Jean Carmet

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-04-25 (74 years old)

Deathday

1994-04-20

Place of Birth

Bourgueil, Indre-et-Loire, France

Jean Carmet

Biography

Jean Carmet (25 April 1920 – 20 April 1994) was a French actor. Jean Carmet began working on stage and then in film in the early 1940s becoming a very popular comedic actor in his native country. He is best known internationally for his role as a French colonist in the 1976 film, La Victoire en Chantant (Black and White in Color). Because of his good-natured manner, he was as popular with members of the film crew as he was with the audiences. During his long career, he appeared in more than 200 films, and although he played dramatic parts, he usually acted in a supporting role as a comedic character. He was nominated for the César Award fo...

Acting

1994

Eugénie Grandet

as Père Grandet

1975

1978

Violette Nozière

as Baptiste Nozière

1974

1970

The Breach

as M. Pinelli

1982

Les Misérables

as Thénardier, innkeeper of Montfermeil

1986

The Fugitives

as Doctor Martin, veterinarian

1975

The Common Man

as Georges Lajoie

1963

Any Number Can Win

as Bartender

1972

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

as Maurice Lefebvre, Perrin's best friend

1981

1981

The Cabbage Soup

as Francis Chérasse (Le Bombé)

1991

Thank You, Life

as Raymond Pelleveau, le père âgé

1976

Black and White in Color

as Sergeant Bosselet

1947

Monsieur Vincent

as L'abbé Pontail

1978

Sugar

as Adrien Courtois

1979

Buffet Froid

as Le vieil assassin

1974

No Pockets in a Shroud

as Commissioner Bude

1947

Carbon Copy

as Ismora's accomplices

1987

Miss Mona

as Miss Mona

1981

1983

Gramps Is in the Resistance

as André Bourdelle, « Capitaine Raymond » chef d'un mouvement de résistants

1992

Les carnassiers

as Chauveau

1952

1952

She and Me

as Gaston, l'ami de Jean

1970

The Novices

as Le client au chien

1942

The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock

as Typographer (uncredited)

1992

Dispute in Valladolid

as Le Légat du Pape

1965

Cloportes

as Effeminate art critic (uncredited)

1952

Mister Taxi

as François

1974

Kisses Till Monday

as Henri-Pierre

1977

The Seventh Company Outdoors

as M. Albert, le passeur qui ne parle pas Anglais

1985

The Alley Cat

as Egon Ratablavasky

1946

Dropped from Heaven

as A man of Laurent

1971

1992

Le Bal des casse-pieds

as Monsieur Vandubas

1950

Cartouche, King of Paris

as 'Brin d'Amour', soldier

1972

1950

The Patron

as The Brigadier

1950

1949

La Bataille du feu

as Albert Farjon

1986

1949

I Love Only You

as Le père affolé (uncredited)

1949

La louve

as Gustave

1984

Dog Day

as Socrate

1987

The Two Crocodiles

as Emile Rivereau

1949

Branquignol

as Bidel - un fantaisiste raté

1956

Hello Smile!

as Jean Courtebride

1956

Babies Galore

as Hubert, le beau-fils

1965

How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning

as Paulo, accomplice of Léonard Maburon (segment "Le Procès")

1952

1952

Drôle de noce

as Paullaud

1952

Bille de clown

as Gaston Lemeunier

1951

Dr. Knock

as le premier gars

1962

1983

1981

The Boy Soldier

as L'adjudant Chalumot

1953

1954

1954

1956

These Sacred Holidays

as Second inspector

1991

1985

All Mixed Up

as Le pharmacien

1949

The Perfume of the Lady in Black

as Mechanic (uncredited)

1993

Coup de jeune

as Ponsard

1993

1993

La chambre 108

as René Bertillon

1989

La Vouivre

as Requiem

1964

Les Gorilles

as 'La Fauche'

