Paul Meurisse
Birthday
1912/12/21
Day of death
1979/01/19 (66 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Dunkerque, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Also know as
Поль Мёрисс
Biography
Paul Meurisse (21 December 1912, Dunkirk – 19 January 1979, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French actor who appeared in over 60 films and many stage productions. Meurisse was noted for the elegance of his acting style, and for his versatility. He was equally able to play comedic and serious dramatic roles. His screen appearances ranged from the droll and drily humorous to the menacing and disturbing. His most celebrated role was that of the sadistic and vindictive headmaster in the 1955 film Les Diabo...Read more
Acting
(1955) Diabolique
as Michel Delassalle
(1966) Le Deuxième Souffle
as Commissioner Blot
(1963) Crooks in Clover
as commandant Théobald Dromard, dit « Le Monocle »
(1947) Bethsabée
as Le capitaine Lucien Sommervill - l'ex amant d'Arabella
(1974) The Suspects
as Laurent Kirchner
(1959) Picnic on the Grass
as Étienne Alexis, célèbre biologiste
(1960) The Truth
as Maître Éparvier
(1969) Army of Shadows
as Luc Jardie
(1942) Forbidden to Love
as Maxime Gavard
(1962) The Eye of the Monocle
as Théobald 'Monocle' Dromard
(1948) Impasse of Two Angels
as Jean
(1948) Scandal
as Steve Richardson
(1948) The Eleven O'Clock Woman
as Stanilas Octave Seminario SOS, détective
(1955) The Case of Poisons
as l'abbé Guibourg
(1965) The Big Swag
as Paul Filippi, gentleman crook
(1964) The Monocle's Sour Laugh
as le commandant Théobald Dromar dit 'le Monocle'
(1971) Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
as Kruger
(1965) When the Pheasants Pass
as Alexandre Larsan-Bellac
(1945) Vingt-quatre heures de perm'
as ---
(1945) Destitute Mary
as ---
(1946) The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic
as B.B. / Richard Fernay
(1963) Chicken Feed for Little Birds
as M. Armand, un ancien truand
(1959) Marie-Octobre
as François Renaud-Picart
(1947) Inspector Sergil
as Inspector Pierre Sergil
(1948) Colonel Durand
as Colonel of the Empire Gérard Durand
(1955) Fortune carrée
as Mordhom
(1948) Sergil et le dictateur
as Inspector Sergil
(1949) The Red Angel
as ---
(1963) L'assassin connaît la musique
as Lionel Fribourg
(1975) The Gypsy
as Yan Kuq
(1951) Maria of the End of the World
as ---
(1946) Back Streets of Paris
as Victor Ménard, l'ancien complice de Mme Rose
(1965) Me and the Forty Year Old Man
as Alexandre Dumourier
(1951) Serenade to the Executioner
as ---
(1961) The Game of Truth
as Portrant
(2008) Code Name: Melville
as Self
(1957) Until the Last One
as Fredo Ricioni
(1952) Sergil Among the Girls
as l'inspecteur Sergil
(1965) Le Majordome
as Léopold
(1959) Head Against the Wall
as Dr. Emery
(1943) The Wolf Farm
as Furet
(1973) The Voracious Ones
as Inspecteur Martino
(1958) Not Delivered
as Divisional Commissioner Varzeilles
(1966) Congress of Love
as Talleyrand
(1958) Les Violents
as Principal Inspector Malouvier
(1958) Seventh Heaven
as Manuel Villa
(1971) Easy Down There!
as Il vescovo
(1957) The Inspector Likes a Fight
as ---
(1960) Love and the Frenchwoman
as Jean-Claude Perret, publicitaire et mari cocu (segment "L'Adultère")
(1954) The Contessa's Secret
as L'empereur Napoléon III
(1961) The Black Monocle
as Dromard, "Le Monocle"
(1953) Je suis un mouchard
as Bob Torquella
(1963) Be Careful Ladies
as Charles Rouvier
(1962) Bells Without Joy
as Captain of Lambérieux
(1976) The Education in Love of Valentin
as Julien Blaise
(1948) Le Dessous des cartes
as Inspector Nansen
(1959) Guinguette
as Viscount Édouard de Villancourt
(1941) Montmartre on the Seine
as Paul Mariol
(1949) Last Hour, Special Edition
as Dominique Coche
(1950) Agnes of Nothing
as Carlos
(1951) My Wife Is Formidable
as Lui-même chez le dentiste
(1941) Ne bougez plus !
as Hector
(1947) Monsieur chasse
as Moricet
(1961) The New Aristrocrats
as Father Philippe de Maubrun
(1942) Love Marriage
as Robert
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(1971) Samedi soir
as Self