
François Périer
Known for Acting · 132 credits
- Born
- 1919-11-10
- Died
- 2002-06-28
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Also known as
- François Pillu · Francois Perier · François Perier · Франсуа Перье
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
François Périer, (10 November 1919 – 29 June 2002), born François Pillu in Paris, was a French actor.
He made over 110 film and TV appearances between 1938 and 1996. He was also prominent in the theatre. Among his most notable parts was that of Hugo in the first production of Jean-Paul Sartre's Les Mains Sales in 1948. He was the narrator of the French-language version of Fantasia.
Known For
TV Shows (13)

Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self

Apostrophes
1975
as Self

Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self

Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self

Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self / Self (voice) / Self - Main guest
Midi trente
1972
as Self

The Octopus
1984
as Avvocato Terrasini
Samedi soir
1971
as Self

Le Gorille
1990
as Berthomieu

Mazarin
1978
as Mazarin

Thérèse Humbert
1983
as Moi Dumort

La nuit des molières
1987
as Self
Movies (119)

Le Samouraï
1967
as Superintendant

Nights of Cabiria
1957
as Oscar D'Onofrio

Le Cercle Rouge
1970
as Santi

Orpheus
1950
as Heurtebise

Z
1969
as Public Prosecutor

Max and the Junkmen
1971
as Commissioner Rosinsky

Madame Bovary
1991
as Narrateur

The Fighter
1983
as Gino Ruggieri

The Organizer
1963
as Maestro Di Meo

Gervaise
1956
as Henri Coupeau - le second compagnon de Gervaise, un ouvrier zingueur

Police Python 357
1976
as Commissaire Ganay

The Assassination
1972
as René Rouannat

Weekend at Dunkirk
1964
as Alexandre

Hôtel du Nord
1938
as Adrien

Shock Troops
1967
as Moujon

Stavisky...
1974
as Albert Borelli

The Elegant Criminal
1990
as Lacenaire's father

Keep Your Right Up
1987
as Man

Testament of Orpheus
1960
as Heurtebise(non crédité)

Just Before Nightfall
1971
as François Tellier

Doctor Francoise Gailland
1976
as Gérard Gailland

A Grin Without a Cat
1977
as Narrator (voice)

The Magistrate
1959
as Luigi Bonelli

Mandrin
1962
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Lost Souvenirs
1950
as Jean-Pierre Delagrange (episode "Une couronne mortuaire")

We Want the Colonels
1973
as On. Gigino Di Cori

The Anatomy of Love
1954
as L'innamorato

The Visitor
1963
as Adolfo Di Palma

It Happened in the Park
1953
as Greek Professor (segment "Pi-greco")

The Secrets of the Bed
1954
as Alfred Germain-Latour (segment "Lit de la Pompadour, Le")

Sweet and Sour
1963
as Legrand (le nounou 1)

The Fugitives
1955
as François, employé de commerce

Lovers on a Tightrope
1960
as Daniel

Too Many Lovers
1957
as Robert

Under the Paris Sky
1951
as Reciter (voice)

The End of the Day
1939
as Journalist

Return to Life
1949
as Antoine (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")

Nightclub Hostess
1939
as Jean

Baxter, Vera Baxter
1977
as Jean Baxter (voice)

Maxime
1958
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

People in Luck
1963
as Jérôme Boisselier (segment "Le Vison")

The Police War
1979
as Colombani, Chief of police

Intermediate Landing in Paris
1955
as Pierre Brissac

Hitch-Hike
1962
as l'homme de 40 ans

Sylvia and the Ghost
1946
as Ramure, thief

Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022

She and Me
1952
as Jean Montaigu

Silence Is Golden
1947
as Jacques Francet

State Reasons
1978
as Prof. Marrot

The Elders of Saint-Loup
1950
as Charles Merlin

Premier bal
1941
as Ernest Vilar

The Bamboo Stroke
1963
as Léon Brissac

Paris Loves
1961
as Maurice Lasnier
De force avec d'autres
1993
as self (archive footage)

Love Letters
1942
as François de Portal
Fellini nel cestino
1983
as Self

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story
1989
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Give Her the Moon
1970
as Jean-Jules de Lépine

