Claude Rich

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Claude Rich
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Rich at the César Awards 2013 ceremony.
Born(1929-02-08)8 February 1929
Strasbourg, France
Died20 July 2017(2017-07-20) (aged 88)
Orgeval, France
Occupation(s)Actor, screenwriter
Years active1951–2015
SpouseCatherine Renaudin

Claude Rich (8 February 1929 – 20 July 2017) was a French stage and screen actor. [1] [2] He began his career in the theater before his film debut in 1955.

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Personal life

He married actress Catherine Renaudin on 26 June 1959. They had two daughters, Delphine (an actress) and Nathalie (a painter), and an adopted son, Remy.

Career

In 1996, he was a member of the jury at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. [3]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
1955 The Grand Maneuver Alice's fiancé René Clair
1956Le revizor ou L'inspecteur généralKhlestakov Marcel Bluwal TV movie
It Happened in Aden Price Michel Boisrond
Mitsou Lieutenant Kaki Jacqueline Audry
1957La garçonneDelmarre Jacqueline Audry (2)
La polka des menottesPierrot Raoul André
1958 Neither Seen Nor Recognized Amédée Fléchard Yves Robert
Ligne de vieThe ManJean LeducShort
1960Un beau dimanche de septembreLustraMarcel CravenneTV movie
Coctail partyAlexJean Vernier
Love and the Frenchwoman Charles René Clair (2)(segment "Mariage, Le")
L'homme à femmesInspector VaillantJacques-Gérard Cornu
Les joueursGlov Fils Marcel Bluwal (2)TV movie
1961 Tonight or Never Laurent Michel Deville
All the Gold in the World Fred René Clair (3)
1962 The Burning Court Stéphane Desgrez Julien Duvivier
The Seven Deadly Sins Armand Claude Chabrol (segment "Avarice, L'")
Girl on the Road The 30 year old Man Jacqueline Audry (3)
The Elusive Corporal Ballochet Jean Renoir
Le Diable et les Dix Commandements The Devil Julien Duvivier (2)Voice, Uncredited
Copacabana PalaceBuby von Raunacher Steno
Le théâtre de la jeunesseThe ghostMarcel Cravenne (2)TV series, 1 episode
1963La chasse ou L'amour raviLucinioAlain BoudetTV movie
Les Tontons flingueurs Antoine Delafoy Georges Lautner
1964Constance aux enfersStudent François Villiers
How Do You Like My Sister? François Lorin Michel Boisrond (2)
Le repas des fauvesClaude Christian-Jaque
Male Hunt Julien Brenot Édouard Molinaro
Mata Hari, Agent H21 Julien the Driver Jean-Louis Richard
1965Les copainsHuchon Yves Robert (2)
The Apollo of BellacMonsieur de BellacGilbert PineauTV movie
Diamonds Are Brittle Bernard Noblet Nicolas Gessner
L'or du ducLudovic de Talois-Minet Jacques Baratier
1966 Paris brûle-t-il? General Leclerc René Clément
Mona, l'étoile sans nomMiroiu Henri Colpi
Le vampire de BougivalPhilippe DucrestTV movie
Monsieur le Président Directeur GénéralStéphane Bévin Jean Girault
1967Les compagnons de la margueriteJean-Louis Matouzec Jean-Pierre Mocky
Oscar Christian Martin Édouard Molinaro (2)
1968 The Bride Wore Black Bliss François Truffaut
Je t'aime, je t'aime Claude Ridder Alain Resnais San Sebastián International Film Festival - Best Actor
1969 A Golden Widow Antoine Berger Michel Audiard
1970Con quale amore, con quanto amoreAndré Pasquale Festa Campanile
The Customer of the Off Season The Customer Moshé Mizrahi
Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa Paolo di Sergeno Marcello Fondato
1973Les cent livres des hommesThe Narrator Maurice Dugowson TV series, 1 episode
1974La femme de JeanJean Yannick Bellon
Creezy Dominique Pierre Granier-Deferre
L'Ironie du sort  [ fr ]Morin Édouard Molinaro (3)
Stavisky Inspector Bonny Alain Resnais (2)
1975Le futur aux troussesBorelDolorès Grassian
The French Detective Judge Delmesse Pierre Granier-Deferre (2)
Monsieur JadisMonsieur JadisMichel PolacTV movie
1977 Le Crabe-tambour Pierre Pierre Schoendoerffer
1979 The Police War Commissioner Ballestrat Robin Davis
1980Orient-ExpressWiesner Bruno Gantillon TV miniseries
1981La revancheJacques BeaufortPierre Lary
1982Un matin rougeLéonardJean-Jacques Aublanc
Fausses notesEric Thoreau Peter Kassovitz TV movie
