Darry Cowl

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-08-27 (81 years old)

Deathday

2006-02-14

Place of Birth

Vittel, Vosges, France

Darry Cowl

Biography

Darry Cowl (born André Darricau; 27 August 1925 – 14 February 2006) was a French actor and musician. He won a César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 2004 for his role as a concierge in Pas sur la bouche (Not on the lips), which was his last appearance. He was born in Vittel and came to prominence when he was cast by Sacha Guitry in Assassins et voleurs (1956) (Assassins and Robbers). Following this he turned to acting in cinema roles and soon gained celebrity status with his role as Antoine Péralou in Le Triporteur (1957) (The Tricycle). A game addict, he often acted only for money in films that did not stretch his acting abilit...

Acting

2000

Scénarios sur la drogue

as Segment "La Purée"

1975

Trop c'est trop

as Lucifer

1981

Le bahut va craquer

as le prof de maths

1983

It Could Be Worse

as Jack Renard, the Mayor

1957

1959

The Magnificent Tramp

as Arsène, un clochard

1965

Up to His Ears

as Biscoton

1963

People in Luck

as Simon Taquet (« Une nuit avec la vedette »)

1956

Hello Smile!

as Doctor

1957

Fric-frac en dentelles

as Le détective amateur

1988

1956

Plucking the Daisy

as Hubert Dumont

1957

Three Make a Pair

as Henri Valpreux, le réalisateur

1995

Les Miserables

as Le bouquiniste / Bookseller

1958

Be Beautiful and Shut Up

as l'inspecteur Jérôme, adjoint de Morel

2003

Not on the Lips

as Madame Foin

1974

1963

Sweet Skin

as Paul, le directeur du Crazy-Horse

1976

1977

1980

Les Borsalini

as Pépé

1967

The Men in the Family

as Albert Pelletier

1992

Ville à vendre

as Emilio Bingo, l'empailleur

1956

Murderers and Thieves

as Jules Henri Lardenois, le témoin égaré

1961

The Lions Are Loose

as Richard, le polytechnicien, amateur de voitures

1972

She No Longer Talks, She Shoots

as Commissioner Adrien Bondu

1965

How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning

as Léonard Maburon's defense lawyer (segment "Le Procès")

2003

Lost Seamen

as Falco

1962

Hitch-Hike

as le journaliste sportif au parapluie

1985

1964

1960

Love and the Frenchwoman

as Le professeur Dufieux (segment "L'Enfance")

1986

Follow My Gaze

as Le cafetier

1977

1964

Badmen of the West

as Tom Jackson

1982

For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now

as Le gardien de l'immeuble de Caroline

1956

1963

1985

1963

Les gros bras

as Ludovic Gabasse, boss of the photo novel agency

1956

Slightly Ahead

as Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel Lutécia

1957

The Tricyclist

as Antoine Peyralout

1960

Robinson et le triporteur

as Antoine Peyralout

1959

You Have Nothing to Declare?

as Désiré Labaule

1964

Les Gorilles

as Edouard

1971

Cash-Cash

as William Wilson

1958

Honey, Scare Me

as Jérôme Lenoir

1983

My Pastor Among the Thais

as Tête-de-Fer, le pirate

1956

Les Lumières du soir

as (uncredited)

1980

Voulez-vous un bébé Nobel ?

as Professeur Joseph Menzano

2007

1983

Microbidon

as Mathias

1966

1955

Four Days in Paris

as Félicien Dieudonné

1978

1957

A Friend of the Family

as Pierre Bernicaud

1958

1959

The Indestructible

as Hippolyte

1956

La joyeuse prison

as Maître Larigot

1996

Ma femme me quitte

as Stéphane Lasser

2004

Totally Nuts

as Le directeur de la banque

1966

1967

The Great Gadget

as Barratier

1962

Tartarin de Tarascon

as Man broken down in the desert

1965

The Real Bargain

as Polytechnician

1970

1959

The Dreadful

as Fernand Mouchette

1960

1968

1957

Love in Jamaica

as Pater Noster

1983

It's Called Catastrophe

as Le Juge d'Instruction

1956

Les Duraton

as M. Mathieu, le surveillant général du collège

1958

A Dog, A Mouse and a Sputnik

as Hubert, government delegate

1958

Hardboiled Egg Time

as Louis Stainval, laveur de voitures, gagnant à la Loterie

1997

Droit dans le mur

as le patient

1965

Under Your Hat

as L'agent André

1986

Les Dégourdis de la onzième

as Général Burnous

1999

La Surprise

as Georges Morin

1965

Les baratineurs

as César Brandini

1960

1961

Les Livreurs

as Édouard

1957

The Innocent with Forty Children

as Le marchand d'échelles

1965

The Double Bed

as Le frère de la fiancée (segment 3 "La répétition")

1961

Les fortiches

as Riri and JoJo

1961

Paris Loves

as Gimenez

1961

A Martian in Paris

as Pierre Dubois

1965

1982

1967

1974

La Gueule de l’emploi

as le patron de l'Arquebuse

2002

If I Were a Rich Man

as Monsieur Sylvain

2007

Private Life

as Mr. Mellifond

1961

Panurge's Sheep

as Charles Renard

1957

Five Million in Cash

as Philémon de Montfilet

2009

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

as Self (archive footage)

1957

White Smoke

as Emile Gachit

1956

Maid in Paris

as Daniel, le casseur d'assiettes

1958

1963

Good King Dagobert

as Le maître- bourreau Richardic

1962

Tales of Paris

as Hubert Parker (segment "Ella")

1956

That Naughty Girl

as Man with Suitcase

Production

1967

The Great Gadget

as Compositors

1965

1964

1973

Le Concierge

as Original Music Composer

1963

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