Robert Hossein

ActorDirectingArtDirectorWriter Dec 30 (died age 93) Paris, France 1948–2022 (74 year career)

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Biography

Robert Hossein was a French film actor of Parsi origin, director and writer. He directed the 1982 adaption of Les Misérables, and appeared in Vice and Virtue, Le Casse, Les Uns et les Autres and Venus Beauty Institute. His most recent roles include starring as Michèle Mercier's husband in the Angélique series and as a Catholic priest who falls in love with Claude Jade and becomes a communist in Prêtres interdits (Forbidden Priests) in 1973. Hossein started directing films in 1956 with Les salau…

Known For

Film

Rififi

Rémi Grutter

Film

The Professional

Commissaire Rosen

Film

Angelique

Jeoffrey de Peyrac

Film

The Burglars

Ralph

Film

The Conspirators

Leonida Montanari

Film

Angelique and the King

Jeoffrey de Peyrac

Film

Untamable Angelique

Joffrey de Peyrac, 'Le Rescator'

Film

Bolero

Simon Meyer / Robert Prat

Filmography

Acting (128)

Movies (112)

Raymond Devos dans tous ses sens

2022

as Self

Love Is Better Than Life

2022

as Robert Prat

5.3

Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables

2021

as Self (archive footage)

Noni : Le Fruit de l'espoir

2020

as Le grand-père d'Angeli

Aznavour by Charles

2019

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

6.9

Belmondo by Belmondo

2016

as Self

7.8

Marie-France Pisier, une femme sous influence

2014

as Self

Belmondo, itinéraire...

2011

as Self

7.7

Une femme nommée Marie

2011

as Narrator (voice)

Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde

2011

as Self

6.0

Les fleurs maladives de Georges Franju

2009

as Self

7.0

A Man and His Dog

2009

as Un homme a la soupe populaire

5.9

Annie Girardot, ainsi va la vie

as Self

Trivial

as Antoine Bérangère

Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern

2006

as Self

6.6

San Antonio

2004

as Le ministre de l'intérieur / The Minister

3.5

Antigone

2003

as Créon

6.5

Venus Beauty Institute

as L'aviateur

Scandalous Crimes

as Judge Bocchi

The Wax Mask

as Boris Volkoff

Les Miserables

as Le maître de cérémonie

6.6

Paradjanov, le dernier collage

1995

as Self

L'Affaire

1994

as Paul Haslans

2.8

Stranger in the House

as Narrator (voice)

Children of Chaos

as Robert

La croisade des enfants

1988

as Philippe-Auguste

Levy & Goliath

1987

as Goliath customer (uncredited)

4.9

A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later

1986

as Robert Hossein

5.8

Le Caviar rouge

1986

as Alex

Surprise-party

as André Auerbach

The Big Pardon

as Manuel Carreras

The Professional

as Commissaire Rosen

Bolero

as Simon Meyer / Robert Prat

6.9

Démons de midi

1979

as Metteur en scène de théâtre

The Phoney

as Kaminsky

Le Tour d'Écrou

as Peter Quint

The Protector

as Arnaud

Prêtres interdits

as Jean Rastaud

Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman

1973

as Louis Prévost

4.3

A Police Officer Without Importance

1973

as Pierre Fresse

Hellé

as Kleber

A Murder Is a Murder

as Jean Carouse

The Burglars

as Ralph

Judge Roy Bean

as Black Bird

The Lion's Share

as Maurice Ménard

Falling Point

as Le Caïd

Versatile Lovers

as Serge Belaïeff

Time of the Wolves

as Dillinger

Crime Thief

as Tian

Desert Assault

as Capitaine Curd Heinz (Rudi en Français)

Misdeal

as Martin von Klaus

The Conspirators

as Leonida Montanari

Cemetery Without Crosses

as Manuel

The Scarlet Lady

as Julien

The Battle of El Alamein

as Erwin Rommel

Life Love Death

as Man in the movie

Tender Moment

as Enrico Fontana

A Little Virtuous

as Louis Brady

Angelique and the Sultan

1968

as Joffrey de Peyrac "Le Rescator"

6.3

OSS 117 Murder for Sale

as Dr. Saadi

I Killed Rasputin

as Serge Sukhotin

Lamiel

as Roger Valber

La Musica

as Him

Untamable Angelique

as Joffrey de Peyrac, 'Le Rescator'

6.5

The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia

1967

as Maître Bianchini

3.2

The Other Truth

1966

as Pierre Montaud, the Advocate

5.8

Mademoiselle de Maupin

1966

as Captain Alcibiade

6.0

Long March

1966

as Carnot

Angelique and the King

1966

as Jeoffrey de Peyrac

6.5

Brigade Anti Gangs

1966

as Chief Commissioner Le Goff

6.5

God's Thunder

1965

as Marcel

6.2

The Vampire of Dusseldorf

as Peter Kuerten

The Dirty Game

as Dupont

Marco the Magnificent

1965

as Prince Nayam

4.7

Le commissaire mène l’enquête

1965

as The lover (segment "Pour qui sonne le ...")

