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
Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
as The Nurse (uncredited)
The Monster (1994)
as Roccarotta
Queen Margot (1994)
as Coligny
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
as Le Jeune Homme du Motel (uncredited)
A Very Private Affair (1962)
as Narrateur
Actors (2000)
as Jean-Claude Brialy
The Oldest Profession (1967)
as Philibert (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
The Phantom of Liberty (1974)
as Mr. Foucault
The Lady Banker (1980)
as Paul Cisterne
The Bride Wore Black (1968)
as Corey
A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
as Émile Récamier
Christine (1958)
as Theo Kaiser
Carom Shots (1963)
as Paul Martin
An Impudent Girl (1985)
as Sam
Claire's Knee (1970)
as Jérôme
One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
as The Japanese Guide
Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983)
as Le joueur de tennis flagorneur
Cover Up (1983)
as Le contrôleur Jean-François Rambert
I Knew Her Well (1965)
as Dario Marchionni
Manon 70 (1968)
as Jean-Paul
That Night of Varennes (1982)
as Monsieur Jacob
Deadly Circuit (1983)
as Voragine
Adieu Philippine (1962)
as Self - sur le plateau de 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
The Lovers (1958)
as Boy on a ride (uncredited)
The Seven Deadly Sins (1962)
as Arthur (segment "L'avarice")
Bolero (1981)
as Le directeur du Lido
Circle of Love (1964)
as Alfred
The Girl from Trieste (1982)
as Professor Martin
The Cousins (1959)
as Paul
Love at Sea (1965)
as The Disenchanted Man
King of Hearts (1966)
as Duke of Clover
To the Extreme (2000)
as L'avocat
The Accuser (1977)
as Le Rantec
The Judge and the Assassin (1976)
as Avocat Villedieu
Les Siffleurs (1964)
as Jean-Claude Brialy
Lamiel (1967)
as Le comte d'Aubigné
The Song of Roland (1978)
as Le Seigneur
Male Companion (1964)
as The Prince
Unfair Competition (2001)
as Mattia Della Rocca
Shadow Play (1996)
as Rene Sandre
The Mischief Makers (1957)
as The man in the film
Fiancés on the Bridge (1962)
as Nurse
The Tricyclist (1957)
as Jean-Claude
Le Beau Serge (1959)
as François
South Kensington (2001)
as Ferdinando
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986)
as Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà'
Paris Belongs to Us (1961)
as Jean-Marc
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996)
as Abbot
My New Partner II (1990)
as Le banquier
Cap Canaille (1983)
as Me Samuel Kebadjan
Nutty, Naughty Chateau (1963)
as Sébastien
People in Luck (1963)
as L'automobiliste (segment "Le Gros Lot")
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
The Mandrake (1965)
as Ligurio
Double Murder (1977)
as Van Nijlen
Edith and Marcel (1983)
as Loulou Barrier
Et ta sœur… (1958)
as Brice
Malady of Love (1987)
as Frédéric
The Car Keys (2003)
as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
A French Woman (1995)
as Arnoult
Catherine & Co. (1975)
as Guillaume
Holy Year (1976)
as Pierre Bizet
The Telephone Always Rings Twice (1985)
as Le commissaire
The Big Night (1959)
as Scintillone
The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
as Didier Marin
The Innocents (1987)
as Klotz
Male Hunt (1964)
as Antoine Monteil
Famous Love Affairs (1961)
as Eric Torring
Way of Youth (1959)
as Paul Tiercelin
Greed (1962)
as Arthur
The Sword and the Balance (1963)
as Jean-Philippe
Levy & Goliath (1987)
as Bijou / Delaroche
The Overworked (1958)
as Jimmy
Shock Troops (1967)
as Jean
People : Jet Set 2 (2004)
as Minimo
Sarah (1983)
as Gabriel Larcange
Anna (1998)
as Serge
How to Make a French Dish (1964)
as Jacquot
Dear Caroline (1968)
as Le comte de Boimussy
Follow My Gaze (1986)
as Freddy Langlois
Fool’s Mate (1956)
as Claude
Like a Pot of Strawberries (1974)
as Norbert
Three Faces of Sin (1961)
as Laurent Lénaud
Vivement Truffaut (1985)
as Self / Corey (archive footage)
Le Moustachu (1987)
as Leroy
The Gigolo (1960)
as Jacky
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs (1990)
as Il giudice
Michel Sardou - Show Sardou (1994)
as Self - Co-Host
