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
| Birth Location | Paris, France |
|---|---|
| Born | 1905-12-22 |
| Died | 1972-08-16 |
Movies
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
as La Brunetière
1972
The Married Couple of the Year Two
as Gosselin
1971
1971
Un ange passe
as Florisse
1970
1970
Goto, Island of Love
as Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
1969
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
as Self
1969
Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
as Faria
1968
Birds in Peru
as Husband
1968
A Little Virtuous
as Jules Polnick
1968
The Madman of Lab Four
as le Père Ballanchon
1967
1967
King of Hearts
as Le Général Géranium
1966
Pas de panique
as Fernand Toussaint
1966
Un monde nouveau
as Le Grec
1966
A Matter of Resistance
as Dimanche
1966
Two Hours to Kill
as Laurent
1966
Fortuna
as Nissim Buzaglo
1966
Cloportes
as Tonton
1965
L'or du duc
as Le Maharadjah (l'oncle)
1965
Black Humor
as Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
1965
The Circular Triangle
as Georges Richter
1964
Lucky Jo
as Loudéac
1964
A Very Handy Man
as Simone Palumbo
1964
Josefa's Loot
as Mayor
1963
Agent of Doom
as Charlèz
1963
Don't Tempt the Devil
as Me Charles Cassidi, avocat de Mme Dupré
1963
The Abominable Man of Customs
as Russian killer
1963
Crime Does Not Pay
as Martin Fenayrou
1962
Hitch-Hike
as Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly
1962
Emile's Boat
as François Larmentiel
1962
Rencontres
as Carl Krasner
1962
Famous Love Affairs
as le grand duc Ernest
1961
The Nina B. Affair
as Berrera
1961
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
as Le connétable de Montmorency
1961
Spotlight on a Murderer
as Comte de Keraudren
1961
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Pangloss
1960
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
as Le commissaire du peuple
1960
Handsome Antonio
as Alfio Magnano
1960
Carthage in Flames
as Sidone
1960
Eyes Without a Face
as Doctor Génessier
1960
The Bureaucrats
as Monsieur Nègre
1959
Head Against the Wall
as Dr. Varmont
1959
The Law
as Don Cesare
1959
The Possessors
as Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
1958
Life Together
as Pierre Carreau
1958
Sans famille
as Jeroboam Driscoll
1958
The Gates of Paris
as Juju
1957
Napoleon
as Barras
1955
Oasis
as Antoine Vallin
1955
Tower of Lust
as Jehan Buridan
1955
Rasputin
as Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine
1954
1954
Clothing the Naked
as Console Grotti
1954
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
as L'Oiseau (voice)
1953
The Drunkard
as Maître Pierre Renneville
1953
Crimson Curtain
as Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
1952
Le Plaisir
as Julien Ledentu
1952
Bluebeard
as Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
1951
Dirty Hands
as Hoederer
1951
Skipper Next to God
as Captain Joris KnAipper
1951
Jamaican Man
as Jacques Mervel
1950
Lost Souvenirs
as Philippe
1950
Julie de Carneilhan
as Hubert Espivant
1950
Millionaires for One Day
as Francis
1949
Portrait of a Murderer
as Fabius / Jean
1949
The Lovers of Verona
as Raffaele
1949
The Secret of Monte-Cristo
as François Picault
1948
La Nuit blanche
as Pierre Taverny
1948
Cruise for the Unknown One
as Emile Fréchisse
1948
The Revenge of Baccarat
as Rocambole
1948
Rocambole
as Rocambole
1948
Noah's Ark
as Bitru
1947
Gates of the Night
as Georges
1946
Pétrus
as Rodrigue
1946
La Femme fatale
as Jean Pleyard
1946
Land Without Stars
as Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud
1946
Behind These Walls
as Jean-César Morin
1946
Children of Paradise
as Frédérick Lemaître
1945
Adieu Léonard
as Prosper Bonenfant
1943
Summer Light
as Roland
1943
Two Shy Ones
as Vancouver
1943
Le soleil a toujours raison
as Gabriel
1943
1940
Sixième étage
as Jonval, the young cynic
1940
The Path of Honor
as Philippe
1940
Last Desire
as Frossard
1939
Corsican Brothers
as Tonio
1939
Le père Lebonnard
as Alfredo Lebonnard
1939
1939
Second Childhood
as Frossard
1939
Café de Paris
as Le Rec
1938
The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
as Alexandre Dumas figlio
1938
Gosse de riche
as Pierre Mougins
1938
Port of Shadows
as Lucien
1938
Grisou
as Hagnauer
1938
1938
Hercule
as Bastien
1938
Claudine at School
as monsieur Dubois
1937
The Virgin Bride
as Georges Letournel, le fils du mari de Jacqueline
1937
Confessions of a Newlywed
as Edmond Trivelin
1937
1936
1936
Passé à vendre
as Bob
1936
1936
1936
1935
Le Bébé de l'escadron
as Max
1935
Little One
as Georges Darnetal
1935
A Rare Bird
as Jean Berthier
1935
Jonny, haute-couture
as Jonny
1935
Le Miroir aux alouettes
as Jean Forestier
1935
Caravane
as Lt. de Tokay
1934
The Amorous Garrison
as (Pierre, un "deuxième classe")
1934
1934
1934
Tell Me Tonight
as Koretzky
1933
Honeymoon Trip
as Rudi
1933
Le sexe faible
as Jimmy
1933
1932
Quick
as Maxime
1932
A Father Without Knowing It
as Jean
1932
The Winner
as Hunter
1932
1931
1931
1927
Movies
Le Dernier Mélodrame
Writer
1979
Un ange passe
Writer
1970
1953
Grisou
Dialogue
1938
Grisou
Theatre Play
1938
