Cast & creator
Pierre Brasseur
Best known for Cinépanorama, Les Cinq Dernières Minutes, Eyes Without a Face
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Brasseur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Пьер Брассёр, Пьер Брассер, Pierre-Albert Espinasse
145
film credits
5
television credits
145
1925–2002 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (150)
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Cinépanorama
Self
1956
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Maurice Tardenois
1958
Eyes Without a Face
Professor Génessier
1960
Children of Paradise
Frédérick Lemaître
1945
La Joie de vivre
Self
1952
La Brigade des maléfices
Diablevert
1971La Brigade des maléfices
Diablegris
1971
Napoleon
Barras
1955
The Married Couple of the Year Two
Gosselin
1971
Le Plaisir
Julien Ledentu
1952
la loi
Don Cesare
Port of Shadows
Lucien
1938
King of Hearts
General Géranium
1966
Heartbeat
Cousine (uncredited)
1938
Lucky Jo
Loudéac
1964
Il bell'Antonio
Alfio Magnano
1960
The Lovers of Verona
Raffaele
1949
Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
Faria
1968
Rencontres
Carl Krasner
1962
Pétrus
Rodrigue
1946
L'Or du duc
Adhémar de Talois-Minet
1965
Crime Does Not Pay
Martin Fenayrou
1962
Oasis
Antoine Vallin
1955
Cloportes
Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
1965
Sans famille
Jeroboam Driscoll
1958
The Circular Triangle
Georges Richter
1964
A Matter of Resistance
Dimanche
1966
Famous Love Affairs
le grand duc Ernest
1961
Goto, Island of Love
Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
1969
Backbiters
Le type de l'appareil à sous
1927
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
Commissioner of the Republic
1960
Emile's Boat
François Larmentiel
1962
Jamaican Man
Jacques Mervel
1950
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
Constable of Montmorency
1961
The Bureaucrats
Monsieur Nègre
1959
Grisou
Hagnauer
1938Grisou
Dialogue
1938Grisou
Theatre Play
1938
The Possessors
Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
1958
Spotlight on a Murderer
Comte de Kerloquen
1961
Millionaires for One Day
Francis
1949
Gates of the Night
Georges
1946
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
Bird (voice)
1953The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
Vocals
1953
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
La Brunetière
1972
The Madman of Lab Four
Father Ballanchon
1967
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Self (archive footage)
2002
Prête-moi ta femme
1936
Hercule
Bastien
1938
Head Against the Wall
Dr. Varmont
1959
The Gates of Paris
Juju
1957
Une femme qui se partage
1937
Noah's Ark
Bitru
1947Opération Jericho
Jean-César Morin
Life Together
Pierre Carreau
1958
Josefa's Loot
Mayor
1963
Rocambole
Rocambole
1948
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Pangloss
1960
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
Self
1954
Two Hours to Kill
Laurent
1966
Valse éternelle
1936
The Revenge of Baccarat
Rocambole
1948A Father Without Knowing It
Jean
1932
Hitch-Hike
Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly
1962
Carthage in Flames
Sidone
1960
Black Humor
Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
1965
The Secret of Monte-Cristo
François Picault
1948
Summer Light
Roland
1943
The Law
Don Cesare
1959
Un ange passe
1970Un ange passe
Florisse
1970Un ange passe
Writer
1970
The Nina B. Affair
Berrera
1961
Promise to the Unknown One
Lussac
1942
Confessions of a Newlywed
Edmond Trivelin
1937
Le soleil a toujours raison
Gabriel
1943Feu!
Frémiet's ordinance
1927
One Night's Song
Koretzky
1933
Tower of Lust
Jehan Buridan
1955Le Miroir aux alouettes
Jean Forestier
1935
Claudine at School
Doctor Dubois
1937
Don't Tempt the Devil
Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré
1963
Land Without Stars
Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud
1946
La Croisée des chemins
Hubert Epervans
1942À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
Self
1969
Moi et l'impératrice
Didier
1933
Portrait of a Murderer
Fabius / Jean
1949
L'Oncle de Pékin
Philippe
1934Macédoine
1971
The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
Alexandre Dumas figlio
1938
Birds in Peru
Husband
1968
La Reine des resquilleuses
Fred Woolson
1937
The Abominable Man of Customs
Russian killer
1963
Second Childhood
Frossard
1939
Cruise for the Unknown One
Emile Fréchisse
1948
The Virgin Bride
Georges Letournel, fils du mari de Jacqueline
1937
Agent of Doom
Charlèz
1963
Three Argentines in Montmartre
Toninett
1941
Café de Paris
Le Rec
1938
La Nuit blanche
Pierre Taverny
1948
Crimson Curtain
Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
1952Une faim de loup
1932
Behind These Walls
Jean-César Morin
1946
The Amorous Garrison
Paul, rider
1934
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
Patache
1965
A Young World
Le Grec
1966
Madame Sans-Gêne
1925The Birth of Children of Paradise
Self
1967
Sixième étage
Jonval, the young cynic
1940
Gosse de riche
Pierre Mougins
1938
Clothing the Naked
Console Grotti
1954
A Little Virtuous
Jules Polnick
1968
A Rare Bird
Jean Berthier
1935
The Path of Honor
Philippe
1939
Circulate!
Jean Dupont-Desroches
1931
Love Around the House
'Douze Apôtres'
1947
Le Bébé de l'escadron
Max
1935
Honeymoon Trip
Rudi
1933
Skipper Next to God
Captain Joris KnAipper
1951
Fortuna
Nissim Buzaglo
1966
Visages de femmes
Georges Legrand
1939Tobie Is an Angel
1940
Le père Lebonnard
Alfredo Lebonnard
1939
Dirty Hands
Hoederer
1951
Bluebeard
Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
1951
My Friend Victor
Edgar Flachon
1931
Lost Souvenirs
Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris")
1950
Le Mari rêvé
René Daroy /Achille Daroy
1936
Passé à vendre
Bob
1936
A Very Handy Man
Simone Palumbo
1964
Quadrille d'amour
Robert Lanclot
1935
Two Shy Ones
Vancouver
1943
Little One
Georges Darnetal
1935
Adieu Léonard
Prosper Bonenfant
1943
Corsican Brothers
Tonio
1939
The Drunkard
Maître Pierre Renneville
1953Torticola versus Frankensberg
Invisible Man's Friend
1952
Julie de Carneilhan
Hubert Espivant
1950
Pas de panique
Fernand Toussaint
1966
Caravane
Lt. de Tokay
1934
La Femme fatale
Jean Pleyard
1946
Last Desire
Frossard
1939Incognito
Marcel
1934
The Winner
Hunter
1932
Rasputin
Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine
1954
Le Dernier Mélodrame
Writer
1979Jonny, haute-couture
Jonny
1935
Quick
Maxime
1932
Jeunesse d'abord
1936Weaker Sex
Jimmy
1933