Bruno Cremer

Born

October 6, 1929

Died

August 7, 2010 (80 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France

Bruno Jean Marie Cremer (6 October 1929 – 7 August 2010) was a French actor best known for portraying Jules Maigret on French television, from 1991 to 2005.

Bruno Cremer was born in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. His mother, Jeanne Rullaert, a musician, was of Belgian Flemish origin and his father, Georges, was a businessman from Lille who, though born French, had taken out Belgian nationality after the French armed forces refused to accept him for service in the First World War. Bruno himself opted for French nationality when he reached the age of 18. His childhood was largely spent in Paris.

Bruno attended the Cours Hattemer, a private school. Having completed his secondary studies, he followed an interest in acting which had interested him since the age of 12 and trained in acting from 1952 at France's highly selective Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (English: French National Academy of Dramatic Arts).

His career began with ten years spent acting in live theatre, playing roles drawn from works of Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde and Jean Anouilh. Aged already 30, he created the role of Thomas Becket in the 1959 world premiere of Anouilh's Becket, and held Anouilh in veneration all his life. Later Cremer played Max in a French production of Bent by Martin Sherman in 1981. He regarded his basic profession as that of a stage actor, though he gravitated firmly to films.

It was in 1957 that Cremer had his first credited part in a film, Quand la femme s'en mêle (When a woman meddles), which starred Alain Delon. However, it was in 1965 that Cremer's career really began to prosper, with the film La 317e section, (The 317th Platoon), directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer and set in Indochina during the French colonial wars. From then onwards, Cremer became a popular actor and appeared in over 110 productions for cinema and television.

While Cremer tried to avoid labels and typecasting, he tended to be offered tough-guy roles, often military men. Examples from various points in his career include Section spéciale (1975), La légion saute sur Kolwezi (1980) and Là-haut, un roi au-dessus des nuages (2004).

Special Section (French original title: Section spéciale), released in 1975, is about a kangaroo court set up in collaborationist Vichy France to ensure judicial convictions of innocent people so as to mollify the Nazis. A French language film directed by the Greek-French film director Costa-Gavras, it features Cremer as Lucien Sampaix, a Communist-leaning journalist.

The 1980 film La légion saute sur Kolwezi (English Operation Leopard), directed by Raoul Coutard, is a documentary-style portrayal of a real-life operation headed by the French Foreign Legion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1978 to rescue foreign hostages. Cremer plays a military commander. Pierre Schoendoerffer’s 2004 film Là-haut, un roi au-dessus des nuages (Above the Clouds), based on his own novel, Là-haut. Cremer played the Colonel. ...

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The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling

The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling

Self (archive footage)

6.8

2023

Above the Clouds

Above the Clouds

Le colonel

6.0

2003

My Father Saved My Life

My Father Saved My Life

Joe

7.0

2001

Under the Sand

Under the Sand

Jean Drillon

6.7

2000

Vivement dimanche

Vivement dimanche

Self · (1 episode)

3.0

1998

Night Taxi

Night Taxi

Silver, le taxi

7.8

1993

A Vampire in Paradise

A Vampire in Paradise

Antoine Belfond

4.0

1992

Maigret

Maigret

Jules Maigret · (54 episodes)

7.5

1991

Money

Money

Marc Lavater

4.9

1991

Coma dépassé

Yves Toledano

0.0

1990

Act of Sorrow

Act of Sorrow

Armando

3.8

1990

Tumultes

Tumultes

The Father

5.8

1990

White Wedding

White Wedding

François Hainaut

6.5

1989

L'Été de la Révolution

L'Été de la Révolution

0.0

1989

L'Été de la Révolution

L'Été de la Révolution

Louis XVI · (2 episodes)

0.0

1989

Brothers in Arms

Brothers in Arms

Joulin

6.8

1989

The secret files of Inspector Lavardin

The secret files of Inspector Lavardin

Jacques Pincemaille · (1 episode)

10.0

1988

Sound and Fury

Sound and Fury

Marcel

6.6

1988

Adieu, je t'aime

Adieu, je t'aime

Michel Dupré

3.0

1988

L'île

Lieutenant Mason · (6 episodes)

3.0

1987

Falsch

Falsch

Joe

4.8

1987

Matin Bonheur

Self · (1 episode)

0.0

1987

Opération Ypsilon

Opération Ypsilon

Germain Langelier · (4 episodes)

0.0

1987

Ménage

Ménage

The Art Lover

6.6

1986

L'Énigme blanche

L'Énigme blanche

Paul

5.5

1985

Le Transfuge

Le Transfuge

Bernard Corain

0.0

1985

Le Regard dans le miroir

Eric Chevallier · (4 episodes)

