Pierre Brasseur
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 22, 1905, Paris, France
- Died
- August 16, 1972
- Movies
- 139
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.
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2002 | Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes | Self (archive footage) |
| 1972 | The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life | La Brunetière |
| 1971 | The Married Couple of the Year Two | Gosselin |
| 1971 | Macédoine | |
| 1970 | Un ange passe | Florisse |
| 1969 | Goto, Island of Love | Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III |
| 1969 | À la recherche de Jean Grémillon | Self |
| 1968 | Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo | Faria |
| 1968 | Birds in Peru | Husband |
| 1968 | A Little Virtuous | Jules Polnick |
| 1967 | The Madman of Lab Four | Father Ballanchon |
| 1967 | The Birth of Children of Paradise | Self |
| 1966 | King of Hearts | General Géranium |
| 1966 | Pas de panique | Fernand Toussaint |
| 1966 | A Young World | Le Grec |
| 1966 | A Matter of Resistance | Dimanche |
| 1966 | Two Hours to Kill | Laurent |
| 1966 | Fortuna | Nissim Buzaglo |
| 1965 | L'Or du duc | Adhémar de Talois-Minet |
| 1965 | Cloportes | Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver |
| 1965 | Pas de caviar pour tante Olga | Patache |
| 1965 | Black Humor | Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole' |
| 1964 | The Circular Triangle | Georges Richter |
| 1964 | Lucky Jo | Loudéac |
| 1964 | A Very Handy Man | Simone Palumbo |
| 1963 | Josefa's Loot | Mayor |
| 1963 | Agent of Doom | Charlèz |
| 1963 | Don't Tempt the Devil | Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré |
| 1963 | The Abominable Man of Customs | Russian killer |
| 1962 | Crime Does Not Pay | Martin Fenayrou |
| 1962 | Hitch-Hike | Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly |
| 1962 | Emile's Boat | François Larmentiel |
| 1962 | Rencontres | Carl Krasner |
| 1961 | Famous Love Affairs | le grand duc Ernest |
| 1961 | The Nina B. Affair | Berrera |
| 1961 | Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! | Constable of Montmorency |
| 1961 | Spotlight on a Murderer | Comte de Kerloquen |
| 1960 | Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century | Pangloss |
| 1960 | The Dialogue of the Carmelites | Commissioner of the Republic |
| 1960 | Il bell'Antonio | Alfio Magnano |
| 1960 | Carthage in Flames | Sidone |
| 1960 | Eyes Without a Face | Professor Génessier |
| 1959 | The Bureaucrats | Monsieur Nègre |
| 1959 | Head Against the Wall | Dr. Varmont |
| 1959 | The Law | Don Cesare |
| 1958 | The Possessors | Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif |
| 1958 | Life Together | Pierre Carreau |
| 1958 | Sans famille | Jeroboam Driscoll |
| 1957 | The Gates of Paris | Juju |
| 1955 | Napoleon | Barras |
| 1955 | Tower of Lust | Jehan Buridan |
| 1955 | Oasis | Antoine Vallin |
| 1954 | Rasputin | Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine |
| 1954 | Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances | Self |
| 1954 | Clothing the Naked | Console Grotti |
| 1953 | The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird | Bird (voice) |
| 1953 | The Drunkard | Maître Pierre Renneville |
| 1952 | Crimson Curtain | Ludovic Arn / Macbeth |
| 1952 | Torticola versus Frankensberg | Invisible Man's Friend |
| 1952 | Le Plaisir | Julien Ledentu |
| 1951 | Bluebeard | Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue |
