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Jean-Pierre Cassel

Born Oct 27, 1932 in Paris, France

French actor and comedian Jean-Pierre Cassel (born Jean-Pierre Crochon), a tall man with an expressive, mobile face, achieved fame in the early 1960s as the comic protagonist in a series of films directed by Philippe de Broca which included The Love Game, The Joker and The Five Day Lover. Cassel also appeared in many international productions, among them Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965), Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), The Three Musketeers (1973), and Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

Filmography

Shows & movies
Asterix at the Olympic Games
Gone for a Dance
Vous êtes de la police?
Bunker Paradise
Congorama
Fair Play
Virgil
In Your Dreams
Narco
Michel Vaillant
Rastignac ou les ambitieux
Sade
Heart and Sword
Amores que matan
Le fils de Paul
La Cérémonie
L'Enfer
L'oeil écarlate
Pétain
Strong Tea with Lemon
De Terre et de Sang
Aqui D'El Rei!
The Maid
The Cave of the Golden Rose
La misère des riches
The Fatal Image
The Phantom of the Opera
Mister Frost
The Return of the Musketeers
Chouans
Nailcruncher
L'été 36
Ehrengard
La guérilléra
The Trout
Face to the Sun
5% de Risque
Love in a Cold Climate
Black Sequence
Grandison
That Lucky Touch
Eine Frau zieht ein
Love at the Top
The Four Musketeers
Wife for Sale
Baxter!
The Three Musketeers
The Boat on the Grass
Malpertuis
The Breach
Anyone Can Play
October Revolution
The Killing Game
The Lace Wars
Male Companion
High Infidelity
La gamberge
The Elusive Corporal
The Joker
Five Day Lover
La peau de l'ours