
Charles Vanel
Known for Acting · 155 credits
- Born
- 1892-08-21
- Died
- 1989-04-15
- Place of birth
- Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
- Also known as
- Charles-Henri Vanel · Шарль Ванель · Charles-Marie Vanel
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charles-Marie Vanel, known as Charles Vanel (21 August 1892 in Rennes, France - 15 April 1989, in Cannes, France) was a French director and actor. He made his screen debut in 1912, in Robert Péguy's Jim Crow. His 77 year career comprised appearances in more than 200 films.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Vanel, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
TV Shows (5)
Movies (150)

To Catch a Thief
1955
as Bertani

The Wages of Fear
1953
as Mr. Jo

Diabolique
1955
as Police Inspector Alfred Fichet

Illustrious Corpses
1976
as Procurator Varga

Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece
1961
as Father Alexandre

The Truth
1960
as Maître Guérin

Les Misérables
1934
as Inspector Javert

Royal Affairs in Versailles
1953
as Mr. de Vergennes

Cuori sul mare
1950
as Nostromo Norus

In the Name of the Law
1949
as Massaro Turi Passalacqua

Alice or the Last Escapade
1977
as Henri Vergennes

Jenny
1936
as Benoit

Seven Deaths by Prescription
1975
as Pr Brézé

Three Brothers
1981
as Donato Giuranna

Woman in Chains
1968
as L'invité au vernissage qui dit 'Oui, ça correspond au schéma du bonhomme' (uncredited)

Shock Troops
1967
as Passevin

Symphony for a Massacre
1963
as Paoli

Boomerang
1976
as Jean Ritter

The Seasons of Pleasure
1988
as Charles van Bert

The Mask of the Gorilla
1958
as Colonel Berthomieu

Il bivio
1951
as Lubiani

Waterloo
1929
as Napoleon

Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022

Wooden Crosses
1932
as Caporal Breval

Magnet of Doom
1963
as Dieudonné Ferchaux

Abused Confidence
1937
as Jacques Ferney

Prisoner of the Volga
1959
as Ossip Semjonowitsch

Law of the North
1939
as Dalrymple

Camorra
1972
as Don Mimo De Ritis

Flight Into Darkness
1935
as Le lieutenant Maury

The House of Mystery
1923
as Henri Corradin

La Belle Équipe
1936
as Charles dit Charlot

The Fighting Men
1950
as Don Salvatore Sparaino

The Steppe
1962
as Pére Christophore

Death in the Garden
1956
as Castin

Golden Night
1976
as Charles Fournier

The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
1972
as Il Presidente

If the Sun Never Returns
1987
as Anzevui

A Missionary
1955
as Père Gauthier

The Woman Who Dared
1944
as Pierre Gauthier

La Puce et le privé
1981
as Mathieu Fortier

Rififi in Tokyo
1963
as Van Hekken

Countdown to Vengeance
1970
as Juliani

Island Fisherman
1959
as Shipowner Mével

On Trial
1954
as Wolf Andergast

Burning Fuse
1957
as Albatrasse

Sinners of Paris
1958
as Léonce Pozzi, dit "Le Fondu"

The Great Game
1934
as Clement

Song of the World
1965
as Marinau the sailor

No Escape
1958
as Caillé

Michel Strogoff
1936

Southern Carrier
1937
as Herlin

Assault
1936
as Alexandre Mérital

Iceland Fisherman
1924
as Yann

Them
1970
as Professor Swaine

Incantesimo tragico
1951
as Bastiano

An Ideal Woman
1929
as Angel Call

The Cheerful Squadron
1954
as Hurluret

Rail Pirates
1938
as Henri Pierson

The End of the Tether
1973
as Whalley

The Last Sentence
1951
as Judge Marco Valsetti

The Suspects
1957
as Commissioner Perrache of the D.S.T.

Maddalena
1954
as Giovanni Lamberti

Troïka sur la piste blanche
1937
as Michel Steinberg

Gorilla's Waltz
1959
as Berthomieu aka 'Le Vieux'

Le Père Goriot
1972
as Father Goriot

Hanged Man's Farm
1945
as François

Crossroads
1938
as Roger de Vétheuil

Port Arthur
1936
as Commander Vassidloff

Promise to the Unknown One
1942
as Bernard Parker

The Roquevillards
1943
as François Roquevillard

In the Name of the Law
1932
as Lancelot

Woman of Evil
1947
as Laurent

Cristobal's Gold
1940
as Le Coronel - le chef de la police

The Woman at the End of the World
1938
as Durc, l'Officier Mécanicien

Le Bateau à soupe
1947
as Le capitaine Hervé

Phroso
1922
as Dimitri

The Lost Way
1980
as Léon

Defend My Love
1956
as Verdisio

A King Without Distraction
1963
as le procureur du roi
Drei Tage auf Leben und Tod - Aus dem Logbuch der U.C.1
1929
as Der Steuermann

The Fear
1936
as Robert Sylvain

Faubourg Montmartre
1931
as André Marco, dit Dédé

Social Police
1937
as Salviati

The Wreckers
1959
as Marnez

Business Is Business
1942
as Isidore Lechat

The Black Diamond
1941
as François Mitry

La Nuit bulgare
1972
as Bohringer

Southern Bar
1938
as Captain Olivier
Le Passager
1928

L'Enquête du 58
1945
as Bernard - le mécanicien

Dainah the Mixed
1932
as Michaux

Malaire
1952

The Woman I Murdered
1948
as François Bachelin

King of the Camargue
1935
as Rampal

Ne pleure pas
1978
as Le grand-père

The Green Domino
1935
as Nebel, a sculptor

The Wonderful Night
1940
as le fermier

Savage Brigade
1939
as Général Kalitjeff

The Child of the Carnival
1921

Gitanes
1933

Ballad for a Dog
1969
as Viachet

Les Bateliers de la Volga
1935
as Colonel Goreff
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
1969
as Self
Tempêtes
1922
as Raoul Mauduit

Le Juge et son bourreau
1974
as Le commissaire Bairelard

Es herrscht Ruhe im Land
1975
as Großvater Parra

Obsession
1933
as Pierre

The Awakening
1925

Dance House
1931
as Ramon
Case closed
1932

L'Arlésienne
1930
as Gardian Mitifio

The West
1938
as Jean Cadière

The Flame
1936
as Victor Boussat
Tillers of the Soil
1923

Rio's yellow house
1931
as King-Fu / Scalpa

Yamilé Under the Cedars
1939
as Rachid El Hame

S.O.S. Sahara
1938

Mister Mustard's Millions
1926
as John Durand

Die weisse Sklavin
1927
About Charles Vanel
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charles-Marie Vanel, known as Charles Vanel (21 August 1892 in Rennes, France - 15 April 1989, in Cannes, France) was a French director and actor. He made his screen debut in 1912, in Robert Péguy's Jim Crow. His 77 year career comprised appearances in more than 200 films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Vanel, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia. With 155 credits spanning from 1920 to 2022, Charles Vanel has appeared in 150 films and 5 TV shows.
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Most Popular Charles Vanel Movies
- To Catch a Thief (1955) — as Bertani
- The Wages of Fear (1953) — as Mr. Jo
- Diabolique (1955) — as Police Inspector Alfred Fichet
- Illustrious Corpses (1976) — as Procurator Varga
- Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece (1961) — as Father Alexandre
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