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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Philippe Noiret Biography (1930-)
Born October 1, 1930, in Lille, France; son of Pierre (a clothing company representative) and Lucy (maiden name, Heirman) Noiret; married Monique Chaumette (an actress), 1962; children: Frederique. Addresses: Agent: Claire Blondel, Artmedia, 20 ave. Rapp, 75007 Paris, France.
- Nationality
- French
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor
- Birth Details
- October 1, 1930
- Lille, France
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
- (Film debut; uncredited) Maitre d'hotel, Gigi, 1948
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Olivia (also known as The Pit of Loneliness), 1950
- A passerby, Agence matrimoniale (also known as Matrimonial Agency), 1951
- Lui, La pointe courte, 1955
- Maurice, Ravissante (also known as Ravishing and Le mogli degli altri), 1960
- Louis XIV, "Lauzun," in Les amours celebres (also known as Famous Love Affairs), 1960
- Uncle Gabriel, Zazie dans le metro (also known as Zazie,
Zazie in the Subway,
Zazie in the Underground, and Zazie nel metro), Astor, 1960
- Herode (some sources cite Matamore), Le Capitaine Fracasse (also known as Captain Fracasse and Capitan Fracassa), 1961
- Inspector Maillard, Le rendez-vous (also known as Rendezvous and Le Rendez-vous de Noel), 1961
- Victor Hardy, Tout l'or du monde (also known as All the Gold inthe World and Tutto l'oro del mondo), 1961
- Clovis Hugues, "L'Affaire Hugues," Le crime ne paie pas (also known as Crime Does Not Pay,
The Gentle Art of Murder, and Il delitto non paga), Embassy, 1962
- Bellini, Le Massaggiatrici (also known as The Masseuses andLes faux jetons), 1962
- Lucien Barlemont, Comme un poisson dans l'eau, 1962
- Inspector Mathieu, Ballade pour un voyou, 1963
- The director general, Clementine cherie, 1963
- Jacques Garaud and Paul Harmant, La porteuse de pain (also known as The Bread Peddler and La porteuse di pane), 1963
- Bernard Desqueyroux, Therese Desqueyroux (also known as Therese), Pathe Contemporary, 1963
- Jean, Frenesia dell'estate (also known as Shivers in the Summer and Summer Frenzy), 1963
- Edmond Bernadac, Monsieur (also known as Intrigo a Parigi),Comacico, 1964
- Ambrose Gerome, Lady L, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1964
- Louis XIII, Cyrano et d'Artagnan (also known as Cyrano and d'Artagnan, Cyrano e d'Artagnan, and Cyrano y d'Artagnan), 1964
- Brassy, Mort, ou est ta victoire? (also known as Death, Where Is Your Victory?), 1964
- Benin, Les copains (also known as The Buddies), 1964
- Voice, Les amoureux du France (also known as The Lovers of France,
Amour, humour, et France, and Il gioco degli innamorati), 1964
- Jean-Jacques Georges, Qui etes-vous, Polly Maggoo? (also known asWho Are You, Polly Magoo?), 1966
- Michou, Les sultans (also known as The Sultans and L'amante italiana), 1966
- Bibi Dumonceaux, Tendre voyou (also known as Tender Scoundrel and Un avventuriere a Tahiti), 1966
- Traveler, Le voyage du pere (also known as Destinazione marciapiede), 1966
- Jerome, La vie de chateau (also known as Gracious Resistance and A Matter of Resistance), Royal Films International, 1966
- Victor, Woman Times Seven (also known as Sept fois femme and Sette volte donna), Embassy, 1967
- Inspector Morand, The Night of the Generals (also known as La nuit des generaux), Columbia, 1967
- Andre, L'une et l'autre (also known as The Other One), 1967
- Title role, Alexandre le bienheureux (also known as Alexander and Very Happy Alexander), 1968
- De Pourtalain, Adolphe, ou l'age tendre (also known as Adolphe,
Adolphe, or The Awkward Age,
The Tender Age, and TanjasGeliebter), 1968
- Voice of Mr. Charles Clay for French version, The Immortal Story (also known as Une histoire immortelle), 1968
- Moujik man, Mister Freedom, 1969
- Title role, Clerambard, 1969
- Monsieur Lucoville, The Assassination Bureau (also known as TheAssassination Bureau Limited), Paramount, 1969
- Pombal, Justine, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969
- Narrator, Bruegel, 1969
- Henri Jarre, Topaz, Universal, 1970
- Gabriel, Les caprices de Marie (also known as Give Her the Moon and Portami quello che hai e prenditi quello che vuoi), United Artists, 1970
