Michel Robin (13 November 1930 – 18 November 2020)[1] was a French film, stage, and television actor. A sociétaire of the Comédie-Française since 1996,[2] he also appeared in 120 films from 1966 to 2018.[3] He won several awards for his acting, including the Moliere Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Grand Jury Prize winner at the Locarno Festival in 1979.[4] [5]
Michel Robin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 November 1930 |
| Died | 18 November 2020 (aged 90) Rambouillet, Yvelines, France |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1966–2018 |
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? | William Klein | ||
| 1967 | L'une et l'autre | René Allio | ||
| 1968 | Les secrets de la mer rouge | The bailiff | TV series (1 episode) | |
| Les dossiers de l'agence O | Barbet | Jean Salvy, Marc Simenon | TV series (12 episodes) | |
| L'astragale | Pierre | Guy Casaril | ||
| Les grandes espérances | The postilion | Marcel Cravenne | TV movie | |
| 1969 | Délire à deux | The neighbor | Michel Mitrani | TV movie |
| Café du square | Louis Daquin | TV series (2 episodes) | ||
| 1970 | The Confession | The accuser | Costa-Gavras | |
| Irmãos Coragem | Alberto | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| Un otage | The volunteer of I.R.A. | Marcel Cravenne (2) | TV movie | |
| Le mur de l'Atlantique | The shoemaker | Marcel Camus | ||
| Alice au pays des merveilles | Fantasy-turtle | Jean-Christophe Averty | TV movie | |
| Brigitte C. Six | Jean-Claude Huisman | Short | ||
| 1971 | Les nouvelles aventures de Vidocq | Ploche | Marcel Bluwal | TV series (1 episode) |
| Don't Deliver Us from Evil | Léon | Joël Séria | ||
| Ubu enchaîné | Pissembock | Jean-Christophe Averty (2) | TV movie | |
| La coqueluche | The controller | Christian-Paul Arrighi | ||
| Le songe d'une nuit d'été | Down-and-hunger | Jean-Christophe Averty (3) | TV movie | |
| 1972 | Les cent livres des hommes | Tsiganok | TV series (1 episode) | |
| Quelque part quelqu'un | The depressed patient | Yannick Bellon | ||
| Le petit poucet | The woodcutter | Michel Boisrond | ||
| 1973 | La porteuse de pain | Firmin | Marcel Camus (2) | TV mini-series (1 episode) |
| The Dominici Affair | Perrin | Claude Bernard-Aubert | ||
| Wielka milosc Balzaka | Wojciech Solarz | TV mini-series | ||
| The Invitation | Remy Placet | Claude Goretta | ||
| Les Mohicans de Paris | Barthelemy | Gilles Grangier | TV series | |
| The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob | The monk | Gérard Oury | ||
| Molière pour rire et pour pleurer | The soldier | Marcel Camus (3) | TV mini-series | |
| 1974 | Black Thursday | The cousin | Michel Mitrani (2) | |
| L'ange de la rivière morte | Surlot | Edouard Logereau | TV movie | |
| L'homme au contrat | Léoni | Jacques Audoir | TV series | |
| Verdict | Véricel | André Cayatte | ||
| Erica Minor | The man with the mistress | Bertrand Van Effenterre | ||
| Jean Pinot, médecin d'aujourd'hui | Father Georges Videau | Michel Fermaud | TV series | |
| Ardéchois-coeur-fidèle | Louvigny | Jean-Pierre Gallo | TV mini-series | |
| Le beau samedi | Renaud Walter | Short | ||
| 1975 | That Most Important Thing: Love | Raymond Lapade | Andrzej Żuławski | |
| Pas si méchant que ça | François | Claude Goretta (2) | ||
| Les prétendants de Madame Berrou | The teacher | Hervé Baslé | TV movie | |
| Pays | Henri | Jacques Krier | TV movie | |
| Cécile ou La Raison des femmes: Vivre à deux | The father | Hervé Baslé (2), Youri | TV mini-series | |
| La traque | Chamond | Serge Leroy | ||
| Un sac de billes | Mantelier | Jacques Doillon | ||
| Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes | Contenson | Maurice Cazeneuve | TV mini-series | |
| Cyrus le violoncelliste | The uncle | Fabrice Cazeneuve | Short | |
| 1976 | I Am Pierre Riviere | The father | Christine Lipinska | |
| Première neige | Gustave | Claude Santelli | TV movie | |
| L'éducation amoureuse de Valentin | Monsieur Bertand | Jean L'Hôte | ||
| The Toy | The domestic | Francis Veber | ||
| Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret | Xavier Marton | Jean-Louis Muller | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1977 | The Old Fox | Eric Finberg | José Giovanni | TV series (1 episode) |
| Le coeur froid | Xavuer | Henri Helman | ||
| Les héritiers | Dédé | Roger Pigaut | TV series (1 episode) | |
| Le point de mire | Little Louis | Jean-Claude Tramont | ||
