Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 21, 1912
Died
Jan 19, 1979
Place of Birth
Dunkerque, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Credits
68 titles
Paul Meurisse
Biography
Paul Meurisse (21 December 1912, Dunkirk – 19 January 1979, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French actor who appeared in over 60 films and many stage productions. Meurisse was noted for the elegance of his acting style, and for his versatility. He was equally able to play comedic and serious dramatic roles. His screen appearances ranged from the droll and drily humorous to the menacing and disturbing. His most celebrated role was that of the sadistic and vindictive headmaster in the 1955 film Les Diaboliques. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Meurisse, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Code Name: Melville
Self (archive footage)
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Self (archive footage)
The Education in Love of Valentin
Julien Blaise
The Gypsy
Yan Kuq
The Suspects
Laurent Kirchner
The Voracious Ones
Inspecteur Martino
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Easy Down There!
Bishop
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Kruger
Samedi soir
Self
Army of Shadows
Luc Jardie
Le Deuxième Souffle
Commissaire Blot
Congress of Love
Talleyrand
When the Pheasants Pass
Alexandre Larsan-Bellac
The Big Swag
Paul Filippi, gentleman crook
Le Majordome
Léopold
Me and the Forty Year Old Man
Alexandre Dumourier
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
Commander Théobald Dromard, aka 'Le Monocle'
Crooks in Clover
commandant Théobald Dromard, dit « Le Monocle »
L'assassin connaît la musique
Lionel Fribourg
Be Careful Ladies
Charles Rouvier
Chicken Feed for Little Birds
M. Armand, un ancien truand
The Eye of the Monocle
Théobald 'Monocle' Dromard
Bells Without Joy
Captain of Lambérieux
The New Aristrocrats
Father Philippe de Maubrun
The Game of Truth
Portrant
The Black Monocle
Dromard, "Le Monocle"
The Truth
Maître Éparvier
Love and the Frenchwoman
Jean-Claude Perret, publicitaire et mari cocu (segment "L'Adultère")
Picnic on the Grass
Étienne Alexis, célèbre biologiste
Marie-Octobre
François Renaud-Picart
Head Against the Wall
Dr. Emery
Guinguette
Viscount Édouard de Villancourt
Seventh Heaven
Manuel Villa
Not Delivered
Divisional Commissioner Varzeilles
Les Violents
Principal Inspector Malouvier
The Inspector Likes a Fight
Inspector Morice
Until the Last One
Fredo Ricioni
The Affair of the Poisons
l'abbé Guibourg
Fortune carrée
Mordhom
Diabolique
Michel Delassalle
The Contessa's Secret
L'empereur Napoléon III
Je suis un mouchard
Bob Torquella
Sergil Among the Girls
l'inspecteur Sergil
My Wife Is Formidable
Lui-même chez le dentiste
Serenade to the Executioner
Maria of the End of the World
Agnes of Nothing
Carlos
Last Hour, Special Edition
Dominique Coche
The Red Angel