Robert Hossein (1927–2020)

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The son of orchestra conductor André Hossein, Paris-born Robert Hossein was trained at René Simon's acting school. Hossein labored away as actor/director with the legendary Theatre Grand Guignol in Montmartre, then spent several years on the "legitimate" stage. In films from 1955's Rififi (Rififi (1955)), he has been generally cast as jaded ... See full bio »

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Known For

Les Misérables
Les Misérables Writer
(1982)
The Secret Killer
The Secret Killer Peter Kuerten
(1965)
Love on a Pillow
Love on a Pillow Renaud Sarti
(1962)
Double Agents
Double Agents Lui
(1959)
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 2020 Noni - Le fruit de l'espoir
Le grand-père d'Angeli
 2013 Une femme nommée Marie (TV Movie)
Récitant / Narrator (voice)
 2010 L'affaire Seznec: c'est vous qui allez le juger (TV Movie)
Présentateur
 2009 Le mirage (Short)
 2009 Venus and Apollo (TV Series)
M. Cailleterre
- Episode #2.7 (2009) ... M. Cailleterre
- Episode #2.1 (2009) ... M. Cailleterre
 2008 A Man and His Dog
Homme bus soupe populaire
 2007 Le troisième oeil (Short)
 2007 Trivial
Antoine Bérangère
 2006 Petits meurtres en famille (TV Mini-Series)
Simon
- Episode #1.4 (2006) ... Simon
- Episode #1.3 (2006) ... Simon (credit only)
- Episode #1.2 (2006) ... Simon
- Episode #1.1 (2006) ... Simon
 2005 Le juge (TV Mini-Series)
Roger Marino
 2004 San Antonio
Le ministre
 2003 Antigone (TV Movie)
Créon
 2002 Huis clos (TV Movie)
Garcin
 1999 Gialloparma
Judge Bocchi
 1999 Venus Beauty
L'aviateur
 1997 The Wax Mask
Boris Volkoff
 1995 Les Misérables
Le maître de cérémonie
 1994 L'affaire
Paul Haslans
 1992 Stranger in the House
Récitant / Narrator (voice)
 1990 Le gorille (TV Series)
Joseph Beaucis
- Le pavé du gorille (1990) ... Joseph Beaucis
 1989 Les enfants du désordre
Robert
 1988 La croisade des enfants (TV Movie)
Philippe-Auguste
 1987 Lévy et Goliath
Client de Goliath (uncredited)
 1986 A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
Robert Hossein
 1985 Le caviar rouge
Alex
 1983 Lorna et Ted (TV Movie)
 1983 Les uns et les autres (TV Mini-Series)
Robert Prat / Simon Meyer
- Episode #1.4 (1983) ... Robert Prat
- Episode #1.3 (1983) ... Simon Meyer / Robert Prat
- Episode #1.2 (1983) ... Simon Meyer / Robert Prat
- Episode #1.1 (1983) ... Simon Meyer / Robert Prat
 1983 Surprise Party
André Auerbach
 1983 Antarctica
 1982 The Big Pardon
Manuel Carreras
 1981 The Professional
Le commissaire Rosen
 1981 Bolero
Simon Meyer / Robert Prat
 1979 Demons of the South
Metteur en scène de théâtre
 1978 The Pocket Lover
Barbouze ministre 2
 1975 Des souris et des hommes (TV Movie)
 1975 The Phoney
Kaminsky
 1974 The Protector
Arnaud
 1974 Nouvelles d'Henry James (TV Series)
Peter Quint
- Le tour d'écrou (1974) ... Peter Quint
 1973 Vogue la galère (TV Movie)
Simon
 1973 Forbidden Priests
L'abbé Jean Rastaud
 1972 Murder Is a Murder
Jean Carouse
 1972 Hellé
Kleber
 1971 The Burglars
Ralph
 1971 The Lion's Share
Maurice Ménard
 1971 Judge Roy Bean
