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Philippe Clay

Philippe Clay, born Philippe Mathevet, (March 7, 1927 – December 13, 2007) was a French mime artist, singer and actor. He was known for his tall and slim silhouette (he was 1,90 m tall) and for his interpretations of songs by Charles Aznavour, Claude Nougaro, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Boris Vian, Serge Gainsbourg, Jean Yanne, Léo Ferré, Jacques Datin, Jean-Claude Massoulier or Bernard Dimey. He interpreted “La Complainte des Apaches” for the TV series Les Brigades du Tigre, written by Henri Djian and composed by Claude Bolling. As an actor, he appeared in many movies (Bell, Book and Candle) and television films. One of his famous roles is in the Jean Renoir film, French Cancan, where he played Casimir le Serpentin (a character inspired by Valentin le désossé). Description above from the Wikipedia article Philippe Clay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Paris, France, 1927-03-07

Died: 2007-12-13

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Rome Express	Sleeping car employee	30
2	1952	Le crime du Bouif		0
3	1955	French Cancan	Casimir le Serpentin	71
4	1956	Life is beautiful	le pasteur	45
5	1956	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Clopin Trouillefou	67
6	1957	It Happened on the 36 Candles	Self (uncredited)	20
7	1957	Nathalie	Adolphe Faisant	59
8	1958	En bordée	Bailladrisse / Yves Biadrix	70
9	1958	Toto in Paris	il finto maggiordomo	62
10	1958	Bell, Book and Candle	French Singer at the Zodiac Club	64
11	1959	Drôles de phénomènes	The Butler Barns	60
12	1959	The Road to Shame	Tom	60
13	1959	The Bureaucrats	Letondu	55
14	1959	The Night of the Hunted	Taretta	30
15	1960	Take Me As I Am	Carlo	60
16	1960	Lay Off Blondes	L'inspecteur Al Wheeler	0
17	1961	In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!	Jean-Louis Preminger (voice)	61
18	1962	Musketeers of the Sea	Gosselin	50
19	1965	Ivory Coast Adventure	Renaud Lefranc	60
20	1966	Sale temps pour les mouches	Pierre Mazaud, aka 'Félix'	57
21	1967	The Hotheads	Prêcheur	60
22	1970	Pour un sourire	Nicolas	65
23	1971	Let's Arm Ourselves and Go!	generale McMaster	61
24	1972	Not Dumb, the Bird	Jack Bromfield	60
25	1972	Les joyeux lurons	L'abbé Larivière	28
26	1973	The Insolent	Dargnac	30
27	1974	The Three Musketeers	Richelieu	60
28	1974	Shanks	Mr. Barton	49
29	1981	Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryx	L'ébéniste	0
30	1982	Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ	Herald of the arena	61
31	1983	Salut la puce	Rigodo-Cartecolin, un marionnettiste	57
32	1983	A Good Little Devil	Judge	48
33	1985	L'Herbe rouge	Mr. Perle	0
34	1993	Le gourou occidental	Serge	0
35	1993	Die Wildnis	Peasant	20
36	1995	Krim	Eugène	0
37	1998	Marceeel!!!		0
38	1998	Lautrec	Auguste Renoir	50
39	1999	The Freelancers	Le Chatelain	45
40	1999	Alexina's House	Raffin	60
41	1999	Tuvalu	Karl	61
42	2001	Des croix sur la mer	Napoléon	0
43	2002	1974, une partie de campagne	Self	65
44	2007	Dombey and Son	Jérémie	0
45	2020	Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort	Self (archive footage)	10
46	2022	La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président	Self (archive footage)	72

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1959	Discorama	Self	0
2	1968	À bout portant	Self	80
3	1971	Samedi soir	Self	60
4	1971	La Brigade des maléfices		55
5	1971	Cadet Rousselle	Self - Coup de chapeau	0
6	1972	Midi trente	Self	60
7	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60
8	1975	Système 2	Self	0
9	1976	30 millions d'amis	Self	58
10	1976	30 millions d'amis	Self - Host	58
11	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self	63
12	1983	Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon	'Black-Fish'	0
13	1986	Catherine	Barnabé	50
14	1987	Le Gerfaut	Le baron von Winkleried	90
15	1989	La Comtesse de Charny	Le baron de Taverney	50
16	1996	Les Allumettes suédoises	l'Araignée	0
17	1998	La Grande Béké	Fifi Zecotte	100
18	1998	The Count of Monte Cristo	Chanteur Complainte	72
19	1998	Vivement dimanche	Self	30