Maurice Ronet
Known for Acting · 101 credits
- Born
- 1927-04-13
- Died
- 1983-03-14
- Place of birth
- Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
- Also known as
- Maurice Julien Marie Robinet · Морис Роне
Biography
Maurice Ronet (13 April 1927 – 14 March 1983) was a French film actor, director, and writer.
Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes. He was the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut at the age of 14 alongside his parents in Sacha Guitry's Deux couverts in Lausanne. After attending the Parisian acting school Centre du Spectacle de la Rue-Blanche, he entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1944, where Jean-Louis Barrault was one of his mentors. When he made his film debut at 22 in Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de juillet (1949) in a role that was written specifically for him by Becker, he had little interest in pursuing an acting career.
After completing the film, he married Maria Pacôme (a French stage actress and playwright), and they departed to Moustiers-Sainte-Marie in Provence, where he tried his hand at ceramics. After completing his military service, he returned to Paris in the early 1950s where he took courses in philosophy and physics, and pursued his passion for literature, music (piano and organ), film and painting. His artwork, part of the peinture non figurative movement, was exhibited with friends Jean Dubuffet and Georges Mathieu. He also acted occasionally in small roles in the films of French directors like Yves Ciampi and René Wheeler, with ambitions of becoming a filmmaker himself. Gradually, however, he came to discover a freedom in acting and a creative satisfaction that provided a synthesis of all his interests.
Maurice Ronet became one of European cinema's more prolific actors. Between 1955 and 1975 he appeared in over 60 films. He often portrayed characters who were in conflict with themselves or society. He first garnered acclaim at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival for a supporting role in Jean Dreville's Endless Horizons (Horizons sans fin) and over the next few years as the romantic lead in André Michel's La sorcière (The Blonde Witch/The Sorceress, 1956) and in Jules Dassin's He Who Must Die (Celui qui doit mourir, 1957). It was at the presentation of "La Sorcière" at Cannes where he met a creative and an intellectual counterpart in Louis Malle. Two years later, he made his international box-office breakthrough as Julien Tavernier in Malle's first feature film Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud 1958), which features Jeanne Moreau. He originated the role of Philippe Greenleaf in Purple Noon (Plein soleil, 1960), René Clément's adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley. ...
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Known For
TV Shows (8)
Movies (93)
Beau Pere
1981
as Charly
Purple Noon
1960
as Philippe Greenleaf
The Swimming Pool
1969
as Harry
Elevator to the Gallows
1958
as Julien Tavernier
Seduction
1973
as Giuseppe Lagana
The Unfaithful Wife
1969
as Victor Pegala
House of Ricordi
1954
as Vincenzo Bellini
The Vixen
1969
as Jérôme
Amador
1965
as Amador
Sphinx
1981
as Yvon Mageot
Lost Command
1966
as Capain. Boisfeuras
The Fire Within
1963
as Alain Leroy
To the Bitter End
1975
as Paul Jordan
Madame Claude
1977
as Pierre
Bloodline
1979
as Charles Martin
The Victors
1963
as French Lieutenant
Death of a Corrupt Man
1977
as Philippe Dubaye
The Marseille Contract
1974
as Inspector Briac
Carve Her Name with Pride
1958
as Jacques
Castles in Spain
1954
as Miguel Murillo
The Deadly Trap
1971
as L'homme de l'organisation
Circle of Love
1964
as Henri
Midnight Meeting
1962
as Pierre Neyris
How Sweet It Is!
1968
as Phillipe
The Seven Deadly Sins
1952
as The priest (segment "La Luxure")
The Sensuous Assassin
1970
as Serge
Raphael or the Debauched One
1971
as Raphaël de Lorris
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
1973
as Piere Gonzague
Rendezvous in July
1949
as Roger Moulin
Oh, mia bella matrigna
1976
as Luigi
La Balance
1982
as Roger Massina
Pariahs of Glory
1964
as Ferrier
Perfectionist
1951
as François
The Immoral Moment
1962
as Michel Jussieu
Line of Demarcation
1966
as Pierre, comte de Damville
He Who Must Die
1957
as Michelis
La Guérilléra
1982
as Brutus
The Road to Corinth
1967
as Dex
Emmenez-moi au Ritz
1977
as Philippe Gregor
The Champagne Murders
1967
as Paul Wagner
Golden Night
1976
as Nuit d'or
Only the Wind Knows the Answer
1974
as Robert Lucas
The Blonde Witch
1956
as Laurent Brulard
The Healer
1953
as André Turenne
Three Rooms in Manhattan
1965
as François Combe
Lucrèce Borgia
1953
as Perotto
Poison Ivy
1953
as Mickey
The Golden Mass
1975
as David
Casablanca, Nest of Spies
1963
as Maurice Desjardins
Casta diva
1954
as Vincenzo Bellini
A Devil Under the Pillow
1968
as Lotario
Missing Persons Section
1956
as Juan Milford
Wherever You Are
1964
as Paul Vallier
The Pebbles of Etratat
1972
as Kelvo
Scarlet Eye
1963
as Dr. Gérard Rinaldi
Surprise Party
1983
as Georges Levesques
Night Police Station
1974
as Vittorio Cazzaniga
Devil in the Brain
1972
as Fabrizio Garces
The Crazy Capo Affair
1973
as Diserens
Delphine
1969
as Jean-Marc, couturier ami de Delphine
A Little, a Lot, Passionately
1971
as Didier
Last Leap
1970
as Garal
Without Warning
1973
as Raoul Maury
Barefoot in the Kitchen
2013
as (archive footage)
Time Out for Love
1961
as Philippe
That Night
1958
as Jean Mallet
The Aristocrats
1955
as Christophe de Conti
The Devil Made a Woman
1959
as José
Long March
1966
as Doctor Chevalier
Il peccato degli anni verdi
1960
as Paolo Donati
The Scarlet Lady
1969
as François
Desperate Decision
1952
as Jim
Enough Rope
1963
as Walter Saccard
Mi último tango
1960
as Dario Ledesma
Cry of the Heart
1974
as Mathieu
Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale
1970
as Commissario
Un matin rouge
1982
as Henri
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Pleasures and Vices
1955
as 'Gueule d'ange'
Liberté I
1962
as Michel
The Thief of Tibadabo
1965
as Nicolas
Birds in Peru
1968
as Rainier
The Modification
1970
as Léon Delmont
Endless Horizons
1953
as Marc Caussade
Why They Kill Themselves
1976
This Desired Body
1959
as Henri Messardier
Garden of Delights
1967
as Carlo
Assassin's Check
1962
as Gilbert Vitry
Scandal Man
1972
as Marc Fontemps
Mag Bodard, un destin
2005
as Self (archive footage)
The Red Room
1973
as Jean Gerfaud
Undressing a Legacy
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The Pit and the Pendulum
1964
as Le condamné à mort
About Maurice Ronet
Maurice Ronet (13 April 1927 – 14 March 1983) was a French film actor, director, and writer. Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes. He was the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut at the age of 14 alongside his parents in Sacha Guitry's Deux couverts in Lausanne. After attending the Parisian acting school Centre du Spectacle de la Rue-Blanche, he entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1944, where Jean-Louis Barrault was one of his mentors. When h… With 101 credits spanning from 1949 to 2021, Maurice Ronet has appeared in 93 films and 8 TV shows.
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- Beau Pere (1981) — as Charly
- Purple Noon (1960) — as Philippe Greenleaf
- The Swimming Pool (1969) — as Harry
- Elevator to the Gallows (1958) — as Julien Tavernier
- Seduction (1973) — as Giuseppe Lagana
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