Black Bird
 1970 Falling Point
Le Caïd
 1970 Versatile Lovers
Serge Belaïeff
 1970 The Heist
Dillinger
 1969 The Conspirators
Leonida Montanari
 1969 Desert Battle
Captain Curd Heinz
 1969 Crime Thief
Tian
 1969 The Scarlet Lady
Julien
 1969 Misdeal
Martin von Klaus
 1969 Cemetery Without Crosses
Manuel
 1969 The Battle of El Alamein
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
 1968 Once Upon a Time in the West
Member of Frank's Gang in Flashback (uncredited)
 1968 Tender Moment
Enrico Fontana
 1968 OSS 117 Murder for Sale
Il dottor Saadi
 1968 Angelique and the Sultan
Jeoffrey de Peyrac
 1968 A Little Virtuous
Louis Brady
 1967 Untamable Angelique
Jeoffrey de Peyrac
 1967 Lamiel
Roger Valber
 1967 The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia
Maître Bianchini
 1967 I Killed Rasputin
Serge Sukhotin
 1967 The Music
Lui
 1966 Brigade Anti Gangs
Le commissaire principal Le Goff
 1966 La longue marche
Carnot
 1966 The Second Twin
Pierre Montaud, the Advocate
 1966 Angelique and the King
Jeoffrey de Peyrac
 1966 Madamigella di Maupin
Capitaine Alcibiade
 1965 God's Thunder
Marcel
 1965 Marco the Magnificent
Prince Nayam, Mongol Rebel Leader
 1965 The Secret Agents
Dupont
 1965 The Secret Killer
Peter Kuerten
 1964 Angélique
Jeoffrey de Peyrac
 1964 Marked Eyes
Franz
 1964 Shadow of Evil
Dr. Guna Sinn
 1964 Death of a Killer
Pierre Massa
 1963 Le commissaire mène l'enquête
L'amant (segment "Pour qui sonne le ...")
 1963 Highway Pick-Up
Daniel Boisset
 1963 Of Flesh and Blood
Samuel
 1963 Vice and Virtue
SS Colonel Erik Schörndorf
 1963 Enough Rope
Corby
 1962 Why Paris?
 1962 Love on a Pillow
Renaud Sarti
 1962 Paris Pick-Up
Robert Herbin
 1962 Hitch-Hike
Le fou
 1961 Madame
Le sergent François-Joseph Lefebvre
 1961 Le jeu de la vérité
L'inspecteur de police
 1961 The Taste of Violence
Perez
 1961 La menace
Savary
 1960 The Wretches
Jess Rooland
 1960 Take Me as I Am
Ed Dawson
 1959 Double Agents
Lui
 1959 La sentence
Georges Lagrange
 1959 Riff Raff Girls
Marcel Point-Bleu
 1959 The Road to Shame
Pierre Rossi
 1958 Night Is Not for Sleep
Pierre Menda
 1958 Provisional Liberty
Jean-Paul Viberty / Jean Rungis
 1957 Young Girls Beware
Raven
 1957 No Sun in Venice
Sforzi
 1956 Crime and Punishment
René Brunel
 1956 Pardonnez nos offenses
Bit Role (uncredited)
 1955 The Wicked Go to Hell
Fred
 1955 Rififi
Remi Grutter
 1955 The Infiltrator
Jo
 1954 Quai des blondes
Chemise rose
 1949 Maya
Un témoin du meurtre qui n'a rien vu (uncredited)
 1948 Aux yeux du souvenir
Un élève du cours Simon (uncredited)
 1948 The Lame Devil
Un invité en blanc (uncredited)
 1948 Sextette
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Author of article "Le film d'horreur" in magazine "Midi-Minuit Fantastique" (France), # 10-11, Winter 1964, p. 17-19 See more »

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Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Son of André Hossein, an Azeri composer, from Samarkand, Uzbekistan, and Anna Mincovschi, a Jewish comedy actress, from Soroca, Bessarabia. See more »

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