
Charles Vanel
Known for Acting · 155 credits
- Born
- 1892-08-21
- Died
- 1989-04-15
- Place of birth
- Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
- Also known as
- Charles-Henri Vanel · Шарль Ванель · Charles-Marie Vanel
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charles-Marie Vanel, known as Charles Vanel (21 August 1892 in Rennes, France - 15 April 1989, in Cannes, France) was a French director and actor. He made his screen debut in 1912, in Robert Péguy's Jim Crow. His 77 year career comprised appearances in more than 200 films.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Vanel, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
TV Shows (5)
Movies (150)

To Catch a Thief
1955
as Bertani

The Wages of Fear
1953
as Mr. Jo

Diabolique
1955
as Police Inspector Alfred Fichet

The Truth
1960
as Maître Guérin

Les Misérables
1934
as Inspector Javert

Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece
1961
as Father Alexandre

The Fighting Men
1950
as Don Salvatore Sparaino

Seven Deaths by Prescription
1975
as Pr Brézé

The Mask of the Gorilla
1958
as Colonel Berthomieu

Boomerang
1976
as Jean Ritter

Illustrious Corpses
1976
as Procurator Varga

Alice or the Last Escapade
1977
as Henri Vergennes

Them
1970
as Professor Swaine

Southern Carrier
1937
as Herlin

Jenny
1936
as Benoit

Crossroads
1938
as Roger de Vétheuil

Countdown to Vengeance
1970
as Juliani

Troïka sur la piste blanche
1937
as Michel Steinberg

Woman of Evil
1947
as Laurent

La Prisonnière
1968
as L'invité au vernissage qui dit 'Oui, ça correspond au schéma du bonhomme' (uncredited)

Wooden Crosses
1932
as Caporal Breval

Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022

Royal Affairs in Versailles
1953
as Mr. de Vergennes

Abused Confidence
1937
as Jacques Ferney

Three Brothers
1981
as Donato Giuranna

A King Without Distraction
1963
as le procureur du roi

The Green Domino
1935
as Nebel, a sculptor

The Woman Who Dared
1944
as Pierre Gauthier

Golden Night
1976
as Charles Fournier

Port Arthur
1936
as Commander Vassidloff

Waterloo
1929
as Napoleon

In the Name of the Law
1949
as Massaro Turi Passalacqua

The Fear
1936
as Robert Sylvain

Symphony for a Massacre
1963
as Paoli
Feu!
1927
as Lieutenant Frémiet

The Seasons of Pleasure
1988
as Charles van Bert

Shock Troops
1967
as Passevin

Rififi in Tokyo
1963
as Van Hekken

Magnet of Doom
1963
as Dieudonné Ferchaux

Phroso
1922
as Dimitri

The Suspects
1957
as Commissioner Perrache of the D.S.T.

Camorra
1972
as Don Mimo De Ritis
Le Passager
1928

Death in the Garden
1956
as Castin

The Roquevillards
1943
as François Roquevillard

Prisoner of the Volga
1959
as Ossip Semjonowitsch

The Great Game
1934
as Clement

The Wreckers
1959
as Marnez

The Cheerful Squadron
1954
as Hurluret

La Puce et le privé
1981
as Mathieu Fortier

The House of Mystery
1923
as Henri Corradin

Le Père Goriot
1972
as Father Goriot

Ne pleure pas
1978
as Le grand-père

On Trial
1954
as Wolf Andergast

Il bivio
1951
as Lubiani

If the Sun Never Returns
1987
as Anzevui

Burning Fuse
1957
as Albatrasse

Island Fisherman
1959
as Shipowner Mével

Sinners of Paris
1958
as Léonce Pozzi, dit "Le Fondu"

La Belle Équipe
1936
as Charles dit Charlot

Rail Pirates
1938
as Henri Pierson

La Nuit bulgare
1972
as Bohringer

S.O.S. Sahara
1938

Social Police
1937
as Salviati

Law of the North
1939
as Dalrymple

The Steppe
1962
as Pére Christophore

Promise to the Unknown One
1942
as Bernard Parker

Rio's yellow house
1931
as King-Fu / Scalpa

The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
1972
as Il Presidente

Lo sgarro
1963

Cuori sul mare
1950
as Nostromo Norus

The Black Diamond
1941
as François Mitry

Vertigine d'amore
1948
as Mugnaio Resplanton

Defend My Love
1956
as Verdisio

Cristobal's Gold
1940
as Le Coronel - le chef de la police

Song of the World
1965
as Marinau the sailor

The Wonderful Night
1940
as le fermier

Southern Bar
1938
as Captain Olivier

Faubourg Montmartre
1931
as André Marco, dit Dédé
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
1969
as Self

A Missionary
1955
as Père Gauthier

Business Is Business
1942
as Isidore Lechat

Nitchevo
1926

Obsession
1933
as Pierre

Iceland Fisherman
1924
as Yann

Le soleil a toujours raison
1943
as L'homme du mas
Drei Tage auf Leben und Tod - Aus dem Logbuch der U.C.1
1929
as Der Steuermann

Miarka, la fille à l'ourse
1920
as Mario the game warden

L'Autre aile
1923
as Gaston Lager

Flight Into Darkness
1935
as Le lieutenant Maury
Tempêtes
1922
as Raoul Mauduit

Dance House
1931
as Ramon

King of the Camargue
1935
as Rampal

Apaches of Paris
1927
The Yellow Captain
1930

Le Juge et son bourreau
1974
as Le commissaire Bairelard

Ballad for a Dog
1969
as Viachet

No Escape
1958
as Caillé

Maddalena
1954
as Giovanni Lamberti

Dainah the Mixed
1932
as Michaux

In the Name of the Law
1932
as Lancelot

The Child of the Carnival
1921

Savage Brigade
1939
as Général Kalitjeff

Heart of an Actress
1924

The Last Sentence
1951
as Judge Marco Valsetti

Gorilla's Waltz
1959
as Berthomieu aka 'Le Vieux'

An Ideal Woman
1929
as Angel Call

In the Night
1930
as L'ouvrier carrier

The End of the Tether
1973
as Whalley

Malaire
1952

The Flame
1936
as Victor Boussat

Le Reflet dans la mer
1973
as Baron Ucciani

The Woman at the End of the World
1938
as Durc, l'Officier Mécanicien

Incantesimo tragico
1951
as Bastiano
Tillers of the Soil
1923

The Seniors
1936
as Henri Lormier

The West
1938
as Jean Cadière

Assault
1936
as Alexandre Mérital

At the End of the World
1934
as Geroges Laudy

L'Enquête du 58
1945
as Bernard - le mécanicien
About Charles Vanel
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charles-Marie Vanel, known as Charles Vanel (21 August 1892 in Rennes, France - 15 April 1989, in Cannes, France) was a French director and actor. He made his screen debut in 1912, in Robert Péguy's Jim Crow. His 77 year career comprised appearances in more than 200 films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Vanel, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia. With 155 credits spanning from 1920 to 2022, Charles Vanel has appeared in 150 films and 5 TV shows.
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Most Popular Charles Vanel Movies
- To Catch a Thief (1955) — as Bertani
- The Wages of Fear (1953) — as Mr. Jo
- Diabolique (1955) — as Police Inspector Alfred Fichet
- The Truth (1960) — as Maître Guérin
- Les Misérables (1934) — as Inspector Javert
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