Jean-Claude Brialy
Jean-Claude Brialy (30 March 1933 – 30 May 2007) was a French actor and film director. Brialy was born in Aumale (now Sour El-Ghozlane), French Algeria, where his father was stationed with the French Army. Brialy moved to mainland France with his family in 1942. He was an alumnus of the Prytanée National Militaire. When he was 21 years old, he went to Paris to work as an actor. In 1956, Brialy acted in his first role in the short film Le coup du berger (Fool's Mate) by Jacques Rivette. By the late 1950s, he'd become one of the most prolific actors in the French nouvelle vague and a star. He appeared in films of nouvelle vague directors such as Claude Chabrol (Le Beau Serge, 1958; Les Cousins, 1959), Louis Malle (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, 1958; Les Amants, 1958), François Truffaut (Les 400 Coups, 1959), Jean-Luc Godard, (Une femme est une femme, 1961), Éric Rohmer (Claire's Knee, 1970), as well as in films of other filmmakers such as Jean Renoir (Elena et les hommes 1958), Roger Vadim (La ronde, 1964), Philippe de Broca (Le Roi de cœur, 1966), Luis Buñuel (Le Fantôme de la liberté, 1974), and Claude Lelouch (Robert et Robert, 1978). In 2006, he appeared in his last role, as the eponymous character of the TV film Monsieur Max, directed by Gabriel Aghion. Godard described him as "the French Cary Grant," while Brialy's self-described "life models" had reportedly been actor Sacha Guitry and director Jean Cocteau. Brialy directed a number of films, including Églantine in 1971, which was loosely inspired by his own memories of a happy childhood spent in Chambellay with his grandparents, and Les volets clos (Closed shutters) in 1972. He owned the restaurant L'Orangerie, on the Île Saint-Louis; he'd also worked as a TV presenter, a singer, and a radio host. During the presentation of one of his books, Brialy described himself this way: "I'm a boy who got lucky enough to do what I love in life". Brialy, in 1959, acquired a château in the commune of Monthyon, near Paris. There, he accommodated and entertained many friends from the cinema and the theatre, such as Jean Marais, Pierre Arditi, and Romy Schneider whom he'd met during the 1958 production of the film Christine. Schneider, after the 1981 fatal accident of her son David, found a "refuge from the paparazzi" in Brialy's home. French singer Barbara would often sing at the piano. Director Jean-Pierre Melville used the château to shoot the last scenes of his 1970 crime film Le Cercle Rouge, where Alain Delon and Yves Montand are killed by the police. In his books, the autobiographical Le Ruisseau des singes (The river of monkeys) (2000) and the memoir J'ai oublié de vous dire (I Forgot to Tell You) (2004), Brialy revealed that he was bisexual. ... Source: Article "Jean-Claude Brialy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
The Cousins
(Paul)
The Lovers
(Boy on a ride (uncredited))
Vivement Truffaut
(Self / Corey (archive footage))
Claire's Knee
(Jérôme)
Catherine & Co.
