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François Périer (1919–2002)

Actor

Francois Perier was one of France's most prolific character leads. Born in Paris, his father managed a wine shop. At age 14, he wrote to legendary actor Louis Jouvet who subsequently helped him enter the Cours Simon and Le Conservatoire dramatic institutions. A stage star by 1938, he then apprenticed in bit film parts... See full bio »

Born:

François Pillu
in Paris, France

Died:

(age 82) in Paris, France
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1996 Mémoires d'un jeune con
Le père de Frédéric
 
1992 Voyage à Rome
Le père
 
1990-1991 Le gorille (TV series)
Berthomieu / Berthomieu, dit 'Le vieux' / Le Vieux
– Le Gorille dans le cocotier (1991) … Berthomieu
– Gorille Poker (1991) … Berthomieu
– Le gorille et le barbu (1991) … Berthomieu
– Le gorille enragé (1990) … Berthomieu
– Le Gorille dans le pot-au-noir (1990) … Berthomieu, dit 'Le vieux'
See all 13 episodes »
 
1991 La pagaille
Gabriel
 
1991 Madame Bovary
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1990 Lacenaire
Le père de Lacenaire/Lacenaire's Father
 
1987 Keep Your Right Up
L'homme (as Monsieur Périer)
 
1987 La piovra 3 (TV mini-series)
Avvocato Terrasini
– Episode #1.7 (1987) … Avvocato Terrasini
– Episode #1.6 (1987) … Avvocato Terrasini
– Episode #1.5 (1987) … Avvocato Terrasini
– Episode #1.4 (1987) … Avvocato Terrasini
– Episode #1.3 (1987) … Avvocato Terrasini
See all 6 episodes »
 
1986 La piovra 2 (TV mini-series)
Avvocato Terrasini
– Episode #1.6 (1986) … Avvocato Terrasini
– Episode #1.5 (1986) … Avvocato Terrasini
– Episode #1.4 (1986) … Avvocato Terrasini
– Episode #1.3 (1986) … Avvocato Terrasini
– Episode #1.2 (1986) … Avvocato Terrasini
See all 6 episodes »
 
1985 Enquête sur une parole donnée: La lettre perdue (TV movie)
Jacques Alvarez
 
1984 Jacques le fataliste et son maître (TV movie)
Denis Diderot
 
1984 Le tartuffe
Orgon
 
1984 La piovra (TV mini-series)
Avvocato Terrasini
– Episode #1.6 (1984) … Avvocato Terrasini
– Episode #1.5 (1984) … Avvocato Terrasini
– Episode #1.4 (1984) … Avvocato Terrasini
– Episode #1.3 (1984) … Avvocato Terrasini
– Episode #1.2 (1984) … Avvocato Terrasini
See all 6 episodes »
 
