Paul Bisciglia

Biography

Paul Bisciglia (30 July 1928 – 18 April 2010) was a French film actor. Throughout his acting career, Bisciglia appeared in more than one-hundred feature films. He made his debut in the 1950 film Trois télégrammes. What followed was several uncredited roles, before landing a much larger part in drama Clara de Montargis. During the fifties, he appeared in many drama films, including the award-winning Avant le déluge, with Antoine Balpêtré, and again several more uncredited roles. During the sixties, Bisciglia began to appear more frequently in television series and television films, although he was included in many films such as The Wretches, with Michèle Morgan, Les vieux de la vieille, with Pierre Fresnay, Paris nous appartient, Le signe du lion, and in 1966, he appeared in his first leading role in Alain Cuniot's L'or et le plomb. In 1969, Bisciglia had a small role in the horror film La vampire nue, the second feature film from director Jean Rollin. It was Bisciglia's first of several times working with Rollin. He worked with the director again in the successful films Requiem pour un vampire, with Marie-Pierre Castel and Mireille D'Argent, Les démoniaques, Lèvres de sang, and the zombie classic Les Raisins de la Mort, with Marie-Georges Pascal. His career continued through the seventies and eighties, such as the Golden Globe-nominated Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob, Club privé pour couples avertis, with Philippe Gasté of Jean Rollin's Requiem pour un vampire, Verdict, with Sophia Loren, L'aile ou la cuisse, Family Rock, and he voiced in three animated films Astérix et la surprise de César (Asterix vs. Caesar), Astérix chez les Bretons (Asterix in Britain) and Astérix et le coup du menhir (Asterix and the Big Fight). Bisciglia's acting career continued until 1999, during which he appeared in two final feature films, Profil bas and Montana Blues. Bisciglia also had a successful television career appearing in a number of television series and films. He made his first appearance in the 1957 television film L'équipage au complet. His television films include Elle s'abaisse pour vaincre, Les fiancés de Loches, Claudine à Paris and the television film remeke Les liaisons dangereuses. His television series credits include Le théâtre de la jeunesse, Rocambole, Les saintes chéries, Schulmeister, espion de l'empereur, Les brigades du Tigre, De mémoire d'homme, Les cinq dernières minutes, Désiré Lafarge, Commissaire Moulin, Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret and Julien Fontanes, magistrat. Source: Article "Paul Bisciglia" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Police Commissioner Moulin

Police Commissioner Moulin

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes

Schulmeister, l'espion de l'Empereur

House of 1000 Pleasures

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez

Claudine

Asterix and the Big Fight

All Movies (97)

