Roger Pierre

Last updated
Roger Pierre
ROGER PIERRE 2006.jpg
Roger Pierre in 2006
Born30 August 1923
Paris, France
Died23 January 2010 (2010-01-24) (aged 86)
Paris, France
Occupation(s)Comedian, actor

Roger Pierre (30 August 1923 – 23 January 2010) was a French comedian and actor.

Contents

Early life

Roger Pierre was born on 30 August 1923 in Paris, France.

Career

Pierre and Jean-Marc Thibault were one of France's most popular comedy acts. Working regularly throughout the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, Pierre's first film was 1953's "Belle mentalité (Wonderful Mentality). He appeared in such comedies as Mary Mary (1963), Who Is This Woman? (1967), The Sole Heir (1980), Mr Masure (1987), The Night of Barbizon and The Tureen (2001). [1]

In 1973, Pierre and Thibault starred in the 1973 comedic television series Les Maudits Rois fainéants (The Damned Lazy Kings)  [ fr ], which parodied the 1972 TV adaptation of Les Rois maudits . [1]

Death

Pierre died in his native Paris, aged 86, from cancer. [1] [2]

Partial filmography

Director and actor

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jean Richard (actor)</span> French actor, comedian, and circus entrepreneur

Jean Richard was a French actor, comedian, and circus entrepreneur. He is best remembered for his role as Georges Simenon's Maigret in the eponymous French television series, which he played for more than twenty years, and for his circus activities.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jean Carmet</span> French actor

Jean Carmet was a French actor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jean Lefebvre</span> French film actor

Jean Marcel Lefebvre was a French film actor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alfred Adam</span> French actor

Alfred Roger Adam was a French stage and film character actor, who usually played weak or villainous roles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jean Poiret</span> French actor, director, and screenwriter

Jean Poiret, born Jean Poiré, was a French actor, director, and screenwriter. He is primarily known as the author of the original play La Cage aux Folles.

Maritie and GilbertCarpentier, a married couple, were artistic producers of very popular variety TV and radio shows in France and in many French-speaking countries, from the 1950s to the 1990s.

Jean Desailly was a French actor. He was a member of the Comédie-Française from 1942 to 1946, and later participated in about 90 movies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Raymond Bussières</span> French actor

Raymond Bussières was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1933 and 1982. He was born in Ivry-la-Bataille and died in Paris. He is buried in Marchenoir. He was married to the actress Annette Poivre.

Yves Hyacinthe Deniaud was a French comic actor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aurélien Wiik</span> French actor and filmmaker (born 1980)

Aurélien Wiik is a French actor and filmmaker. He is the son of a Norwegian father and of the French actress Françoise Deldick.

Paulette Dubost was a French actress who began her career at the age of 7 at the Paris Opera.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fernand Raynaud</span> French comedian and actor (1926–1973)

André Gustave Fernand Raynaud, best known as Fernand Raynaud, was a French stand-up comic star, an actor and a singer.

Jean Martinelli was a French actor who appeared in over 50 French films between 1933 and 1983, mostly in supporting roles. One of his few international films was Alfred Hitchcock's classic film To Catch a Thief (1955), where he played the role of a one-legged waiter. Martinelli also worked in television and theatre. He was married to the actress Nadine Basile.

Hubert Deschamps was a French actor.

Charles Bouillaud (1904–1965) was a French actor.

Henri Attal was a French actor.

Albert Michel (1909–1981) was a French stage, film and television actor.

Lud Germain, "Ludovic Germain" was a Haitian actor and singer, probably naturalized French. He is best known for his role in L'Auberge Rouge (1951) as Fétiche.

Michel Vitold (1915–1994) was a Russian-born French stage and film actor.

Jack Ary was a French film and television actor.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The actor Roger Pierre died". ArticleJax.com. 16 February 2010. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  2. "Roger Pierre est mort: son parcours..." The Huffington Post (in French). 24 January 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2015.