- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 22, 1905
- Place of Birth
- Paris, France
- Died
- August 16, 1972
Pierre Brasseur
Pierre Brasseur, born Pierre-Albert Espinasse (22 December 1905, Paris – 16 August 1972, Bruneck, Italy) was a French actor. He was the son of actor Georges Espinasse and actress Germaine Brasseur while the latter was married to Albert Brasseur. His grandfather, Jules Brasseur, was an actor as well. The family tradition of using the name Brasseur was continued by his son Claude and his grandson Alexandre. Renowned for playing outsized characters, Brasseur is probably best known in the anglophone world for his (semi-fictionalised) portrayal of the actor Frédérick Lemaître in Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise, 1945) and as Docteur Génessier (more subdued) in the horror film Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux sans visage, 1960) co-starring with Alida Valli. On May 30, 1927, Brasseur performed the spoken role of the Narrator in the world premiere of Igor Stravinsky's opera-oratorio …
Filmography
movieMichel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002 · Self (archive footage)
movieLe Dernier Mélodrame
1979 · Writer
movieThe Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
1972 · La Brunetière
tvLa Brigade des maléfices
1971 · Diablevert, Diablegris
movieThe Married Couple of the Year Two
1971 · Gosselin
Macédoine
movieMacédoine
1971
movieUn ange passe
1970 · Florisse, Writer
movieGoto, Island of Love
1969 · Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
movieÀ la recherche de Jean Grémillon
1969 · Self
movieSous le signe de Monte-Cristo
1968 · Faria
movieBirds in Peru
1968 · Husband
movieA Little Virtuous
1968 · Jules Polnick
movieThe Madman of Lab Four
1967 · Father Ballanchon
The Birth of Children of Paradise
movieThe Birth of Children of Paradise
1967 · Self
movieKing of Hearts
1966 · General Géranium
moviePas de panique
1966 · Fernand Toussaint
movieA Young World
1966 · Le Grec
movieA Matter of Resistance
1966 · Dimanche
movieTwo Hours to Kill
1966 · Laurent
movieFortuna
1966 · Nissim Buzaglo
movieL'Or du duc
1965 · Adhémar de Talois-Minet
movieCloportes
1965 · Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
moviePas de caviar pour tante Olga
1965 · Patache
movieBlack Humor
1965 · Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
movieThe Circular Triangle
1964 · Georges Richter
movieLucky Jo
1964 · Loudéac
movieA Very Handy Man
1964 · Simone Palumbo
movieJosefa's Loot
1963 · Mayor
movieAgent of Doom
1963 · Charlèz
movieDon't Tempt the Devil
1963 · Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré
movieThe Abominable Man of Customs
1963 · Russian killer
movieCrime Does Not Pay
1962 · Martin Fenayrou
movieHitch-Hike
1962 · Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly
movieEmile's Boat
1962 · François Larmentiel
movieRencontres
1962 · Carl Krasner
movieFamous Love Affairs
1961 · le grand duc Ernest
movieThe Nina B. Affair
1961 · Berrera
movieLong Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
1961 · Constable of Montmorency
movieSpotlight on a Murderer
1961 · Comte de Kerloquen
movieCandide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960 · Pangloss
movieThe Dialogue of the Carmelites
1960 · Commissioner of the Republic
movieIl bell'Antonio
1960 · Alfio Magnano
movieCarthage in Flames
1960 · Sidone
movieEyes Without a Face
1960 · Professor Génessier
movieThe Bureaucrats
1959 · Monsieur Nègre
movieHead Against the Wall
1959 · Dr. Varmont
movieThe Law
1959 · Don Cesare
movieThe Possessors
1958 · Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
movieLife Together
1958 · Pierre Carreau
movieSans famille
1958 · Jeroboam Driscoll
tvLes Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958 · Maurice Tardenois
movieThe Gates of Paris
1957 · Juju
tvCinépanorama
1956 · Self
movieNapoleon
1955 · Barras
movieTower of Lust
1955 · Jehan Buridan
movieOasis
1955 · Antoine Vallin
movieRasputin
