Philippe Clay
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Philippe Clay, born Philippe Mathevet, (March 7, 1927 – December 13, 2007) was a French mime artist, singer and actor. He was known for his tall and slim silhouette (he was 1,90 m tall) and for his interpretations of songs by Charles Aznavour, Claude Nougaro, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Boris Vian, Serge Gainsbourg, Jean Yanne, Léo Ferré, Jacques Datin, Jean-Claude Massoulier or Bernard Dimey. He interpreted “La Complainte des Apaches” for the TV series Les Brigades du Tigre, written by Henri Djian and composed by Claude Bolling. As an actor, he appeared in many movies (Bell, Book and Candle) and television films. One of his famous roles is in the Jean Renoir film, French Cancan, where he played Casimir le Serpentin (a character inspired by Valentin le désossé). Description above from the Wikipedia article Philippe Clay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
as Clopin Trouillefou
Nathalie (1957)
as Adolphe Faisant
Le Bimillionnaire (2000)
as Le Maire
Krim (1995)
as Eugène
Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
as French Singer at the Zodiac Club
The Freelancers (1999)
as Le Chatelain
Shanks (1974)
as Mr. Barton
Ivory Coast Adventure (1965)
as Renaud Lefranc
Not Dumb, the Bird (1972)
as Jack Bromfield
Dombey and Son (2007)
as Jérémie
Pour un sourire (1970)
as Nicolas
Marceeel!!! (1998)
as Dédé
Drôles de phénomènes (1959)
as The Butler Barns
Toto in Paris (1958)
as il finto maggiordomo
Rome Express (1950)
as Sleeping car employee
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles! (1961)
as Jean-Louis Preminger (voice)
Salut la puce (1983)
as Rigodo-Cartecolin, un marionnettiste
The Night of the Hunted (1959)
as Taretta
Tuvalu (1999)
as Karl
French Cancan (1955)
as Casimir le Serpentin
Lay Off Blondes (1960)
as L'inspecteur Al Wheeler
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ (1982)
as Herald of the arena
Les joyeux lurons (1972)
as L'abbé Larivière
The Bureaucrats (1959)
as Letondu
Le gourou occidental (1993)
as Serge
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Musketeers of the Sea (1962)
as Gosselin
Lautrec (1998)
as Auguste Renoir
Take Me As I Am (1960)
as Carlo
Alexina's House (1999)
as Raffin
The Three Musketeers (1974)
as Richelieu
The Road to Shame (1959)
as Tom
1974, une partie de campagne (2002)
as Self
A Good Little Devil (1983)
as Judge
Le Crime du Bouif (1952)
Actor
Sale temps pour les mouches (1966)
as Pierre Mazaud, aka 'Félix'
Des croix sur la mer (2001)
as Napoléon
It Happened on the 36 Candles (1957)
as Self (uncredited)
Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
En bordée (1958)
as Bailladrisse / Yves Biadrix
Life is beautiful (1956)
as le pasteur
L'Herbe rouge (1985)
as Mr. Perle
The Insolent (1973)
as Dargnac
Let's Arm Ourselves and Go! (1971)
as generale McMaster
Die Wildnis (1993)
as Peasant
Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryx (1981)
as L'ébéniste
The Hotheads (1967)
as Prêcheur