- Louis Brezan, Murphy's War, Paramount, 1971
- Chief Inspector Muller, Les aveux les plus doux (also known as The Most Gentle Confessions and Ricatto di un commissario di polizia aun giovane indiziato di reato), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971
- Marcel, A Time for Loving (also known as Paris Was Made for Lovers), 1971
- Judge Jannacone, Siamo tutti in liberta provisoria (also known asWe Are All in Temporary Liberty), 1972
- Gabriel Marcassus, La vieille fille (also known as The Old Maid and La tardona), Valoria, 1972
- Alfred, Le trefle a cinq feuilles (also known as Five-leaf Clover), 1972
- Georges, La mandarine (also known as Sweet Deception and La mandarina), Societe Nouvelle Prodis, 1972
- Pierre Garcin, L'attentat (also known as The Assassination,
The French Conspiracy,
Plot,
Das Attentat,
L'attentato, and Die Toedliche Falle/Die Affaere Sadiel), Cine Globe, 1972
- Himself, Jean Vilar, une belle vie, 1972
- Francoise Lepic, Poil de carotte (also known as Carrot Topand Redhead), United Artists, 1973
- Phillippe, La grande bouffe (also known as Blow-Out,
TheBig Feast,
The Big Feed,
The Grande Bouffe, and La grande abbuffata), 1973
- Lucien Berthon, Le serpent (also known as Night Flight from Moscow,
The Serpent,
Die Schlange, and Il serpente), Avco Embassy, 1973
- General Terry, Touche pas a la femme blanche (also known as Don't Touch the White Woman!,
Don't Touch White Women, and Non toccare la donna bianca), 1974
- Gaspard de Montfermeil, Les Gaspards (also known as The Down-in-the-Hole Gang,
The Holes, and De Rare snuiters), 1974
- Thomas Barthlot, Le secret (also known as The Secret and Il segreto), Valoria, 1974
- Malisard, Un nuage entre les dents (also known as A Cloud in the Teeth), United Artists, 1974
- Michel Descombes, L'horloger de Saint-Paul (also known as The Clockmaker of St. Paul and The Watchmaker of St. Paul's), Pathe, 1974
- Georges de Saxe, Le jeu avec le feu (also known as Playing withFire and Giochi di fuoco), 1974
- Julien Dandieu, Le vieux fusil (also known as The Old Gun,
Vengeance One by One,
Abschied in der Nacht, and Das Alte Gewehr), United Artists, 1975
- Philippe D'Orleans, "Les Nobles," Que la fete commence! (also known as Let Joy Reign Supreme), Specialty Films/CIC, 1975
- Title role, Monsieur Albert, Gaumont, 1976
- Giorgio Perozzi, Amici miei (also known as My Friends), Gaumont, 1976
- General, Il deserto dei Tartari (also known as The Desert of the Tartars,
Le desert des Tartares,
Le desert des Tartars, and Die Tartarenwueste), Gaumont, 1976
- Judge Emil Rousseau, Le juge et l'assassin (also known as The Judge and the Assassin), Libra, 1976
- Constanzo, Il comune senso del pudore (also known as A Common Sense of Modesty), 1976
- Ladislas, Coup de foudre, 1976
- Raoul Malfosse, Une femme a sa fenetre (also known as A Woman at Her Window,
Una donna alla finestra, and Die Faur am Fenster), 1976
- Antoine Lemercier, Tendre poulet (also known as Dear Detective,
Dear Inspector, and Tender Cop), Cinema V, 1978
- Jean-Claude Moulineau, Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (also known as Someone Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe,
Too Many Chefs,
La grande cuisine,
Ein Kochtopf voller Leichen,
Qualcuno sta uccidendo i piu grandi cuochi d'Europa, and Die Schlemmerorgie), Warner Bros., 1978
- Phillippe Marchal, Un taxi mauve (also known as The Purple Taxi and Un taxi color malva), Quartet, 1978
- Robert Maurisson, Le temoin (also known as The Witness andIl testimone), Europex, 1978
- Eugene Pottier, La Barricade du Point du Jour, (also known as The Barricade at Point du Jour) World Marketing, 1978
- Father, Rue du Pied de Grue (also known as Street of the Crane's Foot), World Marketing/CIC, 1979
- Peppe, Two Pieces of Bread (also known as Happy Hobos and Due pezzi di pane), United Artists, 1979
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Salto nel vuoto (also known as A Leap into the Void), 1979
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La mort en direct (also known as Deathwatch), 1979
- Antoine Lermercier, On a vole la cuisse de Jupiter (also known asJupiter's Thigh), Films Ariane, 1980
- Inspector Louis Baroni, Pile ou face (also known as Heads or Tails), 1980
