Maurice Ronet
Maurice Ronet (13 April 1927 – 14 March 1983) was a French film actor, director, and writer. Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes. He was the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut at the age of 14 alongside his parents in Sacha Guitry's Deux couverts in Lausanne. After attending the Parisian acting school Centre du Spectacle de la Rue-Blanche, he entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1944, where Jean-Louis Barrault was one of his mentors. When he made his film debut at 22 in Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de juillet (1949) in a role that was written specifically for him by Becker, he had little interest in pursuing an acting career. After completing the film, he married Maria Pacôme (a French stage actress and playwright), and they departed to Moustiers-Sainte-Marie in Provence, where he tried his hand at ceramics. After completing his military service, he returned to Paris in the early 1950s where he took courses in philosophy and physics, and pursued his passion for literature, music (piano and organ), film and painting. His artwork, part of the peinture non figurative movement, was exhibited with friends Jean Dubuffet and Georges Mathieu. He also acted occasionally in small roles in the films of French directors like Yves Ciampi and René Wheeler, with ambitions of becoming a filmmaker himself. Gradually, however, he came to discover a freedom in acting and a creative satisfaction that provided a synthesis of all his interests. Maurice Ronet became one of European cinema's more prolific actors. Between 1955 and 1975 he appeared in over 60 films. He often portrayed characters who were in conflict with themselves or society. He first garnered acclaim at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival for a supporting role in Jean Dreville's Endless Horizons (Horizons sans fin) and over the next few years as the romantic lead in André Michel's La sorcière (The Blonde Witch/The Sorceress, 1956) and in Jules Dassin's He Who Must Die (Celui qui doit mourir, 1957). It was at the presentation of "La Sorcière" at Cannes where he met a creative and an intellectual counterpart in Louis Malle. Two years later, he made his international box-office breakthrough as Julien Tavernier in Malle's first feature film Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud 1958), which features Jeanne Moreau. He originated the role of Philippe Greenleaf in Purple Noon (Plein soleil, 1960), René Clément's adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley. ... Source: Article "Maurice Ronet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Elevator to the Gallows
(Julien Tavernier)
The Victors
(French Lieutenant)
Bloodline
(Charles Martin)
The Sensuous Assassin
(Serge)
The Fire Within
(Alain Leroy)
Purple Noon
(Philippe Greenleaf)
Raphael or the Debauched One
(Raphaël de Lorris)
Perfectionist
(François)
The Swimming Pool
(Harry)
Only the Wind Knows the Answer
(Robert Lucas)
The Unfaithful Wife
(Victor Pegala)
Golden Night
(Nuit d'or)
Lost Command
(Capain. Boisfeuras)
Beau Pere
(Charly)
Carve Her Name with Pride
(Jacques)
Circle of Love
(Henri)
Midnight Meeting
(Pierre Neyris)
Sphinx
(Yvon Mageot)
Time Out for Love
(Philippe)
The Immoral Moment
(Michel Jussieu)
Long March
(Doctor Chevalier)
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
(Self (archive footage))
Seduction
(Giuseppe Lagana)
Line of Demarcation
(Pierre, comte de Damville)
The Marseille Contract
(Inspector Briac)
The Champagne Murders
(Paul Wagner)
The Vixen
(Jérôme)
Casablanca, Nest of Spies
(Maurice Desjardins)
Garden of Delights
(Carlo)
La Balance
(Roger Massina)
The Blonde Witch
(Laurent Brulard)
Rendezvous in July
(Roger Moulin)
The Aristocrats
(Christophe de Conti)
The Deadly Trap
(L'homme de l'organisation)
Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale
(Commissario)
The Road to Corinth
(Dex)
A Devil Under the Pillow
(Lotario)
Emmenez-moi au Ritz
(Philippe Gregor)
Three Rooms in Manhattan
(François Combe)
House of Ricordi
(Vincenzo Bellini)
Carmen from Ronda
(José)
Castles in Spain
(Miguel Murillo)
Undressing a Legacy
(Self (archive footage))
The Pebbles of Etratat
(Kelvo)
Mi último tango
(Dario Ledesma)
Oh, mia bella matrigna
(Luigi)
Without Warning
(Raoul Maury)
Poison Ivy
(Mickey)
Assassin's Check
(Gilbert Vitry)
How Sweet It Is!
(Phillipe)
Madame Claude
(Pierre)
Birds in Peru
(Rainier)
Amador
(Amador)
Last Leap
(Garal)
The Pit and the Pendulum
(Le condamné à mort)
Missing Persons Section
(Juan Milford)
Liberté I
(Michel)
This Desired Body
(Henri Messardier)
The Scarlet Lady
(François)
Why They Kill Themselves
That Night
(Jean Mallet)
To the Bitter End
(Paul Jordan)
The Crazy Capo Affair
(Diserens)
Il peccato degli anni verdi
(Paolo Donati)
Surprise Party
(Georges Levesques)
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
(Piere Gonzague)
Delphine
(Jean-Marc, couturier ami de Delphine)
Scarlet Eye
(Dr. Gérard Rinaldi)
The Modification
(Léon Delmont)
He Who Must Die
(Michelis)
A Little, a Lot, Passionately
(Didier)
Scandal Man
(Marc Fontemps)
La Guérilléra
(Brutus)
Pariahs of Glory
(Ferrier)
The Seven Deadly Sins
(The priest (segment "La Luxure"))
Death of a Corrupt Man
(Philippe Dubaye)
Enough Rope
(Walter Saccard)
Wherever You Are
(Paul Vallier)
The Golden Mass
(David)
Desperate Decision
(Jim)
Casta diva
(Vincenzo Bellini)
Night Police Station
(Vittorio Cazzaniga)
Lucrèce Borgia
(Perotto)
Endless Horizons
(Marc Caussade)
Pleasures and Vices
('Gueule d'ange')
Cry of the Heart
(Mathieu)
Devil in the Brain
(Fabrizio Garces)
The Thief of Tibadabo
(Nicolas)
Barefoot in the Kitchen
((archive footage))
Un matin rouge
(Henri)
The Healer
(André Turenne)
Mag Bodard, un destin
(Self (archive footage))
The Red Room
Orient Express
(Rolf Freitag)
Madame le Juge
(Charles Bais)
Midi trente
(Self)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
(Self)
Cinépanorama
(Self)
Discorama
(Self)
Samedi soir
(Self)
Reflets de Cannes
(Self)
