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person_profile-Paul Bonifas

Paul Bonifas Died at age: 73

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Paul Bonifas

Date of Birth:

Jun 03, 1902

Country of birth:

France

Died:

Nov 09, 1975

Biography of

Paul Bonifas

    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.  

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Paul Bonifas

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Filmography of

Paul Bonifas

Found 58 Movies in total

The Common Man

Le Maire ( Actor )

... 1975

The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

le père de François Perrin ( Actor )

... 1974

The Last Train

Le voisin ( Actor )

... 1973

Love Me Strangely

Le portier de l'hôtel ( Actor )

... 1971

Cold Sweat

The doctor ( Actor )

... 1970

The Horse

Un témoin lors de l'accident dela voiture ( Actor )

... 1970

The Christmas Tree

(uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1969

Secret World

Gustave / servant ( Actor )

... 1969

Triple Cross

Charlie ( Actor )

... 1966

... 1966

... 1966

Le naïf amoureux

'Tonton Louis' ( Actor )

... 1965

Lucky Jo

Légiste (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1964

The Train

Spinet ( Actor )

... 1964

Greed in the Sun

Doctor Magnart, former professor in Lyon ( Actor )

... 1964

Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent

Le notaire ( Actor )

... 1964

Charade

Mr. Felix ( Actor )

... 1963

... 1963

The Depths

Mons. Lapeyre ( Actor )

... 1963

Sundays and Cybele

Grocer ( Actor )

... 1962

... 1961

Blood on His Sword

Le chirurgien / Doctor of Louis XI ( Actor )

... 1961

Fanny

The Postman ( Actor )

... 1961

Goodbye Again

Cellarman ( Actor )

... 1961

The Truth

Un greffier ( Actor )

... 1960

The Enemy General

Mayor ( Actor )

... 1960

... 1960

Love and the Frenchwoman

Le père de Ginette (« La Virginité ») ( Actor )

... 1960

... 1958

Les Misérables

Le médecin de l'hôpital ( Actor )

... 1958

Sinners of Paris

L'inspecteur Renaud ( Actor )

... 1958

Mademoiselle and Her Gang

Marcel, owner of the hotel ( Actor )

... 1957

Love in the Afternoon

Police Chief (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1957

The Case of Dr. Laurent

Guillaumin ( Actor )

... 1957

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Master Lecornu ( Actor )

... 1956

Frou-Frou

Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1955

Lettre ouverte

Honoré, the father-in-law ( Actor )

... 1953

Holiday for Henrietta

The Newsagent (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1952

... 1952

... 1952

Dans la vie tout s'arrange

Monsieur Bleubois ( Actor )

... 1952

The Green Glove

Inspector ( Actor )

... 1952

... 1952

Duel à Dakar

The Commander ( Actor )

... 1951

Amazing Monsieur Fabre

Le ministre Victor Duruy ( Actor )

... 1951

Pardon My French

Monsieur Bleubois ( Actor )

... 1951

... 1951

Juliette, or Key of Dreams

La capitaine du cargo ( Actor )

... 1951

Bedelia

Insurance Manager (as Paul Boniface) ( Actor )

... 1946

Lisbon Story

Stephan Corelle ( Actor )

... 1946

Johnny Frenchman

Jerome ( Actor )

... 1945

Dead of Night

French Nightclub Patron (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

The Man from Morocco

French Mayor ( Actor )

... 1945

Champagne Charlie

Targetino ( Actor )

... 1944

English Without Tears

Monsieur Rolland ( Actor )

... 1944

Candlelight in Algeria

French Proprietor ( Actor )

... 1944

The Foreman Went to France

Prefect of Rouville ( Actor )

... 1942

... 1939