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 Lady Banker (1980)
as Paul Cisterne
The 400 Blows (1959)
as L' Homme dans la rue
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
as Le Jeune Homme du Motel (uncredited)
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
as The Nurse (uncredited)
Queen Margot (1994)
as Coligny
The Bride Wore Black (1968)
as Corey
The Monster (1994)
as Roccarotta
Adieu Philippine (1962)
as Self - sur le plateau de 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
as Mr. Foucault
A Very Private Affair (1962)
as Narrateur
Actors (2000)
as Jean-Claude Brialy
A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
as Émile Récamier
Deadly Circuit (1983)
as Voragine
That Night of Varennes (1982)
as Monsieur Jacob
Christine (1958)
as Theo Kaiser
The Tricyclist (1957)
as Jean-Claude
One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
as The Japanese Guide
Claire's Knee (1970)
as Jérôme
Nutty, Naughty Chateau (1963)
as Sébastien
The Mischief Makers (1957)
as The man in the film
The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
as Didier Marin
Manon 70 (1968)
as Jean-Paul
Cover Up (1983)
as Le contrôleur Jean-François Rambert
Bolero (1981)
as Le directeur du Lido
Way of Youth (1959)
as Paul Tiercelin
Malady of Love (1987)
as Frédéric
The Lovers (1958)
as Boy on a ride (uncredited)
The Seven Deadly Sins (1962)
as Arthur (segment "L'avarice")
Le Beau Serge (1959)
as François
I Knew Her Well (1965)
as Dario Marchionni
Les Siffleurs (1964)
as Jean-Claude Brialy
Inspector Lavardin (1986)
as Claude Alvarez
Dear Caroline (1968)
as Le comte de Boimussy
An Impudent Girl (1985)
as Sam
Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983)
as Le joueur de tennis flagorneur
Double Murder (1977)
as Van Nijlen
My New Partner II (1990)
as Le banquier
The Oldest Profession (1967)
as Philibert (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
The Girl from Trieste (1982)
as Professor Martin
Operation San Pietro (1967)
as Cajella
Shadow Play (1996)
as Rene Sandre
Carom Shots (1963)
as Paul Martin
The Telephone Always Rings Twice (1985)
as Le commissaire
The Judge and the Assassin (1976)
as Avocat Villedieu
Shock Troops (1967)
as Jean
Lamiel (1967)
as Le comte d'Aubigné
Paris Belongs to Us (1961)
as Jean-Marc
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996)
as Abbot
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Famous Love Affairs (1961)
as Eric Torring
King of Hearts (1966)
as Duke of Clover
The Cousins (1959)
as Paul
People in Luck (1963)
as L'automobiliste (segment "Le Gros Lot")
Edith and Marcel (1983)
as Loulou Barrier
Circle of Love (1964)
as Alfred
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986)
as Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà'
The Car Keys (2003)
as Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent
A Season in Hell (1971)
as Paul Verlaine
Love at Sea (1965)
as The Disenchanted Man
Monsieur Max (2007)
as Max Jacob
Unfair Competition (2001)
as Mattia Della Rocca
The Big Night (1959)
as Scintillone
Catherine & Co. (1975)
as Guillaume
The Sword and the Balance (1963)
as Jean-Philippe
Follow My Gaze (1986)
as Freddy Langlois
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick (2019)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Male Hunt (1964)
as Antoine Monteil
Anna (1968)
as Serge
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin (1962)
as François de Vierne
A French Woman (1995)
as Arnoult
La Jalousie (1992)
as Albert Blondel
The Accuser (1977)
as Le Rantec
As Luck Would Have It (2002)
as Jean-Pierre Muller
No Fear, No Die (1990)
as Pierre Ardennes
People : Jet Set 2 (2004)
as Minimo
Cap Canaille (1983)
as Me Samuel Kebadjan
The Overworked (1958)
as Jimmy
Greed (1962)
as Arthur
To the Extreme (2000)
as L'avocat
Loving in the Rain (1974)
as Seducer
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui (2014)
Actor
The Fourth Power (1985)
as PDG de la chaîne
South Kensington (2001)
as Ferdinando
Our Husbands (1966)
as Ottavio Pelagatta
How to Make a French Dish (1964)
as Jacquot
