Maurice Ronet
Acting • Born 1927-04-13 – Died 1983-03-14
Biography
Maurice Ronet (13 April 1927 – 14 March 1983) was a French film actor, director, and writer. Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes. He was the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut at the age of 14 alongside his parents in Sacha Guitry's Deux couverts in Lausanne. After attending the Parisian acting school Centre du Spectacle de la Rue-Blanche, he entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1944, where Jean-Louis Barrault was one of his mentors. When he made his film debut at 22 in Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de juillet (1949) in a role that was written specifically for him by Becker, he had little interest in pursuing an acting career. After completing the film, he married Maria Pacôme (a French stage actress and playwright), and they departed to Moustiers-Sainte-Marie in Provence, where he tried his hand at ceramics. After completing his military service, he returned to Paris in the early 1950s where he took courses in philosophy and physics, and pursued his passion for literature, music (piano and organ), film and painting. His artwork, part of the peinture non figurative movement, was exhibited with friends Jean Dubuffet and Georges Mathieu. He also acted occasionally in small roles in the films of French directors like Yves Ciampi and René Wheeler, with ambitions of becoming a filmmaker himself. Gradually, however, he came to discover a freedom in acting and a creative satisfaction that provided a synthesis of all his interests. Maurice Ronet became one of European cinema's more prolific actors. Between 1955 and 1975 he appeared in over 60 films. He often portrayed characters who were in conflict with themselves or society. He first garnered acclaim at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival for a supporting role in Jean Dreville's Endless Horizons (Horizons sans fin) and over the next few years as the romantic lead in André Michel's La sorcière (The Blonde Witch/The Sorceress, 1956) and in Jules Dassin's He Who Must Die (Celui qui doit mourir, 1957). It was at the presentation of "La Sorcière" at Cannes where he met a creative and an intellectual counterpart in Louis Malle. Two years later, he made his international box-office breakthrough as Julien Tavernier in Malle's first feature film Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud 1958), which features Jeanne Moreau. He originated the role of Philippe Greenleaf in Purple Noon (Plein soleil, 1960), René Clément's adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley. ... Source: Article "Maurice Ronet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
101 credits
Elevator to the Gallows
Movie • 1958
Julien Tavernier
The Victors
Movie • 1963
French Lieutenant
Bloodline
Movie • 1979
Charles Martin
The Sensuous Assassin
Movie • 1970
Serge
The Fire Within
Movie • 1963
Alain Leroy
Purple Noon
Movie • 1960
Philippe Greenleaf
Raphael or the Debauched One
Movie • 1971
Raphaël de Lorris
Perfectionist
Movie • 1951
François
The Swimming Pool
Movie • 1969
Harry
Only the Wind Knows the Answer
Movie • 1974
Robert Lucas
The Unfaithful Wife
Movie • 1969
Victor Pegala
Golden Night
Movie • 1976
Nuit d'or
Lost Command
Movie • 1966
Capain. Boisfeuras
Beau Pere
Movie • 1981
Charly
Carve Her Name with Pride
Movie • 1958
Jacques
Circle of Love
Movie • 1964
Henri
Midnight Meeting
Movie • 1962
Pierre Neyris
Sphinx
Movie • 1981
Yvon Mageot
Time Out for Love
Movie • 1961
Philippe
The Immoral Moment
Movie • 1962
Michel Jussieu
Long March
Movie • 1966
Doctor Chevalier
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Seduction
Movie • 1973
Giuseppe Lagana
Line of Demarcation
Movie • 1966
Pierre, comte de Damville
The Marseille Contract
Movie • 1974
Inspector Briac
The Champagne Murders
Movie • 1967
Paul Wagner
The Vixen
Movie • 1969
Jérôme
Casablanca, Nest of Spies
Movie • 1963
Maurice Desjardins
Garden of Delights
Movie • 1967
Carlo
La Balance
Movie • 1982
Roger Massina
The Blonde Witch
Movie • 1956
Laurent Brulard
Rendezvous in July
Movie • 1949
Roger Moulin
The Aristocrats
Movie • 1955
Christophe de Conti
The Deadly Trap
Movie • 1971
L'homme de l'organisation
The Road to Corinth
Movie • 1967
Dex
Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale
Movie • 1970
Commissario
A Devil Under the Pillow
Movie • 1968
Lotario
Emmenez-moi au Ritz
Movie • 1977
Philippe Gregor
Three Rooms in Manhattan
Movie • 1965
François Combe
House of Ricordi
Movie • 1954
Vincenzo Bellini
The Devil Made a Woman
Movie • 1959
José
Castles in Spain
Movie • 1954
Miguel Murillo
Undressing a Legacy
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
The Pebbles of Etratat
Movie • 1972
Kelvo
Mi último tango
Movie • 1960
Dario Ledesma
Oh, mia bella matrigna
Movie • 1976
Luigi
Without Warning
Movie • 1973
Raoul Maury
Poison Ivy
Movie • 1953
Mickey
Assassin's Check
Movie • 1962
Gilbert Vitry
How Sweet It Is!