The Telephone Bar
1980
as Commissaire Claude Joinville

The Century Is Fifty
1950
as Self

Demoniac
1957
as Gervais Larauch / Bernard Pradal

The Temptation of Barbizon
1946
as Ben Atkinson / The Devil

A Girl Knew
1948
as 'Coco' Levaison

Voyage à Rome
1992
as The father

Cadet Rousselle
1954
as Cadet Rousselle

Mother Love
1938
as Batilly

Captain Slipper
1953
as Emmanuel Bonnavent, deputy head of the bank

Un revenant
1946
as François

Love and the Frenchwoman
1960
as Michel, le mari (segment "Le Divorce")

Jean de la Lune
1949
as Clotaire, aka Cloclo

Love Marriage
1942
as Pierre

Anyone Can Kill Me
1957
as Paul, le directeur de la prison

Happy Go Lucky
1946
as Denis Carignol

2084: Video Clip for the Trade Unions' Reflection and Pleasure
1984
as Narrator

My Seal and Them
1951
as François Verville

Five Day Lover
1961
as Georges

Le Tartuffe
1984
as Orgon

L'Enfant de l'amour
1944
as Maurice Orland

The Loves of Colette
1948
as François Lecoc

Bobosse
1959
as Tony Varlet / Bobosse / The six jurors / President of the court / Attorney general / Lawyer / Guard

Happy Days
1941
as Bernard
The White Truck
1943
as François Ledru

Jeunes mariés
1953
as Jacques Delaroche

The Train Rolls On
1971
as Narrator
Les Gauloises bleues
1969
as Le juge

Stars Never Die
1957
as Narrator (voice)

Que les hommes sont bêtes
1957
as Roland Devert

Antoine and Sebastian
1974
as Antoine

Fellini dice...
2006
as Self

Sorceror
1950
as Michel Riverain

The Creation of the World
1958

Les Deux mémoires
1974
as Self

The Wolf Farm
1943
as Bastien

The Melbourne Rendezvous
1957
as Narrator

The Duel
1941
as François

Love, Madame
1952
as François Célerier

Marriage Episodes
1954
as M. Trielle

La Nuit bulgare
1972
as Lafond

I'll Get Back to Kandara
1956
as André Barret

Au P'tit Zouave
1950
as M. Denis

Enquête sur une parole donnée : La lettre perdue
1985
as Jacque Alavarez

Réveille-toi, chérie
1961
as Robert

Tumuc Humac
1971
as The judge

The Amorous Corporal
1958
as La Bigorne
L'américain se détend
1958
as Narration

The Dreadful
1959
as Commentaire

The Child of the High Seas
1968
as Dit par

Mémoires d'un jeune con
1996
as Frédéric's father

Femme sans passé
1948
as Michel

Un trésor de femme
1953
as François Delaroche

The Fatted Calf
1939
as Gaston Vachon

Hello Paris
1953
as Narrateur (Voice)

Good Evening Ladies, Good Evening Gentlemen
1944
as Dominique Verdelet

Sara
1975
as Restif de la Bretonne

Le temps des doryphores
1967
as Commentator (voice)

The Spiral
1976
as Narrator (voice)

La Pagaille
1991
as Gabriel

La Légende du siècle
1972
as Self

Mentir, jouer et devenir François Périer
2026
as Self
About François Périer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia François Périer, (10 November 1919 – 29 June 2002), born François Pillu in Paris, was a French actor. He made over 110 film and TV appearances between 1938 and 1996. He was also prominent in the theatre. Among his most notable parts was that of Hugo in the first production of Jean-Paul Sartre's Les Mains Sales in 1948. He was the narrator of the French-language version of Fantasia. With 132 credits spanning from 1938 to 2026, François Périer has appeared in 119 films and 13 TV shows.
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Most Popular François Périer Movies
- Le Samouraï (1967) — as Superintendant
- Nights of Cabiria (1957) — as Oscar D'Onofrio
- Le Cercle Rouge (1970) — as Santi
- Orpheus (1950) — as Heurtebise
- Z (1969) — as Public Prosecutor
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