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French actor
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
8 February 1929(Strasbourg)
Family:
Spouse(s):
Catherine Rich
Children:
Delphine Rich
Natalie Rich-Fernandez
The details
Biography
Introduction
Claude Rich (born 8 February 1929) is a French stage and screen actor. He began his career in the theater before his film debut in 1955.
Personal life
He married actress Catherine Renaudin on 26 June 1959. They have 2 daughters, Delphine Rich (1961), an actress and Nathalie, who is a painter. They have also an adopted son, Remy.
Career
In 1996, he was a member of the jury at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | The Grand Maneuver | Alice's fiance | René Clair | |
| 1956 | Mitsou | Lieutenant Kaki | Jacqueline Audry | |
| C'est arrivé à Aden... | Price | Michel Boisrond | ||
| Le revizor ou L'inspecteur général | Khlestakov | Marcel Bluwal | TV Movie | |
| 1957 | La garçonne | Delmarre | Jacqueline Audry (2) | |
| La polka des menottes | Pierrot | Raoul André | ||
| 1958 | Neither Seen Nor Recognized | Amédée Fléchard | Yves Robert | |
| Ligne de vie | The Man | Jean Leduc | Short | |
| 1960 | Love and the Frenchwoman | Charles | René Clair (2) | |
| L'homme à femmes | Inspector Vaillant | Jacques-Gérard Cornu | ||
| Les joueurs | Glov Fils | Marcel Bluwal (2) | TV Movie | |
| Un beau dimanche de septembre | Lustra | Marcel Cravenne | TV Movie | |
| Coctail party | Jean Vernier | TV Movie | ||
| 1961 | Tonight or Never | Laurent | Michel Deville | |
| All the Gold in the World | Fred | René Clair (3) | ||
| 1962 | The Burning Court | Stéphane Desgrez | Julien Duvivier | |
| The Seven Deadly Sins | Armand | Claude Chabrol | ||
| The Elusive Corporal | Ballochet | Jean Renoir | ||
| Le Diable et les Dix Commandements | The Devil | Julien Duvivier (2) | ||
| Girl on the Road | The 30 year old Man | Jacqueline Audry (3) | ||
| Copacabana Palace | Buby von Raunacher | Steno | ||
| Le théâtre de la jeunesse | The ghost | Marcel Cravenne (2) | TV Series (1 Episode) | |
| 1963 | Les Tontons flingueurs | Antoine Delafoy | Georges Lautner | |
| La chasse ou L'amour ravi | Lucinio | Alain Boudet | TV Movie | |
| 1964 | Male Hunt | Julien Brenot | Édouard Molinaro | |
| Constance aux enfers | Student | François Villiers | ||
| Mata Hari, Agent H21 | Julien the Driver | Jean-Louis Richard | ||
| Comment trouvez-vous ma soeur ? | François Lorin | Michel Boisrond (2) | ||
| Le repas des fauves | Claude | Christian-Jaque | ||
| 1965 | Diamonds Are Brittle | Bernard Noblet | Nicolas Gessner | |
| Les copains | Huchon | Yves Robert (2) | ||
| L'or du duc | Ludovic de Talois-Minet | Jacques Baratier | ||
| The Apollo of Bellac | Monsieur de Bellac | Gilbert Pineau | TV Movie | |
| 1966 | Is Paris Burning? | General Leclerc | René Clément | |
| Mona, l'étoile sans nom | Miroiu | Henri Colpi | ||
| Monsieur le Président Directeur Général | Stéphane Bévin | Jean Girault | ||
| Le vampire de Bougival | Philippe Ducrest | TV Movie | ||
| 1967 | Oscar | Christian Martin | Édouard Molinaro (2) | |
| Les compagnons de la marguerite | Jean-Louis Matouzec | Jean-Pierre Mocky | ||
| 1968 | The Bride Wore Black | Bliss | François Truffaut | |
| Je t'aime, je t'aime | Claude Ridder | Alain Resnais | San Sebastián International Film Festival - Best Actor | |
| 1969 | Une veuve en or | Antoine Berger | Michel Audiard | |
| 1970 | The Customer of the Off Season | The Customer | Moshé Mizrahi | |
| Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa | Paolo di Sergeno | Marcello Fondato | ||
| Con quale amore, con quanto amore | André | Pasquale Festa Campanile | ||
| 1973 | Les cent livres des hommes | The Narrator | Maurice Dugowson | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| 1974 | Creezy | Dominique | Pierre Granier-Deferre | |
| Stavisky | Inspector Bonny | Alain Resnais (2) | ||
| L'ironie du sort | Morin | Édouard Molinaro (3) | ||
| La femme de Jean | Jean | Yannick Bellon | ||
| 1975 | The French Detective | Judge Delmesse | Pierre Granier-Deferre (2) | |
| Le futur aux trousses | Borel | Dolorès Grassian | ||
| Monsieur Jadis | Monsieur Jadis | Michel Polac | TV Movie | |
| 1977 | Le Crabe-tambour | Pierre | Pierre Schoendoerffer | |
