Portrait of Charles Vanel

Charles Vanel

Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charles-Marie Vanel, known as Charles Vanel (21 August 1892 in Rennes, France - 15 April 1989, in Cannes, France) was a French director and actor. He made his screen debut in 1912, in Robert Péguy's Jim Crow. His 77 year career comprised appearances in more than 200 films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Vanel, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.    

Born: August 21, 1892

Place of Birth: Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

Filmography

1988
The Seasons of Pleasure

as Charles van Bert

1981
Three Brothers

as Donato Giuranna

1981
La Puce et le privé

as Mathieu Fortier

1980
The Lost Way

as Léon

1978
Ne pleure pas

as Le grand-père

1977
Alice or the Last Escapade

as Henri Vergennes

1976
Golden Night

as Charles Fournier

1976
Boomerang

as Jean Ritter

1976
Illustrious Corpses

as Procurator Varga

1975
Es herrscht Ruhe im Land

as Großvater Parra

1974
Le juge et son bourreau

as Le commissaire Bairelard

1974
1973
1973
Le Reflet dans la mer

as Baron Ucciani

1972
Camorra

as Don Mimo De Ritis

1972
La nuit bulgare

as Bohringer

1972
Le Père Goriot

as Father Goriot

1970
Them

as Professor Swaine

1970
Sébastien and Mary-Morgane

as Louis Maréchal

1969
1968
Woman in Chains

as L'invité au vernissage qui dit 'Oui, ça correspond au schéma du bonhomme' (uncredited)

1968
La séparation

as Louis Vigué

1967
Shock Troops

as Passevin

1965
Song of the World

as Marinau the sailor

1963
Magnet of Doom

as Dieudonné Ferchaux

1963
A King Without Distraction

as le procureur du roi

1963
Rififi in Tokyo

as Van Hekken

1962
The Steppe

as Pére Christophore

1960
The Truth

as Maître Guérin

1959
Island Fishermen

as Shipowner Mével

1959
Gorilla's Waltz

as Berthomieu aka 'Le Vieux'

1959
Prisoner of the Volga

as Ossip Semjonowitsch

1959
The Wreckers

as Marnez

1958
The Mask of the Gorilla

as Colonel Berthomieu

1958
No Escape

as Caillé

1958
Sinners of Paris

as Léonce Pozzi, dit "Le Fondu"

1957
Burning Fuse

as Albatrasse

1956
1956
Defend My Love

as Verdisio

1956
1955
A Missionary

as Père Gauthier

1955
1955
Diabolique

as Police Inspector Alfred Fichet

1954
1954
Maddalena

as Giovanni Lamberti

1954
On Trial

as Wolf Andergast

1954
Royal Affairs in Versailles

as Mr. de Vergennes

1953
1951
The Last Sentence

as Judge Marco Valsetti

1951
1951
Il bivio

as Lubiani

1950
Cuori sul mare

as Nostromo Norus

1950
The Fighting Men

as Don Salvatore Sparaino

1949
In the Name of the Law

as Massaro Turi Passalacqua

1948
The Woman I Murdered

as François Bachelin

1948
Vertigine d'amore

as Mugnaio Resplanton

1947
Woman of Evil

as Laurent

1947
Le Bateau à soupe

as Le capitaine Hervé

1946
Gringalet

as Lucien Ravaut

1945
Hanged Man's Farm

as François

1945
L'Enquête du 58

as Bernard - le mécanicien

1944
The Woman Who Dared

as Pierre Gauthier

1943
The Roquevillards

as François Roquevillard

1943
1942
1942
Haut le vent

as François Ascarra

1942
Business Is Business

as Isidore Lechat

1941
The Black Diamond

as François Mitry

1940
The Wonderful Night

as le fermier

1940
Cristobal's Gold

as Le Coronel - le chef de la police

1939
Law of the North

as Dalrymple

1939
Yamilé Under the Cedars

as Rachid El Hame

1939
Savage Brigade

as Général Kalitjeff

1938
Crossroads

as Roger de Vétheuil

1938
Southern Bar

as Captain Olivier

1938
Legions of Honor

as Captain Dabrau

1938
The West

as Jean Cadière

1938
Rail Pirates

as Henri Pierson

1938
The Woman at the End of the World

as Durc, l'Officier Mécanicien

1937
Abused Confidence

as Jacques Ferney

1937
Troïka sur la piste blanche

as Michel Steinberg

1937
Social Police

as Salviati

1937
1936
Assault

as Alexandre Mérital

1936
Port Arthur

as Commander Vassidloff

1936
The Seniors

as Henri Lormier

1936
Jenny

as Benoit

1936
They Were Five

as Charles dit Charlot

1936
The Flame

as Victor Boussat

1936
The Fear

as Robert Sylvain

1935
The Green Domino

as Nebel, a sculptor

1935
Flight Into Darkness

as Le lieutenant Maury

1935
Les Bateliers de la Volga

as Colonel Goreff

1934
The Great Game

as Clement

1934
At the End of the World

as Geroges Laudy

1934
Obsession

as Pierre

1934
Les Misérables

as Inspector Javert

1932
1932
1932
Wooden Crosses

as Caporal Breval

1931
Faubourg Montmartre

as André Marco, dit Dédé

1931
Dance House

as Ramon

1930
L'Arlésienne

as Gardian Mitifio

1930
Accused, Stand Up!

as Henri Lapalle

1930
In the Night

as L'ouvrier carrier

1930
Chic

as Fernand (François)

1929
Waterloo

as Napoleon

1929
An Ideal Woman

as Angel Call

1927
The Prey of the Wind

as Pierre Vignal

1926
1923
L'Autre aile

as Gaston Lager

1923
The House of Mystery

as Henri Corradin

1922
Phroso

as Dimitri

1920
Miarka, la fille à l'ourse

as Mario the game warden