Paul Bisciglia
Known for Acting · 108 credits
- Born
- 1928-07-30
- Died
- 2010-04-18
- Place of birth
- Algiers, Alger, France [now Algeria]
- Also known as
- Paolo Bisciglia · Paul Bissiglia
Biography
Paul Bisciglia (30 July 1928 – 18 April 2010) was a French film actor.
Throughout his acting career, Bisciglia appeared in more than one-hundred feature films. He made his debut in the 1950 film Trois télégrammes. What followed was several uncredited roles, before landing a much larger part in drama Clara de Montargis. During the fifties, he appeared in many drama films, including the award-winning Avant le déluge, with Antoine Balpêtré, and again several more uncredited roles. During the sixties, Bisciglia began to appear more frequently in television series and television films, although he was included in many films such as The Wretches, with Michèle Morgan, Les vieux de la vieille, with Pierre Fresnay, Paris nous appartient, Le signe du lion, and in 1966, he appeared in his first leading role in Alain Cuniot's L'or et le plomb.
In 1969, Bisciglia had a small role in the horror film La vampire nue, the second feature film from director Jean Rollin. It was Bisciglia's first of several times working with Rollin. He worked with the director again in the successful films Requiem pour un vampire, with Marie-Pierre Castel and Mireille D'Argent, Les démoniaques, Lèvres de sang, and the zombie classic Les Raisins de la Mort, with Marie-Georges Pascal.
His career continued through the seventies and eighties, such as the Golden Globe-nominated Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob, Club privé pour couples avertis, with Philippe Gasté of Jean Rollin's Requiem pour un vampire, Verdict, with Sophia Loren, L'aile ou la cuisse, Family Rock, and he voiced in three animated films Astérix et la surprise de César (Asterix vs. Caesar), Astérix chez les Bretons (Asterix in Britain) and Astérix et le coup du menhir (Asterix and the Big Fight). Bisciglia's acting career continued until 1999, during which he appeared in two final feature films, Profil bas and Montana Blues.
Bisciglia also had a successful television career appearing in a number of television series and films. He made his first appearance in the 1957 television film L'équipage au complet. His television films include Elle s'abaisse pour vaincre, Les fiancés de Loches, Claudine à Paris and the television film remeke Les liaisons dangereuses. His television series credits include Le théâtre de la jeunesse, Rocambole, Les saintes chéries, Schulmeister, espion de l'empereur, Les brigades du Tigre, De mémoire d'homme, Les cinq dernières minutes, Désiré Lafarge, Commissaire Moulin, Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret and Julien Fontanes, magistrat.
Known For
TV Shows (11)
Police Commissioner Moulin
1976
as Un journaliste
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958
as Roger La Soutarde
Minichronique
1976
as L'épicier
Claudine
1978
as Le chanteur des rues
L'Homme du Picardie
1968
as Pucheu / Peucheu
Petit déjeuner compris
1980
as M. Burin
Sans famille
1981
as Le concierge
Schulmeister, l'espion de l'Empereur
1971
as L'officier Anglais
Molierissimo
1989
as Pouillard
Nick Verlaine ou Comment voler la tour Eiffel
1976
as Le commissaire
Allez la Rafale !
1977
as Riton
Movies (97)
Animal
1977
as Le gardien du château
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973
as Pump Attendant
Asterix and the Big Fight
1989
as Agecanonix (voice)
Asterix vs. Caesar
1985
as (voice)
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964
as Prince's advisor (uncredited)
The Slap
1974
as Waiter
Asterix in Britain
1986
as (voice)
House of 1000 Pleasures
1974
as Le livreur (uncredited)
That Most Important Thing: Love
1975
as Assistant Director
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
1973
as Père de la filette, en exode sur la route
The Wing or the Thigh?
