Pierre Brasseur
Acting • Born 1905-12-22 – Died 1972-08-16
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.
Filmography
143 credits
Sous le signe de Monte-Cristo
Movie • 1968
Faria
Children of Paradise
Movie • 1945
Frédérick Lemaître
A Matter of Resistance
Movie • 1966
Dimanche
The Married Couple of the Year Two
Movie • 1971
Gosselin
Eyes Without a Face
Movie • 1960
Professor Génessier
Emile's Boat
Movie • 1962
François Larmentiel
The Possessors
Movie • 1958
Lucien Maublanc, le cousin oisif
Napoleon
Movie • 1955
Barras
Le Plaisir
Movie • 1952
Julien Ledentu
Gates of the Night
Movie • 1946
Georges
Summer Light
Movie • 1943
Roland
Port of Shadows
Movie • 1938
Lucien
Millionaires for One Day
Movie • 1949
Francis
Café de Paris
Movie • 1938
Le Rec
Spotlight on a Murderer
Movie • 1961
Comte de Kerloquen
Julie de Carneilhan
Movie • 1950
Hubert Espivant
King of Hearts
Movie • 1966
General Géranium
Portrait of a Murderer
Movie • 1949
Fabius / Jean
The Lovers of Verona
Movie • 1949
Raffaele
The Gates of Paris
Movie • 1957
Juju
Crimson Curtain
Movie • 1952
Ludovic Arn / Macbeth
Weaker Sex
Movie • 1933
Jimmy
The Law
Movie • 1959
Don Cesare
Une faim de loup
Movie • 1932
My Friend Victor
Movie • 1931
Edgar Flachon
Circulate!
Movie • 1931
Jean Dupont-Desroches
Incognito
Movie • 1934
Marcel
Le Bébé de l'escadron
Movie • 1935
Max
Jeunesse d'abord
Movie • 1936
Passé à vendre
Movie • 1936
Bob
Prête-moi ta femme
Movie • 1936
Le Mari rêvé
Movie • 1936
René Daroy /Achille Daroy
La Reine des resquilleuses
Movie • 1937
Fred Woolson
Une femme qui se partage
Movie • 1937
Gosse de riche
Movie • 1938
Pierre Mougins
Don't Tempt the Devil
Movie • 1963
Charles Cassidi, lawyer for Mrs. Dupré
Three Argentines in Montmartre
Movie • 1941
Toninett
Visages de femmes
Movie • 1939
Georges Legrand
Promise to the Unknown One
Movie • 1942
Lussac
La Croisée des chemins
Movie • 1942
Hubert Epervans
Sixième étage
Movie • 1940
Jonval, the young cynic
La Femme fatale
Movie • 1946
Jean Pleyard
Il bell'Antonio
Movie • 1960
Alfio Magnano
Cruise for the Unknown One
Movie • 1948
Emile Fréchisse
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
Movie • 1972
La Brunetière
Lost Souvenirs
Movie • 1950
Philippe (segment "Une statuette d'Osiris")
Skipper Next to God
Movie • 1951
Captain Joris KnAipper
Life Together
Movie • 1958
Pierre Carreau
Torticola versus Frankensberg
Movie • 1952
Invisible Man's Friend
Hitch-Hike
Movie • 1962
Achille Pipermint, l'homme d'affaires radin à Orly
Tower of Lust
Movie • 1955
Jehan Buridan
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
Movie • 1960
Commissioner of the Republic
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Movie • 1960
Pangloss
A Little Virtuous
Movie • 1968
Jules Polnick
Grisou
Movie • 1938
Hagnauer
Pétrus
Movie • 1946
Rodrigue
Two Hours to Kill
Movie • 1966
Laurent
Behind These Walls
Movie • 1946
Jean-César Morin
The Madman of Lab Four
Movie • 1967
Father Ballanchon
Head Against the Wall
Movie • 1959
Dr. Varmont
Carthage in Flames
Movie • 1960
Sidone
Josefa's Loot
Movie • 1963
Mayor
Lucky Jo
Movie • 1964
Loudéac
Dirty Hands
Movie • 1951
Hoederer
The Nina B. Affair
Movie • 1961
Berrera
Corsican Brothers
Movie • 1939
Tonio
Crime Does Not Pay
Movie • 1962
Martin Fenayrou
Birds in Peru
Movie • 1968
Husband
The Winner
Movie • 1932
Hunter
Agent of Doom
Movie • 1963
Charlèz
Heartbeat
Movie • 1938
Cousine (uncredited)
