Maurice Ronet (13 April 1927 – 14 March 1983) was a French film actor, director, and writer.
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. ...
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Filmography (Movies)
Undressing a Legacy
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/07/2021
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/01/2021
Barefoot in the Kitchen
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:14/06/2013
Mag Bodard, un destin
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/10/2005
Surprise Party
Character:Georges Levesques
Release Date:20/04/1983
La Guérilléra
Character:Brutus
Release Date:09/12/1982
La Balance
Character:Roger Massina
Release Date:10/11/1982
Un matin rouge
Character:Henri
Release Date:23/06/1982
Beau Pere
Character:Charly
Release Date:15/09/1981
Sphinx
Character:Yvon Mageot
Release Date:11/02/1981
Bloodline
Character:Charles Martin
Release Date:29/06/1979
Death of a Corrupt Man
Character:Philippe Dubaye
Release Date:07/12/1977
Emmenez-moi au Ritz
Character:Philippe Gregor
Release Date:29/09/1977
Madame Claude
Character:Pierre
Release Date:11/05/1977
Golden Night
Character:Nuit d'or
Release Date:01/10/1976
Oh, mia bella matrigna
Character:Luigi
Release Date:05/04/1976
Why They Kill Themselves
Character:
Release Date:29/03/1976
To the Bitter End
Character:Paul Jordan
Release Date:22/10/1975
The Golden Mass
Character:David
Release Date:08/04/1975
Only the Wind Knows the Answer
Character:Robert Lucas
Release Date:20/11/1974
Cry of the Heart
Character:Mathieu
Release Date:11/09/1974
The Marseille Contract
Character:Inspector Briac
Release Date:04/09/1974
Night Police Station
Character:Vittorio Cazzaniga
Release Date:01/08/1974
The Red Room
Character:Jean Gerfaud
Release Date:18/10/1973
The Crazy Capo Affair
Character:Diserens
Release Date:09/09/1973
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
Character:Piere Gonzague
Release Date:22/02/1973
Without Warning
Character:Raoul Maury
Release Date:15/02/1973
Seduction
Character:Giuseppe Lagana
Release Date:01/01/1973
Devil in the Brain
Character:Fabrizio Garces
Release Date:13/04/1972
The Pebbles of Etratat
Character:Kelvo
Release Date:10/03/1972
Scandal Man
Character:Marc Fontemps
Release Date:14/02/1972
The Deadly Trap
Character:L'homme de l'organisation
Release Date:09/06/1971
Raphael or the Debauched One
Character:Raphaël de Lorris
Release Date:02/04/1971
A Little, a Lot, Passionately
Character:Didier
Release Date:24/03/1971
The Sensuous Assassin
Character:Serge
Release Date:23/09/1970
The Modification
Character:Léon Delmont
Release Date:31/07/1970
Last Leap
Character:Garal
Release Date:07/06/1970
Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale
Character:Commissario
Release Date:09/01/1970
The Vixen
Character:Jérôme
Release Date:07/11/1969
The Scarlet Lady
Character:François
Release Date:14/05/1969
Delphine
Character:Jean-Marc, couturier ami de Delphine
Release Date:19/02/1969
The Swimming Pool
Character:Harry
Release Date:31/01/1969
The Unfaithful Wife
Character:Victor Pegala
Release Date:22/01/1969
Birds in Peru
Character:Rainier
Release Date:20/10/1968
How Sweet It Is!
Character:Phillipe
Release Date:21/08/1968
A Devil Under the Pillow
Character:Lotario
Release Date:26/02/1968
Garden of Delights
Character:Carlo
Release Date:29/12/1967
The Road to Corinth
Character:Dex
Release Date:27/10/1967
The Champagne Murders
Character:Paul Wagner
Release Date:31/03/1967
Long March
Character:Doctor Chevalier
Release Date:31/05/1966
Line of Demarcation
Character:Pierre, comte de Damville
Release Date:25/05/1966
Lost Command
Character:Capain. Boisfeuras
Release Date:01/05/1966
Three Rooms in Manhattan
Character:François Combe
Release Date:10/11/1965
Amador
Character:Amador
Release Date:01/05/1965
The Thief of Tibadabo
Character:Nicolas
Release Date:12/02/1965
Circle of Love
Character:Henri
Release Date:16/10/1964
Wherever You Are
Character:Paul Vallier
Release Date:27/04/1964
Pariahs of Glory
Character:Ferrier
Release Date:05/04/1964
The Pit and the Pendulum
Character:Le condamné à mort
Release Date:09/01/1964
The Victors
Character:French Lieutenant
Release Date:22/11/1963
The Fire Within
Character:Alain Leroy
Release Date:15/10/1963
Casablanca, Nest of Spies
Character:Maurice Desjardins
Release Date:10/10/1963
Scarlet Eye
Character:Dr. Gérard Rinaldi
Release Date:30/05/1963
Enough Rope
Character:Walter Saccard
Release Date:11/01/1963
Assassin's Check
Character:Gilbert Vitry
Release Date:10/08/1962
The Immoral Moment
Character:Michel Jussieu
Release Date:18/07/1962
Midnight Meeting
Character:Pierre Neyris
Release Date:30/05/1962
Liberté I
Character:Michel
Release Date:01/05/1962
Time Out for Love
Character:Philippe
Release Date:03/02/1961
Il peccato degli anni verdi
Character:Paolo Donati
Release Date:21/12/1960
Mi último tango
Character:Dario Ledesma
Release Date:29/08/1960
Purple Noon
Character:Philippe Greenleaf
Release Date:10/03/1960
Carmen from Ronda
Character:José
Release Date:20/09/1959
This Desired Body
Character:Henri Messardier
Release Date:17/04/1959
That Night
Character:Jean Mallet
Release Date:11/09/1958
Carve Her Name with Pride
Character:Jacques
Release Date:18/02/1958
Elevator to the Gallows
Character:Julien Tavernier
Release Date:29/01/1958
He Who Must Die
Character:Michelis
Release Date:03/05/1957
Missing Persons Section
Character:Juan Milford
Release Date:02/11/1956
The Blonde Witch
Character:Laurent Brulard
Release Date:06/06/1956
The Aristocrats
Character:Christophe de Conti
Release Date:12/10/1955
Pleasures and Vices
Character:'Gueule d'ange'
Release Date:02/09/1955
Casta diva
Character:Vincenzo Bellini
Release Date:27/12/1954
House of Ricordi
Character:Vincenzo Bellini
Release Date:01/12/1954
Castles in Spain
Character:Miguel Murillo
Release Date:09/08/1954
The Healer
Character:André Turenne
Release Date:06/12/1953
Lucrèce Borgia
Character:Perotto
Release Date:23/10/1953
Poison Ivy
Character:Mickey
Release Date:26/05/1953
Endless Horizons
Character:Marc Caussade
Release Date:26/04/1953
Desperate Decision
Character:Jim
Release Date:01/10/1952
The Seven Deadly Sins
Character:The priest (segment "La Luxure")
Release Date:27/03/1952
Perfectionist
Character:François
Release Date:28/11/1951
Rendezvous in July
Character:Roger Moulin
Release Date:06/12/1949
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