Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

152

Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-08-21

Deathday

1989-04-15 (96 years old)

Place of Birth

Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

Also Known As

Charles-Henri Vanel
Шарль Ванель

Charles Vanel

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charles-Marie Vanel, known as Charles Vanel (21 August 1892 in Rennes, France - 15 April 1989, in Cannes, France) was a French director and actor. He made his screen debut in 1912, in Robert Péguy's Jim Crow. His 77 year career comprised appearances in more than 200 films.

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Known For

7.3%

To Catch a Thief

Aug 3, 1955

7.9%

Diabolique

Jan 29, 1955

8.0%

The Wages of Fear

Apr 22, 1953

7.6%

The Truth

Nov 2, 1960

6.1%

Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece

Dec 6, 1961

6.8%

Illustrious Corpses

Feb 12, 1976

6.4%

Death in the Garden

Sep 21, 1956

7.0%

Woman in Chains

Nov 20, 1968

7.2%

They Were Five

Sep 1, 1936

6.3%

Magnet of Doom

Sep 25, 1963

7.3%

The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life

Dec 22, 1972

7.9%

Les Misérables

Feb 9, 1934

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Acting

1988

The Seasons of Pleasure as Charles van Bert

1987

If the Sun Never Returns as Anzevui

1981		Three Brothers as Donato Giuranna
1981		La Puce et le privé as Mathieu Fortier

1980

The Lost Way as Léon

1978

Ne pleure pas as Le grand-père

1977

Alice or the Last Escapade as Henri Vergennes

1976		Golden Night as Charles Fournier
1976		Boomerang as Jean Ritter
1976		Illustrious Corpses as Procurator Varga
1976		30 millions d'amis as Self

1975		Seven Deaths by Prescription as Pr Brézé
1975		Es herrscht Ruhe im Land as Großvater Parra

1974		Le juge et son bourreau as Le commissaire Bairelard
1974		Spécial cinéma as Self

1973		The End of the Tether as Whalley
1973		Le Reflet dans la mer as Baron Ucciani

1972		The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life as Il Presidente
1972		Camorra as Don Mimo De Ritis
1972		La nuit bulgare as Bohringer
1972		Le Père Goriot as Father Goriot

1970		Them as Professor Swaine
1970		Sébastien et la Mary-Morgane as Louis Maréchal
1970		Countdown to Vengeance as Juliani

1969		Ballad for a Dog as Viachet
1969		À la recherche de Jean Grémillon as Self

1968		Woman in Chains as L'invité au vernissage qui dit 'Oui, ça correspond au schéma du bonhomme' (uncredited)
1968		La séparation as Louis Vigué

1967		Shock Troops as Passevin
1967		L'Arlésienne

1965

Song of the World as Marinau the sailor

1963		Magnet of Doom as Dieudonné Ferchaux
1963		A King Without Distraction as le procureur du roi
1963		Symphony for a Massacre as Paoli
1963		Rififi in Tokyo as Van Hekken
1963		Lo sgarro

1962

The Steppe as Pére Christophore

1961

Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece as Father Alexandre

1960

The Truth as Maître Guérin

1959		Island Fishermen as Shipowner Mével
1959		Gorilla's Waltz as Berthomieu aka 'Le Vieux'
1959		Prisoner of the Volga as Ossip Semjonowitsch
1959		The Wreckers as Marnez

1958		The Mask of the Gorilla as Colonel Berthomieu
1958		No Escape as Caillé
1958		Sinners of Paris as Léonce Pozzi, dit "Le Fondu"

1957		The Suspects as Commissioner Perrache of the D.S.T.
1957		Burning Fuse as Albatrasse

1956		Death in the Garden as Castin
1956		Defend My Love as Verdisio
1956		Cinépanorama as Self

1955		A Missionary as Père Gauthier
1955		Native Drums
1955		To Catch a Thief as Bertani
1955		Diabolique as Police Inspector Alfred Fichet

1954		The Cheerful Squadron as Il capitano Hurluret
1954		Maddalena as Giovanni Lamberti
1954		On Trial as Wolf Andergast
1954		Royal Affairs in Versailles as Mr. de Vergennes

