Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 07, 1927
Died
Dec 13, 2007
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Credits
65 titles
Philippe Clay
Biography
Philippe Clay, born Philippe Mathevet, (March 7, 1927 – December 13, 2007) was a French mime artist, singer and actor. He was known for his tall and slim silhouette (he was 1,90 m tall) and for his interpretations of songs by Charles Aznavour, Claude Nougaro, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Boris Vian, Serge Gainsbourg, Jean Yanne, Léo Ferré, Jacques Datin, Jean-Claude Massoulier or Bernard Dimey. He interpreted “La Complainte des Apaches” for the TV series Les Brigades du Tigre, written by Henri Djian and composed by Claude Bolling. As an actor, he appeared in many movies (Bell, Book and Candle) and television films. One of his famous roles is in the Jean Renoir film, French Cancan, where he played Casimir le Serpentin (a character inspired by Valentin le désossé). Description above from the Wikipedia article Philippe Clay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage)
Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort
Self (archive footage)
Dombey and Son
Jérémie
1974, une partie de campagne
Self
Des croix sur la mer
Napoléon
Tuvalu
Karl
Alexina's House
Raffin
The Freelancers
Le Chatelain
Vivement dimanche
Self
Lautrec
Auguste Renoir
The Count of Monte Cristo
Chanteur Complainte
Marceeel!!!
Dédé
La Grande Béké
Fifi Zecotte
Les Allumettes suédoises
l'Araignée
Krim
Eugène
Die Wildnis
Peasant
Le gourou occidental
Serge
La Comtesse de Charny
Le baron de Taverney
Le Gerfaut
Le baron von Winkleried
Catherine
Barnabé
L'Herbe rouge
Mr. Perle
A Good Little Devil
Judge
Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon
'Black-Fish'
Salut la puce
Rigodo-Cartecolin, un marionnettiste
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
Herald of the arena
Champs-Elysées
Self
Frère Martin
Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryx
L'ébéniste
30 millions d'amis
Self
Système 2
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Shanks
Mr. Barton
The Three Musketeers
Richelieu
The Insolent
Dargnac
Les joyeux lurons
L'abbé Larivière
Not Dumb, the Bird
Jack Bromfield
Midi trente
Self
Cadet Rousselle
Self - Coup de chapeau
Let's Arm Ourselves and Go!
generale McMaster
La Brigade des maléfices
Samedi soir
Self
Pour un sourire
Nicolas
À bout portant
Self
The Hotheads
Prêcheur
Sale temps pour les mouches
Pierre Mazaud, aka 'Félix'
Ivory Coast Adventure
Renaud Lefranc
Musketeers of the Sea
Gosselin
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!
Jean-Louis Preminger (voice)
Lay Off Blondes
L'inspecteur Al Wheeler
Take Me As I Am
Carlo