1983 Thérèse Humbert (TV movie)
Me Dumort
 
1983 Le battant
Gino Ruggieri
 
1980 The Telephone Bar
Commissaire Claude Joinville
 
1979 La guerre des polices
Colombani
 
1978 Mazarin (TV mini-series)
Mazarin
 
1978 State Reasons
Prof. Marrot
 
1977 Baxter, Vera Baxter
Jean Baxter (voice)
 
1976 Police Python 357
Commissaire Ganay
 
1976 Docteur Françoise Gailland
Gérard Gailland
 
1975 Sara (TV movie)
Restif de la Bretonne
 
1974 Stavisky...
Albert Borelli
 
1974 Antoine and Sebastian
Antoine
 
1973 Vogliamo i colonnelli
Onorevole Luigi Di Cori (as Francois Perier)
 
1973 Témoignages (TV series)
Lui
– Un monstre (1973) … Lui
 
1972 The Assassination
Le commissaire René Rouannat - un flic honnête
 
1972 La nuit bulgare
Lafond
 
1971 Just Before Nightfall
François Tellier
 
1971 Max and the Junkmen
Rosinsky
 
1970 Le Cercle Rouge
Santi (as François Perier)
 
1970 Give Her the Moon
Jean-Jules de Lépine
 
1970 Au champ de vapeur (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1970 Tumuc Humac
Le juge
 
1969 Les gauloises bleues
Le juge
 
1969 Z
Le procureur
 
1968 Le deuxième ciel (short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1967 Le Samouraï
The Superintendant
 
1967 Un homme de trop
Moujon
 
1964 Weekend at Dunkirk
Alexandre
 
1964 La visita
Adolfo Di Palma (as François Perier)
 
1963 The Organizer
Maestro Di Meo
 
1963 Sweet and Sour
Legrand
 
1963 People in Luck
Jérôme Boisselier (segment "Le manteau de vison")
 
1963 Le coup de bambou
Léon Brissac
 
1963 Les bijoux (short)
 
1963 Les comédiens (short)
 
1962 Mandrin
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1962 Crime Does Not Pay
Récitant / Narrator (voice)
 
1962 Hitch-Hike
L'homme de 40 ans
 
1961 Five Day Lover
Georges
 
1961 Les amours de Paris
Maurice Lasnier
 
1960 Jack of Spades
 
1960 Love and the Frenchwoman
Michel (segment "Divorce, Le")
 
1960 The Magistrate
Luigi Bonelli (as François Perier)
 
1960 Lovers on a Tightrope
Daniel
 
1960 Testament of Orpheus
Heurtebise (uncredited)
 
1960 Zaa, petit chameau blanc (short) (voice)
 
1959 Les affreux (voice)
 
1959 Bobosse
Tony Varlet/Bobosse/Les six jurés/Le président du Tribunal/L'avocat général/L'avocat/Le garde
 
1958 Maxime
Récitant/Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1958 The Amorous Corporal
La Bigorne
 
1958 The Creation of the World
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1958 L'américain se détend (short)
Récitant (voice)
 
1957 Too Many Lovers
Robert
 
1957 Tous peuvent me tuer
Paul, le directeur de la prison
 
1957 Nights of Cabiria
Oscar D'Onofrio (as François Perier)
 
1957 Demoniac
Gervais Larauch/Bernard Pradal
 
1957 Que les hommes sont bêtes
Roland Devert
 
1956 I'll Get Back to Kandara
André Barret
 
1956 Gervaise
Henri Coupeau - le second compagnon de Gervaise, un ouvrier zingueur
 
1956 The Man Who Never Was
Clerk of British Embassy (uncredited)
 
1955 The Fugitives
François
 
1955 The Fourposter (TV movie)
 
1955 Intermediate Landing in Paris
Pierre Brissac
 
1954 Cadet Rousselle
Cadet Rousselle
 
1954 Scènes de ménage
Trielle
 
1954 The Bed
Bertrand Germain-Latour (segment "Lit de la Pompadour, Le")
 
1954 The Anatomy of Love
Lui
 
1953 It Happened in the Park
The Teacher of Greek (as François Perier)
 
1953 Captain Pantoufle
Emmanuel Bonavent
 
1953 Jeunes mariés
Jacques Delaroche
 
1953 Un trésor de femme
François Delaroche
 
1952 She and Me
Jean
 
1952 Love, Madame
François Célerier
 
1951 My Seal and Them
François Verville
 
1951 Under the Paris Sky
Récitant (voice) (as François Perier)
 
1951 L'affaire Manet (short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1950 Lost Souvenirs
Jean-Pierre Delagrange (episode "Une couronne mortuaire")
 