| 1951 | Dirty Hands | Hoederer |
| 1951 | Skipper Next to God | Captain Joris KnAipper |
| 1950 | Jamaican Man | Jacques Mervel |
| 1950 | Lost Souvenirs | Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris") |
| 1950 | Julie de Carneilhan | Hubert Espivant |
| 1949 | Millionaires for One Day | Francis |
| 1949 | Portrait of a Murderer | Fabius / Jean |
| 1949 | The Lovers of Verona | Raffaele |
| 1948 | The Secret of Monte-Cristo | François Picault |
| 1948 | La Nuit blanche | Pierre Taverny |
| 1948 | Cruise for the Unknown One | Emile Fréchisse |
| 1948 | The Revenge of Baccarat | Rocambole |
| 1948 | Rocambole | Rocambole |
| 1947 | Noah's Ark | Bitru |
| 1947 | Love Around the House | 'Douze Apôtres' |
| 1946 | Gates of the Night | Georges |
| 1946 | Pétrus | Rodrigue |
| 1946 | La Femme fatale | Jean Pleyard |
| 1946 | Land Without Stars | Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud |
| 1946 | Behind These Walls | Jean-César Morin |
| 1945 | Children of Paradise | Frédérick Lemaître |
| 1943 | Adieu Léonard | Prosper Bonenfant |
| 1943 | Summer Light | Roland |
| 1943 | Two Shy Ones | Vancouver |
| 1943 | Le soleil a toujours raison | Gabriel |
| 1942 | La Croisée des chemins | Hubert Epervans |
| 1942 | Promise to the Unknown One | Lussac |
| 1941 | Three Argentines in Montmartre | Toninett |
| 1940 | Tobie Is an Angel | |
| 1940 | Sixième étage | Jonval, the young cynic |
| 1939 | The Path of Honor | Philippe |
| 1939 | Last Desire | Frossard |
| 1939 | Second Childhood | Frossard |
| 1939 | Corsican Brothers | Tonio |
| 1939 | Le père Lebonnard | Alfredo Lebonnard |
| 1939 | Visages de femmes | Georges Legrand |
| 1938 | Café de Paris | Le Rec |
| 1938 | The Life of Giuseppe Verdi | Alexandre Dumas figlio |
| 1938 | Gosse de riche | Pierre Mougins |
| 1938 | Port of Shadows | Lucien |
| 1938 | Grisou | Hagnauer |
| 1938 | Heartbeat | Cousine (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Hercule | Bastien |
| 1937 | Claudine at School | Doctor Dubois |
| 1937 | The Virgin Bride | Georges Letournel, fils du mari de Jacqueline |
| 1937 | La Reine des resquilleuses | Fred Woolson |
| 1937 | Confessions of a Newlywed | Edmond Trivelin |
| 1937 | Une femme qui se partage | |
| 1936 | Le Mari rêvé | René Daroy /Achille Daroy |
| 1936 | Prête-moi ta femme | |
| 1936 | Passé à vendre | Bob |
| 1936 | Jeunesse d'abord | |
| 1936 | Valse éternelle | |
| 1935 | Le Bébé de l'escadron | Max |
| 1935 | Little One | Georges Darnetal |
| 1935 | A Rare Bird | Jean Berthier |
| 1935 | Jonny, haute-couture | Jonny |
| 1935 | Le Miroir aux alouettes | Jean Forestier |
| 1935 | Quadrille d'amour | Robert Lanclot |
| 1934 | Caravane | Lt. de Tokay |
| 1934 | L'Oncle de Pékin | Philippe |
| 1934 | The Amorous Garrison | Paul, rider |
| 1934 | Incognito | Marcel |
| 1933 | Moi et l'impératrice | Didier |
| 1933 | One Night's Song | Koretzky |
| 1933 | Honeymoon Trip | Rudi |
| 1933 | Weaker Sex | Jimmy |
| 1932 | Une faim de loup | |
| 1932 | Quick | Maxime |
| 1932 | A Father Without Knowing It | Jean |
| 1932 | The Winner | Hunter |
| 1931 | Circulate! | Jean Dupont-Desroches |
| 1931 | My Friend Victor | Edgar Flachon |
| 1927 | Backbiters | Le type de l'appareil à sous |
| 1927 | Feu! | Frémiet's ordinance |
| 1925 | Madame Sans-Gêne |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1979 | Le Dernier Mélodrame | Writer |
| 1970 | Un ange passe | Writer |
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