Birthday
1927/03/07
Day of death
2007/12/13 (80 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also know as
Philippe Mathevet
Philippe Clay, born Philippe Mathevet, (March 7, 1927 – December 13, 2007) was a French mime artist, singer and actor. He was known for his tall and slim silhouette (he was 1,90 m tall) and for his interpretations of songs by Charles Aznavour, Claude Nougaro, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Boris Vian, Serge Gainsbourg, Jean Yanne, Léo Ferré, Jacques Datin, Jean-Claude Massoulier or Bernard Dimey. He interpreted “La Complainte des Apaches” for the TV series Les Brigades du Tigre, written by Henri Djian a...Read more
(1958) Bell, Book and Candle
as French Singer at the Zodiac Club
(1957) It Happened on the 36 Candles
as Self (uncredited)
(1956) The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Clopin Trouillefou
(1970) Pour un sourire
as Nicolas
(1999) Tuvalu
as Karl
(1958) Toto in Paris
as il finto maggiordomo
(1974) Shanks
as Mr. Barton
(2002) 1974, une partie de campagne
as Self
(1960) Take Me As I Am
as Carlo
(1961) In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!
as Jean-Louis Preminger (voice)
(1983) A Good Little Devil
as Le Juge
(1950) Rome Express
as ---
(1952) Le crime du Bouif
as ---
(1973) The Insolent
as Dargnac
(1957) Nathalie
as Adolphe Faisant
(1965) Ivory Coast Adventure
as Renaud Lefranc
(1993) Le gourou occidental
as ---
(1995) Krim
as Eugène
(1999) The Freelancers
as Le Chatelain
(1956) Life is beautiful
as le pasteur
(1982) Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
as Herald of the arena
(1962) Musketeers of the Sea
as Gosselin
(1960) Lay Off Blondes
as L'inspecteur Al Wheeler
(1971) Armiamoci e partite!
as generale McMaster
(1998) Marceeel!!!
as ---
(1998) Lautrec
as Auguste Renoir
(1999) Alexina's House
as Raffin
(1959) The Road to Shame
as Tom
(1954) French Cancan
as Casimir le Serpentin
(1958) En bordée
as Bailladrisse / Yves Biadrix
(1985) L'Herbe rouge
as Mr. Perle
(2022) La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)
(2001) Des croix sur la mer
as Napoléon
(1959) The Night of the Hunted
as Taretta
(1966) Sale temps pour les mouches
as Pierre Mazaud, aka 'Félix'
(1993) Die Wildnis
as Peasant
(1959) The Bureaucrats
as Letondu
(1974) The Three Musketeers
as Richelieu
(1972) Not Dumb, the Bird
as Jack Bromfield
(1967) The Hotheads
as Prêcheur
(1972) Les joyeux lurons
as L'abbé Larivière
(1983) Salut la puce
as Rigodo-Cartecolin, un marionnettiste
(1959) Drôles de phénomènes
as The Butler Barns
(2020) Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort
as Self (archive footage)
(2007) Dombey and Son
as Jérémie
(1981) Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryx
as L'ébéniste
(1998) La Grande Béké
as Fifi Zecotte
(1968) À bout portant
as Self
(1971) Cadet Rousselle
as Self - Coup de chapeau
(1989) La Comtesse de Charny
as Le baron de Taverney
(1998) The Count of Monte Cristo
as Chanteur Complainte
(1971) Samedi soir
as Self
(1975) Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
(1959) Discorama
as Self
(1976) 30 millions d'amis
as Self
(1976) 30 millions d'amis
as Self - Host
(1972) Midi trente
as Self
(1975) Système 2
as Self
(1982) Champs-Elysées
as Self
(1987) Le Gerfaut
as Le baron von Winkleried
(1983) Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon
as 'Black-Fish'
(1986) Catherine
as Barnabé
(1998) Vivement dimanche
as Self
(1996) Les Allumettes suédoises
as l'Araignée