Movie • 1968
Phillipe
Madame Claude
Movie • 1977
Pierre
Birds in Peru
Movie • 1968
Rainier
Amador
Movie • 1965
Amador
Last Leap
Movie • 1970
Garal
The Pit and the Pendulum
Movie • 1964
Le condamné à mort
Missing Persons Section
Movie • 1956
Juan Milford
Liberté I
Movie • 1962
Michel
This Desired Body
Movie • 1959
Henri Messardier
The Scarlet Lady
Movie • 1969
François
Why They Kill Themselves
Movie • 1976
That Night
Movie • 1958
Jean Mallet
To the Bitter End
Movie • 1975
Paul Jordan
The Crazy Capo Affair
Movie • 1973
Diserens
Il peccato degli anni verdi
Movie • 1960
Paolo Donati
Surprise-party
Movie • 1983
Georges Levesques
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
Movie • 1973
Piere Gonzague
Delphine
Movie • 1969
Jean-Marc, couturier ami de Delphine
Scarlet Eye
Movie • 1963
Dr. Gérard Rinaldi
The Modification
Movie • 1970
Léon Delmont
He Who Must Die
Movie • 1957
Michelis
A Little, a Lot, Passionately
Movie • 1971
Didier
Scandal Man
Movie • 1972
Marc Fontemps
La Guérilléra
Movie • 1982
Brutus
Pariahs of Glory
Movie • 1964
Ferrier
The Seven Deadly Sins
Movie • 1952
The priest (segment "La Luxure")
Death of a Corrupt Man
Movie • 1977
Philippe Dubaye
Enough Rope
Movie • 1963
Walter Saccard
Wherever You Are
Movie • 1964
Paul Vallier
The Golden Mass
Movie • 1975
David
Desperate Decision
Movie • 1952
Jim
Casta diva
Movie • 1954
Vincenzo Bellini
Night Police Station
Movie • 1974
Vittorio Cazzaniga
Lucrèce Borgia
Movie • 1953
Perotto
Endless Horizons
Movie • 1953
Marc Caussade
Pleasures and Vices
Movie • 1955
'Gueule d'ange'
Cry of the Heart
Movie • 1974
Mathieu
Devil in the Brain
Movie • 1972
Fabrizio Garces
The Thief of Tibadabo
Movie • 1965
Nicolas
Barefoot in the Kitchen
Movie • 2013
(archive footage)
Un matin rouge
Movie • 1982
Henri
The Healer
Movie • 1953
André Turenne
Mag Bodard, un destin
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
The Red Room
Movie • 1973
Jean Gerfaud
Orient Express
TV • 1979
Rolf Freitag
Madame le Juge
TV • 1978
Charles Bais
Midi trente
TV • 1972
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self
Cinépanorama
TV • 1956
Self
Discorama
TV • 1959
Self
Samedi soir
TV • 1971
Self
Reflets de Cannes
TV • 1954
Self