| Cinéma 16 | Mardigras | Bernard Dubois | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1978 | Holiday Hotel | Léonce | Michel Lang | |
| La vigne à Saint-Roman | Philémon | Jean Pradinas | TV movie | |
| Les procès témoins de leur temps | Joseph | Jean Cazenave | TV series (1 episode) | |
| Les Cinq Dernières Minutes | René Flamand | Claude Loursais | TV series (1 episode) | |
| Messieurs les ronds de cuir | Sainthomme | Daniel Ceccaldi | TV movie | |
| 1979 | Les petites fugues | Pipe | Yves Yersin | Locarno International Film Festival - Bronze Leopard |
| Un si joli village | Gaspard | Étienne Périer | ||
| Le troisième couteau | Rodolphe | Robert Valey | TV movie | |
| Le grand inquisiteur | The Grand Inquisitor | Raoul Sangla | TV movie | |
| Womanlight | The doctor | Costa-Gavras (2) | ||
| Jean le Bleu | M. La Reine | Hélène Martin | TV movie | |
| Les petits soirs | Father Gobert | Raoul Sangla (2) | TV movie | |
| Une femme dans la ville | Paul Piegu | Joannick Desclers | TV movie | |
| 1980 | Le barbier de Séville | Don Bazile | Jean Pignol | TV movie |
| Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 | Anatole | Jean Brard | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| The Horse of Pride | The Marquis | Claude Chabrol | ||
| La femme enfant | The father | Raphaële Billetdoux | ||
| Deux lions au soleil | The man in the park | Claude Faraldo | ||
| Les dossiers de l'écran | The monarchist | Alexandre Astruc | TV series (1 episode) | |
| Bobo la tête | Simon | Gilles Katz | ||
| Cinéma 16 | Vincent | Bruno Gantillon | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1981 | Caméra une première | The watchmaker | Antoine Gallien | TV series (1 episode) |
| Le mythomane | The concierge | Michel Wyn | TV series (1 episode) | |
| La vie des autres | Uncle Louis | Jean-Pierre Prévost | TV series (1 episode) | |
| Le voyage du Hollandais | The traveler | Charles Brabant | TV movie | |
| Histoire contemporaine | The Abbot Guitrel | Michel Boisrond (2) | TV mini-series | |
| La Chèvre | Alexandre Bens | Francis Veber (2) | ||
| On demande grand-père gentil | M. Robert | Gisèle Braunberger | TV Short | |
| 1982 | Nestor Burma, détective de choc | Florimont Faroux | Jean-Luc Miesch | |
| La sorcière | Archbishop | Charles Brabant (2) | TV movie | |
| Le canard sauvage | The old Ekdal | Guy Lessertisseur | TV movie | |
| De bien étranges affaires | Baldouine | Jean-Luc Miesch (2) | TV series (1 episode) | |
| La saisie | Yves-Noël François | Short | ||
| Casting | Arthur Joffé | |||
| 1983 | The Death of Mario Ricci | Fernand Blondel | Claude Goretta (3) | |
| Fraggle Rock | Doc | Jim Henson | TV series (French version only) | |
| Une pierre dans la bouche | Victor | Jean-Louis Leconte | ||
| Le Marginal | Alfred Gonet | Jacques Deray | ||
| 1984 | The Blood of Others | Raoul | Claude Chabrol (2) | |
| I cani di Gerusalemme | The bishop | Fabio Carpi | TV movie | |
| Machinations | Professor Poinsard | Bruno Gantillon (2) | TV series | |
| Une rébellion à Romans | A notable | Philippe Venault | ||
| La reverdie | Morelle | Philippe Condroyer | TV series | |
| 1985 | Gwen, or the Book of Sand | Roseline | Jean-François Laguionie | |
| L'amour en douce | Gabriel | Édouard Molinaro | ||
| Drôle de samedi | The dentist client | Tunç Okan | ||
| L'amour ou presque | The service station's owner | Patrice Gautier | ||
| Harem | Monsieur Raoul | Arthur Joffé (2) | ||
| Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret | François Lagrange | Jean Brard (2) | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1986 | Marie Love | Le Nez | Jean-Pierre Richard | TV movie |
| Samedi, dimanche, lundi | Antonio | Yves-André Hubert | TV movie | |
| Nanou | Monsieur Henri | Conny Templeman | ||
| Cinéma 16 | Sébastien | Franck Apprederis | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1987 | Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret | Moers | Georges Ferraro | TV series (1 episode) |
| Storms in May | Pfarrer | Xaver Schwarzenberger | TV movie | |
| La villa du cap | Laurent de Bartillat | Short | ||
| 1989 | La nuit de l'eclusier | Charles Belloz | Franz Rickenbach | |
| Les Maris, les Femmes, les Amants | Tocanier | Pascal Thomas | ||
| Marquis | Ambert | Henri Xhonneux | ||
| Les nuits révolutionnaires | The igniter | Charles Brabant (3) | TV mini-series | |
| 1990 | Stan the Flasher | The detainee | Serge Gainsbourg | |
| Série rose | Alain Schwartzstein | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 1991 | Toto the Hero | Old Alfred | Jaco Van Dormael | |
