Portrait of Jean Carmet

Jean Carmet

Acting

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. Source: Article "Jean Carmet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Born: April 25, 1920

Place of Birth: Bourgueil, Indre-et-Loire, France

Filmography

2017
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2009
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

as Self (archive footage)

1994
1994
Eugénie Grandet

as Père Grandet

1994
Cache Cash

as M. Durandet, vétérinaire en retraite

1993
Germinal

as Vincent Maheu, aka Bonnemort

1993
La chambre 108

as René Bertillon

1993
1993
Coup de jeune

as Ponsard

1992
Dispute in Valladolid

as Le Légat du Pape

1992
Les carnassiers

as Chauveau

1992
Le Bal des casse-pieds

as Monsieur Vandubas

1991
A Lesson of Hope

as Le directeur

1991
1991
Thank You, Life

as Raymond Pelleveau, le père âgé

1990
My Mother's Castle

as Drunkard guard

1990
Le Sixième Doigt

as Le commandant

1990
Bouvard et Pécuchet

as Juste Pecuchet

1990
Bouvard et Pécuchet

as Juste Pécuchet

1990
Stars 90

as Self

1990
Un jeu d'enfant

as Le grand-père

1989
L'Invité surprise

as Le Colonel

1989
Périgord noir

as Jean-Lou

1989
La Vouivre

as Requiem

1988
Palace

as Pilier de comptoir

1988
Nailcruncher

as Scipion

1987
L'âge de Monsieur est avancé

as Le régisseur / Désiré

1987
The Two Crocodiles

as Emile Rivereau

1987
Sorceress

as Le curé / Vicar

1987
1987
La Brute

as M. Deliot

1987
Miss Mona

as Miss Mona

1986
1986
The Fugitives

as Doctor Martin, veterinarian

1986
Follow My Gaze

as Désiré, the farmer

1986
1986
1985
1985
The Alley Cat

as Egon Ratablavasky

1985
All Mixed Up

as Le pharmacien

1985
1985
1984
Fire on Sight

as Inspector Robert Casti

1984
The Crime of Ovide Plouffe

as Pacifique Berthet

1984
Dog Day

as Socrate

1983
Gramps Is in the Resistance

as André Bourdelle, « Capitaine Raymond » chef d'un mouvement de résistants

1983
1982
Les Misérables

as Thénardier, innkeeper of Montfermeil

1982
Guy de Maupassant

as François

1982
1981
The Cabbage Soup

as Francis Chérasse (Le Bombé)

1981
1981
1981
1981
The Boy Soldier

as L'adjudant Chalumot

1980
Le Curé de Tours

as L'abbé Birotteau

1980
The Lady Banker

as Duvernet

1979
Buffet Froid

as Le vieil assassin

1979
Gros câlin

as Emile Cousin

1979
Silver Anniversary

as François Dupuis

1979
Such a Lovely Town...

as Le juge Fernand Noblet

1978
Sugar

as Adrien Courtois

1978
Violette Nozière

as Baptiste Nozière

1977
The Seventh Company Outdoors

as M. Albert, le passeur qui ne parle pas Anglais

1977
Plus ça va, moins ça va

as Inspecteur Melville

1977
Rene the Cane

as L'indicateur

1976
Black and White in Color

as Sergeant Bosselet

1976
Scrambled Eggs

as Marcel Dutilleul

1975
1975
The Common Man

as Georges Lajoie

1974
Kisses Till Monday

as Henri-Pierre

1974
No Pockets in a Shroud

as Commissioner Bude

1974
1974
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir

as Doctor Féraud (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")

1974
1974
La Gueule de l’emploi

as Le Restaurateur

1974
1973
Le Concierge

as Ludovic, frère de Jocelyne

1973
The Right of the Maddest

as Le mari de la directrice de la Maison de Repos

1972
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

as Maurice Lefebvre, Perrin's best friend

1972
1972
Five Leaf Clover

as Lord Picratt

1972
The Artless One

as Fisherman

1972
The Annuity

as Maître Vierzon, l'avocat de Noël

1971
1970
The Breach

as M. Pinelli

1970
The Novices

as Le client au chien

1970
Adieu Berthe

as Léo Clapier

1969
1969
A Golden Widow

as Member of Yiddish International Power

1969
1969
Les gros malins

as Tax collector

1969
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus

as Man who wants to buy the bus (uncredited)

1968
Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese

as The superstitious security guard (uncredited)

1968
Very Happy Alexander

as 'La Fringale'

1967
Idiot in Paris

as Ernest Grafouillères, transporteur de légumes

1966
1965
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning

as Paulo, le complice de Léonard Maburon (sketch "Le Procès")

1965
Cloportes

as Effeminate art critic (uncredited)

1965
1964
Les Gorilles

as 'La Fauche'

1964
The Counterfeit Constable

as Le porte drapeau

1964
The Last Steps

as Déde Lemartin

1964
Trouble Among Widows

as L'horloger à l'enterrement

1963
The Blockhead Fair

as Station master

1963
Any Number Can Win

as Bartender

1962
1962
1962
The Elusive Corporal

as Guillaume aka 'Le Fermier'

1961
1959
Oh! What a Mambo

as Jo le Bègue

1959
Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women

as Martial, customs officer

1958
Sunday Encounter

as le pompiste

1958
1957
Trois de la marine

as Papillote

1957
The Irony of Money

as Feliciano

1956
1956
Babies Galore

as Hubert, le beau-fils

1956
These Sacred Holidays

as Second inspector

1956
Les Duraton

as Gaston Duvet, le rôle radiophonique de « Gaston Duraton »

1956
Hello Smile!

as Jean Courtebride

1955
1955
La Madelon

as Soldier Mathieu

1955
Give 'em Hell

as Alvarez

1954
1954
1953
1953
Midnight... Quai de Bercy

as Merle, l'adjoint de l'inspecteur

1952
She and Me

as Gaston, l'ami de Jean

1952
Drôle de noce

as Paullaud

1952
Bille de clown

as Gaston Lemeunier

1952
Mister Taxi

as François

1952
1952
1952
They Were Five

as Jean - le postier

1951
Dr. Knock

as le premier gars

1951
Le Roi des camelots

as La Globule, ami de Robert

1950
1950
The Patron

as The Brigadier

1950
Cartouche, King of Paris

as 'Brin d'Amour', soldier

1950
Not Any Weekend for Our Love

as le pianiste malade

1949
Branquignol

as Bidel - un fantaisiste raté

1949
The Perfume of the Lady in Black

as Mechanic (uncredited)

1949
La louve

as Gustave

1949
I Love Only You

as Le père affolé (uncredited)

1949
Bonheur en location

as Guy Piponnet

1949
La Bataille du feu

as Albert Farjon

1947
Monsieur Vincent

as L'abbé Pontail

1947
Carbon Copy

as Ismora's accomplices

1946
Le destin s'amuse

as Third accomplice

1946
Dropped from Heaven

as A man of Laurent

1946
Dawn Devils

as Durand, aka 'Durandal'

1945
François Villon

as Companion of François (uncredited)

1945
Children of Paradise

as Un spectateur au paradis des Funambules (uncredited)

1943
Mysteries of Paris

as Tortillard (uncredited)

1942
The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock

as Typographer (uncredited)