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.
1972 | La più bella serata della mia vita as La Brunetière |
1971 | Les Mariés de l'an deux as Gosselin |
1971 | Macédoine |
1970 | Un ange passe |
1970 | Un ange passe as Florisse |
1969 | Goto, l'île d'amour as Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III |
1969 | À la recherche de Jean Grémillon as Self |
1968 | Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo as Faria |
1968 | Les oiseaux vont mourir au Pérou as Husband |
1968 | La Petite Vertu as Jules Polnick |
1967 | Le Fou du labo 4 as Father Ballanchon |
1967 | Die Geburt der Kinder Des Olymp as Self |
1966 | Le Roi de cœur as General Géranium |
1966 | Pas de panique as Fernand Toussaint |
1966 | Un monde nouveau as Le Grec |
1966 | La Vie de château as Dimanche |
1966 | Deux heures à tuer as Laurent |
1966 | פורטונה as Nissim Buzaglo |
1965 | L'or du duc as Le Maharadjah (l'oncle) |
1965 | La Métamorphose des cloportes as Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver |
1965 | Pas de caviar pour tante Olga as Patache |
1965 | La muerte viaja demasiado as Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole' |
1964 | Le grain de sable as Georges Richter |
1964 | Lucky Jo as Loudéac |
1964 | Liolà as Simone Palumbo |
1963 | Le magot de Josefa as Mayor |
1963 | Un soir... par hasard as Charlèz |
1963 | Les Bonnes Causes as Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré |
1963 | L'Abominable Homme des douanes as Russian killer |
1962 | Le crime ne paie pas as Martin Fenayrou |
1962 | Les Petits Matins as Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly |
1962 | Le Bateau d'Émile as François Larmentiel |
1962 | Rencontres as Carl Krasner |
1961 | Amours célèbres as le grand duc Ernest |
1961 | L'Affaire Nina B. as Berrera |
1961 | Vive Henri IV... Vive l'amour as Constable of Montmorency |
1961 | Pleins feux sur l'assassin as Comte de Keraudren |
1960 | Candide ou l’optimisme au XXᵉ siècle as Pangloss |
1960 | Le Dialogue des Carmélites as Le commissaire du peuple |
1960 | Il bell'Antonio as Alfio Magnano |
1960 | Cartagine in fiamme as Sidone |
1960 | Çehresiz Gözler as Professor Génessier |
1959 | Messieurs les ronds de cuir as Monsieur Nègre |
1959 | La Tête contre les murs as Dr. Varmont |
1959 | La Legge as Don Cesare |
1958 | Les Grandes Familles as Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif |
1958 | La Vie à deux as Pierre Carreau |
1958 | Sans famille as Jeroboam Driscoll |
1957 | Porte des Lilas as Juju |
1955 | Napoléon as Barras |
1955 | La Tour de Nesle as Jehan Buridan |
1955 | Oasis as Antoine Vallin |
1954 | Raspoutine as Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine |
1954 | Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances as Self |
1954 | Vestire gli ignudi as Console Grotti |
1953 | La bergère et le ramoneur as Bird (voice) |
1953 | La pocharde as Maître Pierre Renneville |
1952 | Le Rideau rouge as Ludovic Arn / Macbeth |
1952 | Torticola contre Frankensberg as Invisible Man's Friend |
1952 | Le Plaisir as Julien Ledentu |
1951 | Barbe-Bleue as Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue |
1951 | Les Mains sales as Hoederer |
1951 | Maître après Dieu as Captain Joris KnAipper |
1950 | L'Homme de la Jamaïque as Jacques Mervel |
1950 | Souvenirs perdus as Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris") |
1950 | Julie de Carneilhan as Hubert Espivant |
1949 | Millionnaires d'un jour as Francis |
1949 | Portrait d'un assassin as Fabius / Jean |
1949 | Les Amants de Vérone as Raffaele |
1948 | Le Secret de Monte-Cristo as François Picault |
1948 | La Nuit blanche as Pierre Taverny |
1948 | Croisière pour l'inconnu as Emile Fréchisse |
1948 | La Revanche de Baccarat as Rocambole |
1948 | Rocambole as Rocambole |
1947 | L'Amour autour de la maison |
1947 | L'Arche de Noé as Bitru |
1946 | Les Portes de la nuit as Georges |
1946 | Pétrus as Rodrigue |
1946 | La Femme fatale as Jean Pleyard |
1946 | Le Pays sans étoiles as Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud |
1946 | Jéricho as Jean-César Morin |
1945 | Cennetin Çocukları as Frédérick Lemaître |
1943 | Adieu Léonard as Prosper Bonenfant |
1943 | Lumière d'été as Roland |
1943 | Les Deux Timides as Vancouver |
1943 | Le soleil a toujours raison as Gabriel |
1942 | La Croisée des chemins |
1942 | Promesse à l'inconnue |
1941 | Trois Argentins à Montmartre |
1940 | Tobie est un ange |
1940 | Sixième étage as Jonval, the young cynic |
1939 | Le Chemin de l'honneur as Philippe |
1939 | Ultima giovinezza as Frossard |
1939 | Frères corses as Tonio |
1939 | Le père Lebonnard as Alfredo Lebonnard |
1939 | Visages de femmes |
1939 | Dernière jeunesse as Frossard |
1938 | Café de Paris as Le Rec |
1938 | Giuseppe Verdi as Alexandre Dumas figlio |
1938 | Gosse de riche as Pierre Mougins |
1938 | Le quai des brumes as Lucien |
1938 | Grisou as Hagnauer |
1938 | Le Schpountz |
1938 | Hercule as Bastien |
1937 | Claudine à l'école as monsieur Dubois |
1937 | Mademoiselle ma mère as Georges Letournel, le fils du mari de Jacqueline |
1937 | La Reine des resquilleuses as Fred Woolson |
1937 | Vous n'avez rien à déclarer ? as Edmond Trivelin |
1937 | Une femme qui se partage |
1936 | Le Mari rêvé |
1936 | Prête-moi ta femme |
1936 | Passé à vendre as Bob |
1936 | Jeunesse d'abord |
1936 | Valse éternelle |
1935 | Quadrille d'amour |
1935 | Le Bébé de l'escadron as Max |
1935 | Bout de chou as Georges Darnetal |
1935 | Un oiseau rare as Jean Berthier |
1935 | Jonny, haute-couture as Jonny |
1935 | Le Miroir aux alouettes as Jean Forestier |
1934 | Caravane as Lt. de Tokay |
1934 | La Garnison amoureuse as (Pierre, un "deuxième classe") |
1934 | Incognito |
1934 | L'Oncle de Pékin |
1933 | Moi et l'impératrice |
1933 | La Chanson d'une nuit as Koretzky |
1933 | Voyage de noces as Rudi |
1933 | Le sexe faible as Jimmy |
1932 | Une faim de loup |
1932 | Quick as Maxime |
1932 | Papa sans le savoir as Jean |
1932 | Le Vainqueur as Hunter |
1931 | Circulez ! |
1931 | Mon ami Victor |
1927 | Feu! |
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