1989

L'Invité surprise

as Le Colonel

1984

The Crime of Ovide Plouffe

as Pacifique Berthet

1962

1956

1955

Give 'em Hell

as Alvarez

1990

Bouvard et Pécuchet

as Juste Pecuchet

1977

Plus ça va, moins ça va

as Inspecteur Melville

1979

Such a Lovely Town...

as Le juge Fernand Noblet

1958

1987

L'âge de Monsieur est avancé

as Le régisseur / Désiré

1993

Germinal

as Vincent Maheu, aka Bonnemort

1980

The Lady Banker

as Duvernet

1969

Les gros malins

as Tax collector

2017

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

1985

1982

Guy de Maupassant

as François

1979

Gros câlin

as Emile Cousin

1969

1972

The Artless One

as Fisherman

1955

La Madelon

as Soldier Mathieu

1955

1979

Silver Anniversary

as François Dupuis

1987

La Brute

as M. Deliot

1984

Fire on Sight

as Inspector Robert Casti

1973

The Right of the Maddest

as Le mari de la directrice de la Maison de Repos

1974

1969

A Golden Widow

as Member of Yiddish International Power

1976

Scrambled Eggs

as Marcel Dutilleul

1964

Trouble Among Widows

as Watchmaker at the funeral

1965

1945

Children of Paradise

as Un spectateur au paradis des Funambules (uncredited)

1986

1970

Adieu Berthe

as Léo Clapier

1967

Idiot in Paris

as Ernest Grafouillères, transporteur de légumes

1968

Very Happy Alexander

as 'La Fringale'

1966

1990

My Mother's Castle

as Drunkard guard

1946

Dawn Devils

as Durand, aka 'Durandal'

1956

Les Duraton

as Gaston Duvet, le rôle radiophonique de « Gaston Duraton »

1963

The Blockhead Fair

as Station master

1950

Not Any Weekend for Our Love

as le pianiste malade

1958

Sunday Encounter

as le pompiste

1964

The Last Steps

as Déde Lemartin

1990

Un jeu d'enfant

as Le grand-père

1988

Nailcruncher

as Scipion

1964

The Counterfeit Constable

as Le porte drapeau

1986

L'été 36

as Vichy Fraise

1957

Trois de la marine

as Papillote

1951

Le Roi des camelots

as La Globule, ami de Robert

1972

Five Leaf Clover

as Lord Picratt

1949

Bonheur en location

as Guy Piponnet

1969

1991

A Lesson of Hope

as Le directeur

1945

François Villon

as Companion of François (uncredited)

1959

Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women

as Martial, customs officer

1961

1968

Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese

as The superstitious security guard (uncredited)

1969

L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus

as Man who wants to buy the bus (uncredited)

1973

Le Concierge

as Ludovic, frère de Jocelyne

1986

1987

Sorceress

as Le curé / Vicar

1974

La Gueule de l’emploi

as Le Restaurateur

1974

The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir

as Doctor Féraud (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")

1952

They Were Five

as Jean - le postier

1946

Le destin s'amuse

as Third accomplice

1994

Cache Cash

as M. Durandet, vétérinaire en retraite

1953

Midnight... Quai de Bercy

as Merle, l'adjoint de l'inspecteur

1943

Mysteries of Paris

as Tortillard (uncredited)

2009

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

as Self (archive footage)

1972

The Annuity

as Maître Vierzon, l'avocat de Noël

1962

The Elusive Corporal

as Guillaume aka 'Le Fermier'

1959

Oh! What a Mambo

as Jo le Bègue

1986

Follow My Gaze

as Désiré, the farmer

1980

Le Curé de Tours

as L'abbé Birotteau

1989

Périgord noir

as Jean-Lou

1990

Le Sixième Doigt

as Le commandant

1957

The Irony of Money

as Feliciano

1994

1977

Rene the Cane

as L'indicateur

Production

1968

The Little Bather

as Screenplay

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