- Michel Descombes, Une semaine de vacances (also known as A Week's Vacation and A Week's Vacation), ParaFrance, 1980
- Athanase, Il faut tuer Birgitt Haas (also known as Birgit HaasMust Be Killed), 1981
- Raffaele Giuranna, I tre fratelli (also known as Three Brothers and Trois freres), New World, 1981
- Lucien Cordier, Coup de torchon (also known as Clean Slate), ParaFrance, 1982
- Edouard Binet, L'etoile du nord (also known as The North Star), ParaFrance, 1982
- Giorgio Perozzi, Amici miei, atto II (also known as All My Friends Part 2 and My Friends Act II), Gaumont, 1983
- Etienne Labrouche, Le grand carnaval (also known as The Big Carnival), Gaumont, 1983
- Victor, L'Africain (also known as The African), AMLF, 1983
- Albert Palm, Un ami de Vincent (also known as A Friend of Vincent's), World Marketing, 1983
- Dubreuilh, Fort Saganne, Roissy-AAA, 1984
- Principal, Souvenirs, souvenirs (also known as Memories, Memories), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1984
- Rene, Les ripoux (also known as My New Partner and Le cop), Orion, 1984
- Edouard, L'ete prochain (also known as Next Summer), European Classics, 1985
- Count Leonardo, Speriamo che sia femmina (also known as Let's Hope It's a Girl and Pourvu que ce soit une fille), President Films, 1985
- Yves Dorget, Le quatrieme pouvoir (also known as The Fourth Power), President Films, 1985
- Himself, Les rois du gag, 1985
- Himself, The Thrill of Genius, 1985
- Redon, 'Round Midnight (also known as Autour de minuit), Warner Bros., 1986
- Pierre Franchin, La femme secrete (also known as The Secret Wife), AAA, 1986
- Igor Tatiatev, Twist Again in Moscow (also known as Twist againa Moscou), Gaumont, 1986
- Christian Legagneur, Masques (also known as Masks), Cannon,1986
- Doctor Fadigati, The Gold-Rimmed Glasses (also known as Gli occhiala d'oro and Les lunettes d'or), Ofer/OmniFilms, 1987
- Inspector Molinat, Noyade interdite (also known as No DrowningAllowed,
Widow's Walk, and L'estate impura), Bac Films, 1987
- Narrator of French version, L'homme qui plantait des arbres (animated short film; also known as The Man Who Planted Trees), Societe Radio, 1987
- Jean-Luc, La famiglia (also known as The Family and La famille), 1987
- Savinien de Kerfadec, Chouans!, 1988
- Dom Pedro II, Il Giovane Toscanini (also known as Toscaniniand Young Toscanini), 1988
- Major Delaplane, La vie et rien d'autre (also known as Life andNothing But), Union Generale Cinematographique, 1989
- Gabriele Battistini, Il frullo del passero (also known as The Sparrow's Fluttering), Medusa, 1989
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La femme de mes amours, 1989
- Cardinal Mazarin, The Return of the Musketeers (also known as El regreso de los mosqueteros and Le retour des mousquetaires), 1989
- Rene Lesbuch, Ripoux contre ripoux (also known as My New Partner at the Races,
My New Partner II, and Le cop 2), 1990
- Anatole Hirsch, Faux et usage de faux (also known as Forgery and the Use of Forgeries), 1990
- Alfredo, Cinema Paradiso (also known as Nuovo Cinema Paradiso), Miramax, 1990, released as Cinema Paradiso: The New Version, 2002
- Gianni Mucci, The Palermo Connection (also known as To Forget Palermo,
Dimenticare Palermo, and Oublier Palerme), Gaumont,1991
- Watrin, Uranus, Miramax, 1991
- Romain, J'embrasse pas (also known as I Don't Kiss and Niente baci sulla bocca), 1991
- Gioacchino Rossini, Rossini! Rossini!, 1991
- Himself, Contre l'oubli (also known as Against Oblivion,
Lest We Forget, and Ecrire contre l'oubli), 1992
- Toussaint, Nous deux (also known as The Two of Us), 1992
- Robert "Max" Maxendre, Max et Jeremie (also known as Max and Jeremy), 1992
- Alberto, Zuppa di pesce (also known as Fish Soup), 1992
- The elegant man, Tango, 1993
- Antonio Amleto, "The Blue Dog" (also known as "Il cane blu"), Especially on Sunday (also known as Le dimanche de preference and La domenica specialmente), Miramax, 1993
- Himself, Grosse fatigue (also known as High Stress and Dead Tired), Gaumont, 1994
- Pablo Neruda, Il postino (also known as The Postman and Le facteur), Miramax, 1994
- Himself, Veillees d'armes: Le journalisme en temps de guerre (alsoknown as 1st and 2nd Journeys,
The Troubles We've Seen: A Historyof Journalism in Wartime,
