- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- September 14, 1930
- Place of Birth
- Ahfir, Moroco
- Died
- November 28, 2020
Philippe Clair
Prosper Charles Bensoussan professionally known as Philippe Clair (14 September 1930 – 28 November 2020) was a Moroccan-French actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and popular humorist. Along with fellow French directors Max Pécas and Richard Balducci, his name is synonymous with the golden age of camp and low comedy in French cinema. Philippe Clair moved to Paris in 1950 to study acting at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts of Paris. He won the Bernstein and College Stars awards, honors given to the best young Parisian actors. He performed on stage and television with major directors and writers in shows such as L'Affaire des poisons [Affair of the Poisons] directed by Raymond Rouleau, Une femme libre [A free woman] by Armand Salacrou, and Les Îles fortunées [The Prosperous Islands] by Simon Gantillon. Eventually he got a show of his own and became an important French humor…
Filmography
movieThe Foreign Eye
2006 · Self
Arte 1 Documenta
movieArte 1 Documenta
2006
L'aventure extraordinaire d'un papa peu ordinaire
movieL'aventure extraordinaire d'un papa peu ordinaire
1990 · Director, Writer
movieCayenne Palace
1987 · José Morgan
movieSi tu vas à Rio... tu meurs
1987 · Shipowner, Writer, Director
movieSi t'as besoin de rien, fais-moi signe
1986 · Simon, Director
movieHow Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
1984 · Prosper de Courtaboeuf, Director, Writer
moviePlus beau que moi tu meurs
1982 · Prosper, Director, Writer
movieShut Up When You Speak!
1981 · Ahmed, Director, Writer
movieRodriguez au pays des merguez
1980 · Roro, Director, Writer, Co-Producer
movieCes flics étranges venus d'ailleurs
1979 · L'adjudant Prosper Perez, dit 'Tonton Merguez', Writer, Director
movieLes réformés se portent bien
1978 · L'adjudant Nestor, Writer, Producer's Assistant, Director
movieComment se faire réformer
1978 · L'adjudant, Director, Writer
Lâche-moi les valseuses!...
movieLâche-moi les valseuses!...
1977 · Le gérant de la station-service
movieThe Braggart
1976 · French bus driver in India / voice of Gilbert Malki (uncredited), Director
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
tvMidi Première
1975 · Self
movieThe Fuhrer Runs Amok
1974 · Le curé de Bab El Oued, Director, Adaptation
movieLa Brigade en folie
1973 · Philippot, Director, Writer
movieLa Grande Maffia
1971 · Vicar, Director, Writer
movieThe Great Java
1971 · , Director, Writer
Samedi soir
tvSamedi soir
1971 · Self
movieThe Upper Hand
1966
movieDéclic et des claques
1965 · Jean-Philippe, Director, Writer
Give Me Ten Desperate Men
movieGive Me Ten Desperate Men
1962
moviePeople of No Importance
1956