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Paul Meurisse

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.


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Born:
Dec 21, 1912 In Dunkerque, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Movie/TV Credits:
63
First Appeared:
In the movie Ne bougez plus ! 1941-10-30
Latest Project:
Movie Code Name: Melville 2008-11-15
Known For
Poster of The Eye of the Monocle
Poster of Sergil Among the Girls
Poster of Monsieur chasse
Poster of Ne bougez plus !
Filmography
Movie Code Name: Melville Self 2008-11-15
Movie The Education in Love of Valentin Julien Blaise 1976-05-25
Movie The Gypsy Yan Kuq 1975-12-05
Movie The Suspects Laurent Kirchner 1974-11-27
Movie The Voracious Ones Inspecteur Martino 1973-01-11
Movie Easy Down There! Il vescovo 1971-08-30
Movie Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques Kruger 1971-02-10
Movie Army of Shadows Luc Jardie 1969-09-10
Movie Congress of Love Talleyrand 1966-03-18
Movie Le Deuxième Souffle Commissaire Blot 1966-11-01
Movie When the Pheasants Pass Alexandre Larsan-Bellac 1965-09-10
Movie Le Majordome Léopold 1965-03-24
Movie Me and the Forty Year Old Man Alexandre Dumourier 1965-03-19
Movie The Big Swag Paul Filippi, le gangster 1965-07-09
Movie The Monocle's Sour Laugh le commandant Théobald Dromar dit 'le Monocle' 1964-09-16
Movie Chicken Feed for Little Birds M. Armand, un ancien truand 1963-02-15
Movie Be Careful Ladies Charles Rouvier 1963-10-02
Movie Crooks in Clover commandant Théobald Dromard, dit « Le Monocle » 1963-11-27
Movie L'assassin connaît la musique Lionel Fribourg 1963-10-16
Movie Bells Without Joy Captain of Lambérieux 1962-04-20
Movie The Eye of the Monocle Théobald 'Monocle' Dromard 1962-11-14
Movie The Black Monocle Dromard, "Le Monocle" 1961-08-29
Movie The New Aristrocrats Father Philippe de Maubrun 1961-12-13
Movie The Game of Truth Portrant 1961-11-26
Movie Love and the Frenchwoman Jean-Claude Perret, publicitaire et mari cocu (L'Adultère) 1960-09-16
Movie The Truth Maître Éparvier 1960-11-02
Movie Guinguette le vicomte Édouard de Villancourt 1959-03-04
Movie Picnic on the Grass Étienne Alexis, célèbre biologiste 1959-11-11
Movie Head Against the Wall Dr. Emery 1959-03-20
Movie Marie-Octobre François Renaud-Picart 1959-04-24
Movie Les Violents Inspecteur Principal Malouvier 1958-01-10
Movie Not Delivered Commissaire-Divisionnaire Varzeilles 1958-01-15
Movie Seventh Heaven Manuel Villa 1958-03-05
Movie Until the Last One Fredo Ricioni 1957-03-20
Movie Fortune carrée Mordhom 1955-03-16
Movie Diabolique Michel Delassalle 1955-01-29
Movie The Case of Poisons l'abbé Guibourg 1955-11-04
Movie The Contessa's Secret L'empereur Napoléon III 1954-09-26
Movie Je suis un mouchard Bob Torquella 1953-04-17
Movie Sergil Among the Girls l'inspecteur Sergil 1952-06-06
Movie Maria of the End of the World 1951-03-16
Movie My Wife Is Formidable Lui-même chez le dentiste 1951-12-05
Movie Serenade to the Executioner 1951-05-31
Movie Agnes of Nothing Carlos 1950-03-17
Movie The Red Angel 1949-07-01
Movie Last Hour, Special Edition Dominique Coche 1949-09-30
Movie Colonel Durand Colonel of the Empire Gérard Durand 1948-08-25
Movie The Eleven O'Clock Woman Stanilas Octave Seminario SOS, détective 1948-03-03
Movie Le Dessous des cartes Inspector Nansen 1948-09-22
Movie Sergil et le dictateur Inspector Sergil 1948-10-13
Movie Impasse of Two Angels Jean 1948-10-03
Movie Scandal Steve Richardson 1948-12-01
Movie Inspector Sergil Inspector Pierre Sergil 1947-01-15
Movie Bethsabée Le capitaine Lucien Sommervill - l'ex amant d'Arabella 1947-11-21
Movie Monsieur chasse Moricet 1947-06-01
Movie The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic B.B. / Richard Fernay 1946-07-15
Movie Back Streets of Paris Victor Ménard, l'ancien complice de Mme Rose 1946-11-27
Movie Vingt-quatre heures de perm' 1945-01-10
Movie The Wolf Farm Furet 1943-12-13
Movie Forbidden to Love Maxime Gavard 1942-10-30
Movie Love Marriage Robert 1942-12-23
Movie Ne bougez plus ! Hector 1941-10-30
Movie Montmartre on the Seine Paul Mariol 1941-11-19