L'ours en pelucheProfessor Jean ChabotEdouard LogereauTV movie
Un habit pour l'hiverSimonPierre BadelTV movie
1983Dans la citadelleDoctor Barrois Peter Kassovitz (2)TV movie
Maria Chapdelaine Monk Cordelier Gilles Carle
Les mots pour le direGuillaume TalbiacJosé Pinheiro
1985Escalier CForster's father Jean-Charles Tacchella
L'énigme blancheMaxence Peter Kassovitz (3)TV movie
1988Haute tensionAlex Denys Granier-Deferre TV series, 1 episode
1989Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur têteSamDidier Kaminka
La piovra Filippo RasiLuigi PerelliTV miniseries
Le grand secret Samuel FrendJacques TréboutaTV miniseries
France images d'une révolutionThe Narrator Alec R. Costandinos Short
1990 Promotion canapé IvanDidier Kaminka (2)
Stirn et SternFerdinand Stirn Peter Kassovitz (4)TV movie
1992 The Accompanist The Minister Claude Miller
The Supper Talleyrand Édouard Molinaro (4) César Award for Best Actor
1993La vérité en facePaul Noblet Étienne Périer TV movie
Commissaire Dumas d'OrgheuilCharles Dumas d'OrgheuilPhilippe SetbonTV movie
1994Mort d'un gardien de la paixVictor Josée Dayan TV Series, 1 episode
Revenge of the Musketeers Duke of Crassac Bertrand Tavernier Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor
Colonel Chabert Chamblin Yves Angelo
Le jardin des plantesFernand Bornard Philippe de Broca TV movie
RadetzkymarschDoctor Demant Axel Corti & Gernot Roll TV miniseries
1995Dis-moi oui...Professor Villiers Alexandre Arcady
Été brulantIvan PetrovJérôme FoulonTV movie
La fête des pèresLouis GalissierJean-Daniel VerhaegheTV movie
Les vacances de l'inspecteur LesterLesterAlain WermusTV movie
1996 Désiré MontignacBernard Murat
Le bel été 1914Count of Sainteville Christian de Chalonge
Captain Conan General Pitard de Lauzier Bertrand Tavernier (2)
Mon père avait raison Adolphe & Charles Roger Vadim TV movie
1997Nel profondo paese stranieroRené Kermadec Fabio Carpi
Faussaires et assassinsRobert Foquet Peter Kassovitz (5)TV Series, 1 episode
Le rouge et le noirMarquis de la MôleJean-Daniel Verhaeghe (2)TV movie
1998 Lautrec Alphonse de Toulouse-Lautrec Roger Planchon
Clarissa  [ fr ]Professor Silberstein Jacques Deray TV movie
1999Le derrièrePierre Arroux Valérie Lemercier
Balzac  [ fr ]Lawyer Plissoud Josée Dayan (2)TV miniseries
Season's Beatings Stanislas Danièle Thompson Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor
2000 Actors Himself Bertrand Blier
2001Thérèse et Léon Léon Blum Claude Goretta TV movie
Unfair Competition Count Treuberg Ettore Scola
2002 Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra Getafix Alain Chabat
John XXIII: The Pope of Peace Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani Giorgio Capitani TV movie
Les amants de Mogador Souheil Ben-Barka
2003 The Mystery of the Yellow Room Judge De Marquet Bruno Podalydès
Le coût de la vieMaurice Philippe Le Guay
Rien, voilà l'ordreDoctor Nuytel Jacques Baratier (2)
Là-haut, un roi au-dessus des nuagesThe Editor-in-chief Pierre Schoendoerffer (2)
Portrait cachéLucien MeyerJean-Louis Leconte
2004 Le Cou de la girafe Paul Safy Nebbou
2005 The Perfume of the Lady in Black Judge De Marquet Bruno Podalydès (2)
Galilée ou L'amour de DieuGaliléeJean-Daniel Verhaeghe (3)TV movie
Les Rois maudits Cardinal Deuze Josée Dayan (3)TV miniseries
La séparationFather GayraudFrançois HanssTV movie
2006 Private Fears in Public Places Arthur Alain Resnais (3)Voice
PrésidentFrédéric Saint-GuillaumeLionel Delplanque
2007Voltaire et l'affaire Calas Voltaire Francis Reusser TV movie
2008 With a Little Help from Myself Robert François Dupeyron Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor
Crime Is Our Business Roderick Charpentier Pascal Thomas
2009La reine morte Pierre Boutron TV movie
Park Benches The backgammon player Bruno Podalydès (3)
2011Bouquet finalJules Josée Dayan (4)TV movie
All Together Claude BlanchardStéphane Robelin
201210 jours en orPierreNicolas Brossette
Looking for Hortense Sébastien Hauer Pascal Bonitzer Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor
2015LadygreyHenriAlain Choquart(final film role)

