- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 9, 1922
- Place of Birth
- Mouscron, Belgium
- Died
- June 15, 2006
Raymond Devos
Raymond Devos (9 November 1922 – 15 June 2006) was a Belgian-French humorist, stand-up comedian and clown. He is best known for his sophisticated puns and surreal humour. Devos was born in Mouscron, Belgium, close to the French border. Both his parents were French and he moved to Tourcoing, France, at the age of two. Seven years later, his family moved to Paris. During the Second World War he was sent, like many young men of his generation, to Germany to work. On his return to France, he took acting and mime lessons at the Étienne Ducroux school, where he met Marcel Marceau. In 1948, he was part of a burlesque trio (in the older sense of the word burlesque). Devos's career took off in the 1950s when he began writing his own one man shows and was the opening act for Maurice Chevalier. Although his act still involved elements of his early years as a clown (such as juggling) he was mostly…
Filmography
movieRaymond Devos : il était une foi... la mienne
2026 · Self (archive footage)
movieBonsoir Monsieur Devos
2023 · Author
movieLa TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieLes 60 ans du one-man-show
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieJ'ai des doutes : Devos/Morel
2018 · Writer
movieÀ la recherche de... Pierre Richard
2017 · Self – Humorist (archive footage)
movieRaymond Devos, un hommaginaire
2016 · Self (archive footage)
movieComiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009 · Self (archive footage)
movieRaymond Devos : Les 100 plus grands sketches
2007 · Self (archive footage)
movieRaymond Devos - 80 ans, 80 sketches
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Raymond Devos - Au Théâtre De La Porte Saint Martin
movieRaymond Devos - Au Théâtre De La Porte Saint Martin
2002 · Self, Writer
movieRaymond Devos à l'Olympia
1999 · Self, Writer
tvVivement dimanche
1998 · Self
Michel Sardou - Show Sardou
movieMichel Sardou - Show Sardou
1994 · Self
movieRaymond Devos - À l'Olympia
1994 · Self, Writer
movieRaymond Devos - Au Théâtre Romain Rolland De Villejuif
1992 · Self, Writer
movieRaymond Devos - Au Palais Royal
1989 · Self, Writer
tvTéléthon
1987 · Self
tvSacrée soirée
1987 · Self
tvVictoires de la musique
1985 · Self
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self
movieRaymond Devos - Au Théâtre Montparnasse
1982 · Self, Writer
movieRaymond Devos - Au Théâtre Antoine
1978 · Self, Writer
tv30 millions d'amis
1976 · Self
tvNuméro un
1975 · Self - Host
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
tvApostrophes
1975 · Self
movieThe Right of the Maddest
1973 · Le surveillant de la Maison de Repos, Writer, Adaptation, Dialogue
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self, Self - Main Guest
Samedi soir
tvSamedi soir
1971 · Self
tvÀ bout portant
1968 · Self
moviePierrot le Fou
1965 · The Man from the Port (uncredited)
Teuf-teuf
movieTeuf-teuf
1963
movieTartarin de Tarascon
1962 · Motorist
movieWork and Freedom
1959 · Émile Dumoulin
movieYou Have Nothing to Declare?
1959 · Painter, winner of the Prix de Rome
tvDiscorama
1959 · Self
movieThe Sicilian
1958 · Henri
movieThis Pretty World
1957 · The abbot
movieThe Severed Heads
1957
tvCinépanorama
1956 · Self