| 1979 | The Police War | Commissioner Ballestrat | Robin Davis | |
| 1980 | Orient-Express | Wiesner | Bruno Gantillon | TV Mini-Series |
| 1981 | La revanche | Jacques Beaufort | Pierre Lary | |
| 1982 | Un matin rouge | Léonard | Jean-Jacques Aublanc | |
| Fausses notes | Eric Thoreau | Peter Kassovitz | TV Movie | |
| L'ours en peluche | Professor Jean Chabot | Edouard Logereau | TV Movie | |
| Un habit pour l'hiver | Simon | Pierre Badel | TV Movie | |
| 1983 | Maria Chapdelaine | Monk Cordelier | Gilles Carle | |
| Les mots pour le dire | Guillaume Talbiac | José Pinheiro | ||
| Dans la citadelle | Doctor Barrois | Peter Kassovitz (2) | TV Movie | |
| 1985 | Escalier C | Forster's father | Jean-Charles Tacchella | |
| L'énigme blanche | Maxence | Peter Kassovitz (3) | TV Movie | |
| 1988 | Haute tension | Alex | Denys Granier-Deferre | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| 1989 | Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête | Sam | Didier Kaminka | |
| France images d'une révolution | The Narrator | Alec R. Costandinos | Short | |
| La piovra | Filippo Rasi | Luigi Perelli | TV Mini-Series | |
| Le grand secret | Samuel Frend | Jacques Trébouta | TV Mini-Series | |
| 1990 | Promotion canapé | Ivan | Didier Kaminka (2) | |
| Stirn et Stern | Ferdinand Stirn | Peter Kassovitz (4) | TV Movie | |
| 1992 | The Accompanist | The Minister | Claude Miller | |
| Le souper | Talleyrand | Édouard Molinaro (4) | César Award for Best Actor | |
| 1993 | La vérité en face | Paul Noblet | Étienne Périer | TV Movie |
| Commissaire Dumas d'Orgheuil | Charles Dumas d'Orgheuil | Philippe Setbon | TV Movie | |
| 1994 | Revenge of the Musketeers | Duke of Crassac | Bertrand Tavernier | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| Colonel Chabert | Chamblin | Yves Angelo | ||
| Le jardin des plantes | Fernand Bornard | Philippe de Broca | ||
| Mort d'un gardien de la paix | Victor | Josée Dayan | TV Movie | |
| Radetzkymarsch | Doctor Demant | Axel Corti & Gernot Roll | TV Mini-Series | |
| 1995 | Dis-moi oui... | Professor Villiers | Alexandre Arcady | |
| Été brulant | Ivan Petrov | Jérôme Foulon | TV Movie | |
| La fête des pères | Louis Galissier | Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | TV Movie | |
| Les vacances de l'inspecteur Lester | Lester | Alain Wermus | TV Movie | |
| 1996 | Captain Conan | General Pitard de Lauzier | Bertrand Tavernier (2) | |
| Désiré | Montignac | Bernard Murat | ||
| Le bel été 1914 | Count of Sainteville | Christian de Chalonge | ||
| Mon père avait raison | Adolphe & Charles | Roger Vadim | TV Movie | |
| 1997 | Nel profondo paese straniero | René Kermadec | Fabio Carpi | |
| Faussaires et assassins | Robert Foquet | Peter Kassovitz (5) | TV Movie | |
| Le rouge et le noir | Marquis de la Môle | Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe (2) | TV Movie | |
| 1998 | Lautrec | Alphonse de Toulouse-Lautrec | Roger Planchon | |
| Clarissa | Professor Silberstein | Jacques Deray | TV Movie | |
| 1999 | Season's Beatings | Stanislas | Danièle Thompson | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| Le derrière | Pierre Arroux | Valérie Lemercier | ||
| Balzac | Lawyer Plissoud | Josée Dayan (2) | TV Mini-Series | |
| 2000 | Actors | Himself | Bertrand Blier | |
| 2001 | Unfair Competition | Count Treuberg | Ettore Scola | |
| Thérèse et Léon | Léon Blum | Claude Goretta | TV Movie | |
| 2002 | Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra | Getafix | Alain Chabat | |
| Les amants de Mogador | Souheil Ben-Barka | |||
| John XXIII: The Pope of Peace | Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani | Giorgio Capitani | TV Mini-Series | |
| 2003 | The Mystery of the Yellow Room | Judge De Marquet | Bruno Podalydès | |
| Le coût de la vie | Maurice | Philippe Le Guay | ||
| Rien, voilà l'ordre | Doctor Nuytel | Jacques Baratier (2) | ||
| Là-haut, un roi au-dessus des nuages | The Editor-in-chief | Pierre Schoendoerffer (2) | ||
| Portrait caché | Lucien Meyer | Jean-Louis Leconte | ||
| 2004 | Le Cou de la girafe | Paul | Safy Nebbou | |
| 2005 | Le parfum de la dame en noir | Judge De Marquet | Bruno Podalydès (2) | |
| Galilée ou L'amour de Dieu | Galilée | Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe (3) | TV Movie | |
