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 Oedipus rex. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Brasseur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Cast

Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo

(Faria)

Children of Paradise

(Frédérick Lemaître)

A Matter of Resistance

(Dimanche)

The Married Couple of the Year Two

(Gosselin)

Eyes Without a Face

(Professor Génessier)

Emile's Boat

(François Larmentiel)

The Possessors

(Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif)

Napoleon

(Barras)

Le Plaisir

(Julien Ledentu)

Gates of the Night

(Georges)

Summer Light

(Roland)

Port of Shadows

(Lucien)

Millionaires for One Day

(Francis)

Café de Paris

(Le Rec)

Spotlight on a Murderer

(Comte de Keraudren)

Julie de Carneilhan

(Hubert Espivant)

King of Hearts

(General Géranium)

Portrait of a Murderer

(Fabius / Jean)

The Lovers of Verona

(Raffaele)

The Gates of Paris

(Juju)

Crimson Curtain

(Ludovic Arn / Macbeth)

Le sexe faible

(Jimmy)

The Law

(Don Cesare)

Une faim de loup

My Friend Victor

Circulate!

Incognito

Le Bébé de l'escadron

(Max)

Jeunesse d'abord

Passé à vendre

(Bob)

Prête-moi ta femme

Le Mari rêvé

La Reine des resquilleuses

(Fred Woolson)

Une femme qui se partage

Gosse de riche

(Pierre Mougins)

Don't Tempt the Devil

(Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré)

Three Argentines in Montmartre

Visages de femmes

Promise to the Unknown One

La Croisée des chemins

Sixième étage

(Jonval, the young cynic)

La Femme fatale

(Jean Pleyard)

Handsome Antonio

(Alfio Magnano)

Cruise for the Unknown One

(Emile Fréchisse)

The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life

(La Brunetière)

Lost Souvenirs

(Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris"))

Skipper Next to God

(Captain Joris KnAipper)

Life Together

(Pierre Carreau)

Torticola versus Frankensberg

(Invisible Man's Friend)

Hitch-Hike

(Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly)

Tower of Lust

(Jehan Buridan)

The Dialogue of the Carmelites

(Le commissaire du peuple)

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

(Pangloss)

A Little Virtuous

(Jules Polnick)

Grisou

(Hagnauer)

Pétrus

(Rodrigue)

Two Hours to Kill

(Laurent)

Behind These Walls

(Jean-César Morin)

The Madman of Lab Four

(Father Ballanchon)

Head Against the Wall

(Dr. Varmont)

Carthage in Flames

(Sidone)

Josefa's Loot

(Mayor)

Lucky Jo

(Loudéac)

Dirty Hands

(Hoederer)

The Nina B. Affair

(Berrera)

Corsican Brothers

(Tonio)

Crime Does Not Pay

(Martin Fenayrou)

Birds in Peru

(Husband)

The Winner

(Hunter)

Agent of Doom

(Charlèz)

Heartbeat

Caravane

(Lt. de Tokay)

Goto, Island of Love

(Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III)

Rocambole

(Rocambole)

Valse éternelle

The Abominable Man of Customs

(Russian killer)

The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird

(Bird (voice))

The Revenge of Baccarat

(Rocambole)

The Circular Triangle

(Georges Richter)

Claudine at School

(monsieur Dubois)

Macédoine

Fortuna

(Nissim Buzaglo)

Land Without Stars

(Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud)

Black Humor

(Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole')

L'Oncle de Pékin

Pas de caviar pour tante Olga

Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!

(Constable of Montmorency)

The Virgin Bride

(Georges Letournel, le fils du mari de Jacqueline)

The Amorous Garrison

((Pierre, un "deuxième classe"))

Hercule

(Bastien)

Noah's Ark

(Bitru)

The Bureaucrats

(Monsieur Nègre)

Two Shy Ones

(Vancouver)

L'or du duc

(Le Maharadjah (l'oncle))

A Very Handy Man

(Simone Palumbo)

The Birth of Children of Paradise

(Self)

A Rare Bird

(Jean Berthier)

Little One

(Georges Darnetal)

Bluebeard

(Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue)

Confessions of a Newlywed

(Edmond Trivelin)

Jamaican Man

(Jacques Mervel)

The Path of Honor

(Philippe)

Tell Me Tonight

(Koretzky)

Famous Love Affairs

(le grand duc Ernest)

The Life of Giuseppe Verdi

(Alexandre Dumas figlio)

Un ange passe

(Florisse)

Un ange passe

Adieu Léonard

(Prosper Bonenfant)

Rencontres

(Carl Krasner)

Oasis

(Antoine Vallin)

Clothing the Naked

(Console Grotti)

Le père Lebonnard

(Alfredo Lebonnard)

A Young World

(Le Grec)

À la recherche de Jean Grémillon

(Self)

The Drunkard

(Maître Pierre Renneville)

Tobie Is an Angel

Quick

(Maxime)

The Secret of Monte-Cristo

(François Picault)

La Nuit blanche

(Pierre Taverny)

A Father Without Knowing It

(Jean)

Love Around the House

Le Miroir aux alouettes

(Jean Forestier)

Last Desire

(Frossard)

Second Childhood

(Frossard)

Jonny, haute-couture

(Jonny)

Honeymoon Trip

(Rudi)

Quadrille d'amour

Le soleil a toujours raison

(Gabriel)

Sans famille

(Jeroboam Driscoll)

Rasputin

(Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine)

Feu!

Cloportes

(Tonton)

Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances

(Self)

Pas de panique

(Fernand Toussaint)

Moi et l'impératrice

Cinépanorama

(Self)