6.0

1985

Derborence

Derborence

Séraphin

5.0

1985

The Book of Mary

The Book of Mary

Father

6.8

1985

Le Matelot 512

Le Matelot 512

Commander Roger

4.5

1984

Fanny Straw-Top

Fanny Straw-Top

Andrés Gallego

5.3

1984

The Octopus

The Octopus

Antonio Espinosa · (17 episodes)

7.9

1984

A Brutal Game

A Brutal Game

Tessier

6.2

1983

Effraction

Effraction

Pierre

3.5

1983

The Prize of Peril

The Prize of Peril

Antoine Chirex

6.4

1983

Josepha

Josepha

Régis Duchemin

5.1

1982

Spy, Stand Up

Spy, Stand Up

Alain Richard

7.3

1982

Aimée

Aimée

Carl Freyer

0.0

1981

La Puce et le privé

La Puce et le privé

Valentin 'Val' Brosse

4.0

1981

Une robe noire pour un tueur

Une robe noire pour un tueur

Alain Rivière

4.9

1981

La Traque

La Traque

Le commissaire Chenu · (4 episodes)

0.0

1980

Une page d'amour

Une page d'amour

Le docteur Henri Deberle

5.5

1980

Anthracite

The prefect of studies

5.0

1980

Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme

Même les mômes ont du vague à l'âme

Morton

4.0

1980

Operation Leopard

Operation Leopard

Pierre Delbart

5.4

1980

We Forget Everything!

We Forget Everything!

Claude Raisman

0.0

1979

A Simple Story

A Simple Story

Georges

6.0

1978

Last In, First Out

Last In, First Out

Lucas Richter

3.4

1978

Drummer-Crab

Drummer-Crab

Adjutant Willsdorf (uncredited)

6.6

1977

Sorcerer

Sorcerer

Victor Manzon / "Serrano"

7.4

1977

Hunter Will Get You

Hunter Will Get You

Gilbert, aka l'Epervier

6.6

1976

The Good and the Bad

The Good and the Bad

Bruno

5.6

1976

Special Section

Special Section

Lucien Sampaix

7.1

1975

Flesh of the Orchid

Flesh of the Orchid

Louis Delage

5.4

1975

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Self · (2 episodes)

6.0

1975

The Suspects

The Suspects

Commissioner Bonetti

5.4

1974

Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma

Self · (3 episodes)

0.0

1974

The Protector

The Protector

Commissaire Baudrier

3.5

1974

Without Warning

Without Warning

L'ex-sergent Donetti

5.2

1973

The Assassination

The Assassination

Michel Vigneau

6.7

1972

The Algerian War

The Algerian War

0.0

1972

The Smugglers

The Smugglers

Saska

4.8

1971

Biribi

Biribi

Le capitaine

5.8

1971

The Time to Die

The Time to Die

Max Topfer

4.4

1970

Pour un sourire

Pour un sourire

Michaël

6.5

1970

Safety Catch

Safety Catch

Duca Lamberti / Lucas Lamberti

5.5

1970

Les Gauloises bleues

Le père

5.4

1969

Bye Bye Barbara

Bye Bye Barbara

Hugo Michelli

3.5

1969

Bonnot's Gang

Bonnot's Gang

Jules Bonnot

5.0

1968

The Killer Likes Candy

The Killer Likes Candy

Oscar Snell

3.7

1968

A Question of Rape

A Question of Rape

Walter

3.5

1967

The Stranger

The Stranger

Priest

6.8

1967

If I Were a Spy

If I Were a Spy

Matras

5.8

1967

Shock Troops

Shock Troops

Cazal

6.7

1967

Is Paris Burning?

Is Paris Burning?

Colonel Rol Tanguy

7.2

1966

Objective: 500 Million

Objective: 500 Million

Captain Jean Reichau

5.7

1966

Marco the Magnificent

Marco the Magnificent

Guillaume de Tripoli, a Knight Templar

5.3

1965

The 317th Platoon

The 317th Platoon

L'adjudant Willsdorf

7.4

1965

Le tout pour le tout

Le tout pour le tout

Doctor

0.0

1962

To Die of Love

To Die of Love

Inspector Terens

3.0

1961

When a Woman Meddles

When a Woman Meddles

Bernard

5.3

1957

Les Dents longues

Les Dents longues

L'homme qui sort de la boîte (uncredited)

5.4

1953

Les Dents longues

Les Dents longues

l'homme sortant de la boîte

5.4

1953