Pierre Mondy (born Pierre Cuq; 10 February 1925 – 15 September 2012) was a French film and theatre actor and director.[1]
Pierre Mondy | |
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.jpg) Mondy in 2007 | |
| Born | Pierre Cuq 10 February 1925 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Died | 15 September 2012 (aged 87) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
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Personal life
editHe was married four times: to Claude Gensac, Pascale Roberts, Annie Fournier, and Catherine Allary, all actresses.[2] He died on 15 September 2012, aged 87, from lymphoma.[3]
Career
editMondy's first on-screen appearance was in 1949 in Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de juillet and he appeared in over 140 films over the course of his career.[1] In 1960, he received international recognition for the role of Napoléon Bonaparte in the film Austerlitz directed by Abel Gance.[3] In the 1970s, his most successful film was the comedy Mais où est donc passée la septième compagnie?.[1] From 1992 until 2005, he appeared in the French television series Les Cordier, juge et flic.[3]
As a voice actor, he voiced Caius Obtus in Asterix et la Surprise de Cesar (Asterix vs. Caesar; 1985) and Cetinlapsus in Asterix Chez Le Bretons (Asterix in Britain; 1986).[4]
Mondy directed four films and thirteen television episodes, and wrote two television screenplay adaptions. He also directed over 60 theatre productions, many of them at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris.[1] In 1973 he directed the first production of La Cage aux folles starring Jean Poiret and Michel Serrault.[3]
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Kaamelott | Emperor Caesar | Alexandre Astier |
Theater
edit| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Two into One | Ray Cooney | Pierre Mondy | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Director |
| 1989 | La Présidente | Maurice Hennequin & Pierre Veber | Pierre Mondy | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Director |
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Rendezvous in July | The student's friend | Jacques Becker | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Les anciens de Saint-Loup | Le marquis Patrice de Puy-Tirejol | Georges Lampin | |
| Souvenirs perdus | The Agent | Christian-Jaque | (segment "Le violon"), Uncredited | |
| 1951 | Without Leaving an Address | Forestier's Friend | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | |
| Victor | An inmate | Claude Heymann | ||
| 1952 | Le costaud des Batignolles | Bébert | Guy Lacourt | |
| Souvenirs perdus | Georges | Un jour avec vous | ||
| Matrimonial Agency | Le client de l'agence 'Nuptia' #2 | Jean-Paul Le Chanois (2) | ||
| The Happiest of Men | Inspector Gaston | Yves Ciampi | ||
| 1953 | Les Compagnes de la nuit | Sylvestre | Ralph Habib | |
| Capitaine Pantoufle | Henri | Guy Lefranc | ||
| Le Guérisseur | Robert | Yves Ciampi (2) | ||
| 1954 | Crainquebille | La Trogne | Ralph Habib | |
| Tout chante autour de moi | Paul Nollier | Pierre Gout | ||
| 1955 | Les Chiffonniers d'Emmaüs | Thomas | Robert Darène | |
| Casse-cou, mademoiselle! | Marchand | Christian Stengel | ||
| Cherchez la femme | Georges Tessard | Raoul André | ||
| The Affair of the Poisons | Le capitaine François Desgrez | Henri Decoin | ||
| 1956 | People of No Importance | Pierrot Berty | Henri Verneuil | |
| Folies-Bergère | Roger | Henri Decoin | ||
| 1957 | Que les hommes sont bêtes | Josélito | Roger Richebé | |
| The She-Wolves | André Vilsan | Luis Saslavsky | ||
| La roue | Jean Marcereau | André Haguet and Maurice Delbez | ||
| Méfiez-vous fillettes | Tonio | Yves Allégret | ||
| Send a Woman When the Devil Fails | Commissaire Verdier | Yves Allégret | ||
| The Tricyclist | Un gendarme | Jack Pinoteau | ||
| Anyone Can Kill Me | Émile Chanu | Henri Decoin | ||
| The Lady Doctor | Romeo, cammeriere di De Vitti | Camillo Mastrocinque | ||
| 1958 | Le temps des oeufs durs | Le maître nageur | Norbert Carbonnaux | |
| Neither Seen Nor Recognized | M. Bluette | Yves Robert | ||
| Chéri, fais-moi peur | Le commissaire Morel | Jack Pinoteau | ||
| En légitime défense | Petit Bob | André Berthomieu | ||
| Life Together | Monsieur Lebeaut | Clément Duhour | ||
| Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women | Max | Maurice Régamey | ||
| 1959 | Women Are Weak | André, Agathe's Husband | Michel Boisrond | |
| Vous n'avez rien à déclarer? | Alfred Dupont | Clément Duhour | ||
| Way of Youth | Lulu | Michel Boisrond | ||
