Philippe Clay
Born: 1927-03-07 in Paris, France
Died: 2007-12-13
Known For: Acting
Biography
Philippe Clay, born Philippe Mathevet, (March 7, 1927 – December 13, 2007) was a French mime artist, singer and actor. He was known for his tall and slim silhouette (he was 1,90 m tall) and for his interpretations of songs by Charles Aznavour, Claude Nougaro, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Boris Vian, Serge Gainsbourg, Jean Yanne, Léo Ferré, Jacques Datin, Jean-Claude Massoulier or Bernard Dimey. He interpreted “La Complainte des Apaches” for the TV series Les Brigades du Tigre, written by Henri Djian and composed by Claude Bolling. As an actor, he appeared in many movies (Bell, Book and Candle) and television films. One of his famous roles is in the Jean Renoir film, French Cancan, where he played Casimir le Serpentin (a character inspired by Valentin le désossé). Description above from the Wikipedia article Philippe Clay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2022
- La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président as Self (archive footage)
2020
- Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort as Self (archive footage)
2007
- Dombey and Son as Jérémie
2002
- 1974, une partie de campagne as Self
2001
- Des croix sur la mer as Napoléon
1999
- Tuvalu as Karl
- The Freelancers as Le Chatelain
- Alexina's House as Raffin
1998
- Vivement dimanche as Self
- The Count of Monte Cristo as Chanteur Complainte
- Lautrec as Auguste Renoir
- La Grande Béké as Fifi Zecotte
- Marceeel!!! as Dédé
1996
- Les Allumettes suédoises as l'Araignée
1995
- Krim as Eugène
1993
- Die Wildnis as Peasant
- Le gourou occidental as Serge
1989
- La Comtesse de Charny as Le baron de Taverney
1987
- Le Gerfaut as Le baron von Winkleried
1986
- Catherine as Barnabé
1985
- L'Herbe rouge as Mr. Perle
1983
- A Good Little Devil as Judge
- Salut la puce as Rigodo-Cartecolin, un marionnettiste
- Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon as 'Black-Fish'
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
- Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ as Herald of the arena
1981
- Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryx as L'ébéniste
1976
- 30 millions d'amis as Self
1975
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- Système 2 as Self
1974
- Shanks as Mr. Barton
- The Three Musketeers as Richelieu
1973
- The Insolent as Dargnac
1972
- Midi trente as Self
- Not Dumb, the Bird as Jack Bromfield
- Les joyeux lurons as L'abbé Larivière
1971
- Samedi soir as Self
- Cadet Rousselle as Self - Coup de chapeau
- Let's Arm Ourselves and Go! as generale McMaster
- La Brigade des maléfices
1970
- Pour un sourire as Nicolas
1968
- À bout portant as Self
1967
- The Hotheads as Prêcheur
1966
- Sale temps pour les mouches as Pierre Mazaud, aka 'Félix'
1965
- Ivory Coast Adventure as Renaud Lefranc
1962
- Musketeers of the Sea as Gosselin
1961
- In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles! as Jean-Louis Preminger (voice)
1960
- Take Me As I Am as Carlo
- Lay Off Blondes as L'inspecteur Al Wheeler
1959
- Discorama as Self
- The Night of the Hunted as Taretta
- Drôles de phénomènes as The Butler Barns
- The Road to Shame as Tom
- The Bureaucrats as Letondu
1958
- En bordée as Bailladrisse / Yves Biadrix
- Bell, Book and Candle as French Singer at the Zodiac Club
- Toto in Paris as il finto maggiordomo
1957
- Nathalie as Adolphe Faisant
- It Happened on the 36 Candles as Self (uncredited)
1956
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Clopin Trouillefou
- Life is beautiful as le pasteur
1955
- French Cancan as Casimir le Serpentin
1952
1950
- Rome Express as Sleeping car employee