Père Noël et fils (1983)
as Thomas
Male Companion (1964)
as The Prince
Tous les garçons... (1992)
Actor
The Lions Are Loose (1961)
as Didier Marèze
Fiancés on the Bridge (1962)
as Nurse
Pinot simple-flic (1984)
as Morcy
The Burning Court (1962)
as Marc Desgrez
Hitch-Hike (1962)
as Jean-Claude, le marchand de brosses
The Mandrake (1965)
as Ligurio
Notre Dame de la Croisette (1983)
as Self
Arletty, Lady Paname (2007)
as Self
Swimming Instructor (1979)
as Logan
Wise Guys (1961)
as Ronald
A Night at the Opera (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Sentimental Education (1962)
as Frédéric Moreau
Vivement Truffaut (1985)
as Self / Corey (archive footage)
Quartier V.I.P. (2005)
as Ferdinand
Fool’s Mate (1956)
as Claude
Michel Sardou - Show Sardou (1994)
as Self - Co-Host
The Song of Roland (1978)
as Le Seigneur
Grand Guignol (1987)
as M. Albert
Holy Year (1976)
as Pierre Bizet
All the Boys Are Called Patrick (1959)
as Patrick
De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Et ta sœur… (1958)
as Brice
Marriage of the Century (1985)
as Kaffenberg
Man of My Life (1999)
as Lucien Vilner
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Maschenka (1987)
as Kolin
Levy & Goliath (1987)
as Bijou / Delaroche
Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes... (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs (1990)
as Il giudice
Son of Gascogne (1995)
as Self
Comment épouser un premier ministre (1964)
as Philippe Lambert
A Story of Water (1961)
as The Young Man
Three Faces of Sin (1961)
as Laurent Lénaud
Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés (2001)
Actor
The Innocents (1987)
as Klotz
Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana (2001)
as Vandoeuvres
Scrambled Eggs (1976)
as Brumaire
A Murder Is a Murder (1972)
as Paul Kastner
Mafia Things (1971)
as Domenico 'Mimì' Gargiulo
Tonio Kröger (1964)
as Tonio Kröger als Erwachsener
Stella (1983)
as Roland
The Real Bargain (1965)
as The gigolo
The Kreutzer Sonata (1956)
as Trukhacevskij
L'Herbe rouge (1985)
as Abbot Gril
Special Delivery (2002)
as Robert Fresnel
Like a Pot of Strawberries (1974)
as Norbert
How Not to Rob a Department Store (1965)
as Marcel
Le Moustachu (1987)
as Leroy
A Girl in a Pocket (1957)
as Jean-Loup
Kennedy et moi (1999)
as Benny Grimaldi
Illegal Cargo (1958)
as Jean, le jeune journaliste assassiné
Focal Point (1977)
as Michel Gaur
Claude Chabrol: Mon premier film (2003)
as Self
Sarah (1983)
as Gabriel Larcange
Anyone Can Kill Me (1957)
as Un inspecteur de police
Eyes of Love (1959)
as Pierre Ségur
La banda Casaroli (1962)
as Corrado Minguzzi
Vous êtes de la police ? (2007)
as Alfred Lamproie
Quoi? L'éternité. (2005)
as Self
The Army Game (1960)
as Capitaine
Robert et Robert (1978)
as Jacques Millet
Demon Is on the Island (1983)
as Dr Paul Henry Marshall
Barocco (1976)
as Walt
Le Débutant (1986)
as Willy
Les filles, personne s'en méfie (2003)
as Projectionist
Le Bel Âge (1960)
as Jean-Claude
Un animal doué de déraison (1976)
as Claude
Young Girls Beware (1957)
as Sexy-bar customer (uncredited)
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1980)
as Arsène Lupin
A Friend of the Family (1957)
as Philippe Lemonnier
Julie pot-de-colle (1977)
as Jean-Luc Farlot
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon (1999)
as Self
Les Filles à papa (2001)
as Robert, dit « Bob »
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel (1970)
as Count Anne d'Orgel
School for Coquettes (1958)
as Robert
Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures (1965)
as Figurant
Comédie d'été (1989)
as Gaston
Jean-Claude Brialy, l'homme qui voulait tant être aimé (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
Forgery and the Use of Forgeries (1990)
as Charles Laumière
The Gigolo (1960)
as Jacky
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens (2005)
as Self
Tribute to Alfred Lepetit (2000)
as Self
Août (1992)
as Martin
Jean Gabin intime (2010)
as Self
Dreyfus: The Intolerable Truth (1975)
as Narrator (voice)
Cinq-Mars (1981)
as l'historien
Côté cour, côté champs (1971)
Actor