Jean-Claude Brialy
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Jean-Claude Brialy (30 March 1933 – 30 May 2007) was a French actor and film director. Brialy was born in Aumale (now Sour El-Ghozlane), French Algeria, where his father was stationed with the French Army. Brialy moved to mainland France with his family in 1942. He was an alumnus of the Prytanée National Militaire. When he was 21 years old, he went to Paris to work as an actor. In 1956, Brialy acted in his first role in the short film Le coup du berger (Fool's Mate) by Jacques Rivette. By the late 1950s, he'd become one of the most prolific actors in the French nouvelle vague and a star. He appeared in films of nouvelle vague directors such as Claude Chabrol (Le Beau Serge, 1958; Les Cousins, 1959), Louis Malle (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, 1958; Les Amants, 1958), François Truffaut (Les 400 Coups, 1959), Jean-Luc Godard, (Une femme est une femme, 1961), Éric Rohmer (Claire's Knee, 1970), as well as in films of other filmmakers such as Jean Renoir (Elena et les hommes 1958), Roger Vadim (La ronde, 1964), Philippe de Broca (Le Roi de cœur, 1966), Luis Buñuel (Le Fantôme de la liberté, 1974), and Claude Lelouch (Robert et Robert, 1978). In 2006, he appeared in his last role, as the eponymous character of the TV film Monsieur Max, directed by Gabriel Aghion. Godard described him as "the French Cary Grant," while Brialy's self-described "life models" had reportedly been actor Sacha Guitry and director Jean Cocteau. Brialy directed a number of films, including Églantine in 1971, which was loosely inspired by his own memories of a happy childhood spent in Chambellay with his grandparents, and Les volets clos (Closed shutters) in 1972. He owned the restaurant L'Orangerie, on the Île Saint-Louis; he'd also worked as a TV presenter, a singer, and a radio host. During the presentation of one of his books, Brialy described himself this way: "I'm a boy who got lucky enough to do what I love in life". Brialy, in 1959, acquired a château in the commune of Monthyon, near Paris. There, he accommodated and entertained many friends from the cinema and the theatre, such as Jean Marais, Pierre Arditi, and Romy Schneider whom he'd met during the 1958 production of the film Christine. Schneider, after the 1981 fatal accident of her son David, found a "refuge from the paparazzi" in Brialy's home. French singer Barbara would often sing at the piano. Director Jean-Pierre Melville used the château to shoot the last scenes of his 1970 crime film Le Cercle Rouge, where Alain Delon and Yves Montand are killed by the police. In his books, the autobiographical Le Ruisseau des singes (The river of monkeys) (2000) and the memoir J'ai oublié de vous dire (I Forgot to Tell You) (2004), Brialy revealed that he was bisexual. ... Source: Article "Jean-Claude Brialy" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known for
Credits
The 400 Blows (1959)
as L' Homme dans la rue
Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983)
as Le joueur de tennis flagorneur
Actors (2000)
as Jean-Claude Brialy
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
as The Nurse (uncredited)
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
as Le Jeune Homme du Motel (uncredited)
Adieu Philippine (1962)
as Self - sur le plateau de 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
Deadly Circuit (1983)
as Voragine
Inspector Lavardin (1986)
as Claude Alvarez
Cover Up (1983)
as Le contrôleur Jean-François Rambert
Manon 70 (1968)
as Jean-Paul
The Mischief Makers (1958)
as The man in the film
Dear Caroline (1968)
as Le comte de Boimussy
A Very Private Affair (1962)
as Narrateur
