Philippe Clay
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1927-03-07
Deathday 2007-12-13 (80 years old)
Place of Birth Paris, France
Also Known As Philippe Mathevet
Philippe Clay
Biography
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 and composed by Claude Bolling. As an actor, he appeared in many movies (Bell, Book and Candle) and television films. One of his famous roles is in the Jean Renoir film, French Cancan, where he played Casimir le Serpentin (a character inspired by Valentin le désossé). Description above from the Wikipedia article Philippe Clay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Actor
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Jérémie
as Self
as Napoléon
as Karl
as Raffin
as Le Chatelain
as Auguste Renoir
as Self
as Chanteur Complainte
as Fifi Zecotte
as l'Araignée
as Eugène
as Peasant
as Le baron de Taverney
as Le baron von Winkleried
as Barnabé
as Mr. Perle
as Le Juge
as Rigodo-Cartecolin, un marionnettiste
as 'Black-Fish'
as Herald of the arena
as Self
as L'ébéniste
as Self - Host
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Mr. Barton
as Richelieu
as Dargnac
as L'abbé Larivière
as Jack Bromfield
as Self
as generale McMaster
as Self - Coup de chapeau
as Self
as Nicolas
as Self
as Prêcheur
as Pierre Mazaud, dit 'Félix'
as Renaud Lefranc
as Gosselin
as Jean-Louis Preminger (voice)
as L'inspecteur Al Wheeler
as Carlo
as Taretta
as Letondu
as Tom
as The Butler Barns
as Self
as French Singer at the Zodiac Club
as il finto maggiordomo
as Adolphe Faisant
as Self (uncredited)
as Clopin Trouillefou
as le pasteur
as Casimir le Serpentin
Sound
as Vocals