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François Périer

 
Actor: François Perier
  • Born: Nov 10, 1919 in Paris, France
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '40s-'70s
  • Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
  • Career Highlights: Orpheus, Z, Le Samouraï
  • First Major Screen Credit: Le Veau Gras (1939)

Biography

Trained for the stage, Francois Perier began playing tiny roles in French films while still in his teens. Perier truly hit his stride in the years following World War II. His most famous screen role was Heurtebise in Jean Cocteau's Orphee (1949), a characterization he repeated ten years later (and none the worse for wear) in the same director's Le Testament D'Orphee (1959). Francois Perier's other roles of note included the bookish Oscar in Fellini's Nights of Cabiria (1957) and the Public Prosecutor in Costa-Gavras' Z (1969). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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François Périer
Born François Pillu
November 10, 1919(1919-11-10)
Paris, France
Died June 29, 2002 (aged 82)
Paris, France
Occupation actor
Years active 1938 - 2000
Spouse(s) Jacqueline Porel (1941-1947)
Jacqueline Porel (1949-1959)
Colette Boutouland (1961-2002)

François Périer, (10 November 1919 - 29 June 2002), born François Pillu in Paris, was one of France's most distinguished actors.

He made over 110 film and TV appearances between 1938 and 1996. He was also prominent in the theatre. Among his most notable parts was that of Hugo in the first production of Jean-Paul Sartre's Les Mains Sales in 1948. He was the french narrator in Fantasia .

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