
Jean Carmet
Known for Acting · 199 credits
- Born
- 1920-04-25
- Died
- 1994-04-20
- Place of birth
- Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
- Also known as
- Жан Карме · Jean Gabriel Edmond Carmet
Biography
Jean Carmet (25 April 1920 – 20 April 1994) was a French actor.
Jean Carmet began working on stage and then in film in the early 1940s becoming a very popular comedic actor in his native country. He is best known internationally for his role as a French colonist in the 1976 film, La Victoire en Chantant (Black and White in Color).
Because of his good-natured manner, he was as popular with members of the film crew as he was with the audiences. During his long career, he appeared in more than 200 films, and although he played dramatic parts, he usually acted in a supporting role as a comedic character.
He was nominated for the César Award for Best Actor for his leading role in the 1986 film, Miss Mona. Twice he won the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated on two other occasions. In February 1994, to celebrate his 50th year in film, he was honored by the French motion picture industry with a special César Award. Just a few months later, Jean Carmet died of a heart attack.
Jean Carmet is interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris. In his birthplace of Bourgueil, a theater and an avenue were named in his honor.
Known For
TV Shows (17)

Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self

Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self

Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self

30 millions d'amis
1976
as Self
Samedi soir
1971
as Self

Nulle part ailleurs
1987
as Self

Télématin
1985
as Self

Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self

Ciné regards
1978
as Self

Stars 90
1990
as Self
Système 2
1975
as Self

Coucou c'est nous !
1992
as Self

Châteauvallon
1985
as Forger

Palace
1988
as Pilier de comptoir

La Double Vie de Théophraste Longuet
1981
as Théophraste Longuet

Bouvard et Pécuchet
1990
as Juste Pécuchet
Movies (182)

The Lady Banker
1980
as Duvernet

The Irony of Money
1957
as Feliciano

The Novices
1970
as Le client au chien

Miss Mona
1987
as Miss Mona

Adieu Berthe
1970
as Léo Clapier

L'Invité surprise
1989
as Le Colonel

My Mother's Castle
1990
as Drunkard guard

Circle of Deceit
1981
as Rudnik

Children of Paradise
1945
as Un spectateur au paradis des Funambules (uncredited)

Les Gorilles
1964
as 'La Fauche'

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1972
as Maurice Lefebvre, Perrin's best friend

The Annuity
1972
as Maître Vierzon, l'avocat de Noël

The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
1974
as Paul Bourru

L'Âge de Monsieur est avancé
1987
as Le régisseur / Désiré

Kisses Till Monday
1974
as Henri-Pierre

Nailcruncher
1988
as Scipion

The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1974
as Maurice Lefebvre

Just Before Nightfall
1971
as Jeannot

The Cabbage Soup
1981
as Francis Chérasse (Le Bombé)

Adam Is... Eve
1954
as Gaston

Canicule
1983

Branquignol
1949
as Bidel - un fantaisiste raté

Procès de Jean Carmet
1983
as Self

Roulez jeunesse !
1993
as Michel

Eugénie Grandet
1994
as Père Grandet

The Fugitives
1986
as Docteur Martin, vétérinaire

Any Number Can Win
1963
as Bartender

Germinal
1993
as Vincent Maheu, aka Bonnemort

L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
1969
as Man who wants to buy the bus (uncredited)

Trap for the Assassin
1966
as Tristot

Very Happy Alexander
1968
as 'La Fringale'

Gramps Is in the Resistance
1983
as André Bourdelle, « Capitaine Raymond » chef d'un mouvement de résistants

All Mixed Up
1985
as Le pharmacien

Thank You, Life
1991
as Raymond Pelleveau, le père âgé

Cloportes
1965
as Effeminate art critic (uncredited)

Les Misérables
1982
as Thénardier, innkeeper of Montfermeil

The Fighting Musketeers
1961
as Planchet

Oh! What a Mambo
1959
as Jo le Bègue

La Louve
1949
as Gustave

The Eyes Closed
1974
as Raoul

Dog Day
1984
as Socrate

Le Curé de Tours
1980
as L'abbé Birotteau

Bouvard et Pécuchet
1990
as Juste Pecuchet

Des quintuplés au pensionnat
1953
as Antoine

A Golden Widow
1969
as Member of Yiddish International Power

Violette Nozière
1978
as Baptiste Nozière

On demande un bandit
1951

Buffet Froid
1979
as Le vieil assassin

Morceaux de Cannes
2021

Périgord noir
1989
as Jean-Lou

Rene the Cane
1977
as L'indicateur

The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962
as Le clochard

My Priest, Champion of the Regiment
1956
as Corporal Drawer

The Elusive Corporal
1962
as Guillaume aka 'Le Fermier'

