Philippe Clay
Birthday: 1927-03-07
Deathday: 2007-12-13
Birthplace: Paris, France
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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).
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Credits
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2007-06-07 | Dombey and Son | Jérémie |
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2001-10-13 | Des croix sur la mer | Napoléon |
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1999-11-19 | Tuvalu | Karl |
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1999-06-11 | Alexina's House | Raffin |
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1999-03-24 | The Freelancers | Le Chatelain |
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1998-09-09 | Lautrec | Auguste Renoir |
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1998-03-16 | Marceeel!!! | |
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1995-05-31 | Krim | Eugène |
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1993-10-01 | Die Wildnis | Peasant |
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1993-02-03 | Le gourou occidental | |
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1985-09-11 | L'Herbe rouge | Mr. Perle |
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1983-12-21 | A Good Little Devil | Le Juge |
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1983-01-12 | Salut la puce | Rigodo-Cartecolin, un marionnettiste |
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1982-10-06 | Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ | Herald of the arena |
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1981-09-06 | Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryx | L'ébéniste |
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1974-10-09 | Shanks | Mr. Barton |
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1974-01-02 | The Three Musketeers | Richelieu |
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1973-01-25 | The Insolent | Dargnac |
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1972-11-22 | Les joyeux lurons | L'abbé Larivière |
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1972-11-15 | Not Dumb, the Bird | Jack Bromfield |
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1971-09-21 | Armiamoci e partite! | generale McMaster |
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1970-04-29 | Pour un sourire | Nicolas |
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1967-11-08 | The Hotheads | Prêcheur |
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1966-12-23 | Sale temps pour les mouches | Pierre Mazaud, aka 'Félix' |
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1965-04-01 | Ivory Coast Adventure | Renaud Lefranc |
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1962-02-23 | Musketeers of the Sea | Gosselin |
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1961-10-25 | In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles! | Jean-Louis Preminger (voice) |
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1960-12-07 | Lay Off Blondes | L'inspecteur Al Wheeler |
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1960-01-29 | Take Me As I Am | Carlo |
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1959-07-01 | The Night of the Hunted | Taretta |
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1959-06-30 | The Bureaucrats | Letondu |
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1959-04-30 | The Road to Shame | Tom |
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1959-03-04 | Drôles de phénomènes | The Butler Barns |
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1958-12-25 | Bell, Book and Candle | French Singer at the Zodiac Club |
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1958-10-23 | Toto in Paris | il finto maggiordomo |
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1958-09-10 | En bordée | |
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1957-12-04 | Nathalie | Adolphe Faisant |
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1956-12-19 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Clopin Trouillefou |
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1956-10-05 | Life is beautiful | le pasteur |
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1954-12-27 | French Cancan | Casimir le Serpentin |
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1952-03-05 | Le crime du Bouif | |
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1950-01-18 | Rome Express |