| 1960 | Les Loups dans la bergerie | Charlot | Hervé Bromberger | |
| Austerlitz | Napoléon Bonaparte | Abel Gance | ||
| It Happened All Night | Antoine Fiesco | Henri Verneuil | ||
| Love and the Frenchwoman | Edouard, Bichette's father | various directors | (segment "Adolescence, L'") | |
| Boulevard | Dicky | Julien Duvivier | ||
| 1961 | Dans la gueule du loup | Commissaire Rémy | Jean-Charles Dudrumet | |
| Les moutons de Panurge | Un voisin de table au restaurant | Jean Girault | Uncredited | |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Caderousse | Claude Autant-Lara | ||
| 1962 | Girl on the Road | Le manager | Jacqueline Audry | |
| Le Crime ne paie pas | Clerget, le détective | Gérard Oury | (segment "L'affaire Hugues"), Uncredited | |
| The Law of Men | Le juge Béguin | Charles Gérard | ||
| The Mysteries of Paris | Le Chourineur | André Hunebelle | ||
| 1963 | Jusqu'au bout du monde | Pierre | François Villiers | |
| People in Luck | Henri Duchemin | Philippe de Broca and Jean Girault | (segment "Le yacht") | |
| Bebert and the Train | Parmelin | Yves Robert | ||
| Son of the Circus | Philip Nardelli | Sergio Grieco | ||
| 1964 | Mission to Venice | Paul Trégard | André Versini | |
| À couteaux tirés | Robert Antonini | Charles Gérard | ||
| Requiem pour un caïd | Antoine Delille | Maurice Cloche | ||
| Weekend at Dunkirk | Dhéry | Henri Verneuil | ||
| 1965 | Les copains | Broudier | Yves Robert | |
| The Sleeping Car Murders | Le commissaire Tarquin | Costa-Gavras | ||
| 1966 | Le facteur s'en va-t-en guerre | Massenet | Claude Bernard-Aubert | |
| Monsieur le Président Directeur Général (Appelez-moi Maître) | Denis Bonneval | Jean Girault | ||
| 1967 | The Night of the Generals | Kopatski | Anatole Litvak | |
| 1969 | Pierre et Paul | Pierre | René Allio | |
| Appelez-moi Mathilde | Le commissaire | Pierre Mondy | Uncredited | |
| 1971 | Papa les petits bateaux... | Jeannot le Corse | Nelly Kaplan | |
| 1972 | Les malheurs d'Alfred | François Morel | Pierre Richard | |
| 1973 | Forbidden Priests | Paul Lacoussade | Denys de La Patellière | |
| Now Where Did the 7th Company Get to? | Sergent Louis Chaudard | Robert Lamoureux | ||
| 1974 | Vos gueules les mouettes! | Bibi Kenavec | Robert Dhéry | |
| Impossible Is Not French | Antoine Brisset | Robert Lamoureux | ||
| 1975 | L'agression | Sauguet | Gérard Pirès | Voice, Uncredited |
| Vous ne l'emporterez pas au paradis | Olivier Galmisch | François Dupont-Midi | ||
| Le téléphone rose | Benoît Castejac | Édouard Molinaro | ||
| On a retrouvé la 7ème compagnie ! | Sergent Chaudard | Robert Lamoureux | ||
| 1977 | Dernière sortie avant Roissy | Marlys | Bernard Paul | |
| The Seventh Company Outdoors | Chaudard | Robert Lamoureux | ||
| 1978 | Le beaujolais nouveau est arrivé | Georges | Jean-Luc Voulfow | |
| Vas-y maman | Jean-Pierre Larcher | Nicole de Buron | ||
| La Cage aux Folles | Renato Baldi | Édouard Molinaro | (French version), Voice | |
| 1979 | Démons de midi | François | Christian Paureilhe | |
| 1980 | Retour en force | Roger | Jean-Marie Poiré | |
| 1981 | Signé Furax | Amédée Gonflard | Marc Simenon | |
| 1982 | Bankers Also Have Souls | Grégoire Dufour | Michel Lang | |
| 1983 | Le Braconnier de Dieu | Brother Grégoire | Jean-Pierre Darras | |
| Le Battant | Rouxel | Alain Delon | ||
| Si elle dit oui... je ne dis pas non | Marcel Thiebault | Claude Vital | ||
| 1984 | Pinot simple flic | Rochu | Gérard Jugnot | |
| 1985 | Slices of Life | Le Président | François Leterrier | |
| Asterix Versus Caesar | Caius Obtus | Gaëtan Brizzi and Paul Brizzi | Voice | |
| 1986 | Asterix in Britain | Cetinlapsus | Pino Van Lamsweerde | Voice |
| 1992 | Cerveny cigán | |||
| 1994 | The Favourite Son | Le dentiste usurier | Nicole Garcia | |
| 2003 | Lovely Rita, sainte patronne des cas désespérés | Marcel | Stéphane Clavier | |
| 2008 | A Man and His Dog | Baptistin | Francis Huster |
References
edit- ^ a b c d Agence France Presse. "L'acteur Pierre Mondy, 87 ans, est mort" (in French). Le Monde. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ^ Vely, Yannick. "Pierre Mondy. La disparition du commissaire Cordier" (in French). Paris Match. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ^ a b c d Simon, Nathalie. "Décès de Pierre Mondy, grand comédien populaire" (in French). Le Figaro. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ^ Minovitz, Ethan. "Director, "Asterix" actor Pierre Mondy dead at 87". Big Cartoon News. Retrieved 27 January 2018.[dead link]
External links
edit- Pierre Mondy at IMDb
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