The Troubles We've Seen--Die Geschichte derKriegsberichterstattung,
Veillees d'armes, and Veillees d'armes: Histoire du journalisme en temps de guerre), 1994
- The general, Les milles (also known as Les milles--Gefangen imLager and Les milles: Le train de la liberte), 1994
- D'Artagnan, La fille de de'Artagnan (also known as D'Artagnan'sDaughter,
The Daughter of D'Artagnan, and The Revenge of the Musketeers), 1994
- Bertelli, Facciamo paradiso (also known as Looking for Paradise), 1995
- Victor Derval, Le roi de Paris (also known as The King of Paris), 1995
- Victor Vialat, Les grands ducs (also known as The Grand Dukes), 1996
- Philippe Bruneau-Tessier, Fantome avec chauffeur, 1996
- Duke Signoretto, Marianna Ucria (also known as La vie silencieuse de Marianna Ucria), 1997
- Joseph Levy, Soleil, 1997
- Monsieur Schultz, Les palmes de M. Schutz, 1997
- Philippe d'Orleans, Le bossu (also known as On Guard,
Ilcavaliere di Lagardere, and Duell der Degen), 1997
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In and Out of Fashion, 1998
- Joseph Steg, Le pique-nique de Lulu Kreutz (also known as LuluKreutz's Picnic), Les Films du Losange, 1999
- Mr. Louis Chevalier, Un honnete commercant (also known as Stepby Step), Sharada Distribuzione, 2002
- Leonce Grison, Les cotelettes, EuropaCorp. Distribution, 2003
- Rene Boirond, Ripoux 3, Gaumont, 2003
- Leo, Pere et fils, 2003
- Also appeared in The Billionaire and Moments of Love.
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Television Appearances
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Movies
- Dr. Andre Feretti, Aurora (also known as Qualcosa di biondoand Aurora by Night), NBC, 1984
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Le veilleur de nuit, 1996
- Also appeared in The Thrill of Genius, RAI; and as the announcer,Discorama.
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Episodic
- M. Mareuil, "La chasse," L'Inspecteur Leclerc enquete, 1963
- Himself, "Noiret: Verites et mensonges," Cinema cinemas, 1987
- Himself, Les enfants de la tele, 1999
- Himself, "Philippe Noiret: Parts 1 & 2," Les feux de la rampe,FR3, 2002
- Himself, Ombre et lumiere, 2002
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Other
- Richard, Clarisse Fenigan, 1959
- Macduff, Macbeth, 1959
- M. Van Dam, De fil en aiguille, 1960
- Lignere, Cyrano de Bergerac, 1960
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Les amours celebres (series), 1961
- Parfait XVIII, Le mal court, 1962
- Hugo, Chateau en Suede, 1964
- Max, Anatole, 1966
- Bernard, La fin de la nuit, 1966
- Himself, Dans le jardin de Franc-Nohain, 1972
- Himself, Dialogue pour un portrait: Philippe Noiret, 1981
- Himself, Philippe le bienheureux, 1996
- Inspector Castelli, Mio figlio ha 70 anni, 1999
- Himself, Un jour dans la vie du cinema francais, 2002
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Stage Appearances
- (Broadway debut) Duke Alexandre, Lorenzaccio, Theatre National Populaire, Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1958
- Simon Renard, Marie Tudor, Theatre National Populaire, Broadway Theatre, 1958
- Count Don Gormas, Le Cid, Theatre National Populaire, Broadway Theatre, 1958
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Castle in Sweden, 1960
- Also appeared in Don Juan,
Oedipus, and Richard II,all Theatre National Populaire, Paris; Dona Rosita, Noctabules Theatre, Paris; The Night of the Kings, Theatre de l'Oeuvre, Paris; The Odd Couple; and Photo Finish.
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Books
- Maillet, Dominique, Philippe Noiret, 1978, revised edition, 1989
Periodicals
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Cinema, April, 1983
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Cine Revue, February 10, 1983
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Ecran, March, 1978
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Films, August, 1982
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Films in Review, March/April, 1983
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Revue de Cinema, April, 1987
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Sequences, April, 1984; June, 1989
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