Theater

YearTitleAuthorDirectorNotes
1951 The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare Julien Bertheau
The Fatted Calf Bernard Zimmer Julien Bertheau (2)
1952 Hernani Victor Hugo Henri Rollan
Six Characters in Search of an Author Luigi Pirandello Julien Bertheau (3)
Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Julien Bertheau (4)
Philippe et Jonas Irwin Shaw Jean-Pierre Grenier
1954 Rope Patrick Hamilton Jean Darcante
Bel Ami Guy de Maupassant Jean Darcante (2)
Les Boulingrin Georges Courteline Jean Darcante (3)
Carlos et Marguerite Jean Bernard-Luc Christian-Gérard
1955 The Teahouse of the August Moon John Patrick Marguerite Jamois
Les Amants novicesJean Bernard-LucJean Mercure
TTX Cécil Saint-Laurent & Pierre de Meuse Alice Cocéa
Espoir Henri Bernstein Henri Bernstein
1956La petite hutte André Roussin André Roussin
VirginieMichel André Christian-Gérard (2)
1957Les Pas perdus Pierre Gascar Jacques Mauclair
1958Père Édouard Bourdet Pierre Fresnay
VirginieMichel André Christian-Gérard (3)
1959Les Choutes Pierre Barillet & Jean-Pierre Gredy Jean Wall
Una bella domenica di settembre Ugo Betti André Barsacq
1960Château en Suède Françoise Sagan André Barsacq (2)
1961La RouilleCarlos Semprún Jean-Marie Serreau
1962Château en Suède Françoise Sagan André Barsacq (3)
1962-63Victor, or Power to the Children Roger Vitrac Jean Anouilh & Roland Piétri
1963La CrécelleCharles Dyer Michel Fagadau
1966 The Homecoming Harold Pinter Claude Régy
1968Four Seasons Arnold Wesker Claude Régy (2)
1970-72 Hadrian the Seventh Peter Luke Raymond Rouleau
1972Honni soit qui mal y pense Peter Barnes Stuart Burge
1973Jean de La Fontaine Sacha Guitry René Clermont
1975Le ZouaveClaude RichJean-Louis Thamin
1976 Lorenzaccio Alfred de Musset Franco Zeffirelli
1977 Poor Murderer Pavel Kohout Michel Fagadau (2)
1977-78 Pericles, Prince of Tyre William Shakespeare Roger Planchon
1979Un habit pour l'hiverClaude Rich Georges Wilson
1983 K2 Patrick Meyers Georges Wilson (2)
1986Faisons un rêve Sacha Guitry Jacques RosnyNominated - Molière Award for Best Actor
1987Une chambre sur la DordogneClaude Rich Jorge Lavelli
1988Réveille-toi, Philadelphie ! François Billetdoux Jorge Lavelli (2)
1989-91Le Souper Jean-Claude Brisville Jean-Pierre Miquel Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor
2003 Embers Sándor Márai Didier LongNominated - Molière Award for Best Actor
2005Le Caïman Antoine Rault Hans Peter CloosNominated - Molière Award for Best Actor
2008Le Diable Rouge Antoine Rault Christophe LidonNominated - Molière Award for Best Actor
2011-12L'Intrus Antoine Rault Christophe Lidon (2)

Awards

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