Paul Meurisse

Paul Meurisse (21 December 1912, Dunkirk – 19 January 1979, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French actor who appeared in over 60 films and many stage productions. Meurisse was noted for the elegance of his acting style, and for his versatility. He was equally able to play comedic and serious dramatic roles. His screen appearances ranged from the droll and drily humorous to the menacing and disturbing. His most celebrated role was that of the sadistic and vindictive headmaster in the 1955 film Les Diaboliques. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Meurisse, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Dunkerque, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, 1912-12-21

Died: 1979-01-19

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1941	Ne bougez plus !	Hector	0
2	1941	Montmartre on the Seine	Paul Mariol	60
3	1942	Forbidden to Love	Maxime Gavard	30
4	1942	Love Marriage	Robert	0
5	1943	The Wolf Farm	Furet	41
6	1945	Vingt-quatre heures de perm'		0
7	1945	Destitute Mary		0
8	1946	The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic	B.B. / Richard Fernay	0
9	1946	Back Streets of Paris	Victor Ménard, l'ancien complice de Mme Rose	61
10	1947	Inspector Sergil	Inspector Pierre Sergil	0
11	1947	Monsieur chasse	Moricet	55
12	1947	Bethsabée	Le capitaine Lucien Sommervill - l'ex amant d'Arabella	49
13	1948	The Eleven O'Clock Woman	Stanilas Octave Seminario SOS, détective	61
14	1948	Colonel Durand	Colonel of the Empire Gérard Durand	50
15	1948	Le Dessous des cartes	Inspector Nansen	55
16	1948	Impasse of Two Angels	Jean	56
17	1948	Sergil et le dictateur	Inspector Sergil	0
18	1948	Scandal	Steve Richardson	35
19	1949	The Red Angel		0
20	1949	Last Hour, Special Edition	Dominique Coche	60
21	1950	Agnes of Nothing	Carlos	58
22	1951	Maria of the End of the World		0
23	1951	Serenade to the Executioner		60
24	1951	My Wife Is Formidable	Lui-même chez le dentiste	47
25	1952	Sergil Among the Girls	l'inspecteur Sergil	20
26	1953	Je suis un mouchard	Bob Torquella	0
27	1954	The Contessa's Secret	L'empereur Napoléon III	0
28	1955	Diabolique	Michel Delassalle	79
29	1955	Fortune carrée	Mordhom	50
30	1955	The Case of Poisons	l'abbé Guibourg	67
31	1957	Until the Last One	Fredo Ricioni	56
32	1957	The Inspector Likes a Fight		10
33	1958	Les Violents	Principal Inspector Malouvier	48
34	1958	Not Delivered	Divisional Commissioner Varzeilles	60
35	1958	Seventh Heaven	Manuel Villa	55
36	1959	Guinguette	Viscount Édouard de Villancourt	60
37	1959	Head Against the Wall	Dr. Emery	68
38	1959	Marie-Octobre	François Renaud-Picart	73
39	1959	Picnic on the Grass	Étienne Alexis, célèbre biologiste	64
40	1960	Love and the Frenchwoman	Jean-Claude Perret, publicitaire et mari cocu (segment "L'Adultère")	49
41	1960	The Truth	Maître Éparvier	76
42	1961	The Black Monocle	Dromard, "Le Monocle"	59
43	1961	The Game of Truth	Portrant	59
44	1961	The New Aristrocrats	Father Philippe de Maubrun	10
45	1962	Bells Without Joy	Captain of Lambérieux	32
46	1962	The Eye of the Monocle	Théobald 'Monocle' Dromard	61
47	1963	Chicken Feed for Little Birds	M. Armand, un ancien truand	60
48	1963	Be Careful Ladies	Charles Rouvier	57
49	1963	L'assassin connaît la musique	Lionel Fribourg	77
50	1963	Crooks in Clover	commandant Théobald Dromard, dit « Le Monocle »	77
51	1964	The Monocle's Sour Laugh	le commandant Théobald Dromar dit 'le Monocle'	53
52	1965	Me and the Forty Year Old Man	Alexandre Dumourier	50
53	1965	Le Majordome	Léopold	74
54	1965	The Big Swag	Paul Filippi, gentleman crook	60
55	1965	When the Pheasants Pass	Alexandre Larsan-Bellac	65
56	1966	Congress of Love	Talleyrand	10
57	1966	Le Deuxième Souffle	Commissioner Blot	76
58	1969	Army of Shadows	Luc Jardie	79
59	1971	Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques	Kruger	59
60	1971	Easy Down There!	Il vescovo	66
61	1973	The Voracious Ones	Inspecteur Martino	52
62	1974	The Suspects	Laurent Kirchner	54
63	1975	The Gypsy	Yan Kuq	63
64	1976	The Education in Love of Valentin	Julien Blaise	50
65	2008	Code Name: Melville	Self	67

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	Samedi soir	Self	60
2	1972	Le Grand Échiquier	Self	80