Maurice Ronet
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Maurice Ronet (13 April 1927 – 14 March 1983) was a French film actor, director, and writer. Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes. He was the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut at the age of 14 alongside his parents in Sacha Guitry's Deux couverts in Lausanne. After attending the Parisian acting school Centre du Spectacle de la Rue-Blanche, he entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1944, where Jean-Louis Barrault was one of his mentors. When he made his film debut at 22 in Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de juillet (1949) in a role that was written specifically for him by Becker, he had little interest in pursuing an acting career. After completing the film, he married Maria Pacôme (a French stage actress and playwright), and they departed to Moustiers-Sainte-Marie in Provence, where he tried his hand at ceramics. After completing his military service, he returned to Paris in the early 1950s where he took courses in philosophy and physics, and pursued his passion for literature, music (piano and organ), film and painting. His artwork, part of the peinture non figurative movement, was exhibited with friends Jean Dubuffet and Georges Mathieu. He also acted occasionally in small roles in the films of French directors like Yves Ciampi and René Wheeler, with ambitions of becoming a filmmaker himself. Gradually, however, he came to discover a freedom in acting and a creative satisfaction that provided a synthesis of all his interests. Maurice Ronet became one of European cinema's more prolific actors. Between 1955 and 1975 he appeared in over 60 films. He often portrayed characters who were in conflict with themselves or society. He first garnered acclaim at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival for a supporting role in Jean Dreville's Endless Horizons (Horizons sans fin) and over the next few years as the romantic lead in André Michel's La sorcière (The Blonde Witch/The Sorceress, 1956) and in Jules Dassin's He Who Must Die (Celui qui doit mourir, 1957). It was at the presentation of "La Sorcière" at Cannes where he met a creative and an intellectual counterpart in Louis Malle. Two years later, he made his international box-office breakthrough as Julien Tavernier in Malle's first feature film Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud 1958), which features Jeanne Moreau. He originated the role of Philippe Greenleaf in Purple Noon (Plein soleil, 1960), René Clément's adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley. ... Source: Article "Maurice Ronet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known for
Credits
The Swimming Pool (1969)
as Harry
Beau Pere (1981)
as Charly
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
as Julien Tavernier
The Unfaithful Wife (1969)
as Victor Pegala
Purple Noon (1960)
as Philippe Greenleaf
Sphinx (1981)
as Yvon Mageot
The Fire Within (1963)
as Alain Leroy
The Healer (1953)
as André Turenne
Lucrèce Borgia (1953)
as Perotto
The Vixen (1969)
as Jérôme
Rendezvous in July (1949)
as Roger Moulin
Lost Command (1966)
as Capain. Boisfeuras
The Pit and the Pendulum (1964)
as Le condamné à mort
Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)
as Philippe Dubaye
Cry of the Heart (1974)
as Mathieu
Last Leap (1970)
as Garal
Delphine (1969)
as Jean-Marc, couturier ami de Delphine
Seduction (1973)
as Giuseppe Lagana
Why They Kill Themselves (1976)
Actor
Bloodline (1979)
as Charles Martin
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman (1973)
as Piere Gonzague
The Scarlet Lady (1969)
as François
Wherever You Are (1964)
as Paul Vallier
Madame Claude (1977)
as Pierre
He Who Must Die (1957)
as Michelis
Line of Demarcation (1966)
as Pierre, comte de Damville
The Pebbles of Etratat (1972)
as Kelvo
The Deadly Trap (1971)
as L'homme de l'organisation
The Champagne Murders (1967)
as Paul Wagner
Raphael or the Debauched One (1971)
as Raphaël de Lorris
Liberté I (1962)
as Michel
Golden Night (1976)
as Nuit d'or
Oh, mia bella matrigna (1976)
as Luigi
Emmenez-moi au Ritz (1977)
as Philippe Gregor
How Sweet It Is! (1968)
as Phillipe
Poison Ivy (1953)
as Mickey
Scandal Man (1972)
as Marc Fontemps
To the Bitter End (1975)
as Paul Jordan
Midnight Meeting (1962)
as Pierre Neyris
Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
as Jacques
Circle of Love (1964)
as Henri
The Red Room (1973)
as Jean Gerfaud
The Marseille Contract (1974)
as Inspector Briac
The Blonde Witch (1956)
as Laurent Brulard
Endless Horizons (1953)
as Marc Caussade
La Balance (1982)
as Roger Massina
Enough Rope (1963)
as Walter Saccard
Mi último tango (1960)
as Dario Ledesma
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
as The priest (segment "La Luxure")
Three Rooms in Manhattan (1965)
as François Combe
The Victors (1963)
as French Lieutenant
The Devil Made a Woman (1959)
as José
House of Ricordi (1954)
as Vincenzo Bellini
The Sensuous Assassin (1970)
as Serge
Devil in the Brain (1972)
as Fabrizio Garces
Mag Bodard, un destin (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Assassin's Check (1962)
as Gilbert Vitry
The Road to Corinth (1967)
as Dex
Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale (1970)
as Commissario
This Desired Body (1959)
as Henri Messardier
Perfectionist (1951)
as François
Only the Wind Knows the Answer (1974)
as Robert Lucas
A Devil Under the Pillow (1968)
as Lotario
Il peccato degli anni verdi (1960)
as Paolo Donati
Garden of Delights (1967)
as Carlo
Casablanca, Nest of Spies (1963)
as Maurice Desjardins
Pleasures and Vices (1955)
as 'Gueule d'ange'
Castles in Spain (1954)
as Miguel Murillo
Barefoot in the Kitchen (2013)
as (archive footage)
Without Warning (1973)
as Raoul Maury
That Night (1958)
as Jean Mallet
Desperate Decision (1952)
as Jim
Scarlet Eye (1963)
as Dr. Gérard Rinaldi
The Thief of Tibadabo (1965)
as Nicolas
Surprise Party (1983)
as Georges Levesques
Birds in Peru (1968)
as Rainier
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Amador (1965)
as Amador
Pariahs of Glory (1964)
as Ferrier
Time Out for Love (1961)
as Philippe
Undressing a Legacy (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
A Little, a Lot, Passionately (1971)
as Didier
The Crazy Capo Affair (1973)
as Diserens
The Golden Mass (1975)
as David
Night Police Station (1974)
as Vittorio Cazzaniga
Long March (1966)
as Doctor Chevalier
The Aristocrats (1955)
as Christophe de Conti
Casta diva (1954)
as Vincenzo Bellini
Un matin rouge (1982)
as Henri
The Immoral Moment (1962)
as Michel Jussieu
Missing Persons Section (1956)
as Juan Milford
The Modification (1970)
as Léon Delmont
La Guérilléra (1982)
as Brutus