1953

The Wages of Fear as Mr. Jo

1952

Malaire

1951		The Last Sentence as Judge Marco Valsetti
1951		Incantesimo tragico as Bastiano
1951		Il bivio as Lubiani

1950		Cuori sul mare as Nostromo Norus
1950		The Fighting Men as Don Salvatore Sparaino

1949

In the Name of the Law as Massaro Turi Passalacqua

1948		The Woman I Murdered
1948		Vertigine d'amore as Mugnaio Resplanton

1947		Woman of Evil as Laurent
1947		La Cabane aux souvenirs
1947		Le Bateau à soupe as Le capitaine Hervé

1946

Gringalet as Lucien Ravaut

1945		Hanged Man's Farm as François
1945		L'Enquête du 58 as Bernard - le mécanicien

1944

The Woman Who Dared as Pierre Gauthier

1943		The Roquevillards as François Roquevillard
1943		Le soleil a toujours raison as L'homme du mas

1942		Promise to the Unknown One as Bernard Parker
1942		Haut le vent as François Ascarra
1942		Business Is Business as Isidore Lechat

1941

The Black Diamond as François Mitry

1940		The Wonderful Night as le fermier
1940		Cristobal's Gold as Le Coronel - le chef de la police

1939		Law of the North as Dalrymple
1939		Yamilé Under the Cedars as Rachid El Hame
1939		Savage Brigade as Général Kalitjeff

1938		S.O.S. Sahara
1938		Southern Bar as Captain Olivier
1938		Legions of Honor as Captain Dabrau
1938		The West as Jean Cadière
1938		The Woman at the End of the World as Durc, l'Officier Mécanicien
1938		Rail Pirates as Henri Pierson
1938		Crossroads as Roger de Vétheuil

1937		Abused Confidence as Jacques Ferney
1937		Troïka sur la piste blanche
1937		Social Police as Salviati
1937		Southern Carrier as Herlin

1936		Assault as Alexandre Mérital
1936		Port-Arthur as Commander Vassidloff
1936		The Seniors as Henri Lormier
1936		Jenny as Benoit
1936		They Were Five as Charles dit Charlot
1936		The Flame
1936		The Fear as Robert Sylvain
1936		Michel Strogoff

1935		The Green Domino as Nebel, a sculptor
1935		Flight Into Darkness as Le lieutenant Maury
1935		Les Bateliers de la Volga
1935		L'Impossible Aveu
1935		King of the Camargue as Rampal

1934		The Great Game as Clement
1934		At the End of the World as Geroges Laudy
1934		Obsession as Pierre
1934		Les Misérables as Inspector Javert

1933

Gitanes

1932		Case closed
1932		Dainah the Mixed as Michaux
1932		In the Name of the Law as Lancelot
1932		Wooden Crosses as Caporal Breval

1931		Faubourg Montmartre as André Marco, dit Dédé
1931		Rio's yellow house as King-Fu / Scalpa
1931		Dance House as Ramon

1930		The Yellow Captain
1930		L'Arlésienne as Gardian Mitifio
1930		Accused, Stand Up! as Henri Lapalle
1930		In the Night as L'ouvrier carrier
1930		Chic as Fernand (François)

1929		Waterloo as Napoleon
1929		An Ideal Woman as Angel Call
1929		Drei Tage auf Leben und Tod - aus dem Logbuch der U.C.1 as Der Steuermann

1928

Le Passager

1927		Apaches of Paris
1927		Die weisse Sklavin
1927		Feu! as Lieutenant Frémiet
1927		The Prey of the Wind as Pierre Vignal

1926		Nitchevo
1926		Mister Mustard's Millions as John Durand
1926		The Flame

1925		Barocco
1925		The Awakening
1925		A Night of Romance as Matteo Scaliuccio

1924		Iceland Fishermen as Yann
1924		Heart of an Actress
1924		La Flambée des rêves

1923		Calvaire d'amour
1923		L'Autre aile
1923		The House of Mystery as Henri Corradin
1923		Tillers of the Soil

1922		Tempêtes as Raoul Mauduit
1922		Phroso as Dimitri

1921

The Child of the Carnival

Directing

1932

Case closed as Director

1930

In the Night as Director

Production

1952

Malaire as Producer

Writing

1930

In the Night as Writer