Paul Bisciglia
Acting
Biography
Paul Bisciglia (30 July 1928 – 18 April 2010) was a French film actor. Throughout his acting career, Bisciglia appeared in more than one-hundred feature films. He made his debut in the 1950 film Trois télégrammes. What followed was several uncredited roles, before landing a much larger part in drama Clara de Montargis. During the fifties, he appeared in many drama films, including the award-winning Avant le déluge, with Antoine Balpêtré, and again several more uncredited roles. During the sixties, Bisciglia began to appear more frequently in television series and television films, although he was included in many films such as The Wretches, with Michèle Morgan, Les vieux de la vieille, with Pierre Fresnay, Paris nous appartient, Le signe du lion, and in 1966, he appeared in his first leading role in Alain Cuniot's L'or et le plomb. In 1969, Bisciglia had a small role in the horror film La vampire nue, the second feature film from director Jean Rollin. It was Bisciglia's first of several times working with Rollin. He worked with the director again in the successful films Requiem pour un vampire, with Marie-Pierre Castel and Mireille D'Argent, Les démoniaques, Lèvres de sang, and the zombie classic Les Raisins de la Mort, with Marie-Georges Pascal. His career continued through the seventies and eighties, such as the Golden Globe-nominated Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob, Club privé pour couples avertis, with Philippe Gasté of Jean Rollin's Requiem pour un vampire, Verdict, with Sophia Loren, L'aile ou la cuisse, Family Rock, and he voiced in three animated films Astérix et la surprise de César (Asterix vs. Caesar), Astérix chez les Bretons (Asterix in Britain) and Astérix et le coup du menhir (Asterix and the Big Fight). Bisciglia's acting career continued until 1999, during which he appeared in two final feature films, Profil bas and Montana Blues. Bisciglia also had a successful television career appearing in a number of television series and films. He made his first appearance in the 1957 television film L'équipage au complet. His television films include Elle s'abaisse pour vaincre, Les fiancés de Loches, Claudine à Paris and the television film remeke Les liaisons dangereuses. His television series credits include Le théâtre de la jeunesse, Rocambole, Les saintes chéries, Schulmeister, espion de l'empereur, Les brigades du Tigre, De mémoire d'homme, Les cinq dernières minutes, Désiré Lafarge, Commissaire Moulin, Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret and Julien Fontanes, magistrat. Source: Article "Paul Bisciglia" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Born: July 30, 1928
Place of Birth: Algiers, Alger, France [now Algeria]
Known For
Filmography
as Le patron du bistrot
as Le journaliste
as L'homme de l'Huma
as Agecanonix (voice)
as Pouillard
as (voice)
as (voice)
as le client
as Le concierge
as Le larbin
as La garçon
as M. Burin
as Police officer
as Lucas
as Le chanteur des rues
as Le gardien du château
as Henri
as Riton
as Jules Larrigau, the farmer
as L'épicier
as Baggage Handler
as Un journaliste
as Le commissaire
as Le couple au square
as La Bougie
as L'homme des bois
as Claumachet, sous-officier de la 7e compagnie
as The Psychiatrist
as Assistant Director
as Le garde-champêtre
as Paul
as Le flic dubitatif
as Waiter
as 'Double-Crème'
as A juror
as Le chasseur PLM
as Un clochard (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
as Le livreur (uncredited)
as Pump attendant
as Père de la filette, en exode sur la route
as Gerly
as Muratel
as Man with the Bike
as Mechanic
as Dufiquet employee
as L'officier Anglais
as Le contremaître
as un acteur
as Le Chat bleu / Flappy (voice)
as Five of spades
as Butler
as Pucheu
as Peucheu
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Usher's clerk
as Metro machinist (uncredited)
as Cyclist
as Prince's advisor (uncredited)
as Tailor's assistant
as Willy
as Paul
as Jojo, Mariette's fiancé
as Painter
as Mechanic
as Taxi driver
as Marc
as Chauffeur
as Riri
as Roger La Soutarde
as Lucien dit: "Lulu", un collègue de l'usine
as Hunter
as Friend of Catherine at the restaurant
as 'Coquillage'
as Un interne
as Tenant on the sixth floor, under the roof (uncredited)
as le chasseur de l'hôtel
as Jean-Jacques Noblet
as Victor, le groom
as (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Young postman