Darry Cowl
Born: 1925-08-27 in Vittel, Vosges, France
Died: 2006-02-14
Known For: Acting
Biography
Darry Cowl (born André Darricau; 27 August 1925 – 14 February 2006) was a French actor and musician. He won a César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 2004 for his role as a concierge in Pas sur la bouche (Not on the lips), which was his last appearance. He was born in Vittel and came to prominence when he was cast by Sacha Guitry in Assassins et voleurs (1956) (Assassins and Robbers). Following this he turned to acting in cinema roles and soon gained celebrity status with his role as Antoine Péralou in Le Triporteur (1957) (The Tricycle). A game addict, he often acted only for money in films that did not stretch his acting ability. He explained this by noting he did not read the script (or, on occasion, know the title) of the work in which he was to act. He played Major Archibald in the 1974 film Don't Touch the White Woman!. He had hoped to return to theatre acting in Hold Up in September 2005 but ill-health prevented this. At age 80, he died in Neuilly-sur-Seine from complications of lung cancer. Source: Article "Darry Cowl" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
2020
2009
- Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) as Self (archive footage)
2007
- The Man Who Wanted a Child as Jules
- Private Life as Mr. Mellifond
2004
- The Giraffe's Neck as Léo
- Totally Nuts as Le directeur de la banque
2003
- Not on the Lips as Madame Foin
- Lost Seamen as Falco
2002
- If I Were a Rich Man as Monsieur Sylvain
- Le nouveau Jean-Claude as Jeff
2001
- Les p'tits gars Ladouceur as Humphries
2000
- Scénarios sur la drogue as Segment "La Purée"
1999
- Augustin, King of Kung-Fu as René
- La Surprise as Georges Morin
1998
- Vivement dimanche as Self
- Marceeel!!! as Dominique
1997
- Droit dans le mur as le patient
1996
- Ma femme me quitte as Stéphane Lasser
1995
- Les Miserables as Bookseller
1992
- Ville à vendre as Emilio Bingo, l'empailleur
1989
- Deux hommes dans une valise as Colin
1988
- Palace as Standardiste du « groom service »
- The Seasons of Pleasure as Daniel D.
- Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale as Kayser
1987
- Sacrée soirée as Self
1986
- Follow My Gaze as Le cafetier
- Les Dégourdis de la onzième as Général Burnous
1985
- The Telephone Always Rings Twice as L'agent de police
- Liberté, égalité, choucroute as Rouget de l'Isle
1983
- It Could Be Worse as Jack Renard, the Mayor
- My Pastor Among the Thais as Tête-de-Fer, le pirate
- It's Called Catastrophe as Le Juge d'Instruction
- Microbidon as Mathias
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
- Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ as Faucuius
- For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now as Le gardien de l'immeuble de Caroline
- Qu'est-ce qui fait craquer les filles... as Journalist
- On s'en fout… nous on s'aime as Julien's father
1981
- Les surdoués de la première compagnie as Colonel Boussardon
- Le bahut va craquer as le prof de maths
1980
- Voulez-vous un bébé Nobel ? as Professeur Joseph Menzano
- Les Borsalini as Pépé
1978
- Général... nous voilà...! as Père Blanc
1977
- A Sea Urchin in the Pocket as Howard Bachs
- Stop Fooling Around... Soldier! as Colonel Lessard
1976
- Le Jour de gloire as Le curé
1975
- Midi Première as Self
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- Trop c'est trop as Lucifer
1974
- Don't Touch the White Woman! as Maj. Archibald
- C'est jeune et ça sait tout ! as Le livreur
- La Gueule de l’emploi as le patron de l'Arquebuse
- There's a Bone in the Mill as Gaston
1973
- L'Heptaméron (Joyeux compères) as Apothecary
- Le Concierge ... (Original Music Composer)
