Roland Lesaffre (26 June 1927 – 3 February 2009) was a French
film actor
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[Turk p.380] He appeared in many films directed by
Marcel Carné
Marcel Albert Carné (; 18 August 1906 – 31 October 1996) was a French film director. A key figure in the poetic realism movement, Carné's best known films include ''Port of Shadows'' (1938), ''Le Jour Se Lève'' (1939), ''Les Visiteurs du Soi ...
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Selected filmography
* ''La présidente'' (1938)
* ''L'embuscade'' (1941)
* ''
La Marie du port'' (1950) - Un marin (uncredited)
* ''
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
''Juliette, or Key of Dreams'' () is a 1951 French drama film directed by Marcel Carné. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. The film is based on a play by Georges Neveux.
Cast
* Gérard Philipe as Michel Grandier
* Suzanne Clou ...
'' (1951) - Le légionnaire
* ''
The Strange Madame X'' (1951) - Roland - le garçon de café (uncredited)
* ''
Paris Is Always Paris'' (1951)
* ''
Le Plaisir'' (1952) - Bit part (uncredited)
* ''
Casque d'Or'' (1952) - Anatole (waiter)
* ''
We Are All Murderers
''We Are All Murderers'' (French: ''Nous sommes tous des assassins'', Italian: ''Siamo tutti assassini'') is a 1952 French-Italian crime drama film written and directed by André Cayatte and starring Marcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin and Cla ...
'' (1952) - Le détenu-coiffeur
* ''
When You Read This Letter
''When You Read This Letter'' (French: ''Quand tu liras cette lettre'') is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Philippe Lemaire, Juliette Gréco and Yvonne Sanson.
It was shot at the Billancourt Stu ...
'' (1953) - Roland
* ''
Thérèse Raquin
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'' (1953) - Riton, le matelot maître-chanteur
* ''
The Love of a Woman
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'' (1953) - Yves
* ''
The Air of Paris '' (1954) - André Ménard
* ''
To Catch a Thief
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'' (1955) - Claude (uncredited)
* ''
If Paris Were Told to Us'' (1956) - Le premier royaliste
* ''
Law of the Streets'' (1956) - Le grêle
* ''Hadashi no seishun'' (1956) - Father Simenon
* ''
Suspicion'' (1956) - Raymond Dellez
* ''
Crime and Punishment
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* ''Méfiez-vous fillettes'' (1957) - Paul
* ''Filous et compagnie'' (1957) - Fernand, le chauffeur
* ''La Bonne Tisane'' (1958) - Roger
* ''Le Piège'' (1958) - Undetermined Role (uncredited)
* ''
Young Sinners'' (1958) - Roger
* ''Le 7eme jour de Saint-Malo'' (1960) - François - un guide malouin
* ''Amour, Autocar et Boîtes de nuit'' (1960) - Albert
* ''
Wasteland'' (1960) - Big Chief
* ''La Fête espagnole'' (1961) - Marcel Nancini
* ''Les Menteurs'' (1961) - Clement
* ''
Ursus and the Tartar Princess'' (1961) - Ivan
* ''Du mouron pour les petits oiseaux'' (1963) - Monsieur Clec - le tailleur
* ''
The Accident'' (1963) - Le Goualec
* ''
Les Parias de la gloire'' (1964) - La Coquille
* ''Le Bluffeur'' (1964) - Philippe
* ''L'étrange auto-stoppeuse'' (1964)
* ''L'Or du duc'' (1965) - Le chauffeur de la RATP
* ''
Three Rooms in Manhattan'' (1965) - Pierre
* ''Pas de panique'' (1966) - François Toussaint
* ''
Star Pilot'' (1966) - Prof. Solmi
* ''
The Young Wolves'' (1968) - Albert
* ''Le Bal des voyous'' (1968) - Inspector Fougas
* ''Traquenards'' (1969) - Bob
* ''Le bourgeois gentil mec'' (1969) - L'inspecteur
* ''L'amour, oui! Mais...'' (1970) - Flou-Flou
* ''
Atlantic Wall
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'' (1970) - Le faux résistant
* ''Les enfants de Caïn'' (1970)
* ''
Law Breakers
''Law Breakers'' () is a 1971 French crime film starring Jacques Brel, directed by Marcel Carné. It was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival.
Based on a real-life incident, an idealistic and dedicated magistrate is assigne ...
'' (1971) - Saugeat
* ''Les coups pour rien'' (1971) - Michel
* ''Kisss.....'' (1971) - Le flic en civil de Dieppe
* ''La Merveilleuse Visite'' (1974) - Ménard
* ''Maître Pygmalion'' (1975)
* ''Il faut vivre dangereusement'' (1975) - Edouard Lory
* ''El avispero'' (1976)
* ''Arch of Triumph'' (1980)
* ''Salut... j'arrive!'' (1982) - L'agent à la fourrière
* ''Bernadette'' (1988) - François Soubirous
* ''La passion de Bernadette'' (1990)
* ''Dames galantes'' (1990) - Canillac
* ''
Mouche'' (1991,
incomplete
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* Incomplete (Bad Religion song), "Incomplete" (Bad Religion song), 1994
* Inco ...
) - role unknown
References
Bibliography
* Edward Baron Turk. ''Child of Paradise: Marcel Carné and the Golden Age of French Cinema''. Harvard University Press, 1989.
External links
*
1927 births
2009 deaths
French male film actors
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