(Guillaume)
The Bride Wore Black
(Corey)
Swimming Instructor
(Logan)
The Lady Banker
(Paul Cisterne)
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
(François de Vierne)
Male Hunt
(Antoine Monteil)
Christine
(Theo Kaiser)
The Burning Court
(Marc Desgrez)
The Phantom of Liberty
(Mr. Foucault)
Handsome Serge
(François)
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
(Self)
Les Siffleurs
(Jean-Claude Brialy)
A Woman Is a Woman
(Émile Récamier)
Demon Is on the Island
(Dr Paul Henry Marshall)
As Luck Would Have It
(Jean-Pierre Muller)
The Night of Varennes
(Monsieur Jacob)
Pinot simple-flic
(Morcy)
Bolero
(Le directeur du Lido)
Carom Shots
(Paul Martin)
The Judge and the Assassin
(Avocat Villedieu)
An Impudent Girl
(Sam)
Deadly Circuit
(Voragine)
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
To the Extreme
(L'avocat)
Inspector Lavardin
(Claude Alvarez)
Août
(Martin)
Circle of Love
(Alfred)
Anna
(Serge)
Grand Guignol
(M. Albert)
A Story of Water
(The Young Man)
The Girl from Trieste
(Professor Martin)
Barocco
(Walt)
Son of Gascogne
(Self)
Les filles, personne s'en méfie
(Projectionist)
Marriage of the Century
(Kaffenberg)
The Innocents
(Klotz)
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
(Abbot)
The Accuser
(Le Rantec)
Actors
(Jean-Claude Brialy)
Gramps Is in the Resistance
(Le joueur de tennis flagorneur)
Kennedy et moi
(Benny Grimaldi)
The Big Night
(Scintillone)
Wise Guys
(Ronald)
Illegal Cargo
(Jean, le jeune journaliste assassiné)
Fiancés on the Bridge
(Nurse)
The Seven Deadly Sins
(Arthur (segment "L'avarice"))
The Mandrake
(Ligurio)
Cinq-Mars
(l'historien)
Operation San Pietro
(Cajella)
A Very Private Affair
(Narrateur)
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick
(Self - Actor (archive footage))
The Car Keys
(Actor who refuses to film with Laurent)
Nutty, Naughty Chateau
(Sébastien)
Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures
(Figurant)
The Lions Are Loose
(Didier Marèze)
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
(Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà')
One Hundred and One Nights
(The Japanese Guide)
Special Delivery
(Robert Fresnel)
Jean-Claude Brialy, l'homme qui voulait tant être aimé
(Self (archive footage))
All the Boys Are Called Patrick
(Patrick)
Hitch-Hike
(Jean-Claude, le marchand de brosses)
Our Husbands
(Ottavio Pelagatta)
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
(Le commissaire)
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
(Didier Marin)
Le Moustachu
(Leroy)
Quartier V.I.P.
(Ferdinand)
The Oldest Profession
(Philibert (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi"))
Manon 70
(Jean-Paul)
Follow My Gaze
(Freddy Langlois)
Claude Chabrol: Mon premier film
(Self)
Tribute to Alfred Lepetit
(Self)
Holy Year
(Pierre Bizet)
A Girl in a Pocket
(Jean-Loup)
A French Woman
(Arnoult)
Le Débutant
(Willy)
Jean Gabin intime
(Self)
Un amour de pluie
(Seducer)
The Sword and the Balance
(Jean-Philippe)
Cover Up
(Le contrôleur Jean-François Rambert)
How Not to Rob a Department Store
(Marcel)
Tonio Kröger
(Tonio Kröger als Erwachsener)
A Murder Is a Murder
(Paul Kastner)
Sentimental Education
(Frédéric Moreau)
Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes...
(Self (archive footage))
Robert et Robert
(Jacques Millet)
Anyone Can Kill Me
(Un inspecteur de police)
A Season in Hell
(Paul Verlaine)
Cap Canaille
(Me Samuel Kebadjan)
The Kreutzer Sonata
(Trukhacevskij)
Mafia Things
(Domenico 'Mimì' Gargiulo)
Vous êtes de la police ?
(Alfred Lamproie)
Fool’s Mate
(Claude)
The Tricyclist
(Jean-Claude)
Comédie d'été
(Gaston)
The 400 Blows
(Man in Street)
Love at Sea
(The Disenchanted Man)
Monsieur Max
(Max Jacob)
Dear Caroline
(Le comte de Boimussy)
Michel Sardou - Show Sardou
(Self - Co-Host)
Die schöne Wilhelmine
(Casanova)
De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs
(Self (archive footage))
Elevator to the Gallows
(Le Jeune Homme du Motel (uncredited))
Young Girls Beware
(Sexy-bar customer (uncredited))
No Fear, No Die
(Pierre Ardennes)
A Friend of the Family
(Philippe Lemonnier)
The Gigolo
(Jacky)
Shadow Play
(Rene Sandre)
Sarah
(Gabriel Larcange)
L'Herbe rouge
(Abbot Gril)
Focal Point
(Michel Gaur)
Scrambled Eggs
(Brumaire)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
(Self (archive footage))
Quoi? L'éternité.