1972
- Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- Midi trente as Self
- She No Longer Talks, She Shoots as Commissioner Adrien Bondu
1971
- Samedi soir as Self
- Cash-Cash as William Wilson
1970
- Ces messieurs de la gâchette as Albert Pelletier
1969
- Poussez pas grand-père dans les cactus as Le Docteur Braque
- Le bourgeois gentil mec as Perrugo
1968
- The Men in the Family as Albert Pelletier
- Salut Berthe ! as Didier
1967
- Docteur Glass as Harry
- The Great Gadget as Barratier
1966
- Your Money or Your Life as Marquy
- Les Combinards as Léo
- Les malabars sont au parfum as Cassius 0001
1965
- Up to His Ears as Biscoton
- Les baratineurs as César Brandini
- Déclic et des claques as Un invité
- Under Your Hat as L'agent André
- How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning as Avocat de Léonard Maburon (sketch "Le Procès")
- The Double Bed as Le frère de la fiancée (3 : « La Répétition »)
- The Real Bargain as Polytechnician
1964
- Dandelions by the Roots as Gratiopoulos
- Les Gorilles as Edouard
- Jaloux comme un tigre as Henri
- Badmen of the West as Tom Jackson
1963
- Strip-Tease as Paul, le directeur du Crazy-Horse
- Who Stole the Body? as Félix
- People in Luck as Simon Taquet (« Une nuit avec la vedette »)
- Good King Dagobert as Le maître- bourreau Richardic
- The Abominable Man of Customs as Campo Santos
- Les Gros Bras as Ludovic Gabasse, boss of the photo novel agency
1962
- Tales of Paris as Hubert Parker (segment "Ella")
- Hitch-Hike as le journaliste sportif au parapluie
- Tartarin de Tarascon as Man broken down in the desert
1961
- Les fortiches as Riri and JoJo
- The Lions Are Loose as Richard, le polytechnicien, amateur de voitures
- Panurge's Sheep as Charles Renard
- Paris Loves as Gimenez
- A Martian in Paris as Pierre Dubois
- Les Livreurs as Édouard
1960
- Love and the Frenchwoman as Le professeur Dufieux (segment "L'Enfance")
- Mum's the Word as Martin
- Robinson et le triporteur as Antoine Peyralout
- Easy Come Easy Go as Edouard
1959
- You Have Nothing to Declare? as Désiré Labaule
- The Dreadful as Fernand Mouchette
- The Indestructible as Hippolyte
- The Magnificent Tramp as Arsène, un clochard
1958
- Be Beautiful and Shut Up as l'inspecteur Jérôme, adjoint de Morel
- Honey, Scare Me as Jérôme Lenoir
- A Dog, A Mouse and a Sputnik as Hubert, government delegate
- School for Coquettes as Gégène
- Hardboiled Egg Time as Louis Stainval, laveur de voitures, gagnant à la Loterie
- The Little Professor as Jérôme
1957
- On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels as Hubert
- The Tricyclist as Antoine Peyralout
- Three Make a Pair as Henri Valpreux, le réalisateur
- Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor as Egisto
- A Friend of the Family as Pierre Bernicaud
- Love Descends from the Sky as Dédé
- Fric-frac en dentelles as Le détective amateur
- Les Lavandières du Portugal as Paul
- The Innocent with Forty Children as Le marchand d'échelles
- Love in Jamaica as Pater Noster
- White Smoke as Emile Gachit
- Five Million in Cash as Philémon de Montfilet
- This Pretty World as Gaston
1956
- Cinépanorama as Self
- That Naughty Girl as Man with Suitcase
- Plucking the Daisy as Hubert Dumont
- Slightly Ahead as Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel Lutécia
- Les Lumières du soir as (uncredited)
- Murderers and Thieves as Jules Henri Lardenois, le témoin égaré
- Les Duraton as M. Mathieu, le surveillant général du collège
- These Sacred Holidays as Neighbor
- Hello Smile! as Doctor
- La joyeuse prison as Maître Larigot
- Maid in Paris as Daniel, le casseur d'assiettes
- Paris, Palace Hôtel as Hoyoyo
1955
- Four Days in Paris as Félicien Dieudonné