Victor Lanoux

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-06-18 (81 years old)

Deathday

2017-05-04

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Victor Lanoux

Biography

Victor Lanoux (born 18 June 1936 in Paris) is a French actor.He started out in cabaret, where he collaborated with Pierre Richard. He made one of his earliest film appearances in The Shameless Old Lady. He received two César nominations in 1976, for his roles in Cousin, cousine and Adieu poulet. His best known role outside of Europe is perhaps that of The Thief in the 1985 comedy classic National Lampoon's European Vacation. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Victor Lanoux, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1976

1973

1976

A Woman at Her Window

as Michel Boutros

1975

Cousin, Cousine

as Ludovic

1975

The Common Man

as le costaud

1977

We Will All Meet in Paradise

as Boulifet, aka 'Bouly'

1978

Out of It

as Martial Gaulard, condemned to death

1984

The Cheat

as Commissaire Michel Verta

1986

1987

Sale destin

as François Marboni

2001

A Hell of a Day

as Maurice Degombert

1984

La Smala

as Robert

1979

The Dogs

as Dr Henry Ferret

1999

1977

One Wild Moment

as Jacques

1992

Le Bal des casse-pieds

as Frank Salvage

1984

Dog Day

as Horace

1975

The French Detective

as Pierre Lardatte

1968

1984

Thieves After Dark

as Insp. Farbet

1984

Louisiana

as Charles de Vigors

1989

Venetian Red

as Le grand inquisiteur

1981

La Revanche

as Alfred Jouvert

1982

Boulevard des assassins

as Charles Vallorba

1980

Retour en force

as Adrien Blausac

1989

L'Invité surprise

as Charles Mazzena

1966

J'ai les peintres

as L'autre peintre

1977

Replay

as François

1979

Such a Lovely Town...

as Stéphane Bertin

2017

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

as Self - Actor, friend of Pierre Richard

2014

Dommages collatéraux

as Régis Morel

1979

Make Room for Tomorrow

as Ben Oppenheim

1973

1975

Death of a Guide

as Maurice Merinchal

1975

2012

La Femme cachée

as Marc Delvaux

1998

1973

The Dominici Affair

as Gustave Dominici

1996

Lifeline

as Lucien Basso

1998

L'Alambic

as Amédée

2003

Belle grand mère, La Trattoria

as Grégoire, dit « Pacha »

1983

Stella

as Swiss

Production

1966

J'ai les peintres

as Screenplay

1989

Moitié-moitié

as Adaptation

1979

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