Pierre Vaneck
Born
April 15, 1931
Died
January 31, 2010 (78 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Lang Son, Indochine
Pierre Vaneck (born Pierre Auguste Van Hecke; 15 April 1931 – 31 January 2010) was a French actor. During his career, he won a Molière Award in 1988 and received a César Award nomination in 2009.
Son of a Belgian army officer, Pierre Vaneck spent his youth in Antwerp, Belgium, until the age of 17, when he started medical studies in Paris, France. Before long, he branched into studying acting, first at the Rene Simon school, and then at the Theatre Academy, under Henri Rollan. He earned his living meanwhile by working for a saddle-maker by day, and in the evenings, he recited François Villon's poems in cabarets. His début on the stage came in 1952 in The Three Musketeers in the role of Louis XIII. His first important role in the cinema was in the Julien Duvivier film, Marianne of my Youth in 1955.
Pierre Vaneck was primarily a theatre and television actor. The general public knew him particularly for his television role as the father of the main character in Fabien Cosma, as well as in many other serials (Spring Tides, The Garonne...). Vaneck died on Sunday 31 January 2010, during open-heart surgery. He was married to Sophie Becker, daughter and sister of Jacques Becker and Jean Becker. His grandchildren, Aurélie and Thibaud Vaneck, are both actors, and feature in the television series Plus Belle la Vie which is broadcast on France 3 channel.
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Known For
A.D.A. : L'argent des autres
André Jorgensen
2009
Love Me No More
le père d'Antoine
2008
The Science of Sleep
Mr. Pouchet
2006
Kein Himmel über Afrika
Ian Coburn
2005
Nero
Paul of Tarsus
2004
Imperium: Nero
Paolo di Tarso · (2 episodes)
2004
La Source des Sarrasins
Armand
2002
Fabien Cosma
André Cosma · (16 episodes)
2001
Return to Algiers
Blanville
2000
Justice
Gilbert Le Guen · (4 episodes)
1999
Retour à Fonteyne
Aurélien Laverzac
1999
Furia
Aaron
1999
« Art »
Marc
1998
The Proprietor
Raymond T.K
1996
East Wind
doktor Josef Hoop, premier rządu Liechtensteinu
1993
As in Heaven
Dr. Charcot
1992
Les Cœurs brûlés
Marc Leroy · (8 episodes)
1992
Les Enfants du vent
Mayor
1991
La Face de l'Ogre
Ringler
1988
Les pyramides bleues
Noah
1988
Sweet Country
Father Venegas
1987
Mircea Eliade et la redécouverte du sacré
1987
Le collier de velours
Gilbert Piersaint
1986
Year of the Jellyfish
Pierre
1984
Cinq-Mars
Louis XIII
1981
La fin du marquisat d'Aurel
Palamède d'Aurel · (4 episodes)
1980
Le Soleil en face
Dr. Norbert Bollinger
1980
Operation Leopard
Colonel Grasser
1980
The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan
Narateur
1975
Saint-Just and the Force of Things
Maximilien Robespierre
1975
Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter
Stam
1974
The Irony of Chance
Werner Von Rompsay
1974
Threshold of the Void
Dr. Liancourt
1974
L'Apocalypse des animaux
Narrator · (6 episodes)
1973
Le Reflet dans la mer
Karl de Lincken
1973
Aux frontières du possible
Yan Thomas · (13 episodes)
1971
Biribi
Ponchard
1971
Potatoes
German soldier (uncredited)
1969
Misdeal
Jacques Christens
1969
Sin with a Stranger
François
1968
Portrait: Orson Welles
Narrator (voice)
1968
October Revolution
Narrator (French version) (voice)
1967
If I Had Four Dromedaries
Récitant (voice)
1966
Is Paris Burning?
Maj. Roger Gallois
1966
The Forbidden Volcano
Narrator (voice)
1966
The Heat of a Thousand Suns
(voice)
1965
Enchanted Isles
Abrantes
1965
Tournoi
Narrator (voice)
1965
Portuguese Vacation
Pierre
1963
Le dossier Chelsea Street
George Steward
1962
A Man Named Rocca
Xavier Adé
1961
Famous Love Affairs
René de La Roche
1961
The Season for Love
Sylvain
1961
Thank You, Natercia
Alain
1960
Discorama
Self · (1 episode)
1959
A Bullet in the Gun Barrel
Tony
1958
Why Women Sin
Frédéric Martignac, aka Fred
1958
Thérèse Étienne
Gottfried Muller
1958
He Who Must Die
Manolios
1957
Forgive Our Trespasses
René
1956
If Paris Were Told to Us
François Villon
1956