(Self)
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
(Count Anne d'Orgel)
The Real Bargain
(The gigolo)
Shock Troops
(Jean)
Julie pot-de-colle
(Jean-Luc Farlot)
Three Faces of Sin
(Laurent Lénaud)
Un animal doué de déraison
(Claude)
La banda Casaroli
(Corrado Minguzzi)
Lamiel
(Le comte d'Aubigné)
I Knew Her Well
(Dario Marchionni)
People - Jet set 2
(Minimo)
Eyes of Love
(Pierre Ségur)
Comment épouser un premier ministre
(Philippe Lambert)
Malady of Love
(Frédéric)
Queen Margot
(Coligny)
The Monster
(Roccarotta)
Arletty, Lady Paname
(Self)
My New Partner II
(Le banquier)
Male Companion
(The Prince)
King of Hearts
(Duke of Clover)
Côté cour, côté champs
Levy & Goliath
(Bijou / Delaroche)
Like a Pot of Strawberries
(Norbert)
Edith and Marcel
(Loulou Barrier)
Et ta sœur…
(Brice)
Famous Love Affairs
(Eric Torring)
Unfair Competition
(Mattia Della Rocca)
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
(Arsène Lupin)
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
(Il giudice)
La Jalousie
(Albert Blondel)
The Song of Roland
(Le Seigneur)
The Overworked
(Jimmy)
Maschenka
(Kolin)
South Kensington
(Ferdinando)
Le Bel Âge
(Jean-Claude)
How to Make a French Dish
(Jacquot)
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens
(Self)
The Army Game
(Capitaine)
Cléo from 5 to 7
(The Nurse (uncredited))
Notre Dame de la Croisette
(Self)
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
(Self (archive footage))
The Fourth Power
(PDG de la chaîne)
Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés
Double Murder
(Van Nijlen)
Way of Youth
(Paul Tiercelin)
Paris Belongs to Us
(Jean-Marc)
School for Coquettes
(Robert)
Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana
(Vandoeuvres)
Forgery and the Use of Forgeries
(Charles Laumière)
People in Luck
(L'automobiliste (segment "Le Gros Lot"))
Dreyfus: The Intolerable Truth
(Narrator (voice))
Père Noël et fils
(Thomas)
Les Filles à papa
(Robert, dit « Bob »)
Greed
(Arthur)
Stella
(Roland)
Man of My Life
(Lucien Vilner)
The Mischief Makers
(The man in the film)
Adieu Philippine
(Self - sur le plateau de 'Montserrat' (uncredited))
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
(Self (archive footage))
Numéro un
(Self)
La Grande Béké
(Dupont Menard)
Fort Boyard
(Self)
The Blue Bicycle
(Raphaël Mahl)
À bout portant
(Self)
The Accursed Kings
(Hugues de Bouville)
The Count of Monte Cristo
(Morrel's Father)
Archives secrètes
(Self (archive footage))
Mozart
(Le comte d'Affiglio)
Le Grand Échiquier
(Self)
Arsène Lupin Joue et Perd "813"
(Arsène Lupin / ...)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
(Self)
30 millions d'amis
(Self)
Numéro un
(Self - Host)
Midi trente
(Self)
Coucou c'est nous !
(Self)
Midi trente
(Self (archive footage))
Numéro un
(Self (archive footage))
Champs-Elysées
(Self)
Cinépanorama
(Self)
Fan School
(Self - Host)
Les Nuls, l'émission
(Self - Guest)
Colpo di coda
(Piantoni)
Le Président Ferrare
(Guillaume Ferrare)
Discorama
(Self)
Vivement dimanche
(Self)
Matin Bonheur
(Self)
Stars 90
(Self)
Samedi soir
(Self)
Reflets de Cannes
(Self)
Sacrée Soirée
(Self)
On n'est pas couché
(Self - Guest)
Die schöne Wilhelmine
(Casanova)
Ferbac
(Éric Ferbac)
La nuit de l'été
(Director)
A Good Little Devil
(Director)
Georges Dandin de Molière
(Director)
Un amour de pluie
(Director)
Un amour de pluie
(Screenplay)
La dame aux camélias
(Director)
La dame aux camélias
(Adaptation)
Cinq-Mars
(Director)
Closed Shutters
(Writer)
Closed Shutters
(Director)
Églantine
(Writer)
La Jalousie
(Director)
Les Malheurs de Sophie
(Screenplay)
Églantine
(Director)
A Rare Bird
(Director)
Les Malheurs de Sophie
(Director)
The 400 Blows
(Thanks)