
Jean Carmet
Known for Acting · 197 credits
- Born
- 1920-04-25
- Died
- 1994-04-20
- Place of birth
- Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
- Also known as
- Жан Карме · Jean Gabriel Edmond Carmet
Biography
Jean Carmet (25 April 1920 – 20 April 1994) was a French actor.
Jean Carmet began working on stage and then in film in the early 1940s becoming a very popular comedic actor in his native country. He is best known internationally for his role as a French colonist in the 1976 film, La Victoire en Chantant (Black and White in Color).
Because of his good-natured manner, he was as popular with members of the film crew as he was with the audiences. During his long career, he appeared in more than 200 films, and although he played dramatic parts, he usually acted in a supporting role as a comedic character.
He was nominated for the César Award for Best Actor for his leading role in the 1986 film, Miss Mona. Twice he won the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated on two other occasions. In February 1994, to celebrate his 50th year in film, he was honored by the French motion picture industry with a special César Award. Just a few months later, Jean Carmet died of a heart attack.
Jean Carmet is interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris. In his birthplace of Bourgueil, a theater and an avenue were named in his honor.
Known For
TV Shows (16)

Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self

Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self

Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self

Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self

Télématin
1985
as Self

Nulle part ailleurs
1987
as Self
Samedi soir
1971
as Self

30 millions d'amis
1976
as Self

Stars 90
1990
as Self
Système 2
1975
as Self

Coucou c'est nous !
1992
as Self

Châteauvallon
1985
as Forger

Palace
1988
as Pilier de comptoir

La Double Vie de Théophraste Longuet
1981
as Théophraste Longuet

Bouvard et Pécuchet
1990
as Juste Pécuchet
Movies (181)

Children of Paradise
1945
as Un spectateur au paradis des Funambules (uncredited)

Buffet Froid
1979
as Le vieil assassin

Germinal
1993
as Vincent Maheu, aka Bonnemort

The Fugitives
1986
as Docteur Martin, vétérinaire

The Cabbage Soup
1981
as Francis Chérasse (Le Bombé)

The Lady Banker
1980
as Duvernet

My Mother's Castle
1990
as Drunkard guard

Eugénie Grandet
1994
as Père Grandet

The Common Man
1975
as Georges Lajoie

The Annuity
1972
as Maître Vierzon, l'avocat de Noël

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972
as Maurice Lefebvre, Perrin's best friend

Les Misérables
1982
as Thénardier, innkeeper of Montfermeil

The Novices
1970
as Le client au chien

Any Number Can Win
1963
as Bartender

The Breach
1970
as M. Pinelli

La Vouivre
1989
as Requiem

The Fighting Musketeers
1961
as Planchet

Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971
as Gégène

Gramps Is in the Resistance
1983
as André Bourdelle, « Capitaine Raymond » chef d'un mouvement de résistants

The Troubles of Alfred
1972
as Paul

The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962
as Le clochard

Thank You, Life
1991
as Raymond Pelleveau, le père âgé

How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965
as Paulo, le complice de Léonard Maburon (sketch "Le Procès")

Morceaux de Cannes
2021

Dog Day
1984
as Socrate

Very Happy Alexander
1968
as 'La Fringale'

The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1974
as Maurice Lefebvre

Alice or the Last Escapade
1977
as Colas

Hello Smile!
1956
as Jean Courtebride

Violette Nozière
1978
as Baptiste Nozière

Le Curé de Tours
1980
as L'abbé Birotteau

How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
1974
as Antoine Robineau

Rene the Cane
1977
as L'indicateur

Nailcruncher
1988
as Scipion

She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
1970
as Bartender

Dr. Knock
1951
as Le premier gars

The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
1974
as Paul Bourru

Idiot in Paris
1967
as Ernest Grafouillères, transporteur de légumes

Périgord noir
1989
as Jean-Lou

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
as Self (archive footage)

We Will Go to Deauville
1962
as Le porteur

The Seventh Company Outdoors
1977
as M. Albert, le passeur qui ne parle pas Anglais

Monsieur Vincent
1947
as L'abbé Pontail

All Mixed Up
1985
as Le pharmacien

Trop c'est trop
1975
as Cameo

The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock
1942
as Typographer (uncredited)

Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
1962
as Le chauffeur

The Elusive Corporal
1962
as Guillaume aka 'Le Fermier'

Circle of Deceit
1981
as Rudnik

Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
1968
as The superstitious security guard (uncredited)

My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
1986
as Jocelyn Bouloire

Cloportes
1965
as Effeminate art critic (uncredited)

