Moustache (actor)

François-Alexandre Galepides, known by the stage name Moustache, was a French actor and jazz drummer of Greek descent. He was born 14 February 1929 in Paris and died 25 March 1987 in Arpajon in a car accident.

Biography

In 1948 he joined Lorient, the orchestra of Claude Luter, as a drummer, playing in clubs of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. He also regularly accompanied Sidney Bechet in France.

From 1950, he led his own bands (''Les sept complices'' and ''Les gros minets''). With the group Moustache et ses Moustachus, from 1956, he recorded, as a drummer and singer, several rock'n'roll novelty songs (e.g. "Le Croque-Skull-Creux", on a text by Boris Vian).

In 1978, he formed the group ''Les petits Français'' (including Marcel Zanini, Michel Attenoux and François Guin), which recorded, among other things, jazz pieces by Georges Brassens.

In parallel, Moustache had a career as a restaurateur (the restaurant Moustache, Avenue Duquesne Paris), head of clubs (in the 1960s, The Bilboquet and in 1976, The Jazz Club at the Hotel Méridien Etoile), comic and actor.

He was a member of the Star Racing Team in motor racing, with other celebrities of the 1980s such actors Jean-Louis Trintignant and Guy Marchand.

Filmography

*1954 : '' Du rififi chez les hommes''
*1955 : '' Ce sacré Amédée''
*1956 : '' The Lebanese Mission'' as Hassan
*1956 : ''Law of the Streets''
*1956 : '' Paris, Palace Hôtel'' as Le maître d'hôtel du réveillon
*1957 : '' Love in the Afternoon'' as Butcher (uncredited)
*1957 : '' Three Days to Live'' as Davros
*1957 : '' Le Grand Bluff'' as Moustache
*1957 : ''Incognito''
*1957 : '' Mademoiselle Strip-tease'' as Moustache
*1957 : ''Comme un cheveu sur la soupe'' as Drummer in the orchestra
*1958 : '' Neither Seen Nor Recognized'' as Ovide Parju, the gamekeeper
*1959 : ''Ramuntcho'' as L'aubergiste
*1959 : '' Pêcheur d'Islande''
*1959 : '' Sergent X'' as Lopez
*1959 : '' La Nuit des traqués''
*1960 : '' Jack of Spades'' as Café patron
*1961 : '' Vive Henri IV... vive l'amour !'' as La Ferrière
*1961 : '' Fanny''
*1961 : ''Paris Blues'' as Drummer
*1963 : '' L'Abominable Homme des douanes'' as Inspector
*1963 : ''In the French Style'' as Restaurateur
*1964 : '' Hardi Pardaillan!''
*1964 : '' Circus World'' as Barman
*1965 : '' The Art of Love''
*1965 : '' Lady L'' as Client
*1966 : ''How to Steal a Million'' as Guard
*1967 : '' Two for the Road''
*1968 : ''Mayerling'' as Bratfish
*1968 : ''A Flea in Her Ear'' as Fat Man in Room 11
*1968 : ' as Gustav
*1969 : ''Avalanche'' – ''sous réserve''
*1970 : '' Le Cri du cormoran le soir au-dessus des jonques''
*1975 : ''Zorro'' as Sergeant Garcia
*1975 : '' Au-delà de la peur'' as Georgeaud
*1976 : '' Attention les yeux !''
*1977 : '' Monsieur Papa'' as Gilles's father
*1978 : '' Silver Bears'' as Señor Bendetti
*1978 : '' Le Dernier Amant romantique''
*1979 : '' Le Maître-nageur'' as Zopoulos
*1982 : ''Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ'' as Emir
*1984 : '' Neuville ma belle''

References

*Moustache. ''Tambour battant : (propos recueillis par Guillaume Hanoteau)''. Julliard, 1975.
* Yvan Foucart: ''Dictionnaire des comédiens français disparus'', Mormoiron : Éditions cinéma, 2008, 1185 p.

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French male film actors
French jazz drummers
Male drummers
Musicians from Paris
1929 births
1987 deaths
Male actors from Paris
20th-century French male actors
Road incident deaths in France
20th-century French musicians
French people of Greek descent
20th-century drummers
20th-century French male musicians
French male jazz musicians