
Pierre Vaneck
Acting • Born 1931-04-15 – Died 2010-01-31
Biography
Pierre Vaneck (born Pierre Auguste Van Hecke; 15 April 1931 – 31 January 2010) was a French actor. During his career, he won a Molière Award in 1988 and received a César Award nomination in 2009. Son of a Belgian army officer, Pierre Vaneck spent his youth in Antwerp, Belgium, until the age of 17, when he started medical studies in Paris, France. Before long, he branched into studying acting, first at the Rene Simon school, and then at the Theatre Academy, under Henri Rollan. He earned his living meanwhile by working for a saddle-maker by day, and in the evenings, he recited François Villon's poems in cabarets. His début on the stage came in 1952 in The Three Musketeers in the role of Louis XIII. His first important role in the cinema was in the Julien Duvivier film, Marianne of my Youth in 1955. Pierre Vaneck was primarily a theatre and television actor. The general public knew him particularly for his television role as the father of the main character in Fabien Cosma, as well as in many other serials (Spring Tides, The Garonne...). Vaneck died on Sunday 31 January 2010, during open-heart surgery. He was married to Sophie Becker, daughter and sister of Jacques Becker and Jean Becker. His grandchildren, Aurélie and Thibaud Vaneck, are both actors, and feature in the television series Plus Belle la Vie which is broadcast on France 3 channel. Source: Article "Pierre Vaneck" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
64 credits
The Science of Sleep
Movie • 2006
Mr. Pouchet

Is Paris Burning?
Movie • 1966
Maj. Roger Gallois

Year of the Jellyfish
Movie • 1984
Pierre Rivaut

Love Me No More
Movie • 2008
le père d'Antoine

Saint-Just and the Force of Things
Movie • 1975
Maximilien Robespierre

« Art »
Movie • 1998
Marc

A Man Named Rocca
Movie • 1961
Xavier Adé

Le collier de velours
Movie • 1986
Gilbert Piersaint

La Face de l'Ogre
Movie • 1988
Ringler

The Season for Love
Movie • 1961
Sylvain

Cinq-Mars
Movie • 1981
Louis XIII

The Proprietor
Movie • 1996
Raymond T.K

Le Reflet dans la mer
Movie • 1973
Karl de Lincken

East Wind
Movie • 1993
doktor Josef Hoop, premier rządu Liechtensteinu

Thank You, Natercia
Movie • 1960
Alain

Paradise Calling
Movie • 1988
Noah

No Sky Limit with Africa
Movie • 2005
Ian Coburn

Les Enfants du vent
Movie • 1991
Mayor

Enchanted Isles
Movie • 1965
Abrantes

Furia
Movie • 1999
Aaron

Operation Leopard
Movie • 1980
Colonel Grasser

Misdeal
Movie • 1969
Jacques Christens

Retour à Fonteyne
Movie • 1999
Aurélien Laverzac

A Bullet in the Gun Barrel
Movie • 1958
Tony

As in Heaven
Movie • 1992
Dr. Charcot

Thérèse Étienne
Movie • 1958
Gottfried Muller

Le Soleil en face
Movie • 1980
Dr. Norbert Bollinger

He Who Must Die
Movie • 1957
Manolios

Biribi
Movie • 1971
Ponchard

Potatoes
Movie • 1969
German soldier (uncredited)

Tournoi
Movie • 1965
Narrator (voice)

La Source des Sarrasins
Movie • 2002
Armand

The Heat of a Thousand Suns
Movie • 1965
(voice)

Threshold of the Void
Movie • 1974
Dr. Liancourt

Sin with a Stranger
Movie • 1968
François

Return to Algiers
Movie • 2000
Blanville

The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan
Movie • 1975
Narateur

If I Had Four Dromedaries
Movie • 1966
Récitant (voice)

Famous Love Affairs
Movie • 1961
René de La Roche

Nero
Movie • 2004
Paul of Tarsus

The Irony of Chance
Movie • 1974
Werner Von Rompsay

A.D.A. : L'argent des autres
Movie • 2009
André Jorgensen

The Forbidden Volcano
Movie • 1966
Narrator (voice)

Sweet Country
Movie • 1987
Father Venegas

Forgive Our Trespasses
Movie • 1956
René

October Revolution
Movie • 1967
Narrator (French version) (voice)

Why Women Sin
Movie • 1958
Frédéric Martignac, aka Fred

Mircea Eliade et la redécouverte du sacré
Movie • 1987

If Paris Were Told to Us
Movie • 1956
François Villon

Portuguese Vacation
Movie • 1963
Pierre

Portrait: Orson Welles
Movie • 1968
Narrator (voice)

Le dossier Chelsea Street
Movie • 1962
George Steward

Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter
Movie • 1974
Stam

Marianne of My Youth
Movie • 1955
Vincent Lauranger

Fabien Cosma
TV • 2001
André Cosma

Imperium: Nero
TV • 2004
Paolo di Tarso

Aux frontières du possible
TV • 1971
Yan Thomas

Les Cœurs brûlés
TV • 1992
Marc Leroy

Justice
TV • 1999
Gilbert Le Guen

La fin du marquisat d'Aurel
TV • 1980
Palamède d'Aurel

Discorama
TV • 1959
Self

The Apocalypse of the Animals
TV • 1973
Narrator

L'Homme d'Amsterdam
TV • 1976
Pierre Vermeer

Les Cent Livres des Hommes
TV • 1970