Caravane
Movie • 1934
Lt. de Tokay
Goto, Island of Love
Movie • 1969
Le Gouverneur-Roi Goto III
Rocambole
Movie • 1948
Rocambole
Valse éternelle
Movie • 1936
The Abominable Man of Customs
Movie • 1963
Russian killer
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
Movie • 1953
Bird (voice)
The Revenge of Baccarat
Movie • 1948
Rocambole
The Circular Triangle
Movie • 1964
Georges Richter
Claudine at School
Movie • 1937
Doctor Dubois
Macédoine
Movie • 1971
Fortuna
Movie • 1966
Nissim Buzaglo
Land Without Stars
Movie • 1946
Jean-Thomas Pellerin / François-Charles Talacayud
Black Humor
Movie • 1965
Le guérisseur - segment 1 'La Bestiole'
L'Oncle de Pékin
Movie • 1934
Philippe
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
Movie • 1965
Patache
Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
Movie • 1961
Constable of Montmorency
The Virgin Bride
Movie • 1937
Georges Letournel, fils du mari de Jacqueline
The Amorous Garrison
Movie • 1934
Paul, rider
Hercule
Movie • 1938
Bastien
Noah's Ark
Movie • 1947
Bitru
The Bureaucrats
Movie • 1959
Monsieur Nègre
Two Shy Ones
Movie • 1943
Vancouver
L'Or du duc
Movie • 1965
Adhémar de Talois-Minet
A Very Handy Man
Movie • 1964
Simone Palumbo
The Birth of Children of Paradise
Movie • 1967
Self
A Rare Bird
Movie • 1935
Jean Berthier
Little One
Movie • 1935
Georges Darnetal
Bluebeard
Movie • 1951
Amédée de Salfère dit Barbe-Bleue
Confessions of a Newlywed
Movie • 1937
Edmond Trivelin
Jamaican Man
Movie • 1950
Jacques Mervel
The Path of Honor
Movie • 1939
Philippe
Tell Me Tonight
Movie • 1933
Koretzky
Famous Love Affairs
Movie • 1961
le grand duc Ernest
The Life of Giuseppe Verdi
Movie • 1938
Alexandre Dumas figlio
Un ange passe
Movie • 1970
Florisse
Un ange passe
Movie • 1970
Adieu Léonard
Movie • 1943
Prosper Bonenfant
Rencontres
Movie • 1962
Carl Krasner
Oasis
Movie • 1955
Antoine Vallin
Clothing the Naked
Movie • 1954
Console Grotti
Le père Lebonnard
Movie • 1939
Alfredo Lebonnard
A Young World
Movie • 1966
Le Grec
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
Movie • 1969
Self
The Drunkard
Movie • 1953
Maître Pierre Renneville
Tobie Is an Angel
Movie • 1940
Quick
Movie • 1932
Maxime
The Secret of Monte-Cristo
Movie • 1948
François Picault
La Nuit blanche
Movie • 1948
Pierre Taverny
A Father Without Knowing It
Movie • 1932
Jean
Love Around the House
Movie • 1947
'Douze Apôtres'
Le Miroir aux alouettes
Movie • 1935
Jean Forestier
Last Desire
Movie • 1939
Frossard
Second Childhood
Movie • 1939
Frossard
Jonny, haute-couture
Movie • 1935
Jonny
Honeymoon Trip
Movie • 1933
Rudi
Quadrille d'amour
Movie • 1935
Robert Lanclot
Le soleil a toujours raison
Movie • 1943
Gabriel
Sans famille
Movie • 1958
Jeroboam Driscoll
Rasputin
Movie • 1954
Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine
Feu!
Movie • 1927
Frémiet's ordinance
Cloportes
Movie • 1965
Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
Movie • 1954
Self
Pas de panique
Movie • 1966
Fernand Toussaint
Moi et l'impératrice
Movie • 1933
Didier
Madame Sans-Gêne
Movie • 1925
Backbiters
Movie • 1927
Le type de l'appareil à sous
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Opération Jericho
Movie
Jean-César Morin
Cinépanorama
TV • 1956
Self
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
TV • 1958
Maurice Tardenois
La Brigade des maléfices
TV • 1971
Diablevert
La Brigade des maléfices
TV • 1971
Diablegris