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui (2014)
Actor
Eyes of Love (1959)
as Pierre Ségur
Special Delivery (2002)
as Robert Fresnel
Pinot simple-flic (1984)
as Morcy
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick (2019)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Burning Court (1962)
as Marc Desgrez
No Fear, No Die (1990)
as Pierre Ardennes
La Jalousie (1992)
as Albert Blondel
Cinq-Mars (1981)
as l'historien
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin (1962)
as François de Vierne
Inspector Lavardin (1986)
as Claude Alvarez
Les Filles à papa (2001)
as Robert, dit « Bob »
A Season in Hell (1971)
as Paul Verlaine
Tonio Kröger (1964)
as Tonio Kröger als Erwachsener
Barocco (1976)
as Walt
Swimming Instructor (1979)
as Logan
Hitch-Hike (1962)
as Jean-Claude, le marchand de brosses
L'Herbe rouge (1985)
as Abbot Gril
The Army Game (1960)
as Capitaine
Monsieur Max (2007)
as Max Jacob
The Fourth Power (1985)
as PDG de la chaîne
How Not to Rob a Department Store (1965)
as Marcel
Operation San Pietro (1967)
as Cajella
Père Noël et fils (1983)
as Thomas
All the Boys Are Called Patrick (1959)
as Patrick
The Kreutzer Sonata (1956)
as Trukhacevskij
Loving in the Rain (1974)
as Seducer
Son of Gascogne (1995)
as Self
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens (2005)
as Self
Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes... (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Demon Is on the Island (1983)
as Dr Paul Henry Marshall
Focal Point (1977)
as Michel Gaur
Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures (1965)
as Figurant
As Luck Would Have It (2002)
as Jean-Pierre Muller
Anyone Can Kill Me (1957)
as Un inspecteur de police
School for Coquettes (1958)
as Robert
Our Husbands (1966)
as Ottavio Pelagatta
Stella (1983)
as Roland
Marriage of the Century (1985)
as Kaffenberg
A Night at the Opera (2020)
Actor
Young Girls Beware (1957)
as Sexy-bar customer (uncredited)
Les filles, personne s'en méfie (2003)
as Projectionist
Grand Guignol (1987)
as M. Albert
Robert et Robert (1978)
as Jacques Millet
Le Bel Âge (1960)
as Jean-Claude
Scrambled Eggs (1976)
as Brumaire
The Real Bargain (1965)
as The gigolo
Sentimental Education (1962)
as Frédéric Moreau
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Kennedy et moi (1999)
as Benny Grimaldi
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
A Girl in a Pocket (1957)
as Jean-Loup
Notre Dame de la Croisette (1983)
as Self
Forgery and the Use of Forgeries (1990)
as Charles Laumière
Quartier V.I.P. (2005)
as Ferdinand
The Lions Are Loose (1961)
as Didier Marèze
A Story of Water (1961)
as The Young Man
Jean Gabin intime (2010)
as Self
Tribute to Alfred Lepetit (2000)
as Self
Man of My Life (1999)
as Lucien Vilner
Mafia Things (1971)
as Domenico 'Mimì' Gargiulo
Tous les garçons... (1992)
Actor
A Friend of the Family (1957)
as Philippe Lemonnier
Un animal doué de déraison (1976)
as Claude
Die schöne Wilhelmine (1984)
as Casanova
Août (1992)
as Martin
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon (1999)
as Self
A Murder Is a Murder (1972)
as Paul Kastner
Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana (2001)
as Vandoeuvres
La banda Casaroli (1962)
as Corrado Minguzzi
Maschenka (1987)
as Kolin
Comment épouser un premier ministre (1964)
as Philippe Lambert
Julie pot-de-colle (1977)
as Jean-Luc Farlot
Vous êtes de la police ? (2007)
as Alfred Lamproie
Arletty, Lady Paname (2007)
as Self
Le Débutant (1986)
as Willy
Claude Chabrol: Mon premier film (2003)
as Self
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel (1970)
as Count Anne d'Orgel
De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1980)
as Arsène Lupin
Côté cour, côté champs (1971)
Actor
Wise Guys (1961)
as Ronald
Dreyfus: The Intolerable Truth (1975)
as Narrator (voice)
Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés (2001)
Actor
Comédie d'été (1989)
as Gaston
Illegal Cargo (1958)
as Jean, le jeune journaliste assassiné
Quoi? L'éternité. (2005)
as Self
Jean-Claude Brialy, l'homme qui voulait tant être aimé (2014)
as Self (archive footage)