Gérard Philipe
Born: 1922-12-04 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Died: 1959-11-25
Known For: Acting
Biography
Gérard Philipe (4 December 1922 – 25 November 1959) was a prominent French actor who appeared in 34 films between 1944 and 1959. Active in both theater and cinema, he was, until his untimely death, one of the main stars of the post-war period. His image has remained youthful and romantic, which has made him one of the icons of French cinema.
Filmography
2021
- Le Parti du cinéma as Self (archive footage)
2015
- The End of a Beautiful Epoch as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003
- Gérard Philipe: un homme, pas un ange as Self (archive footage)
1978
- Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma as Self (archive footage)
1959
- Fever Mounts at El Pao as Ramón Vázquez
- Dangerous Love Affairs as Valmont
1958
- The Gambler as Alexei Ivanovitch
- Life Together as Désiré
- The Lovers of Montparnasse as Amedeo Modigliani
1957
- Lovers of Paris as Octave Mouret, ambitious provincial
1956
- Cinépanorama as Self (archive footage)
- If Paris Were Told to Us as Le Trouvère
- Bold Adventure as Till l’Espiègle
- Le Théâtre National Populaire as Self
1955
- The Grand Manoeuvre as Lieutenant Armand de la Verne
- The Best Part as Philippe Perrin
1954
- Le Rouge et le Noir as Julien Sorel
- Monsieur Ripois as André Ripois
- Royal Affairs in Versailles as D'Artagnan
1953
- It Happened in the Park as Carlo - Valeria's lover (segment: Gli amanti)
- The Proud and the Beautiful as Georges
1952
- The Seven Deadly Sins as The playmaker / The painter (segment "Le Huitième Péché")
- Fan-Fan the Tulip as Fanfan la Tulipe
- With André Gide as Narrator (voice)
- Beauties of the Night as Claude
1951
- Juliette, or Key of Dreams as Michel Grandier
1950
- Lost Souvenirs as Gérard de Narçay (segment "Une cravate de fourrure")
- La Ronde as Le comte
- The Beauty of the Devil as Young Henri Faust / Young-Looking Mephistopheles
- A Visit to Picasso as Récitant / Narrator
1949
- All Roads Lead to Rome as Gabriel Pégase
- Such a Pretty Little Beach as Pierre
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- The Charterhouse of Parma as le marquis Fabrice Del Dong
1947
- Devil in the Flesh as François Jaubert
1946
- The Idiot as Prince Miouchkine
- Land Without Stars as Simon Legouge / Frédéric Talacayud
1945
- Box of Dreams as Man (uncredited)
1944
- The Little Ones of the Flower Platform as Jérôme Hardy