Queen Margot (1994)
as Coligny
Double Murder (1977)
as Van Nijlen
Carom Shots (1963)
as Paul Martin
A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
as Émile Récamier
Lamiel (1967)
as Le comte d'Aubigné
Shadow Play (1996)
as Rene Sandre
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
as Mr. Foucault
I Knew Her Well (1965)
as Dario Marchionni
Way of Youth (1959)
as Paul Tiercelin
Cap Canaille (1983)
as Me Samuel Kebadjan
The Tricyclist (1957)
as Jean-Claude
The Bride Wore Black (1968)
as Corey
Sarah (1983)
as Gabriel Larcange
The Monster (1994)
as Roccarotta
Grand Guignol (1987)
as M. Albert
The Telephone Always Rings Twice (1985)
as Le commissaire
Monsieur Max (2007)
as Max Jacob
Greed (1962)
as Arthur
Operation San Pietro (1967)
as Cajella
That Night of Varennes (1982)
as Monsieur Jacob
The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
as Didier Marin
As Luck Would Have It (2002)
as Jean-Pierre Muller
La Jalousie (1992)
as Albert Blondel
Edith and Marcel (1983)
as Loulou Barrier
Les Siffleurs (1964)
as Jean-Claude Brialy
One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
as The Japanese Guide
Le Beau Serge (1959)
as François
The Judge and the Assassin (1976)
as Avocat Villedieu
Bolero (1981)
as Le directeur du Lido
The Lovers (1958)
as Boy on a ride (uncredited)
The Fourth Power (1985)
as PDG de la chaîne
Nutty, Naughty Chateau (1963)
as Sébastien
Christine (1958)
as Theo Kaiser
Claire's Knee (1970)
as Jérôme
Michel Sardou - Show Sardou (1994)
as Self - Co-Host
The Oldest Profession (1967)
as Philibert (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
Swimming Instructor (1979)
as Logan
Père Noël et fils (1983)
as Thomas
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick (2019)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Famous Love Affairs (1961)
as Eric Torring
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin (1962)
as François de Vierne
The Girl from Trieste (1982)
as Professor Martin
King of Hearts (1966)
as Duke of Clover
Shock Troops (1967)
as Jean
The Seven Deadly Sins (1962)
as Arthur (segment "L'avarice")
Jean-Claude Brialy, l'homme qui voulait tant être aimé (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
Robert et Robert (1978)
as Jacques Millet
An Impudent Girl (1985)
as Sam
Circle of Love (1964)
as Alfred
Love at Sea (1965)
as The Disenchanted Man
Male Companion (1964)
as The Prince
The Sword and the Balance (1963)
as Jean-Philippe
Jean Gabin intime (2010)
as Self
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986)
as Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà'
People : Jet Set 2 (2004)
as Minimo
Et ta sœur… (1958)
as Brice
Male Hunt (1964)
as Antoine Monteil
Tous les garçons... (1992)
Actor
A French Woman (1995)
as Arnoult
Quartier V.I.P. (2005)
as Ferdinand
The Cousins (1959)
as Paul
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui (2014)
Actor
Loving in the Rain (1974)
as Seducer
Fiancés on the Bridge (1962)
as Nurse
A Season in Hell (1971)
as Paul Verlaine
Arletty, Lady Paname (2007)
as Self
Holy Year (1976)
as Pierre Bizet
Paris Belongs to Us (1961)
as Jean-Marc
The Lady Banker (1980)
as Paul Cisterne
No Fear, No Die (1990)
as Pierre Ardennes
Three Faces of Sin (1961)
as Laurent Lénaud
Quoi? L'éternité. (2005)
as Self
My New Partner II (1990)
as Le banquier
Fool’s Mate (1956)
as Claude
The Army Game (1960)
as Capitaine
Malady of Love (1987)
as Frédéric
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
The Song of Roland (1978)
as Le Seigneur
How Not to Rob a Department Store (1965)
as Marcel
The Kreutzer Sonata (1956)
as Trukhacevskij
Unfair Competition (2001)
as Mattia Della Rocca
Levy & Goliath (1987)
as Bijou / Delaroche