• Un fil à la patte2002
• Low Profile1993 · as Le patron du bistrot
• Venus and Lulu1991 · as Le journaliste
• Love Without Pity1989 · as L'homme de l'Huma
• Asterix and the Big Fight1989 · as Agecanonix (voice)
• Asterix in Britain1986 · as (voice)
• Asterix vs. Caesar1985 · as (voice)
• C'est facile et ça peut rapporter... 20 ans1983
• La Baraka1982 · as le client
• Salut, j'arrive1982
• Belles, blondes et bronzées1981
• Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryx1981 · as Le larbin
• The Gallant Tales of La Fontaine1980 · as Messire Jean
• Anthracite1980 · as Caretaker
• Trop au lit pour être honnête1980 · as La garçon
• Légitime défense1980
• Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses1979 · as Police officer
• The Grapes of Death1978 · as Lucas
• The Teasers Go to Paris1977
• Animal1977 · as Le gardien du château
• Brigade Call Girls1977 · as Henri
• Soumissions perverses1977 · as Jules Larrigau, the farmer
• The Wing or the Thigh?1976 · as Le bagagiste
• Sex Shock1976 · as Le couple au square
• Lumière1976 · as La Bougie
• Indécences1975 · as L'homme des bois
• The Seventh Company Has Been Found1975 · as Claumachet, sous-officier de la 7e compagnie
• Lips of Blood1975 · as The Psychiatrist
• That Most Important Thing: Love1975 · as Assistant Director
• The Cold Soup1975 · as Le garde-champêtre
• The Demoniacs1974 · as Paul
• Young Casanova1974 · as Le flic dubitatif
• The Slap1974 · as Waiter
• Sexy Boom1974 · as 'Double-Crème'
• Jury of One1974 · as A juror
• Like a Pot of Strawberries1974
• How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby1974 · as Le chasseur PLM
• The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir1974 · as Un clochard (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
• House of 1000 Pleasures1974 · as Le livreur (uncredited)
• La Dernière Bourrée à Paris1973
• The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob1973 · as Pump Attendant
• The Crazy Capo Affair1973
• Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?1973 · as Père de la filette, en exode sur la route
• Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman1973
• Rock or the Curse1973 · as Gerly
• The Voracious Ones1973
• A Murder Is a Murder1972 · as L'employe de Kastner
• La Tuile à loups1972 · as Muratel
• Requiem for a Vampire1972 · as Man with the Bike
• The Pebbles of Etratat1972 · as Mechanic
• The Egg1972 · as Dufiquet employee
• Fusil chargé1972
• Who Cares: Anatomy of a Delivery Boy1971 · as Le contremaître
• Le Cinema de Papa1971 · as Un acteur
• Dougal and the Blue Cat1970 · as Le Chat bleu / Flappy (voice)
• Alice au pays des merveilles1970 · as Five of spades
• Only the Cool1970
• The Nude Vampire1970 · as Butler
• Action Man1967 · as Bartender (uncredited)
• The Ferryman's House1966
• The Boss of Champignol1966
• L’Or et le plomb1966 · as Usher's clerk
• Pas de caviar pour tante Olga1965
• The Big Swag1965 · as Metro machinist (uncredited)
• Les Hommes1964 · as Cyclist
• Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez1964 · as Prince's advisor (uncredited)
• Cherchez l'idole1964 · as Tailor's assistant
• The Bamboo Stroke1963
• Sign of the Lion1962 · as Willy
• Paris Belongs to Us1961 · as Paul
• The Fruit Is Ripe1961
• The Old Guard1960 · as Jojo, Mariette's fiancé
• The Delinquents1960 · as Painter
• The Wretches1960
• Lovers on a Tightrope1960 · as Mechanic
• Night Dance Hall1959
• Witness in the City1959 · as Taxi driver
• The Cousins1959 · as Marc
• La P..... sentimentale1958 · as Chauffeur
• Provisional Liberty1958 · as Riri
• Le souffle du désir1958
• Sunday Buddies1957 · as Lucien dit: "Lulu", un collègue de l'usine
• The Seventh Commandment1957 · as Hunter
• Les Lumières du soir1956 · as Friend of Catherine at the restaurant
• Forgive Our Trespasses1956 · as 'Coquillage'
• Les Hommes en blanc1955 · as Un interne
• Papa, Mama, the Maid and I1954 · as Tenant on the sixth floor, under the roof (uncredited)
• Quai des blondes1954 · as le chasseur de l'hôtel
• Before the Deluge1954 · as Jean-Jacques Noblet
• The Turkey1951 · as Victor, le groom
• The High Life1951
• Love and Desire1951
• Clara de Montargis1951
• The Beautiful Image1951 · as (uncredited)
• Under the Paris Sky1951 · as (uncredited)
• Beware of Blondes1950 · as (uncredited)
• Paris Incident1950 · as Young postman

All TV Shows (13)

• Molierissimo1989 · as Pouillard
• Sans famille1981 · as Le concierge
• Petit déjeuner compris1980 · as M. Burin
• Claudine1978 · as Le chanteur des rues
• Allez la Rafale !1977 · as Riton
• Minichronique1976 · as L'épicier
• Police Commissioner Moulin1976
• Police Commissioner Moulin1976 · as Un journaliste
• Nick Verlaine ou Comment voler la tour Eiffel1976 · as Le commissaire
• Schulmeister, l'espion de l'Empereur1971 · as L'officier Anglais
• L'Homme du Picardie1968 · as Pucheu
• L'Homme du Picardie1968 · as Peucheu
• Les Cinq Dernières Minutes1958 · as Roger La Soutarde