Gérard Philipe

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1922-12-04

Deathday 1959-11-25 (36 years old)

Place of Birth Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Also Known As Gérard Albert Philip, ჟერარ ფილიპი, Жерар Филип

Gérard Philipe

Biography

Gérard Philipe (4 December 1922 – 25 November 1959) was a prominent French actor who appeared in 34 films between 1944 and 1959. Active in both theater and cinema, he was, until his untimely death, one of the main stars of the post-war period. His image has remained youthful and romantic, which has made him one of the icons of French cinema.

Known For

Actor

2021
Le Parti du cinéma

as Self (archive footage)

2015
The End of a Beautiful Epoch

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2003
Gérard Philipe: un homme, pas un ange

as Self (archive footage)

1990
Star Life

as Self (archive footage)

1978
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

as Self (archive footage)

1959
Fever Mounts at El Pao

as Ramón Vázquez

1959
1958
The Gambler

as Alexei Ivanovitch

1958
Life Together

as Désiré

1958
The Lovers of Montparnasse

as Amedeo Modigliani

1957
Lovers of Paris

as Octave Mouret, ambitious provincial

1956
Bold Adventure

as Till l’Espiègle

1956
If Paris Were Told to Us

as Le Trouvère

1956
Cinépanorama

as Self (archive footage)

1956
1955
The Best Part

as Philippe Perrin

1955
The Grand Manoeuvre

as Lieutenant Armand de la Verne

1954
Le Rouge et le Noir

as Julien Sorel

1954
Monsieur Ripois

as André Ripois

1954
1953
It Happened in the Park

as Carlo - Valeria's lover (segment: Gli amanti)

1952
1952
The Seven Deadly Sins

as Painter (segment "The Eighth Sin")

1952
Fan-Fan the Tulip

as Fanfan la Tulipe

1952
With André Gide

as Narrator (voice)

1951
Juliette, or Key of Dreams

as Michel Grandier

1950
Lost Souvenirs

as Gérard de Narçay (segment "Une cravate de fourrure")

1950
La Ronde

as Le comte

1950
A Visit to Picasso

as Récitant / Narrator

1950
The Beauty of the Devil

as Young Henri Faust / Young-Looking Mephistopheles

1949
All Roads Lead to Rome

as Gabriel Pégase

1948
The Charterhouse of Parma

as le marquis Fabrice Del Dong

1947
Devil in the Flesh

as François Jaubert

1946
The Idiot

as Miouchkine

1946
Land Without Stars

as Simon Legouge / Frédéric Talacayud

1945
Box of Dreams

as Man (uncredited)

Director

1956
Bold Adventure

as Director

Writer

1956
Bold Adventure

as Writer