Pinot simple-flic (1984)
as Morcy
The Burning Court (1962)
as Marc Desgrez
The Car Keys (2003)
as Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent
People in Luck (1963)
as L'automobiliste (segment "Le Gros Lot")
Anyone Can Kill Me (1957)
as Un inspecteur de police
A Story of Water (1961)
as The Young Man
A Murder Is a Murder (1972)
as Paul Kastner
South Kensington (2001)
as Ferdinando
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996)
as Abbot
Forgery and the Use of Forgeries (1990)
as Charles Laumière
Catherine & Co. (1975)
as Guillaume
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs (1990)
as Il giudice
Comment épouser un premier ministre (1964)
as Philippe Lambert
Anna (1968)
as Serge
Le Moustachu (1987)
as Leroy
Follow My Gaze (1986)
as Freddy Langlois
Mafia Things (1971)
as Domenico 'Mimì' Gargiulo
All the Boys Are Called Patrick (1959)
as Patrick
Un animal doué de déraison (1976)
as Claude
The Big Night (1959)
as Scintillone
Eyes of Love (1959)
as Pierre Ségur
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens (2005)
as Self
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures (1965)
as Figurant
The Mandrake (1965)
as Ligurio
Man of My Life (1999)
as Lucien Vilner
The Overworked (1958)
as Jimmy
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
The Lions Are Loose (1961)
as Didier Marèze
Marriage of the Century (1985)
as Kaffenberg
To the Extreme (2000)
as L'avocat
Demon Is on the Island (1983)
as Dr Paul Henry Marshall
Like a Pot of Strawberries (1974)
as Norbert
Les Filles à papa (2001)
as Robert, dit « Bob »
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon (1999)
as Self
Notre Dame de la Croisette (1983)
as Self
Barocco (1976)
as Walt
Focal Point (1977)
as Michel Gaur
Special Delivery (2002)
as Robert Fresnel
A Night at the Opera (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Sentimental Education (1962)
as Frédéric Moreau
Wise Guys (1961)
as Ronald
Our Husbands (1966)
as Ottavio Pelagatta
Dreyfus: The Intolerable Truth (1975)
as Narrator (voice)
De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Vous êtes de la police ? (2007)
as Alfred Lamproie
School for Coquettes (1958)
as Robert
The Innocents (1987)
as Klotz
The Real Bargain (1965)
as The gigolo
Le Débutant (1986)
as Willy
Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana (2001)
as Vandoeuvres
Son of Gascogne (1995)
as Self
Maschenka (1987)
as Kolin
How to Make a French Dish (1964)
as Jacquot
The Accuser (1977)
as Le Rantec
Hitch-Hike (1962)
as Jean-Claude, le marchand de brosses
Vivement Truffaut (1985)
as Self / Corey (archive footage)
Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes... (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1980)
as Arsène Lupin
Les filles, personne s'en méfie (2003)
as Projectionist
Julie pot-de-colle (1977)
as Jean-Luc Farlot
Illegal Cargo (1958)
as Jean, le jeune journaliste assassiné
Tonio Kröger (1964)
as Tonio Kröger als Erwachsener
A Friend of the Family (1957)
as Philippe Lemonnier
La banda Casaroli (1962)
as Corrado Minguzzi
Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés (2001)
Actor
Stella (1983)
as Roland
Tribute to Alfred Lepetit (2000)
as Self
Cinq-Mars (1981)
as l'historien
Claude Chabrol: Mon premier film (2003)
as Self
The Gigolo (1960)
as Jacky
Comédie d'été (1989)
as Gaston
Côté cour, côté champs (1971)
Actor
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel (1970)
as Count Anne d'Orgel
Kennedy et moi (1999)
as Benny Grimaldi
L'Herbe rouge (1985)
as Abbot Gril
Young Girls Beware (1957)
as Sexy-bar customer (uncredited)
Le Bel Âge (1960)
as Jean-Claude
A Girl in a Pocket (1957)
as Jean-Loup
Scrambled Eggs (1976)
as Brumaire
Août (1992)
as Martin