Pierre Brasseur

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Brasseur, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Cinépanorama

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes

Children of Paradise

Eyes Without a Face

Le Plaisir

Il bell'Antonio

Napoleon

La Brigade des maléfices

All Movies (139)

• Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life1972 · as La Brunetière
• The Married Couple of the Year Two1971 · as Gosselin
• Macédoine1971
• Un ange passe1970 · as Florisse
• Un ange passe1970
• Goto, Island of Love1969 · as Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
• À la recherche de Jean Grémillon1969 · as Self
• Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo1968 · as Faria
• Birds in Peru1968 · as Husband
• A Little Virtuous1968 · as Jules Polnick
• The Madman of Lab Four1967 · as Father Ballanchon
• The Birth of Children of Paradise1967 · as Self
• King of Hearts1966 · as General Géranium
• Pas de panique1966 · as Fernand Toussaint
• A Young World1966 · as Le Grec
• A Matter of Resistance1966 · as Dimanche
• Two Hours to Kill1966 · as Laurent
• Fortuna1966 · as Nissim Buzaglo
• L'Or du duc1965 · as Adhémar de Talois-Minet
• Cloportes1965 · as Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
• Pas de caviar pour tante Olga1965 · as Patache
• Black Humor1965 · as Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
• The Circular Triangle1964 · as Georges Richter
• Lucky Jo1964 · as Loudéac
• A Very Handy Man1964 · as Simone Palumbo
• Josefa's Loot1963 · as Mayor
• Agent of Doom1963 · as Charlèz
• Don't Tempt the Devil1963 · as Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré
• The Abominable Man of Customs1963 · as Russian killer
• Crime Does Not Pay1962 · as Martin Fenayrou
• Hitch-Hike1962 · as Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly
• Emile's Boat1962 · as François Larmentiel
• Rencontres1962 · as Carl Krasner
• Famous Love Affairs1961 · as le grand duc Ernest
• The Nina B. Affair1961 · as Berrera
• Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!1961 · as Constable of Montmorency
• Spotlight on a Murderer1961 · as Comte de Kerloquen
• Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century1960 · as Pangloss
• The Dialogue of the Carmelites1960 · as Commissioner of the Republic
• Il bell'Antonio1960 · as Alfio Magnano
• Carthage in Flames1960 · as Sidone
• Eyes Without a Face1960 · as Professor Génessier
• The Bureaucrats1959 · as Monsieur Nègre
• Head Against the Wall1959 · as Dr. Varmont
• The Law1959 · as Don Cesare
• The Possessors1958 · as Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
• Life Together1958 · as Pierre Carreau
• Sans famille1958 · as Jeroboam Driscoll
• The Gates of Paris1957 · as Juju
• Napoleon1955 · as Barras
• Tower of Lust1955 · as Jehan Buridan
• Oasis1955 · as Antoine Vallin
• Rasputin1954 · as Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine
• Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances1954 · as Self
• Clothing the Naked1954 · as Console Grotti
• The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird1953 · as Bird (voice)
• The Drunkard1953 · as Maître Pierre Renneville
• Crimson Curtain1952 · as Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
• Torticola versus Frankensberg1952 · as Invisible Man's Friend
• Le Plaisir1952 · as Julien Ledentu
• Bluebeard1951 · as Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
• Dirty Hands1951 · as Hoederer
• Skipper Next to God1951 · as Captain Joris KnAipper
• Jamaican Man1950 · as Jacques Mervel
• Lost Souvenirs1950 · as Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris")
• Julie de Carneilhan1950 · as Hubert Espivant
• Millionaires for One Day1949 · as Francis
• Portrait of a Murderer1949 · as Fabius / Jean
• The Lovers of Verona1949 · as Raffaele
• The Secret of Monte-Cristo1948 · as François Picault
• La Nuit blanche1948 · as Pierre Taverny
• Cruise for the Unknown One1948 · as Emile Fréchisse
• The Revenge of Baccarat1948 · as Rocambole
• Rocambole1948 · as Rocambole
• Noah's Ark1947 · as Bitru
• Love Around the House1947 · as 'Douze Apôtres'
• Gates of the Night1946 · as Georges
• Pétrus1946 · as Rodrigue
• La Femme fatale1946 · as Jean Pleyard
• Land Without Stars1946 · as Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud
• Behind These Walls1946 · as Jean-César Morin
• Children of Paradise1945 · as Frédérick Lemaître
• Adieu Léonard1943 · as Prosper Bonenfant
• Summer Light1943 · as Roland
• Two Shy Ones1943 · as Vancouver
• Le soleil a toujours raison1943 · as Gabriel
• La Croisée des chemins1942 · as Hubert Epervans
• Promise to the Unknown One1942 · as Lussac
• Three Argentines in Montmartre1941 · as Toninett
• Tobie Is an Angel1940
• Sixième étage1940 · as Jonval, the young cynic
• The Path of Honor1939 · as Philippe
• Last Desire1939 · as Frossard
• Second Childhood1939 · as Frossard
• Corsican Brothers1939 · as Tonio
• Le père Lebonnard1939 · as Alfredo Lebonnard
• Visages de femmes1939 · as Georges Legrand
• Café de Paris1938 · as Le Rec
• The Life of Giuseppe Verdi1938 · as Alexandre Dumas figlio
• Gosse de riche1938 · as Pierre Mougins
• Port of Shadows1938 · as Lucien
• Grisou1938 · as Hagnauer
• Heartbeat1938 · as Cousine (uncredited)
• Hercule1938 · as Bastien
• Claudine at School1937 · as Doctor Dubois
• The Virgin Bride1937 · as Georges Letournel, fils du mari de Jacqueline
• La Reine des resquilleuses1937 · as Fred Woolson
• Confessions of a Newlywed1937 · as Edmond Trivelin
• Une femme qui se partage1937
• Le Mari rêvé1936 · as René Daroy /Achille Daroy
• Prête-moi ta femme1936
• Passé à vendre1936 · as Bob
• Jeunesse d'abord1936
• Valse éternelle1936
• Le Bébé de l'escadron1935 · as Max
• Little One1935 · as Georges Darnetal
• A Rare Bird1935 · as Jean Berthier
• Jonny, haute-couture1935 · as Jonny
• Le Miroir aux alouettes1935 · as Jean Forestier
• Quadrille d'amour1935 · as Robert Lanclot
• Caravane1934 · as Lt. de Tokay
• L'Oncle de Pékin1934 · as Philippe
• The Amorous Garrison1934 · as Paul, rider
• Incognito1934 · as Marcel
• Moi et l'impératrice1933 · as Didier
• Tell Me Tonight1933 · as Koretzky
• Honeymoon Trip1933 · as Rudi
• Weaker Sex1933 · as Jimmy
• Une faim de loup1932
• Quick1932 · as Maxime
• A Father Without Knowing It1932 · as Jean
• The Winner1932 · as Hunter
• Circulate!1931 · as Jean Dupont-Desroches
• My Friend Victor1931 · as Edgar Flachon
• Backbiters1927 · as Le type de l'appareil à sous
• Feu!1927 · as Frémiet's ordinance
• Madame Sans-Gêne1925
• Opération Jericho— · as Jean-César Morin

All TV Shows (4)

• La Brigade des maléfices1971 · as Diablevert
• La Brigade des maléfices1971 · as Diablegris
• Les Cinq Dernières Minutes1958 · as Maurice Tardenois
• Cinépanorama1956 · as Self