Pierre Brasseur
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-12-22
Day of Death
1972-08-16 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Pierre Brasseur
Biography
Pierre Brasseur, born Pierre-Albert Espinasse (22 December 1905, Paris – 16 August 1972, Bruneck, Italy) was a French actor.
He was the son of actor Georges Espinasse and actress Germaine Brasseur while the latter was married to Albert Brasseur. His grandfather, Jules Brasseur, was an actor as well. The family tradition of using the name Brasseur was continued by his son Claude and his grandson Alexandre.
Renowned for playing outsized characters, Brasseur is probably best known in the anglophone world for his (semi-fictionalised) portrayal of the actor Frédérick Lemaître in Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise, 1945) and as Docteur Génessier (more subdued) in the horror film Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux sans visage, 1960) co-starring with Alida Valli.
On May 30, 1927, Brasseur performed the spoken role of the Narrator in the world premiere of Igor Stravinsky's opera-oratorio Oedipus rex.
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Known For
Acting
(1972)
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
as La Brunetière
(1971)
The Married Couple of the Year Two
as Gosselin
(1971)
(1970)
Un ange passe
as Florisse
(1970)
(1969)
Goto, Island of Love
as Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
(1969)
(1968)
Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
as Faria
(1968)
A Little Virtuous
as Jules Polnick
(1968)
Birds in Peru
as Husband
(1967)
(1967)
The Madman of Lab Four
as Father Ballanchon
(1966)
King of Hearts
as General Géranium
(1966)
A Young World
as Le Grec
(1966)
A Matter of Resistance
as Dimanche
(1966)
Two Hours to Kill
as Laurent
(1966)
Fortuna
as Nissim Buzaglo
(1966)
Pas de panique
as Fernand Toussaint
(1965)
Cloportes
as Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
(1965)
Black Humor
as Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
(1965)
L'or du duc
as Le Maharadjah (l'oncle)
(1965)
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
as Patache
(1964)
Lucky Jo
as Loudéac
(1964)
The Circular Triangle
as Georges Richter
(1964)
A Very Handy Man
as Simone Palumbo
(1963)
Don't Tempt the Devil
as Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré
(1963)
The Abominable Man of Customs
as Russian killer
(1963)
Josefa's Loot
as Mayor
(1963)
Agent of Doom
as Charlèz
(1962)
Emile's Boat
as François Larmentiel
(1962)
Hitch-Hike
as Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly
(1962)
Crime Does Not Pay
as Martin Fenayrou
(1962)
Rencontres
as Carl Krasner
(1961)
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
as Constable of Montmorency
(1961)
Famous Love Affairs
as le grand duc Ernest
(1961)
Spotlight on a Murderer
as Comte de Keraudren
(1961)
The Nina B. Affair
as Berrera
(1960)
Eyes Without a Face
as Professor Génessier
(1960)
Handsome Antonio
as Alfio Magnano
(1960)
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
as Commissioner of the Republic
(1960)
Carthage in Flames
as Sidone
(1960)
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Pangloss
(1959)
The Law
as Don Cesare
(1959)
Head Against the Wall
as Dr. Varmont
(1959)
The Bureaucrats
as Monsieur Nègre
(1958)
Sans famille
as Jeroboam Driscoll
(1958)
The Possessors
as Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
(1958)
Life Together
as Pierre Carreau
(1957)
The Gates of Paris
as Juju
(1955)
Napoleon
as Barras
