Constable of Montmorency

The Nina B. Affair

as Berrera

Eyes Without a Face

as Professor Génessier

7.6

Il bell'Antonio

1960

as Alfio Magnano

7.1

The Dialogue of the Carmelites

1960

as Commissioner of the Republic

6.7

Carthage in Flames

1960

as Sidone

5.1

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

as Pangloss

The Bureaucrats

as Monsieur Nègre

The Law

as Don Cesare

Head Against the Wall

as Dr. Varmont

Life Together

as Pierre Carreau

Sans famille

as Jeroboam Driscoll

The Possessors

as Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif

The Gates of Paris

as Juju

Tower of Lust

as Jehan Buridan

Napoleon

as Barras

Oasis

as Antoine Vallin

Clothing the Naked

1954

as Console Grotti

Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances

1954

as Self

Rasputin

1954

as Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine

5.0

The Drunkard

1953

as Maître Pierre Renneville

The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird

1953

as Bird (voice)

7.1

Torticola versus Frankensberg

1952

as Invisible Man's Friend

Le Plaisir

as Julien Ledentu

Crimson Curtain

as Ludovic Arn / Macbeth

Dirty Hands

as Hoederer

Bluebeard

as Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue

5.3

Skipper Next to God

1951

as Captain Joris KnAipper

6.0

Lost Souvenirs

1950

as Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris")

5.2

Jamaican Man

1950

as Jacques Mervel

Julie de Carneilhan

1950

as Hubert Espivant

Portrait of a Murderer

1949

as Fabius / Jean

5.7

Millionaires for One Day

as Francis

The Lovers of Verona

as Raffaele

The Secret of Monte-Cristo

1948

as François Picault

La Nuit blanche

1948

as Pierre Taverny

The Revenge of Baccarat

1948

as Rocambole

Rocambole

1948

as Rocambole

Cruise for the Unknown One

as Emile Fréchisse

Noah's Ark

as Bitru

Love Around the House

1947

as 'Douze Apôtres'

Pétrus

as Rodrigue

Gates of the Night

as Georges

La Femme fatale

as Jean Pleyard

Behind These Walls

1946

as Jean-César Morin

5.8

Land Without Stars

1946

as Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud

6.8

Children of Paradise

1945

as Frédérick Lemaître

8.1

Two Shy Ones

1943

as Vancouver

Summer Light

as Roland

Adieu Léonard

as Prosper Bonenfant

Le soleil a toujours raison

1943

as Gabriel

6.0

La Croisée des chemins

1942

as Hubert Epervans

Promise to the Unknown One

1942

as Lussac

Three Argentines in Montmartre

1941

as Toninett

Sixième étage

1940

as Jonval, the young cynic

Tobie Is an Angel

1940

Corsican Brothers

1939

as Tonio

The Path of Honor

1939

as Philippe

9.0

Le père Lebonnard

1939

as Alfredo Lebonnard

Second Childhood

1939

as Frossard

Last Desire

1939

as Frossard

Visages de femmes

1939

as Georges Legrand

Café de Paris

1938

as Le Rec

7.7

Heartbeat

1938

as Cousine (uncredited)

Hercule

as Bastien

Port of Shadows

as Lucien

Gosse de riche

as Pierre Mougins

The Life of Giuseppe Verdi

1938

as Alexandre Dumas figlio

Grisou

as Hagnauer

Claudine at School

as Doctor Dubois

Une femme qui se partage

1937

The Virgin Bride

1937

as Georges Letournel, fils du mari de Jacqueline

5.9

La Reine des resquilleuses

1937

as Fred Woolson

Confessions of a Newlywed

1937

as Edmond Trivelin

5.0

Passé à vendre

1936

as Bob

Prête-moi ta femme

Jeunesse d'abord

Valse éternelle

Le Mari rêvé

as René Daroy /Achille Daroy

A Rare Bird

1935

as Jean Berthier

6.7

Le Miroir aux alouettes

1935

as Jean Forestier

Quadrille d'amour

1935

as Robert Lanclot

Little One

1935

as Georges Darnetal

Jonny, haute-couture

1935

as Jonny

Le Bébé de l'escadron

1935

as Max

L'Oncle de Pékin

1934

as Philippe

Incognito

1934

as Marcel

The Amorous Garrison

1934

as Paul, rider

7.0

Caravane

1934

as Lt. de Tokay

Tell Me Tonight

1933

as Koretzky

5.0

Honeymoon Trip

1933

as Rudi

Weaker Sex

1933

as Jimmy

Moi et l'impératrice

1933

as Didier

Une faim de loup

1932

The Winner

1932

as Hunter

Quick

1932

as Maxime

A Father Without Knowing It

1932

as Jean

My Friend Victor

1931

as Edgar Flachon

10.0

Circulate!

1931

as Jean Dupont-Desroches

Backbiters

1927

as Le type de l'appareil à sous

6.4

Feu!

1927

as Frémiet's ordinance

Madame Sans-Gêne

1925

Opération Jericho

as Jean-César Morin

Television (3)

La Brigade des maléfices

1971

as Diablevert

5.5

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes

1958

as Maurice Tardenois

Cinépanorama

1956

as Self

8.0

Crew (5)

Movies (5)

Le Dernier Mélodrame

1979

Writer

Un ange passe

1970

Writer

The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird

Vocals

Grisou

Dialogue

Grisou

Theatre Play