Jean-Claude Brialy
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Ciné regards
Self
1978
Series
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Series
Vivement dimanche
Self
1998
Series
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987
Series
Fort Boyard
Self
1990
Series
Fan School
Self - Host
1977
Series
Coucou c'est nous !
Self
1992
Series
Midi trente
Self
1972
Series
Midi trente
Self (archive footage)
1972
Series
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Series
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
Series
Numéro un
Self
1975
Series
Numéro un
Self - Host
1975
Series
Numéro un
Self (archive footage)
1975
Film
The Lady Banker
Paul Cisterne
1980
Series
Discorama
Self
1959
Series
Cérémonie des César
Self - Host
1976
Samedi soir
Self
1971
Series
The Count of Monte Cristo
Morrel's Father
1998
Series
Cinépanorama
Self
1956
Series
30 millions d'amis
Self
1976
Series
Les Nuls, l'émission
Self - Guest
1990
Series
On n'est pas couché
Self - Guest
2006
Film
The 400 Blows
L' Homme dans la rue
1959
Series
À bout portant
Self
1968
Series
Stars 90
Self
1990
Series
Reflets de Cannes
Self
1954
Film
Cléo from 5 to 7
The Nurse (uncredited)
1962
Series
The Accursed Kings
Hugues de Bouville
2005
Series
Matin Bonheur
Self
1987
Film
Queen Margot
Coligny
1994
Series
Pour le plaisir
Self
1964
Film
Elevator to the Gallows
Le Jeune Homme du Motel (uncredited)
1958
Film
Adieu Philippine
Self - sur le plateau de 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
1962
Series
The Blue Bicycle
Raphaël Mahl
2000
Series
Mozart
Le comte d'Affiglio
1982
Film
The Bride Wore Black
Corey
1968
Film
One Hundred and One Nights
The Japanese Guide
1995
Film
That Night of Varennes
Monsieur Jacob
1982
Film
The Monster
Roccarotta
1994
Film
Deadly Circuit
Voragine
1983
Film
Bolero
Le directeur du Lido
1981
Film
Actors
Jean-Claude Brialy
2000
Film
A Very Private Affair
Narrateur
1962
Film
Christine
Theo Kaiser
1958
Film
The Phantom of Liberty
Mr. Foucault
1974
Film
I Knew Her Well
Dario Marchionni
1965
Film
Manon 70
Jean-Paul
1968
Film
Claire's Knee
Jérôme
1970
Film
The Mischief Makers
The man in the film
1957
Series
Archives secrètes
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Inspector Lavardin
Claude Alvarez
1986
Film
Dear Caroline
Le comte de Boimussy
1968
Film
A Woman Is a Woman
Émile Récamier
1961
Film
Cover Up
Le contrôleur Jean-François Rambert
1983
Series
Die schöne Wilhelmine
Casanova
1984
Film
Love at Sea
The Disenchanted Man
1965
Film
The Seven Deadly Sins
Arthur (segment "L'avarice")
1962
Film
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later
Un spectateur de '40 ans déjà'
1986
Film
Shock Troops
Jean
1967
Film
Gramps Is in the Resistance
Le joueur de tennis flagorneur
1983
Film
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Didier Marin
1962
Film
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
Film
The Tricyclist
Jean-Claude
1957
Film
Les Siffleurs
Jean-Claude Brialy
1964
Film
Operation San Pietro
Cajella
1967
Film
An Impudent Girl
Sam
1985
Film
Carom Shots
Paul Martin
1963
Film
Paris Belongs to Us
Jean-Marc
1961
Film
Famous Love Affairs
Eric Torring
1961
Film
The Oldest Profession
Philibert (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi")
1967
Film
Shadow Play
Rene Sandre
1996
Series
Ferbac
Éric Ferbac
1991
Film
Double Murder
Van Nijlen
1977
Film
Way of Youth
Paul Tiercelin
1959
Film
King of Hearts
Duke of Clover
1966
Film
Malady of Love
Frédéric
1987
Series
Arsène Lupin joue et perd
Arsène Lupin / ...
1980
Film
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
Le commissaire
1985
Film
Monsieur Max
Max Jacob
2007
Film
Claude Chabrol, the Maverick
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019
Series
Colpo di coda
Piantoni
1993
Film
The Judge and the Assassin
Avocat Villedieu
1976
Film
Nutty, Naughty Chateau
Sébastien
1963
Film
Cap Canaille
Me Samuel Kebadjan
1983
Film
As Luck Would Have It
Jean-Pierre Muller
2002
Film
Lamiel
Le comte d'Aubigné
1967
Film
A French Woman
Arnoult
1995
Film
La Jalousie
Albert Blondel
1992
Film
Catherine & Co.