(1955)
Tower of Lust
as Jehan Buridan
(1955)
Oasis
as Antoine Vallin
(1954)
(1954)
Rasputin
as Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine
(1954)
Clothing the Naked
as Console Grotti
(1953)
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
as Bird (voice)
(1953)
The Drunkard
as Maître Pierre Renneville
(1952)
Le Plaisir
as Julien Ledentu
(1952)
Crimson Curtain
as Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
(1952)
Torticola versus Frankensberg
as Invisible Man's Friend
(1951)
Skipper Next to God
as Captain Joris KnAipper
(1951)
Bluebeard
as Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
(1951)
Dirty Hands
as Hoederer
(1950)
Lost Souvenirs
as Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris")
(1950)
Jamaican Man
as Jacques Mervel
(1950)
Julie de Carneilhan
as Hubert Espivant
(1949)
Portrait of a Murderer
as Fabius / Jean
(1949)
The Lovers of Verona
as Raffaele
(1949)
Millionaires for One Day
as Francis
(1948)
Rocambole
as Rocambole
(1948)
La Nuit blanche
as Pierre Taverny
(1948)
The Secret of Monte-Cristo
as François Picault
(1948)
Cruise for the Unknown One
as Emile Fréchisse
(1948)
The Revenge of Baccarat
as Rocambole
(1947)
Noah's Ark
as Bitru
(1947)
Love Around the House
as 'Douze Apôtres'
(1946)
Gates of the Night
as Georges
(1946)
Pétrus
as Rodrigue
(1946)
Behind These Walls
as Jean-César Morin
(1946)
Land Without Stars
as Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud
(1946)
La Femme fatale
as Jean Pleyard
(1945)
Children of Paradise
as Frédérick Lemaître
(1943)
Summer Light
as Roland
(1943)
Adieu Léonard
as Prosper Bonenfant
(1943)
Le soleil a toujours raison
as Gabriel
(1943)
Two Shy Ones
as Vancouver
(1942)
Promise to the Unknown One
as Lussac
(1942)
La Croisée des chemins
as Hubert Epervans
(1941)
Three Argentines in Montmartre
as Toninett
(1940)
(1940)
Sixième étage
as Jonval, the young cynic
(1939)
The Path of Honor
as Philippe
(1939)
Second Childhood
as Frossard
(1939)
Visages de femmes
as Georges Legrand
(1939)
Last Desire
as Frossard
(1939)
Le père Lebonnard
as Alfredo Lebonnard
(1939)
Corsican Brothers
as Tonio
(1938)
Port of Shadows
as Lucien
(1938)
Hercule
as Bastien
(1938)
Café de Paris
as Le Rec
(1938)
The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
as Alexandre Dumas figlio
(1938)
Heartbeat
as Cousine (uncredited)
(1938)
Grisou
as Hagnauer
(1938)
Gosse de riche
as Pierre Mougins
(1937)
The Virgin Bride
as Georges Letournel, le fils du mari de Jacqueline
(1937)
Confessions of a Newlywed
as Edmond Trivelin
(1937)
La Reine des resquilleuses
as Fred Woolson
(1937)
Claudine at School
as Doctor Dubois
(1937)
(1936)
(1936)
Passé à vendre
as Bob
(1936)
(1936)
(1936)
(1935)
A Rare Bird
as Jean Berthier
(1935)
Jonny, haute-couture
as Jonny
(1935)
Quadrille d'amour
as Robert Lanclot
(1935)
Le Miroir aux alouettes
as Jean Forestier
(1935)
Le Bébé de l'escadron
as Max
(1935)
Little One
as Georges Darnetal
(1934)
Incognito
as Marcel
(1934)
Caravane
as Lt. de Tokay
(1934)
The Amorous Garrison
as Paul, rider
(1934)
L'Oncle de Pékin
as Philippe
(1933)
Tell Me Tonight
as Koretzky
(1933)
Honeymoon Trip
as Rudi
(1933)
Moi et l'impératrice
as Didier
(1933)
Le sexe faible
as Jimmy
(1932)
The Winner
as Hunter
(1932)
(1932)
Quick
as Maxime
(1932)
A Father Without Knowing It
as Jean
(1931)
My Friend Victor
as Edgar Flachon
(1931)
Circulate!
as Jean Dupont-Desroches
(1927)
Feu!
as Frémiet's ordinance
(1925)
Crew
(1979)
Le Dernier Mélodrame
Writer
(1970)
Un ange passe
Writer
(1953)
(1938)
Grisou
Dialogue, Theatre Play