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Paul Bonifas
Born · June 3, 1902
Died · November 9, 1975 (73 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Bio
Paul Bonifas (3 June 1902 – 9 November 1975) was a French actor, born in Paris. In the 1920s, while working for the French customs service, Bonifas took classes in acting at the Conservatoire de Paris in his spare time. He left with the first prize for comedy, which allowed him to join the Odéon Theatre in 1933, then the Comédie-Française in 1938. He made his first film appearance in 1935 in a version of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, directed by Pierre Chenal. During World War II he served as a lieutenant in the artillery, was badly wounded, and evacuated from Dunkirk with his unit. In London he joined the Free French, and worked for Radio Londres broadcasting to occupied France. In 1942 he appeared in the film The Foreman Went to France. In 1943 he formed "The Molière Players", who staged a repertoire of mainly Molière works in London theatres, as well as in regional towns and at French army barracks. In 1944 "The Molière Players" appeared in the short film Aventure malgache directed by Alfred Hitchcock. This was written by, and based on the experiences of, Jules Francois Clermont, an actor in Bonifas' troupe working under the name of Paul Clarus, who had operated an illegal radio station Madagascar Libre in Madagascar while the island was under Vichy control. Bonifas then appeared in a number of other British films, including Two Fathers with Bernard Miles, directed by Anthony Asquith, and had minor roles in the musicals Heaven Is Round the Corner and Champagne Charlie, the action adventure film The Man from Morocco, the comedy-drama Johnny Frenchman and the horror film Dead of Night. Bonifas returned to France in 1946 and resumed his career in theatre, specializing in comedy, but also taking dramatic roles. His later film career included appearances in Trapeze (1956), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956), Fanny (1961), Charade (1963), Greed in the Sun (1964), The Train (1964), Is Paris Burning? (1966), Triple Cross (1966), and The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1974). Bonifas died on 9 November 1975 at Vernouillet, Yvelines, France. Source: Article "Paul Bonifas" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Le père Amable
Vatinol
1.0
1975
The Common Man
Le Maire
7.1
1975
Antigone
le choeur
0.0
1974
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
le père de François Perrin
6.6
1974
The Last Train
Le voisin
6.6
1973
La Duchesse d'Avila
L'aubergiste · (4 episodes)
0.0
1973
Love Me Strangely
Le portier de l'hôtel
4.9
1971
Cold Sweat
The doctor
5.7
1970
The Horse
Witness to car accident
7.0
1970
Maurin des Maures
Pons · (26 episodes)
0.0
1970
An Artistic Couple
5.1
1970
The Christmas Tree
(uncredited)
6.2
1969
Secret World
Gustave / servant
5.7
1969
La séparation
Prêtre
0.0
1968
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
Le vieux Vick · (1 episode)
10.0
1968
Triple Cross
Charlie
6.0
1966
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
6.4
1966
At Theatre Tonight
Félix Ducotel · (1 episode)
7.5
1966
Illusions perdues
Camusot · (4 episodes)
0.0
1966
The Sleeping Sentinel
4.7
1966
Le naïf amoureux
'Tonton Louis'
0.0
1965
Lucky Jo
Légiste (uncredited)
6.7
1964
The Train
Spinet
7.5
1964
Greed in the Sun
Doctor Magnart, former professor in Lyon
7.1
1964
Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent
Le notaire
4.6
1964
Bayard
Aymon Terrail · (13 episodes)
0.0
1964
Charade
Mr. Felix
7.7
1963
La parole est au témoin
10.0
1963
The Depths
Mons. Lapeyre
6.3
1963
The Trip to Biarritz
6.7
1963
Sundays and Cybele
Grocer
7.1
1962
Les Célibataires
Chandelier
0.0
1962
Keep Talking, Baby
5.6
1961
Blood on His Sword
Le chirurgien / Doctor of Louis XI
5.8
1961
Fanny
The Postman
6.8
1961
Goodbye Again
Cellarman
7.1
1961
The Truth
Un greffier
7.6
1960
The Gigolo
(uncredited)
1.0
1960
The Enemy General
Mayor
5.5
1960
Love and the Frenchwoman
Le père de Ginette (segment "La Virginité")
4.9
1960
A Woman Like Satan
Innkeeper
5.3
1958
A Legitimate Defense
le président de la cour
5.6
1958
Les Misérables
Le médecin de l'hôpital
7.2
1958
Sinners of Paris
L'inspecteur Renaud
5.1
1958
Mademoiselle and Her Gang
Marcel, owner of the hotel
6.0
1957
Love in the Afternoon
Police Chief (uncredited)
7.0
1957
The Case of Dr. Laurent
Guillaumin
6.9
1957
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Master Lecornu
6.7
1956
The Terror with Women
0.0
1956
Frou-Frou
Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel (uncredited)
5.7
1955
Sherlock Holmes
(1 episode)
6.9
1954
Their Last Night
le commissaire principal
5.4
1953
Lettre ouverte
Honoré, the father-in-law
2.0
1953
Holiday for Henrietta
The Newsagent (uncredited)
7.0
1952
Ils sont dans les vignes...
American
5.0
1952
Piédalu fait des miracles
0.0
1952
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
Monsieur Bleubois
5.0
1952
The Green Glove
Inspector
6.2
1952
The Truth About Bebe Donge
7.1
1952
Duel à Dakar
The Commander
0.0
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
(1 episode)
7.0
1951
Amazing Monsieur Fabre
Le ministre Victor Duruy
7.0
1951
Pardon My French
Monsieur Bleubois
5.0
1951
Clara de Montargis
0.0
1951
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
La capitaine du cargo
7.0
1951
Bedelia
Insurance Manager (as Paul Boniface)
5.2
1946
Lisbon Story
Stephan Corelle
5.7
1946
Johnny Frenchman
Jerome
6.0
1945
Dead of Night
French Nightclub Patron (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)
7.2
1945
The Man from Morocco
French Mayor
5.0
1945
Champagne Charlie
Targetino
5.2
1944
English Without Tears
Monsieur Rolland
5.7
1944
Candlelight in Algeria
French Proprietor
5.7
1944
Two Fathers
The Frenchman
7.0
1944
Madagascar Landing
Michel
5.4
1944
The Foreman Went to France
Prefect of Rouville
6.2
1942
Maxim's Porter
0.0
1939
The Five Cents of Lavarede
5.3
1939