1950 Les anciens de Saint-Loup
Charles Merlin
 
1950 Au p'tit zouave
M. Denis
 
1950 Orpheus
Heurtebise
 
1950 Sorceror
Michel Riverain
 
1949 Return to Life
Antoine (segment 2 : "Le retour d'Antoine")
 
1949 Jean de la Lune
Clotaire dit Cloclo - le frère fantasque et envahissant de Marceline
 
1949 Un chien et madame (short)
Voix du chien Xérès
 
1948 Femme sans passé
Michel
 
1948 The Loves of Colette
 
1948 A Girl Knew
'Coco' Levaison
 
1947 Le silence est d'or
Jacques Francet
 
1946 Un revenant
François Nisard
 
1946 Happy Go Lucky
Denis Carignol
 
1946 The Temptation of Barbizon
Le diable et Ben Atkinson / The Devil
 
1946 Sylvie et le fantôme
Ramure, the burglar
 
1944 L'enfant de l'amour
Maurice Orland
 
1944 Bonsoir mesdames, bonsoir messieurs
Dominique Verdelet
 
1943 La ferme aux loups
Bastien
 
1943 The White Truck
François Ledru - un jeune garagiste
 
1942 Love Marriage
Pierre
 
1942 Lettres d'amour
François de Portal
 
1941 Les jours heureux
Bernard
 
1941 Premier bal
Ernest Vilar
 
1941 Le duel
François
 
1939 Nightclub Hostess
Jean
 
1939 Le veau gras
Gaston Vachon
 
1939 La fin du jour
Le journaliste
 
1938 Hôtel du Nord
Adrien
 
1938 Mother Love
Batilly
 
Show ShowSelf (31 titles)
2000 Salut sex! (TV special)
Himself
 
1996 Bernard Blier (TV documentary)
 
1993 Le cercle de minuit (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 March 1993 (1993) … Himself
 
1993 Le 20 heures dans les camps (documentary short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1990 Ne m'oubliez pas: Hommage à Bernard Blier (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1982-1990 Champs-Elysées (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 June 1990 (1990) … Himself
– Episode dated 20 January 1990 (1990) … Himself
– Episode dated 29 June 1985 (1985) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 February 1984 (1984) … Himself
– Episode dated 8 October 1983 (1983) … Himself
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1987-1988 La nuit des Molières (TV series documentary)
Himself
– La 2ème nuit des Molières (1988) … Himself
– 1ère nuit des Molières (1987) … Himself
 
1986 Mémoires pour Simone (documentary)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1984 2084: Video clip pour une réflexion syndicale et pour le plaisir (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1974-1983 Le grand échiquier (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Main guest
– Cocteau vivant (1983) … Himself
– François Périer (1980) … Himself - Main guest
– Serge Reggiani (1974) … Himself
 
1983 Mardi cinéma (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 February 1983 (1983) … Himself
 
1983 Zoom su Fellini (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1979 Un comédien lit un auteur (TV series)
Himself
– François Périer lit Anatole France (1979) … Himself
 
1977 Grin Without a Cat (documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1977 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)
Himself
– 2ème nuit des Césars (1977) … Himself
 
1976 Sartre by Himself (documentary)
Himself
 
1976 The Spiral (documentary)
Récitant/Narrator (french version) (voice)
 
1975 Numéro 1 (TV series)
Himself - Narrator
– Michael Denard (1975) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
1974 Les deux mémoires (documentary)
Himself
 
1973 The Train Rolls On (documentary short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1973 Primer año (documentary)
Narrator/Récitant (french version) (voice)
 
1972 Samedi soir (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 December 1972 (1972) … Himself
 
1964-1971 Gala de l'union (TV series)
Himself
– 38ème gala de l'union des artistes (1971) … Himself
– 34ème de l'union des artistes (1964) … Himself
 
1967 The Time of the Potato Blight (documentary)
Commentator/Récitant (voice)
 
1961 Saint-Blaise des simples (documentary short)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1958 La joie de vivre (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 February 1958 (1958) … Himself
 
1958 Derrière la grande muraille (documentary)
Récitant / Narrator (voice)
 
1957 Melbourne Rendezvous (documentary)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1957 Stars Never Die (documentary)
Récitant/Narrator (voice)
 
1951 Vedettes sans maquillage (documentary short)
Himself
 
1950 Days of Our Years (documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
1993 De force avec d'autres
Himself/En personne dans 'Les séquestrés d'Altona'
 
1987 La piovra 3 (TV mini-series)
 

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Buried in Passy Cemetery, Paris, France. See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio