- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 3, 1902
- Place of Birth
- Paris, France
- Died
- November 9, 1975
Paul Bonifas
Paul Bonifas (3 June 1902 – 9 November 1975) was a French actor, born in Paris. In the 1920s, while working for the French customs service, Bonifas took classes in acting at the Conservatoire de Paris in his spare time. He left with the first prize for comedy, which allowed him to join the Odéon Theatre in 1933, then the Comédie-Française in 1938. He made his first film appearance in 1935 in a version of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, directed by Pierre Chenal. During World War II he served as a lieutenant in the artillery, was badly wounded, and evacuated from Dunkirk with his unit. In London he joined the Free French, and worked for Radio Londres broadcasting to occupied France. In 1942 he appeared in the film The Foreman Went to France. In 1943 he formed "The Molière Players", who staged a repertoire of mainly Molière works in London theatres, as well as in regional towns an…
Filmography
movieLe Père Amable
1975 · Vatinol
movieRosebud
1975
movieThe Common Man
1975 · Le Maire
movieAntigone
1974 · le choeur
movieThe Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1974 · le père de François Perrin
movieThe Last Train
1973 · Le voisin
tvLa Duchesse d'Avila
1973 · L'aubergiste
movieLove Me Strangely
1971 · Hotel porter
movieCold Sweat
1970 · The doctor
movieAn Artistic Couple
1970 · Henri Faroy
movieThe Horse
1970 · Witness to Car Accident
tvMaurin des Maures
1970 · Pons
movieThe Christmas Tree
1969 · (uncredited)
movieSecret World
1969 · Gustave / servant
movieLa Séparation
1968 · Prêtre
tvLes Dossiers de l'Agence O
1968 · Le vieux Vick
movieTriple Cross
1966 · Charlie
movieWho Are You, Polly Maggoo?
1966
tvAt Theatre Tonight
1966 · Félix Ducotel
tvIllusions perdues
1966 · Camusot
movieThe Sleeping Sentinel
1966 · Lanier
movieLe Naïf amoureux
1965 · 'Tonton Louis'
movieLucky Jo
1964 · Légiste (uncredited)
movieThe Train
1964 · Spinet
movieGreed in the Sun
1964 · Doctor Magnart, former professor in Lyon
movieJeff Gordon, Secret Agent
1964 · Le notaire
tvBayard
1964 · Aymon Terrail
movieCharade
1963 · Mr. Felix
movieLa parole est au témoin
1963
movieThe Depths
1963 · Mons. Lapeyre
movieThe Trip to Biarritz
1963 · Bourrély
movieSundays and Cybele
1962 · Grocer
Les Célibataires
1962 · Chandelier
movieKeep Talking, Baby
1961
movieBlood on His Sword
1961 · Le chirurgien / Doctor of Louis XI
movieFanny
1961 · The Postman
movieGoodbye Again
1961 · Cellarman
movieThe Truth
1960 · Un greffier
movieThe Gigolo
1960 · (uncredited)
movieThe Enemy General
1960 · Mayor
movieLove and the Frenchwoman
1960 · Le père de Ginette (segment "La Virginité")
movieA Woman Like Satan
1958 · Innkeeper
movieA Legitimate Defense
1958 · le président de la cour
movieLes Misérables
1958 · Hospital doctor
movieSinners of Paris
1958 · L'inspecteur Renaud
movieMademoiselle and Her Gang
1957 · Marcel, owner of the hotel
movieLove in the Afternoon
1957 · Police Chief (uncredited)
movieThe Case of Dr. Laurent
1957 · Guillaumin
movieThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956 · Master Lecornu
movieThe Terror with Women
1956
movieFrou-Frou
1955 · Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel (uncredited)
tvSherlock Holmes
1954 · Prof. von Gaulkins
movieTheir Last Night
1953 · le commissaire principal
movieLettre ouverte
1953 · Honoré, the father-in-law
movieHoliday for Henrietta
1952 · The Newsagent (uncredited)
movieIls sont dans les vignes...
1952 · American
moviePiédalu fait des miracles
1952
movieDans la vie tout s'arrange
1952 · Monsieur Bleubois
movieThe Green Glove
1952 · Inspector
movieThe Truth About Bebe Donge
1952 · Traveler (uncredited)
movieDuel à Dakar
1951 · The Commander
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
movieAmazing Monsieur Fabre
1951 · Le ministre Victor Duruy
moviePardon My French
1951 · Monsieur Bleubois
movieClara de Montargis
1951
movieJuliette, or Key of Dreams
1951 · Captain of the cargo ship
movieBedelia
1946 · Insurance Manager
movieLisbon Story
1946 · Stephan Corelle
movieJohnny Frenchman
1945 · Jerome
movieDead of Night
1945 · French Nightclub Patron (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)
movieThe Man from Morocco
1945 · French Mayor
movieChampagne Charlie
1944 · Targetino
movieEnglish Without Tears
1944 · Monsieur Rolland
movieCandlelight in Algeria
1944 · French Proprietor
Two Fathers
1944 · The Frenchman
movieAventure Malgache
1944 · Michel
movieThe Foreman Went to France
1942 · Prefect of Rouville
movieMaxim's Porter
1939
movieThe Five Cents of Lavarede
1939 · Sailor
movieCrime and Punishment
1935