And Soon the Darkness
1970
as Renier

Vengeance of the Three Musketeers
1961
as Planchet

Just Before Nightfall
1971
as Jeannot

The American Beauty
1961
as Burglar

Your Money or Your Life
1966
as Vicar

Plus ça va, moins ça va
1977
as Inspecteur Melville

Le Bal des casse-pieds
1992
as Monsieur Vandubas

Les Carnassiers
1992
as Chauveau

Trap for the Assassin
1966
as Tristot

Follow My Gaze
1986
as Désiré, the farmer

A Golden Widow
1969
as Member of Yiddish International Power

The Tour of the Grand Dukes
1953
as Village vicar

Ursule and Grelu
1974

The Counterfeit Constable
1964
as Le porte drapeau

Bitter Champagne
1986
as Zigou

The Two Crocodiles
1987
as Emile Rivereau

Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
1952
as M. Grosjean

The Right of the Maddest
1973
as Le mari de la directrice de la Maison de Repos
L'Été 36
1986
as Vichy Fraise

Such a Lovely Town...
1979
as Le juge Fernand Noblet

The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
1971
as Staline

Le Concierge
1973
as Ludovic, frère de Jocelyne

L'Âge de Monsieur est avancé
1987
as Le régisseur / Désiré

La Bataille du feu
1949
as Albert Farjon

Night Magic
1985
as Sam

She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
1972
as 'Jambe de laine'

Le Sixième Doigt
1990
as Le commandant

Gros câlin
1979
as Emile Cousin

Drôle de noce
1952
as Paullaud

L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
1969
as Man who wants to buy the bus (uncredited)

Sunday Encounter
1958
as le pompiste

Black and White in Color
1976
as Sergeant Bosselet

Les femmes sont folles
1950
as Emile

Scrambled Eggs
1976
as Marcel Dutilleul

The Count of Bragelonne
1954
as (uncredited)

The Irony of Money
1957
as Feliciano

Roulez jeunesse !
1993
as Michel

Les Mémoires de la vache Yolande
1951
as Le clerc

The Boy Soldier
1981
as L'adjudant Chalumot

Procès de Jean Carmet
1983
as Self

Kisses Till Monday
1974
as Henri-Pierre

Bold Adventure
1956
as Lamme

La Gueule de l’emploi
1974
as Le Restaurateur

Sorceress
1987
as Vicar

The White Queen
1991
as Lucien

Three of the Canebière
1955
as (uncredited)

The Perfume of the Lady in Black
1949
as Mechanic (uncredited)

Carbon Copy
1947
as Ismora's accomplices

À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
2017
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Pick Up Your Belongings
1983
as Joseph Cohen

Beaujolais Nouveau Is Arrived
1978
as Camadule

Poussez pas grand-père dans les cactus
1969
as Le patron du bistrot

A Business of Men
1981
as Kreps

Guy de Maupassant
1982
as François

She and Me
1952
as Gaston, l'ami de Jean

L'Amour trop fort
1981
as Max

The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
1974
as Doctor Féraud (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")

Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full
1973
as le père

Oh! What a Mambo
1959
as Jo le Bègue

Branquignol
1949
as Bidel - un fantaisiste raté

L'Invité surprise
1989
as Le Colonel

Miss Mona
1987
as Miss Mona

The Discoveries of a Modern Couple
1986
as Raphael Poitevin

Les Gorilles
1964
as 'La Fauche'

Babies Galore
1956
as Hubert, le beau-fils

Cache Cash
1994
as M. Durandet, vétérinaire en retraite

Midnight... Quai de Bercy
1953
as Merle, l'adjoint de l'inspecteur

Dispute in Valladolid
1992
as Le Légat du Pape
About Jean Carmet
Jean Carmet (25 April 1920 – 20 April 1994) was a French actor. Jean Carmet began working on stage and then in film in the early 1940s becoming a very popular comedic actor in his native country. He is best known internationally for his role as a French colonist in the 1976 film, La Victoire en Chantant (Black and White in Color). Because of his good-natured manner, he was as popular with members of the film crew as he was with the audiences. During his long career, he appeared in more than 200 films, and although he played dramatic parts, he… With 197 credits spanning from 1941 to 2021, Jean Carmet has appeared in 181 films and 16 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jean Carmet Movies
- Children of Paradise (1945) — as Un spectateur au paradis des Funambules (uncredited)
- Buffet Froid (1979) — as Le vieil assassin
- Germinal (1993) — as Vincent Maheu, aka Bonnemort
- The Fugitives (1986) — as Docteur Martin, vétérinaire
- The Cabbage Soup (1981) — as Francis Chérasse (Le Bombé)
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