1954 · Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine
movieSaint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
1954 · Self
movieClothing the Naked
1954 · Console Grotti
movieThe Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
1953 · Bird (voice), Vocals
movieThe Drunkard
1953 · Maître Pierre Renneville
movieCrimson Curtain
1952 · Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
Torticola versus Frankensberg
movieTorticola versus Frankensberg
1952 · Invisible Man's Friend
movieLe Plaisir
1952 · Julien Ledentu
movieBluebeard
1951 · Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
movieDirty Hands
1951 · Hoederer
movieSkipper Next to God
1951 · Captain Joris KnAipper
movieJamaican Man
1950 · Jacques Mervel
movieLost Souvenirs
1950 · Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris")
movieJulie de Carneilhan
1950 · Hubert Espivant
movieMillionaires for One Day
1949 · Francis
moviePortrait of a Murderer
1949 · Fabius / Jean
movieThe Lovers of Verona
1949 · Raffaele
movieThe Secret of Monte-Cristo
1948 · François Picault
movieLa Nuit blanche
1948 · Pierre Taverny
movieCruise for the Unknown One
1948 · Emile Fréchisse
movieThe Revenge of Baccarat
1948 · Rocambole
movieRocambole
1948 · Rocambole
movieNoah's Ark
1947 · Bitru
movieLove Around the House
1947 · 'Douze Apôtres'
movieGates of the Night
1946 · Georges
moviePétrus
1946 · Rodrigue
movieLa Femme fatale
1946 · Jean Pleyard
movieLand Without Stars
1946 · Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud
movieBehind These Walls
1946 · Jean-César Morin
movieChildren of Paradise
1945 · Frédérick Lemaître
movieAdieu Léonard
1943 · Prosper Bonenfant
movieSummer Light
1943 · Roland
movieTwo Shy Ones
1943 · Vancouver
movieLe soleil a toujours raison
1943 · Gabriel
movieLa Croisée des chemins
1942 · Hubert Epervans
moviePromise to the Unknown One
1942 · Lussac
movieThree Argentines in Montmartre
1941 · Toninett
Tobie Is an Angel
movieTobie Is an Angel
1940
movieSixième étage
1940 · Jonval, the young cynic
movieThe Path of Honor
1939 · Philippe
movieLast Desire
1939 · Frossard
movieSecond Childhood
1939 · Frossard
movieCorsican Brothers
1939 · Tonio
movieLe père Lebonnard
1939 · Alfredo Lebonnard
movieVisages de femmes
1939 · Georges Legrand
movieCafé de Paris
1938 · Le Rec
movieThe Life of Giuseppe Verdi
1938 · Alexandre Dumas figlio
movieGosse de riche
1938 · Pierre Mougins
moviePort of Shadows
1938 · Lucien
movieGrisou
1938 · Hagnauer, Dialogue, Theatre Play
movieHeartbeat
1938 · Cousine (uncredited)
movieHercule
1938 · Bastien
movieClaudine at School
1937 · Doctor Dubois
movieThe Virgin Bride
1937 · Georges Letournel, fils du mari de Jacqueline
movieLa Reine des resquilleuses
1937 · Fred Woolson
movieConfessions of a Newlywed
1937 · Edmond Trivelin
movieUne femme qui se partage
1937
movieLe Mari rêvé
1936 · René Daroy /Achille Daroy
moviePrête-moi ta femme
1936
moviePassé à vendre
1936 · Bob
movieJeunesse d'abord
1936
movieValse éternelle
1936
movieLe Bébé de l'escadron
1935 · Max
movieLittle One
1935 · Georges Darnetal
movieA Rare Bird
1935 · Jean Berthier
Jonny, haute-couture
movieJonny, haute-couture
1935 · Jonny
Le Miroir aux alouettes
movieLe Miroir aux alouettes
1935 · Jean Forestier
movieQuadrille d'amour
1935 · Robert Lanclot
movieCaravane
1934 · Lt. de Tokay
movieL'Oncle de Pékin
1934 · Philippe
movieThe Amorous Garrison
1934 · Paul, rider
Incognito
movieIncognito
1934 · Marcel
movieMoi et l'impératrice
1933 · Didier
movieTell Me Tonight
1933 · Koretzky
movieHoneymoon Trip
1933 · Rudi
Weaker Sex
movieWeaker Sex
1933 · Jimmy
Une faim de loup
movieUne faim de loup
1932
movieQuick
1932 · Maxime
A Father Without Knowing It
movieA Father Without Knowing It
1932 · Jean
movieThe Winner
1932 · Hunter
movieCirculate!
1931 · Jean Dupont-Desroches
movieMy Friend Victor
1931 · Edgar Flachon
movieBackbiters
1927 · Le type de l'appareil à sous
Feu!
movieFeu!
1927 · Frémiet's ordinance
movieMadame Sans-Gêne
1925
Opération Jericho
movieOpération Jericho
— · Jean-César Morin