Cast & creator
Pierre Vaneck
Best known for Discorama, Les Cent Livres des Hommes, Is Paris Burning?
Pierre Vaneck (born Pierre Auguste Van Hecke; 15 April 1931 – 31 January 2010) was a French actor. During his career, he won a Molière Award in 1988 and received a César Award nomination in 2009. Son of a Belgian army officer, Pierre Vaneck spent his youth in Antwerp, Belgium, until the age of 17, when he started medical studies in Paris, France. Before long, he branched into studying acting, first at the Rene Simon school, and then at the Theatre Academy, under Henri Rollan. He earned his living meanwhile by working for a saddle-maker by day, and in the evenings, he recited François Villon's poems in cabarets. His début on the stage came in 1952 in The Three Musketeers in the role of Louis XIII. His first important role in the cinema was in the Julien Duvivier film, Marianne of my Youth in 1955. Pierre Vaneck was primarily a theatre and television actor. The general public knew him particularly for his television role as the father of the main character in Fabien Cosma, as well as in many other serials (Spring Tides, The Garonne...). Vaneck died on Sunday 31 January 2010, during open-heart surgery. He was married to Sophie Becker, daughter and sister of Jacques Becker and Jean Becker. His grandchildren, Aurélie and Thibaud Vaneck, are both actors, and feature in the television series Plus Belle la Vie which is broadcast on France 3 channel. Source: Article "Pierre Vaneck" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Also known as: Pierre Auguste Van Hecke
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television credits
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1955–2009 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (67)
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Discorama
Self
1959
Les Cent Livres des Hommes
1970
Is Paris Burning?
Maj. Roger Gallois
1966
The Science of Sleep
Mr. Pouchet
2006
Mircea Eliade and the Rediscovery of the Sacred
Narrator
1987
Year of the Jellyfish
Pierre Rivaut
1984
Imperium: Nero
Paolo di Tarso
2004
Les Cœurs brûlés
Marc Leroy
1992
A Man Named Rocca
Xavier Adé
1961
If I Had Four Dromedaries
Récitant (voice)
1966
Love Me No More
le père d'Antoine
2008
He Who Must Die
Manolios
1957
Fabien Cosma
André Cosma
2001The Collectors
Charles Thieron
1986
Aux frontières du possible
Yan Thomas
1971
Othello
Brabantio
1995
If Paris Were Told to Us
François Villon
1956
Thérèse Étienne
Gottfried Muller
1958
Sin with a Stranger
François
1968
Portrait: Orson Welles
Narrator (voice)
1968
Thank You, Natercia
Alain
1960
A Bullet in the Gun Barrel
Tony
1958
L'Homme d'Amsterdam
Pierre Vermeer
1976
Famous Love Affairs
René de La Roche
1961
October Revolution
Narrator (French version) (voice)
1967
The Apocalypse of the Animals
Narrator
1973
Threshold of the Void
Dr. Liancourt
1974
Sweet Country
Father Venegas
1987
Nero
Paul of Tarsus
2004
No Sky Limit with Africa
Ian Coburn
2005
The Season for Love
Sylvain
1961
« Art »
Marc
1998
The Irony of Chance
Werner Von Rompsay
1974
Return to Algiers
Blanville
2000
Misdeal
Jacques Christens
1969
East Wind
doktor Josef Hoop, premier rządu Liechtensteinu
1993
The Proprietor
Raymond T.K
1996
Justice
Gilbert Le Guen
1999
Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter
Stam
1974
Furia
Aaron
1999
Le Soleil en face
Dr. Norbert Bollinger
1980
Paradise Calling
Noah
1988
La fin du marquisat d'Aurel
Palamède d'Aurel
1980L'île au coquelicot
Biribi
Ponchard
1971
Operation Leopard
Colonel Grasser
1980
Le Dossier Chelsea Street
George Steward
1962
Le Reflet dans la mer
Karl de Lincken
1973
Marianne de ma jeunesse
Vincent Loringer
1955
The Heat of a Thousand Suns
(voice)
1965
La Source des Sarrasins
Armand
2002
A.D.A. : L'argent des autres
André Jorgensen
2009Saint-Just and the Force of Things
Maximilien Robespierre
1975
La Face de l'Ogre
Ringler
1988
Forgive Our Trespasses
René
1956Tournoi
Narrator (voice)
1965
Potatoes
German soldier (uncredited)
1969
Portuguese Vacation
Pierre
1963
Les Enfants du vent
Mayor
1991
As in Heaven
Dr. Charcot
1992Retour à Fonteyne
Aurélien Laverzac
1999
Le collier de velours
Gilbert Piersaint
1986
Why Women Sin
Frédéric Martignac, aka Fred
1958
The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan
Narateur
1975The Forbidden Volcano
Narrator (voice)
1966
Cinq-Mars
Louis XIII
1981
Enchanted Isles
Abrantes
1965