Paul Meurisse
Born: 1912-12-21 in Dunkerque, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Died: 1979-01-19
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2010
- Code Name: Melville as Self (archive footage)
2002
- Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes as Self (archive footage)
1976
- The Education in Love of Valentin as Julien Blaise
1975
- The Gypsy as Yan Kuq
1974
- The Suspects as Laurent Kirchner
1973
- The Voracious Ones as Inspecteur Martino
1972
- Le Grand Échiquier as Self
1971
- Samedi soir as Self
- Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques as Kruger
- Easy Down There! as Bishop
1969
- Army of Shadows as Luc Jardie
1966
- Le Deuxième Souffle as Commissioner Blot
- Congress of Love as Talleyrand
1965
- Le Majordome as Léopold
- The Big Swag as Paul Filippi, gentleman crook
- When the Pheasants Pass as Alexandre Larsan-Bellac
- Me and the Forty Year Old Man as Alexandre Dumourier
1964
- The Monocle's Sour Laugh as Commander Théobald Dromard, aka 'Le Monocle'
1963
- Crooks in Clover as commandant Théobald Dromard, dit « Le Monocle »
- L'assassin connaît la musique as Lionel Fribourg
- Be Careful Ladies as Charles Rouvier
- Chicken Feed for Little Birds as M. Armand, un ancien truand
1962
- The Eye of the Monocle as Théobald 'Monocle' Dromard
- Bells Without Joy as Captain of Lambérieux
1961
- The Game of Truth as Portrant
- The Black Monocle as Dromard, "Le Monocle"
- The New Aristrocrats as Father Philippe de Maubrun
1960
- The Truth as Maître Éparvier
- Love and the Frenchwoman as Jean-Claude Perret, publicitaire et mari cocu (segment "L'Adultère")
1959
- Picnic on the Grass as Étienne Alexis, célèbre biologiste
- Marie-Octobre as François Renaud-Picart
- Guinguette as Viscount Édouard de Villancourt
- Head Against the Wall as Dr. Emery
1958
- Not Delivered as Divisional Commissioner Varzeilles
- Les Violents as Principal Inspector Malouvier
- Seventh Heaven as Manuel Villa
1957
- Until the Last One as Fredo Ricioni
- The Inspector Likes a Fight as Inspector Morice
1955
- Diabolique as Michel Delassalle
- The Affair of the Poisons as l'abbé Guibourg
- Fortune carrée as Mordhom
1954
- The Contessa's Secret as L'empereur Napoléon III
1953
- Je suis un mouchard as Bob Torquella
1952
- Sergil Among the Girls as l'inspecteur Sergil
1951
- My Wife Is Formidable as Lui-même chez le dentiste
- Maria of the End of the World
- Serenade to the Executioner
1950
- Agnes of Nothing as Carlos
1949
- Last Hour, Special Edition as Dominique Coche
- The Red Angel
1948
- Le Dessous des cartes as Inspector Nansen
- Colonel Durand as Colonel of the Empire Gérard Durand
- Impasse of Two Angels as Jean
- Scandal as Steve Richardson
- The Eleven O'Clock Woman as Stanilas Octave Seminario aka 'SOS', détective
- Sergil et le dictateur as Inspector Sergil
1947
- Bethsabée as Le capitaine Lucien Sommervill - l'ex amant d'Arabella
- Inspector Sergil as Inspector Pierre Sergil
- Monsieur chasse as Moricet
1946
- Back Streets of Paris as Victor Ménard, Mrs. Rose's former accomplice
- The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic as B.B. / Richard Fernay
1945
- Destitute Mary as Edouard
- Vingt-quatre heures de perm'
1943
- The Wolf Farm as Furet
1942
- Love Marriage as Robert
- Forbidden to Love as Maxime Gavard
1941
- Montmartre on the Seine as Paul Mariol
- Ne bougez plus ! as Hector