Guillaume
1975
Film
Male Hunt
Antoine Monteil
1964
Film
The Lovers
Boy on a ride (uncredited)
1958
Film
Circle of Love
Alfred
1964
Film
Loving in the Rain
Seducer
1974
Film
Edith and Marcel
Loulou Barrier
1983
Film
The Cousins
Paul
1959
Film
Unfair Competition
Mattia Della Rocca
2001
Film
The Girl from Trieste
Professor Martin
1982
Film
Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
François de Vierne
1962
Film
The Car Keys
Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent
2003
Film
Sarah
Gabriel Larcange
1983
Film
People in Luck
L'automobiliste (segment "Le Gros Lot")
1963
Film
Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés
2001
Film
South Kensington
Ferdinando
2001
Film
The Mandrake
Ligurio
1965
Film
Pinot simple-flic
Morcy
1984
Film
A Night at the Opera
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Arletty, Lady Paname
Self
2007
Film
My New Partner II
Le banquier
1990
Film
The Fourth Power
PDG de la chaîne
1985
Film
The Big Night
Scintillone
1959
Series
La Grande Béké
Dupont Menard
1998
Series
Le Président Ferrare
Guillaume Ferrare
2004
Film
Eyes of Love
Pierre Ségur
1959
Film
Le Beau Serge
François
1959
Film
Grand Guignol
M. Albert
1987
Film
The Kreutzer Sonata
Trukhacevskij
1956
Film
Fiancés on the Bridge
Nurse
1962
Film
No Fear, No Die
Pierre Ardennes
1990
Film
Like a Pot of Strawberries
Norbert
1974
Film
Fool’s Mate
Claude
1956
Film
All the Boys Are Called Patrick
Patrick
1959
Film
Holy Year
Pierre Bizet
1976
Film
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Abbot
1996
Film
A Story of Water
The Young Man
1961
Film
People : Jet Set 2
Minimo
2004
Film
The Real Bargain
The gigolo
1965
Film
The Lions Are Loose
Didier Marèze
1961
Film
The Sword and the Balance
Jean-Philippe
1963
Film
Stella
Roland
1983
Film
Cinq-Mars
l'historien
1981
Film
Tonio Kröger
Tonio Kröger als Erwachsener
1964
Film
How Not to Rob a Department Store
Marcel
1965
Film
Son of Gascogne
Self
1995
Film
Follow My Gaze
Freddy Langlois
1986
Film
Marriage of the Century
Kaffenberg
1985
Film
Comment épouser un premier ministre
Philippe Lambert
1964
Film
The Innocents
Klotz
1987
Film
The Song of Roland
Le Seigneur
1978
Film
Vivement Truffaut
Self / Corey (archive footage)
1985
Film
Maschenka
Kolin
1987
Michel Sardou - Show Sardou
Self - Co-Host
1994
Film
Quartier V.I.P.
Ferdinand
2005
Film
The Accuser
Le Rantec
1977
Film
Robert et Robert
Jacques Millet
1978
Film
Levy & Goliath
Bijou / Delaroche
1987
Film
The Army Game
Capitaine
1960
Film
Hitch-Hike
Jean-Claude, le marchand de brosses
1962
Film
The Gigolo
Jacky
1960
Film
Barocco
Walt
1976
Film
Male Companion
The Prince
1964
Film
The Burning Court
Marc Desgrez
1962
Film
Et ta sœur…
Brice
1958
Film
Our Husbands
Ottavio Pelagatta
1966
Film
To the Extreme
L'avocat
2000
Film
Man of My Life
Lucien Vilner
1999
Film
Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana
Vandoeuvres
2001
Film
Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures
Figurant
1965
Film
A Season in Hell
Paul Verlaine
1971
Film
How to Make a French Dish
Jacquot
1964
Film
A Murder Is a Murder
Paul Kastner
1972
Film
There Was a Castle with Forty Dogs
Il giudice
1990
Film
Les filles, personne s'en méfie
Projectionist
2003
Film
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Père Noël et fils
Thomas
1983
Film
A Friend of the Family
Philippe Lemonnier
1957
Film
Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes...
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
Anyone Can Kill Me
Un inspecteur de police
1957
Film
Greed
Arthur
1962
Film
Kennedy et moi
Benny Grimaldi
1999
Film
Sentimental Education
Frédéric Moreau
1962
Film
Wise Guys
Ronald
1961
Film
Demon Is on the Island
Dr Paul Henry Marshall
1983
Film
The Overworked
Jimmy
1958
Film
Three Faces of Sin
Laurent Lénaud
1961
Film
Swimming Instructor
Logan
1979
Film
Mafia Things
Domenico 'Mimì' Gargiulo
1971
Film
Anna
Serge
1968
Film
Special Delivery
Robert Fresnel
2002
Tribute to Alfred Lepetit
Self
2000
Film
Julie pot-de-colle
Jean-Luc Farlot
1977
Film
Tous les garçons...
1992
Film
Illegal Cargo
Jean, le jeune journaliste assassiné
1958
Film
Août
Martin
1992
Film
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
School for Coquettes
Robert
1958
Film
Forgery and the Use of Forgeries
Charles Laumière
1990
Film
Young Girls Beware
Sexy-bar customer (uncredited)
1957
Film
Comédie d'été
Gaston
1989
Film
Scrambled Eggs
Brumaire
1976
Film
Le Moustachu
Leroy
1987
Film
Focal Point
Michel Gaur
1977
Film
Le Bel Âge
Jean-Claude
1960
Film
Letter to my brother Guy Gilles, filmmaker who passed away too soon
Self
1999
Film
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
Count Anne d'Orgel
1970
Film
Dreyfus: The Intolerable Truth
Narrator (voice)
1975
Film
A Girl in a Pocket
Jean-Loup
1957
Film
De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
Les Filles à papa
Robert, dit « Bob »
2001
Film
La banda Casaroli
Corrado Minguzzi
1962
Film
L'Herbe rouge
Abbot Gril
1985
Film
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens
Self
2005
Film
Quoi? L'éternité.
Self
2005
Film
Notre Dame de la Croisette
Self
1983
Film
Vous êtes de la police ?
Alfred Lamproie
2007
Film
Die schöne Wilhelmine
Casanova
1984
Film
Jean-Claude Brialy, l'homme qui voulait tant être aimé
Self (archive footage)
2014
Film
Le Débutant
Willy
1986
Film
Claude Chabrol: Mon premier film
Self
2003
Film
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
Arsène Lupin
1980
Film
Jean Gabin intime
Self
2010
Côté cour, côté champs
1971
Film
Un animal doué de déraison
Claude
1976