| Crimes et jardins | Georges | Jean-Paul Salomé | TV movie | |
| 1992 | Mes coquins | Victor | Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | TV movie |
| Les Enfants du naufrageur | Paul | Jérôme Foulon | ||
| L'affût | Marcel | Yannick Bellon (2) | ||
| Le cerf-volant | The uncle | Jean-Paul Roux | TV movie | |
| La gamine | Georges | Hervé Palud | ||
| Séparément vôtre | Félix | Michel Boisrond (3) | TV movie | |
| Le voyage d'Eva | Albert | Patrice Gautier (2) | TV movie | |
| 1993 | Meurtre en ut majeur | President Boissière | Michel Boisrond (4) | TV movie |
| 1993-2002 | Les Deschiens | Various | Jérôme Deschamps, Macha Makeïeff | TV series |
| 1994 | L'affaire | Charles Rivette | Sergio Gobbi | |
| Regards d'enfance | Hubert | Jean-Paul Salomé (2) | TV series (1 episode) | |
| 1995 | L'amour conjugal | Abraham Vivien | Benoît Barbier | |
| 1997 | Langevin: le secret | Roger Loustalot | Patrick Jamain | TV movie |
| Les précieuses ridicules | Jodelet | Georges Bensoussan | TV movie | |
| 1998 | Restons groupés | Raymond | Jean-Paul Salomé (3) | |
| The Pianist | Floreal | Mario Gas | ||
| Le sélec | Raymond | Jean-Claude Sussfeld | TV series (1 episode) | |
| Vidange | Jean-Pierre Mocky | |||
| 1999 | Anne Le Guen | Landau | Alain Wermus | TV series (1 episode) |
| Children of the Century | Larive | Diane Kurys | ||
| Le mariage forcé | Géronimo | Stéphane Bertin | TV movie | |
| 1999-2006 | Boulevard du Palais | Isy Scalzman | Jacques Malaterre, Frédéric Auburtin,... | TV series (15 episodes) |
| 2000 | De l'histoire ancienne | M. Santucci | Orso Miret | |
| Merci pour le chocolat | Dufreigne | Claude Chabrol (3) | ||
| 2001 | Amélie | Mr. Collignon | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | |
| L'emmerdeuse | M. Jérôme | Michaël Perrotta | TV series | |
| Le bourgeois gentilhomme | Monsieur Jourdain | Yves-André Hubert (2) | TV movie | |
| 2003 | Gomez & Tavarès | Gilles Paquet-Brenner | ||
| The Triplets of Belleville | Voice | Sylvain Chomet | ||
| Le dindon | Gérôme | Don Kent | TV movie | |
| 2004 | La cliente | M. Adret | Pierre Boutron | TV movie |
| L'île de Black Mór | Forbes | Jean-François Laguionie (2) | ||
| Le voyageur sans bagage | Me Huspar | Pierre Boutron (2) | TV movie | |
| Aquarium | Georges Marconi | Frédéric Grousset | ||
| Par l'odeur alléché... | A croupier | Jean Mach | ||
| A Very Long Engagement | The old man on the battlefield | Jean-Pierre Jeunet (2) | ||
| 2005 | Bien dégagé derrière les oreilles | Father Galichain | Anne Deluz | TV movie |
| Désiré Landru | Landru's father | Pierre Boutron (3) | TV movie | |
| Granny Boom | Colonel | Christiane Lehérissey | TV movie | |
| 2007 | Merci, les enfants vont bien! | The server | Stéphane Clavier | TV series (1 episode) |
| Dombais et fils | Salomon | Laurent Jaoui | TV movie | |
| Cyrano de Bergerac | The bourgeois | Andy Sommer | TV movie | |
| 2009 | Eden Is West | The Lido's doorman | Costa-Gavras (3) | |
| 2011 | Les aventures de Philibert, capitaine puceau | Fillanchiaux | Sylvain Fusée | |
| 2012 | Farewell, My Queen | Jacob-Nicolas Moreau | Benoît Jacquot | |
| Whiskied Out | Grand father | Sophie Beaulieu | Short | |
| Granny's Funeral | M. Salvini | Bruno Podalydès | ||
| You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet | The server | Alain Resnais | ||
| 2013 | Je vous présente ma femme | Alphonse | Élisabeth Rappeneau | TV movie |
| Louis la brocante | Gustave Bonneville | Véronique Langlois | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| 2014 | La forêt | Arnaud Desplechin | TV movie | |
| 2015 | Meurtres à Collioure | Fernand Sarda | Bruno Garcia | TV movie |
| L'Odeur de la mandarine | The priest | Gilles Legrand | ||
| 2018 | Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume) | Daniel Roby |
References
edit- ^ Maggiolini, Stéphane (19 November 2020). "Coronavirus : l'acteur Michel Robin meurt à l'âge de 90 ans" [Coronavirus: actor Michel Robin dies at the age of 90]. France Bleu Champagne-Ardenne (in French). Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "Michel Robin". comedie-francaise. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ^ "Michel Robin". Allocine. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ Breeden, Aurelien (30 November 2020). "Michel Robin, Longtime French Character Actor, Dies at 90". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Farewell, Michel Robin". Locarno Film Festival. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
External links
edit- Michel Robin at IMDb