Le destin s'amuse
1946
as Third accomplice

Plus ça va, moins ça va
1977
as Inspecteur Melville

And Soon the Darkness
1970
as Renier

No Pockets in a Shroud
1974
as Commissioner Bude

How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby
1974
as Antoine Robineau

Three of the Canebière
1955
as (uncredited)

Give 'em Hell
1955
as Alvarez

Idiot in Paris
1967
as Ernest Grafouillères, transporteur de légumes

Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
1952
as M. Grosjean

Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971
as Gégène

Vengeance of the Three Musketeers
1961
as Planchet

Midnight... Quai de Bercy
1953
as Merle, l'adjoint de l'inspecteur

Le Sixième Doigt
1990
as Le commandant

The Boy Soldier
1981
as L'adjudant Chalumot

Pick Up Your Belongings
1983
as Joseph Cohen

How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965
as Paulo, le complice de Léonard Maburon (sketch "Le Procès")

Babies Galore
1956
as Hubert, le beau-fils

Your Money or Your Life
1966
as Vicar

Sorceress
1987
as Vicar

The Seventh Company Outdoors
1977
as M. Albert, le passeur qui ne parle pas Anglais

She Does Not Drink, Smoke or Flirt But... She Talks
1970
as Bartender

Alice or the Last Escapade
1977
as Colas

The Troubles of Alfred
1972
as Paul

The White Queen
1991
as Lucien

Monsieur Vincent
1947
as L'abbé Pontail

The Pavilion Burns
1941

Mister Taxi
1952
as François

The Breach
1970
as M. Pinelli

My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
1986
as Jocelyn Bouloire

We Will Go to Deauville
1962
as Le porteur

The Common Man
1975
as Georges Lajoie

She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
1972
as 'Jambe de laine'

Mysteries of Paris
1943
as Tortillard (uncredited)

The Tour of the Grand Dukes
1953
as Village vicar

Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese
1968
as The superstitious security guard (uncredited)

The American Beauty
1961
as Burglar

Trop c'est trop
1975
as Cameo

Drôle de noce
1952
as Paullaud

Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full
1973
as le père

Dispute in Valladolid
1992
as Le Légat du Pape

Bitter Champagne
1986
as Zigou

Sunday Encounter
1958
as le pompiste

Gros câlin
1979
as Emile Cousin

The Counterfeit Constable
1964
as Le porte drapeau

Le Bal des casse-pieds
1992
as Monsieur Vandubas

Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
1969
as Karl de Kerfuntel

A Business of Men
1981
as Kreps

Such a Lovely Town...
1979
as Le juge Fernand Noblet

A Lesson of Hope
1991
as Le directeur

The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
1974
as Doctor Féraud (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")

Black and White in Color
1976
as Sergeant Bosselet

Le Concierge
1973
as Ludovic, frère de Jocelyne

The Right of the Maddest
1973
as Le mari de la directrice de la Maison de Repos

Follow My Gaze
1986
as Désiré, the farmer

Hello Smile!
1956
as Jean Courtebride

La Vouivre
1989
as Requiem

Cache Cash
1994
as M. Durandet, vétérinaire en retraite

Fire on Sight
1984
as Inspector Robert Casti

The Blockhead Fair
1963
as Station master

The Perfume of the Lady in Black
1949
as Mechanic (uncredited)

Un jeu d'enfant
1990
as Le grand-père
L'Été 36
1986
as Vichy Fraise

Les gros malins
1969
as Tax collector

Coup de jeune
1993
as Ponsard

I Love Only You
1949
as Le père affolé (uncredited)

The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow
1971
as Staline
About Jean Carmet
Jean Carmet (25 April 1920 – 20 April 1994) was a French actor. Jean Carmet began working on stage and then in film in the early 1940s becoming a very popular comedic actor in his native country. He is best known internationally for his role as a French colonist in the 1976 film, La Victoire en Chantant (Black and White in Color). Because of his good-natured manner, he was as popular with members of the film crew as he was with the audiences. During his long career, he appeared in more than 200 films, and although he played dramatic parts, he… With 199 credits spanning from 1941 to 2021, Jean Carmet has appeared in 182 films and 17 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jean Carmet Movies
- The Lady Banker (1980) — as Duvernet
- The Irony of Money (1957) — as Feliciano
- The Novices (1970) — as Le client au chien
- Miss Mona (1987) — as Miss Mona
- Adieu Berthe (1970) — as Léo Clapier
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