| La séparation | Father Gayraud | François Hanss | TV Movie | |
| Les Rois maudits | Cardinal Deuze | Josée Dayan (3) | TV Mini-Series | |
| 2006 | Private Fears in Public Places | Arthur | Alain Resnais (3) | |
| Président | Frédéric Saint-Guillaume | Lionel Delplanque | ||
| 2007 | Voltaire et l'affaire Calas | Voltaire | Francis Reusser | TV Movie |
| 2008 | With a Little Help from Myself | Robert | François Dupeyron | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| Crime Is Our Business | Roderick Charpentier | Pascal Thomas | ||
| 2009 | Park Benches | The backgammon player | Bruno Podalydès (3) | |
| La reine morte | Pierre Boutron | TV Movie | ||
| 2011 | All Together | Claude Blanchard | Stéphane Robelin | |
| Bouquet final | Jules | Josée Dayan (4) | TV Movie | |
| 2012 | Looking for Hortense | Sébastien Hauer | Pascal Bonitzer | Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 10 jours en or | Pierre | Nicolas Brossette | ||
| 2015 | Ladygrey | Henri | Alain Choquart |
Theater
| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | The Winter's Tale | William Shakespeare | Julien Bertheau | |
| The Fatted Calf | Bernard Zimmer | Julien Bertheau (2) | ||
| 1952 | Hernani | Victor Hugo | Henri Rollan | |
| Six Characters in Search of an Author | Luigi Pirandello | Julien Bertheau (3) | ||
| Romeo and Juliet | William Shakespeare | Julien Bertheau (4) | ||
| Philippe et Jonas | Irwin Shaw | Jean-Pierre Grenier | ||
| 1954 | Rope | Patrick Hamilton | Jean Darcante | |
| Bel Ami | Guy de Maupassant | Jean Darcante (2) | ||
| Les Boulingrin | Georges Courteline | Jean Darcante (3) | ||
| Carlos et Marguerite | Jean Bernard-Luc | Christian-Gérard | ||
| 1955 | The Teahouse of the August Moon | John Patrick | Marguerite Jamois | |
| Les Amants novices | Jean Bernard-Luc | Jean Mercure | ||
| TTX | Cécil Saint-Laurent & Pierre de Meuse | Alice Cocéa | ||
| Espoir | Henri Bernstein | Henri Bernstein | ||
| 1956 | La petite hutte | André Roussin | André Roussin | |
| Virginie | Michel André | Christian-Gérard (2) | ||
| 1957 | Les Pas perdus | Pierre Gascar | Jacques Mauclair | |
| 1958 | Père | Édouard Bourdet | Pierre Fresnay | |
| Virginie | Michel André | Christian-Gérard (3) | ||
| 1959 | Les Choutes | Pierre Barillet & Jean-Pierre Grédy | Jean Wall | |
| Una bella domenica di settembre | Ugo Betti | André Barsacq | ||
| 1960 | Château en Suède | Françoise Sagan | André Barsacq (2) | |
| 1961 | La Rouille | Carlos Semprún | Jean-Marie Serreau | |
| 1962 | Château en Suède | Françoise Sagan | André Barsacq (3) | |
| 1962-63 | Victor, or Power to the Children | Roger Vitrac | Jean Anouilh & Roland Piétri | |
| 1963 | La Crécelle | Charles Dyer | Michel Fagadau | |
| 1966 | The Homecoming | Harold Pinter | Claude Régy | |
| 1968 | Four Seasons | Arnold Wesker | Claude Régy (2) | |
| 1970-72 | Hadrian the Seventh | Peter Luke | Raymond Rouleau | |
| 1972 | Honni soit qui mal y pense | Peter Barnes | Stuart Burge | |
| 1973 | Jean de La Fontaine | Sacha Guitry | René Clermont | |
| 1975 | Le Zouave | Claude Rich | Jean-Louis Thamin | |
| 1976 | Lorenzaccio | Alfred de Musset | Franco Zeffirelli | |
| 1977 | Poor Murderer | Pavel Kohout | Michel Fagadau (2) | |
| 1977-78 | Pericles, Prince of Tyre | William Shakespeare | Roger Planchon | |
| 1979 | Un habit pour l'hiver | Claude Rich | Georges Wilson | |
| 1983 | K2 | Patrick Meyers | Georges Wilson (2) | |
| 1986 | Faisons un rêve | Sacha Guitry | Jacques Rosny | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor |
| 1987 | Une chambre sur la Dordogne | Claude Rich | Jorge Lavelli | |
| 1988 | Réveille-toi, Philadelphie ! | François Billetdoux | Jorge Lavelli (2) | |
| 1989-91 | Le Souper | Jean-Claude Brisville | Jean-Pierre Miquel | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor |
| 2003 | Embers | Sándor Márai | Didier Long | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor |
| 2005 | Le Caïman | Antoine Rault | Hans Peter Cloos | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor |
| 2008 | Le Diable Rouge | Antoine Rault | Christophe Lidon | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor |
| 2011-12 | L'Intrus | Antoine Rault | Christophe Lidon (2) |
Awards
- 2002 : Honnor César
- 2008 : Prix Henri-Langlois Actor