Pierre Brasseur
Acting1905Paris, France
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 History
Future
Opération Jericho
as Jean-César Morin
2002
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
as Self (archive footage)
1979
Le Dernier Mélodrame
Writer
1973
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
TVas Maurice Tardenois• 1 eps
1972
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
as La Brunetière
1971
The Married Couple of the Year Two
as Gosselin
La Brigade des maléfices
TVas Diablevert / Diablegris
1970
Un ange passe
as Florisse
Un ange passe
Writer
1969
Goto, Island of Love
as Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
1968
1967
The Madman of Lab Four
as Father Ballanchon
1966
Fortuna
as Nissim Buzaglo
A Matter of Resistance
as Dimanche
King of Hearts
as General Géranium
Pas de panique
as Fernand Toussaint
Two Hours to Kill
as Laurent
A Young World
as Le Grec
1965
Cloportes
as Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
L'or du duc
as Adhémar de Talois-Minet
Black Humor
as Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
as Patache
1964
1963
Don't Tempt the Devil
as Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré
Josefa's Loot
as Mayor
Agent of Doom
as Charlèz
The Abominable Man of Customs
as Russian killer
1962
Hitch-Hike
as Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly
Crime Does Not Pay
as Martin Fenayrou
Rencontres
as Carl Krasner
Emile's Boat
as François Larmentiel
1961
Spotlight on a Murderer
as Comte de Kerloquen
Famous Love Affairs
as le grand duc Ernest
The Nina B. Affair
as Berrera
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
as Constable of Montmorency
1960
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Pangloss
Il bell'Antonio
as Alfio Magnano
Eyes Without a Face
as Professor Génessier
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
as Commissioner of the Republic
Carthage in Flames
as Sidone
1959
1958
The Possessors
as Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
Sans famille
as Jeroboam Driscoll
Life Together
as Pierre Carreau
1957
The Gates of Paris
as Juju
Cinépanorama
TVas Self• 4 eps
1955
1954
Clothing the Naked
as Console Grotti
Rasputin
as Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine
1953
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
as Bird (voice)
The Drunkard
as Maître Pierre Renneville
1952
Le Plaisir
as Julien Ledentu
Crimson Curtain
as Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
Torticola versus Frankensberg
as Invisible Man's Friend
1951
Dirty Hands
as Hoederer
Bluebeard
as Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
Skipper Next to God
as Captain Joris KnAipper
1950
Lost Souvenirs
as Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris")
Julie de Carneilhan
as Hubert Espivant
Jamaican Man
as Jacques Mervel
1949
The Lovers of Verona
as Raffaele
Portrait of a Murderer
as Fabius / Jean
Millionaires for One Day
as Francis
1948
The Secret of Monte-Cristo
as François Picault
Rocambole
as Rocambole
The Revenge of Baccarat
as Rocambole
Cruise for the Unknown One
as Emile Fréchisse
La Nuit blanche
as Pierre Taverny
1947
Noah's Ark
as Bitru
Love Around the House
as 'Douze Apôtres'
1946
Gates of the Night
as Georges
Pétrus
as Rodrigue
Behind These Walls
as Jean-César Morin
Land Without Stars
as Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud
La Femme fatale
as Jean Pleyard
1945
Children of Paradise
as Frédérick Lemaître
1943
Summer Light
as Roland
Adieu Léonard
as Prosper Bonenfant
Two Shy Ones
as Vancouver
Le soleil a toujours raison
as Gabriel
1942
Promise to the Unknown One
as Lussac
La Croisée des chemins
as Hubert Epervans
1941
Three Argentines in Montmartre
as Toninett
1940
Sixième étage
as Jonval, the young cynic
1939
The Path of Honor
as Philippe
Last Desire
as Frossard
Corsican Brothers
as Tonio
Second Childhood
as Frossard
Visages de femmes
as Georges Legrand
Le père Lebonnard
as Alfredo Lebonnard
1938
Heartbeat
as Cousine (uncredited)
Café de Paris
as Le Rec
The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
as Alexandre Dumas figlio
Grisou
as Hagnauer
Port of Shadows
as Lucien
Hercule
as Bastien
Gosse de riche
as Pierre Mougins
Grisou
Dialogue
Grisou
Theatre Play
1937
Claudine at School
as Doctor Dubois
The Virgin Bride
as Georges Letournel, fils du mari de Jacqueline
Confessions of a Newlywed
as Edmond Trivelin
La Reine des resquilleuses
as Fred Woolson
1936
Le Mari rêvé
as René Daroy /Achille Daroy
Passé à vendre
as Bob
1935
A Rare Bird
as Jean Berthier
Little One
as Georges Darnetal
Le Bébé de l'escadron
as Max
Jonny, haute-couture
as Jonny
Le Miroir aux alouettes
as Jean Forestier
Quadrille d'amour
as Robert Lanclot
1934
Caravane
as Lt. de Tokay
Incognito
as Marcel
L'Oncle de Pékin
as Philippe
The Amorous Garrison
as Paul, rider
1933
1932
1931
Circulate!
as Jean Dupont-Desroches
My Friend Victor
as Edgar Flachon
1927
Backbiters
as Le type de l'appareil à sous
Feu!
as Frémiet's ordinance
1925