Jean-Pierre
Cassel
1932 - 2007 |
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The actor Jean-Pierre Cassel was born as Jean-Pierre Crochon in Paris.
Before he came to the film he was active as a nightclub dancer, an
ability
he put into action time and again in his early film roles.
He made his film debut in 1953 with "Saluti e baci". When he
was spotted
by Gene Kelly for the movie "The Happy Road - Strasse des Glücks"
this marked the beginning of a great career which found its height in
the
70's.
Jean-Pierre Cassel took acting lessons after his film debut
and acted
at the Theatre National Populaire. In the next years he took part in
other
movies in which he normally impersonated smaller roles, so in "A pied,
à cheval et en voiture" (57), "En cas de malheur" (58), "Les
surmenés"
(58) and "La nuit de Tom Brown" (59).
His parts became gradually bigger from the 60's till he grew
up to a
leading actor.
To his well-known movies of the 60's belong "Les jeux de l'amour -
Liebesspiele" (60), "L'amant de cinq jours - Liebhaber für
fünf
Tage" (61), "Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin" (62),
"Cyrano
et d'Artagnan" (63), "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines -
Die tollkühnen Männer in ihren fliegenden Kisten" (65), "Un
monsieur
de compagnie - Ich war eine männliche Sexbombe" (65), "Paris
brûle-t-il?"
(66) and "Oh! What a Lovely War" (69).
His film career became more international from the 70's,
besides productions
in France and Italy he also appeared in movies in the USA.
Jean-Pierre Cassel rallied a crowd of fans round him with movies like
"Malpertuis" (71), "Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie" (72), "The
Three
Musketeers" (73), "Murder on the Orient Express" (74), "Who Is Killing
the Great Chefs of Europe? - Die Schlemmerorgie" (78) and "Grandison"
(79).
In the next decades he acted in countless cinema and TV
productions
where he impersonated bigger and smaller roles.
He took aprt in popular movies like "La vie continue" (81), "La truite"
(82), "Alicja" (82), "Liberty" (86), "Casanova" (87), "A Matter of
Convenience"
(87), "Il giovane Toscnini" (88), "The Phantom of the Opera" (89),
"Mister
Frost" (89), "Vincent & Theo" (90), "The Favour, the Watch and the
Very Big Fish" (91), "L'enfer - Die Hölle" (94), "Casque bleu"
(94),
"Les montagnes bleues" (98), "Les rivières pourpres - Die
purpurnen
Flüsse" (00) and "Michel Vaillant" (03).
Jean-Pierre Cassel was nominated for a César in 1996.
His son Vincent Cassel became also a well-known actor.
Other movies with Jean-Pierre Cassel:
Un acte d'amour (53) Serie "La famille Anodin"
(56) Comme
un cheveu sur la soupe (57) Le désordre et la nuit (58) Et ta
soeur
(58) Serie "Les cinq dernières minutes: Le théâtre
du crime" (58) La marraine de Charley (59) Le farceur (60) Goodbye
Again
(61) Le mariage de Figaro (61) Napoléon II, l'aiglon (61)
Candide
ou l'optimisme au XXe siècle (61) La gamberge (62) Les sept
péchés
capitaux: L'avarice (62) Le caporal épinglé - Der
Korporal
in der Schlinge (62) Nunca pasa nada (63) Alta infedelta: La sospirosa
(64) Les plus belles escroqueries du monde: L'homme qui vendit la Tour
Eiffel (64) Les fêtes galantes (65) L'avare (66) Jeu de massacre
(67) Le dolci signore (67) La double inconstance (68) L'ours et la
poupée
- Der Bär und die Puppe (69) L'armée des ombres - Armee im
Schatten (69) La rupture - Der Riss (70) Le bateau sur l'herbe (71)
Baxter!
(73) Il magnate (73) Le mouton enragé - Das wilde Schaf (74) The
Four Musketeers (74) That Lucky Touch (75) Docteur Françoise
Gailland
(75) Les oeufs brouillés (76) Folies bourgeoises (76) L'oeil de
l'autre (77) Les rendez-vous d'Anna (78) De Dunquerque à la
victoire
(79) Je te tiens, tu me tiens par la barbichette (79) La ville des
silences
(79) La giacca verde (79) Le soleil en face (80) 5 % de risques (80)
Serie
"Love in a Cold Climate" (80) Superman II (80) Nudo di donna (81) La
guérilléra
(82) Ehrengard (82) Il caso graziosi (82) Vive la sociale! (83) Dernier
banco (84) La lune d'Omaha (85) Tranches de vie (85)
L'été
36 (86) La méthode rose (86) Serie "Se n giorno busserai alla
mia
porta" (86) Serie "Nel gorgo del peccato" (86) Serie "The Secret of the
Sahara" (87) Vado a riprendermi il gatto (87) Sentimental Journey (87)
Emma. Quattro storie de donne (87) Chouans! (88) Serie "La
chaîne"
(88) Mangeclous (88) La baïonnette de Mirabeau (89) Tu crois pas
si
bien dire (89) The Return of the Musketeers (89) Serie "Disperatamente
Giulia" (89) Serie "Piège infernal" (89) Serie "La misère
des riches" (89) Serie "Les cadavres exquis de Patricia Highsmith" (90)
The Fatal Image (90) The Maid (91) Salut les coquins (91) Mountain of
Diamonds
(91) Fantaghiro - Prinzessin Fantaghiro (91) Amor e Dedinhos de
Pé
(91) Notorious (92) Aqui d'El Rei! (92) Serie "Warburg: A Man of
Influence"
(92) Sur la terre comme au ciel (92) Déshabillés fatals
(92)
L'oeil écarlate (92) De terre et de sang (92) Coup de jeune (93)
Pétain (93) Cha Forte com Limao (93) Métisse (93) Le
secret
d'Elissa Rhaïs (93) La treizième voiture (93) Serie "The
Young
Indiana Jones Chronicles: Petrograd, July 1917" (93)
Prêt-à-Porter
(94) La cérémonie - Blutiger Engel (95) Serie "Tatort:
Eine
todsichere Falle" (95) Le fils de Paul (95) Le coeurétincelant
(95)
Amores que matan (95) Serie "Le juge est une femme: Dérive
mortelle"
(95) Flairs ennemis (96) Le président et la
garde-barrière
(96) L'embellie (96) Les bidochon (96) Un printemps de chien (97) Con
rabbia
e con amore (97) Il cuore e la spada (98) La patinoire (98) Serie "Mai
con i quadri" (98) Trafic d'influence (99) Le plus beau pays du monde
(99)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
(99) Sade (00) Le coup du lapin (00) Serie "Les cordier, juge et flic:
Les tables de la loi" (00) Serie "Crimes en série: Histoires
d'amour"
(00) Serie "Rastignac ou les ambitieux" (01) Un pique-nique chez Osiris
(01) Double emploi (01) Serie "Méditerranée" (01) Un
citronnier
pour deux (01) Serie "La memoria e il perdono" (01) Ma vie en l'air
(01)
La chanson du maçon (02) A l'abri des regards indiscrets (02) La
faux (03) La maison du canal (03) The Wooden Camera (03) Une
deuxième
chance (03) Claire Montana (03) Narco (04) Menteur! Menteuse! (04)
Serie
"Fabien Cosma: D'un battement de cils" (04)
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