Paul Meurisse
Paul Meurisse (21 December 1912, Dunkirk – 19 January 1979, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French actor who appeared in over 60 films and many stage productions. Meurisse was noted for the elegance of his acting style, and for his versatility. He was equally able to play comedic and serious dramatic roles. His screen appearances ranged from the droll and drily humorous to the menacing and disturbing. His most celebrated role was that of the sadistic and vindictive headmaster in the 1955 film Les Diaboliques.
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Known for
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Army of Shadows
Luc Jardie
Le Dessous des cartes
Inspector Nansen
Diabolique
Michel Delassalle
Be Careful Ladies
Charles Rouvier
Crooks in Clover
commandant Théobald Dromard, dit « Le Monocle »
The Eye of the Monocle
Théobald 'Monocle' Dromard
The Inspector Likes a Fight
Inspector Morice
Serenade to the Executioner
Maria of the End of the World
The Truth
Maître Éparvier
When the Pheasants Pass
Alexandre Larsan-Bellac
The Red Angel
Code Name: Melville
Self (archive footage)
Le Deuxième Souffle
Commissioner Blot
The Wolf Farm
Furet
The Game of Truth
Portrant
Chicken Feed for Little Birds
M. Armand, un ancien truand
Sergil Among the Girls
l'inspecteur Sergil
The Suspects
Laurent Kirchner
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
Commander Théobald Dromard, aka 'Le Monocle'
Fortune carrée
Mordhom
The Affair of the Poisons
l'abbé Guibourg
Les Violents
Principal Inspector Malouvier
The Contessa's Secret
L'empereur Napoléon III
Forbidden to Love
Maxime Gavard
L'assassin connaît la musique
Lionel Fribourg
Head Against the Wall
Dr. Emery
Easy Down There!
Bishop
Le Majordome
Léopold
Back Streets of Paris
Victor Ménard, Mrs. Rose's former accomplice
Colonel Durand
Colonel of the Empire Gérard Durand
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Kruger
Last Hour, Special Edition
Dominique Coche
The Education in Love of Valentin
Julien Blaise
Bethsabée
Le capitaine Lucien Sommervill - l'ex amant d'Arabella
The Black Monocle
Dromard, "Le Monocle"
The Voracious Ones
Inspecteur Martino
Guinguette
Viscount Édouard de Villancourt
Agnes of Nothing
Carlos
Until the Last One
Fredo Ricioni
Impasse of Two Angels
Jean
Love and the Frenchwoman
Jean-Claude Perret, publicitaire et mari cocu (segment "L'Adultère")
Scandal
Steve Richardson
The Gypsy
Yan Kuq
My Wife Is Formidable
Lui-même chez le dentiste
Picnic on the Grass
Étienne Alexis, célèbre biologiste
Ne bougez plus !
Hector
The Eleven O'Clock Woman
Stanilas Octave Seminario aka 'SOS', détective
Marie-Octobre
François Renaud-Picart
The Big Swag
Paul Filippi, gentleman crook
Bells Without Joy
Captain of Lambérieux
Seventh Heaven
Manuel Villa
Me and the Forty Year Old Man
Alexandre Dumourier
The New Aristrocrats
Father Philippe de Maubrun
Inspector Sergil
Inspector Pierre Sergil
Congress of Love
Talleyrand
Not Delivered
Divisional Commissioner Varzeilles
Love Marriage
Robert
Monsieur chasse
Moricet
Destitute Mary
Edouard
Vingt-quatre heures de perm'
Sergil et le dictateur
Inspector Sergil
Montmartre on the Seine
Paul Mariol
The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic
B.B. / Richard Fernay
Je suis un mouchard
Bob Torquella
Samedi soir
Self