Angelique

1964

as Jeoffrey de Peyrac

6.7

Marked Eyes

1964

as Franz

6.2

OSS 117: Panic in Bangkok

as Dr. Sinn

Death of a Killer

as Pierre Massa

Why Paris?

Enough Rope

as Inspektor Corby

Of Flesh and Blood

as Samuel

Vice and Virtue

1963

as SS Oberst Erik Schörndorf

Highway Pick-Up

as Daniel Boisset

Love on a Pillow

as Renaud Sarti

Paris Pick-Up

as Robert Herbin

Hitch-Hike

as Edouard, le fou

The Taste of Violence

1961

as Perez

6.6

The Game of Truth

1961

as L'inspecteur de police

5.9

Madame

1961

as Le sergent François-Joseph Lefebvre

The Menace

as Savary

The Wretches

as Jess Rooland

Take Me As I Am

as Ed Dawson

Double Agents

as Lui

Stars Meet in Moscow

as Self

Blonde in a White Car

as Pierre Menda

The Road to Shame

as Pierre Rossi

The Verdict

as Georges Lagrange

Riff Raff Girls

1959

as Marcel Point-Bleu

5.8

Provisional Liberty

1958

as Jean-Paul Viberty / Jean Rungis

No Sun in Venice

as Sforzi

Young Girls Beware

as Raven

Forgive Our Trespasses

as (uncredited)

Crime and Punishment

as René Brunel

The Wicked Go to Hell

as Fred

Rififi

as Rémi Grutter

Série noire

as Jo

Quai des blondes

as Chemise Rose

Maya

as Un témoin du meurtre qui n'a rien vu (uncredited)

5.3

In the Eyes of Memory

1948

as A student from the Simon course

6.6

The Devil Who Limped

1948

as Guest in white (uncredited)

6.4

Sextette

1948

Television (16)

Petits Meurtres en famille

as Simon

Le Juge

as Roger Marino

Vivement dimanche

as Self

Stars 90

as Self

Le Gorille

as Joseph Beaucis

Sacrée Soirée

as Self

Nulle part ailleurs

as Self

Téléthon

as Self

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Apostrophes

as Self

Spécial cinéma

as Self

Le Grand Échiquier

as Self

Midi trente

as Self

Samedi soir

as Self

Cinépanorama

as Self

Reflets de Cannes

as Self

Crew (39)

Movies (39)

Une femme nommée Marie

2011

Stage Director

Antigone

2003

Art Direction

6.5

Cyrano de Bergerac

1990

Director

Kean

1988

Stage Director

4.0

Le Caviar rouge

1986

Director

Le Caviar rouge

1986

Screenplay

Les Misérables

Director

Les Misérables

Screenplay

Hernani

Stage Director

Falling Point

Director

Falling Point

Writer

Cemetery Without Crosses

1969

Director

6.4

Cemetery Without Crosses

Writer

I Killed Rasputin

Director

I Killed Rasputin

Writer

The Vampire of Dusseldorf

1965

Director

5.3

The Vampire of Dusseldorf

Screenplay

Marked Eyes

Director

Marked Eyes

Story

Death of a Killer

Adaptation

Death of a Killer

Director

Death of a Killer

Screenplay

In the Midst of Life

Co-Producer

The Taste of Violence

1961

Dialogue

6.6

The Taste of Violence

1961

Director

6.6

The Taste of Violence

Screenplay

The Game of Truth

Director

The Game of Truth

Writer

The Wretches

Director

The Wretches

Screenplay

Double Agents

Director

Double Agents

Screenplay

Blonde in a White Car

1959

Director

6.6

Blonde in a White Car

1959

Screenplay

6.6

The Verdict

1959

Writer

Forgive Our Trespasses

1956

Director

5.0

Forgive Our Trespasses

1956

Screenplay

5.0

The Wicked Go to Hell

1955

Director

6.2

The Wicked Go to Hell

1955

Screenplay

6.2