1976
as Le bagagiste
Low Profile
1993
as Le patron du bistrot
Action Man
1967
as Bartender (uncredited)
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
1975
as Claumachet, sous-officier de la 7e compagnie
The Old Guard
1960
as Jojo, Mariette's fiancé
Venus and Lulu
1991
as Le journaliste
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
1973
The Nude Vampire
1970
as Butler
Lips of Blood
1975
as The Psychiatrist
Requiem for a Vampire
1972
as Man with the Bike
The Demoniacs
1974
as Paul
Jury of One
1974
as A juror
Belles, blondes et bronzées
1981
Who Cares: Anatomy of a Delivery Boy
1971
as Le contremaître
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
1979
as Police officer
The Cousins
1959
as Marc
La Dernière Bourrée à Paris
1973
The Grapes of Death
1978
as Lucas
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
1954
as Tenant on the sixth floor, under the roof (uncredited)
Sign of the Lion
1962
as Willy
Paris Belongs to Us
1961
as Paul
The Turkey
1951
as Victor, le groom
How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
1974
as Le chasseur PLM
Le Cinema de Papa
1971
as Un acteur
Witness in the City
1959
as Taxi driver
Young Casanova
1974
as Le flic dubitatif
Lumière
1976
as La Bougie
Love Without Pity
1989
as L'homme de l'Huma
Under the Paris Sky
1951
as (uncredited)
The Teasers Go to Paris
1977
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
1974
as Un clochard (segment "Le dernier réveillon")
The Big Swag
1965
as Metro machinist (uncredited)
Les Hommes en blanc
1955
as Un interne
Les Hommes
1964
as Cyclist
The Boss of Champignol
1966
Lovers on a Tightrope
1960
as Mechanic
Like a Pot of Strawberries
1974
Sunday Buddies
1957
as Lucien dit: "Lulu", un collègue de l'usine
Sexy Boom
1974
as 'Double-Crème'
The Voracious Ones
1973
Beware of Blondes
1950
as (uncredited)
Cherchez l'idole
1964
as Tailor's assistant
Dougal and the Blue Cat
1970
as Le Chat bleu / Flappy (voice)
The Pebbles of Etratat
1972
as Mechanic
C'est facile et ça peut rapporter... 20 ans
1983
The Seventh Commandment
1957
as Hunter
The Bamboo Stroke
1963
La Baraka
1982
as le client
The Fruit Is Ripe
1961
Quai des blondes
1954
as le chasseur de l'hôtel
The Crazy Capo Affair
1973
Only the Cool
1970
Salut, j'arrive
1982
The Egg
1972
as Dufiquet employee
The Beautiful Image
1951
as (uncredited)
Love and Desire
1951
The Delinquents
1960
as Painter
Anthracite
1980
as Caretaker
Forgive Our Trespasses
1956
as 'Coquillage'
The Cold Soup
1975
as Le garde-champêtre
Provisional Liberty
1958
as Riri
Le souffle du désir
1958
Les Lumières du soir
1956
as Friend of Catherine at the restaurant
Before the Deluge
1954
as Jean-Jacques Noblet
Sex Shock
1976
as Le couple au square
La Tuile à loups
1972
as Muratel
Paris Incident
1950
as Young postman
Night Dance Hall
1959
Légitime défense
1980
The Gallant Tales of La Fontaine
1980
as Messire Jean
L’Or et le plomb
1966
as Usher's clerk
Trop au lit pour être honnête
1980
as La garçon
Alice au pays des merveilles
1970
as Five of spades
Fusil chargé
1972
A Murder Is a Murder
1972
as L'employe de Kastner
The Wretches
1960
Un fil à la patte
2002
Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryx
1981
as Le larbin
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
1965
Clara de Montargis
1951
Rock or the Curse
1973
as Gerly
La P..... sentimentale
1958
as Chauffeur
The High Life
1951
The Ferryman's House
1966
Brigade Call Girls
1977
as Henri
Indécences
1975
as L'homme des bois
Soumissions perverses
1977
as Jules Larrigau, the farmer
About Paul Bisciglia
Paul Bisciglia (30 July 1928 – 18 April 2010) was a French film actor. Throughout his acting career, Bisciglia appeared in more than one-hundred feature films. He made his debut in the 1950 film Trois télégrammes. What followed was several uncredited roles, before landing a much larger part in drama Clara de Montargis. During the fifties, he appeared in many drama films, including the award-winning Avant le déluge, with Antoine Balpêtré, and again several more uncredited roles. During the sixties, Bisciglia began to appear more frequently in t… With 108 credits spanning from 1950 to 2002, Paul Bisciglia has appeared in 97 films and 11 TV shows.
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- Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964) — as Prince's advisor (uncredited)
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