Maurice Ronet
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 13, 1927
- Died
- March 14, 1983
- Birthplace
- Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Maurice Ronet (13 April 1927 – 14 March 1983) was a French film actor, director, and writer. Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes. He was the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut at the age of 14 alongside his parents in Sacha Guitry's Deux couverts in Lausanne. After attending the Parisian acting school Centre du Spectacle de la Rue-Blanche, he entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1944, where Jean-Louis Barrault was one of his mentors. When he made his film debut at 22 in Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de juillet (1949) in a role that was written specifically for him by Becker, he had little interest in pursuing an acting career. After completing the film, he married Maria Pacôme (a French stage actress and playwright), and they departed to Moustiers-Sainte-Marie in Provence, where he tried his hand at ceramics. After completing his military service, he returned to Paris in the early 1950s where he took courses in philosophy and physics, and pursued his passion for literature, music (piano and organ), film and painting. His artwork, part of the peinture non figurative movement, was exhibited with friends Jean Dubuffet and Georges Mathieu. He also acted occasionally in small roles in the films of French directors like Yves Ciampi and René Wheeler, with ambitions of becoming a filmmaker himself. Gradually, however, he came to discover a freedom in acting and a creative satisfaction that provided a synthesis of all his interests. Maurice Ronet became one of European cinema's more prolific actors. Between 1955 and 1975 he appeared in over 60 films. He often portrayed characters who were in conflict with themselves or society. He first garnered acclaim at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival for a supporting role in Jean Dreville's Endless Horizons (Horizons sans fin) and over the next few years as the romantic lead in André Michel's La sorcière (The Blonde Witch/The Sorceress, 1956) and in Jules Dassin's He Who Must Die (Celui qui doit mourir, 1957). It was at the presentation of "La Sorcière" at Cannes where he met a creative and an intellectual counterpart in Louis Malle. Two years later, he made his international box-office breakthrough as Julien Tavernier in Malle's first feature film Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud 1958), which features Jeanne Moreau. He originated the role of Philippe Greenleaf in Purple Noon (Plein soleil, 1960), René Clément's adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley. ... Source: Article "Maurice Ronet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
Undressing a Legacy 2021
as Self (archive footage)
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables 2021
as Self (archive footage)
Barefoot in the Kitchen 2013
as (archive footage)
Mag Bodard, un destin 2005
as Self (archive footage)
Surprise Party 1983
as Georges Levesques
La Guérilléra 1982
as Brutus
La Balance 1982
as Roger Massina
Un matin rouge 1982
as Henri
Beau Pere 1981
as Charly
Sphinx 1981
as Yvon Mageot
Bloodline 1979
as Charles Martin
Death of a Corrupt Man 1977
as Philippe Dubaye
Emmenez-moi au Ritz 1977
as Philippe Gregor
Madame Claude 1977
as Pierre
Bartleby 1976
Director
Golden Night 1976
as Nuit d'or
Oh, mia bella matrigna 1976
as Luigi
Why They Kill Themselves 1976
Actor
To the Bitter End 1975
as Paul Jordan
The Golden Mass 1975
as David
Only the Wind Knows the Answer 1974
as Robert Lucas
Cry of the Heart 1974
as Mathieu
The Marseille Contract 1974
as Inspector Briac
Night Police Station 1974
as Vittorio Cazzaniga
The Red Room 1973
as Jean Gerfaud
The Crazy Capo Affair 1973
as Diserens
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman 1973
as Piere Gonzague
Without Warning 1973
as Raoul Maury
Seduction 1973
as Giuseppe Lagana
Devil in the Brain 1972
as Fabrizio Garces
The Pebbles of Etratat 1972
as Kelvo
Scandal Man 1972
as Marc Fontemps
The Deadly Trap 1971
as L'homme de l'organisation
Raphael or the Debauched One 1971
as Raphaël de Lorris
A Little, a Lot, Passionately 1971
as Didier
The Sensuous Assassin 1970
as Serge
The Modification 1970
as Léon Delmont
Last Leap 1970
as Garal
Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale 1970
as Commissario
The Vixen 1969
as Jérôme
The Scarlet Lady 1969
as François
Delphine 1969
as Jean-Marc, couturier ami de Delphine
The Swimming Pool 1969
as Harry
The Unfaithful Wife 1969
as Victor Pegala
Birds in Peru 1968
as Rainier
How Sweet It Is! 1968
as Phillipe
A Devil Under the Pillow 1968
as Lotario
Garden of Delights 1967
as Carlo
The Road to Corinth 1967
as Dex
The Champagne Murders 1967
as Paul Wagner
Long March 1966
as Doctor Chevalier
Line of Demarcation 1966
as Pierre, comte de Damville
Lost Command 1966
as Capain. Boisfeuras
Three Rooms in Manhattan 1965
as François Combe
Amador 1965
as Amador
The Thief of Tibadabo 1965
as Nicolas, Director, Screenplay
Circle of Love 1964
as Henri
Wherever You Are 1964
as Paul Vallier
Pariahs of Glory 1964
as Ferrier
The Pit and the Pendulum 1964
as Le condamné à mort
The Victors 1963
as French Lieutenant
The Fire Within 1963
as Alain Leroy
Casablanca, Nest of Spies 1963
as Maurice Desjardins
Scarlet Eye 1963
as Dr. Gérard Rinaldi
Enough Rope 1963
as Walter Saccard
Assassin's Check 1962
as Gilbert Vitry
The Immoral Moment 1962
as Michel Jussieu
Midnight Meeting 1962
as Pierre Neyris
Liberté I 1962
as Michel
Time Out for Love 1961
as Philippe
Il peccato degli anni verdi 1960
as Paolo Donati
Mi último tango 1960
as Dario Ledesma
Purple Noon 1960
as Philippe Greenleaf
The Devil Made a Woman 1959
as José
This Desired Body 1959
as Henri Messardier
That Night 1958
as Jean Mallet
Carve Her Name with Pride 1958
as Jacques
Elevator to the Gallows 1958
as Julien Tavernier
He Who Must Die 1957
as Michelis
Missing Persons Section 1956
as Juan Milford
The Blonde Witch 1956
as Laurent Brulard
The Aristocrats 1955
as Christophe de Conti
Pleasures and Vices 1955
as 'Gueule d'ange'
Casta diva 1954
as Vincenzo Bellini
House of Ricordi 1954
as Vincenzo Bellini
Castles in Spain 1954
as Miguel Murillo
The Healer 1953
as André Turenne
Lucrèce Borgia 1953
as Perotto
Poison Ivy 1953
as Mickey
- Endless Horizons
Endless Horizons 1953
as Marc Caussade
Desperate Decision 1952
as Jim
The Seven Deadly Sins 1952
as The priest (segment "La Luxure")
Perfectionist 1951
as François
Rendezvous in July 1949
as Roger Moulin
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