Robert Castel (in Arabic: روبرت كاستل), whose real name is Robert Adolphe Moyal, is an actor, musician and comedian, born on May 21, 1933 in Algiers in the Bab El-Oued district, Algeria.
Robert Castel (in Arabic: روبرت كاستل), whose real name is Robert Adolphe Moyal, is an actor, musician and comedian, born on May 21, 1933 in Algiers in the Bab El-Oued district, Algeria.
Robert Castel began as a musician, tar player, then guitarist, accompanying his father, composer violinist, and singer of light French-Arab songs. Young actor in the troupe of the Regional Center of Dramatic Art of Algiers, Robert Castel plays the role of Robert Le Bègue in the theatrical improvisation show on the life of the pieds-noirs, La Famille Hernandez, which is created by Geneviève Baïlac on September 17, 1957 in Paris. Having cut his teeth in music hall, Robert Castel began his film career at the age of 24 in Les Amants De Demain by Marcel Blistène, then in Un témoin dans la ville by Édouard Molinaro.
In 1962, Robert Castel left the newly independent Algeria and settled in Paris with Lucette Sahuquet (who died in 1987), whom he married. The couple inaugurated their sketches as a duo that year, notably at the Olympia where they opened for Frank Sinatra, Marlene Dietrich and Philippe Clay. In the 1970s, the comedian, lively and provocative, did a lot of television sketches with his favorite partner and Enrico Macias. For the big screen, this dark-haired comedian, with a clear forehead, who speaks with his hands, abandoned his favorite register. Having become the figure of "pied-noir humor" in France, he played alongside Edith Piaf in Les Amants de demain by Marcel Blistène, Pierre Richard in Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire by Yves Robert, and Isabelle Huppert in Dupont Lajoie by Yves Boisset. In 1982, he made a notable appearance in Algerian cinema by playing in Hassan taxi, directed by Mohamed Slim Riad, alongside Rouiched (Ahmed Ayad), Ouardia Hamitouche and Sidali Kouiret. He appeared in more than thirty films in total, until the early 2000s.
Robert Castel kept a low profile for a few years before returning to the stage, this time in a musical, in 2007 thanks to the El-Gusto project. This project, which seeks to bring together Algerian, Jewish and Muslim musicians who were part of Hadj M'hamed El Anka's Algiers Chaâbi orchestra in the early 1950s, resulted in a documentary film that won international awards, the recording of an album and an international tour that took a troupe of 42 musicians to countries such as France, Morocco, Tunisia, Switzerland, Belgium, the United States and the Netherlands.
In 2008, Robert Castel signed his autobiography, Je pose 75 [son âge], mais je retaîtres tout. He returned to the stage in 2013 to present his last one-man show, "Nostalgérie". He died on December 5, 2020 in Paris, at the age of 87.
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Filmography (Movies)
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
Character:Self - Actor, humorist (archive footage)
Release Date:01/09/2017
The Jews
Character:M. Bensoussan
Release Date:01/06/2016
El Gusto
Character:Le Comédien
Release Date:11/01/2012
Teenagers
Character:Pierre
Release Date:05/01/2011
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/10/2009
Elf, Kings of Oil
Character:André Guelfi
Release Date:01/01/2007
The Elf Case
Character:André Guelfi
Release Date:01/01/2007
One Fine Day
Character:M. Plisson
Release Date:15/03/2006
The Sandmen
Character:Damien
Release Date:04/07/2000
C'est facile et ça peut rapporter... 20 ans
Character:Agent Alfredo Moreno
Release Date:01/06/1983
Le Braconnier de Dieu
Character:Le patron du bistrot
Release Date:05/01/1983
Les p’tites têtes
Character:Mr. Roger
Release Date:09/06/1982
Hassan Taxi
Character:
Release Date:19/05/1982
Le bahut va craquer
Character:le prof d'anglais
Release Date:06/05/1981
What Did I Ever Do to the Good Lord to Deserve a Wife Who Drinks in Cafes with Men?
Character:Gabriel Crémieux
Release Date:06/08/1980
Sacrés gendarmes
Character:Gendarme Moreno
Release Date:26/03/1980
Les Borsalini
Character:Mohamed Rico
Release Date:20/02/1980
Too Shy to Try
Character:Trinita, le joueur de pétanque
Release Date:23/08/1978
Take It from the Top
Character:Le plombier
Release Date:09/08/1978
Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!
Character:Rodriguez
Release Date:07/12/1977
Let's Make a Dirty Movie
Character:Chouchou
Release Date:17/02/1976
Les Grands Moyens
Character:Hubert Lacagne
Release Date:06/02/1976
La Décharge
Character:Le pied-noir
Release Date:14/01/1976
It's Tough for Everybody
Character:Monsieur Gilles
Release Date:18/06/1975
The Common Man
Character:Loulou
Release Date:26/02/1975
Shut Up, Gulli
Character:Antoine
Release Date:30/10/1974
Le Permis de conduire
Character:L'agent de police
Release Date:30/04/1974
Par ici la monnaie
Character:Roméo
Release Date:03/04/1974
Bedmania
Character:Monsieur Albert, le directeur de l'hôtel
Release Date:02/04/1974
By the Blood of Others
Character:Paul
Release Date:07/03/1974
Two Men in Town
Character:André Vaultier
Release Date:24/10/1973
The Conspiracy
Character:Sapporo
Release Date:10/05/1973
The Suburbs Are Everywhere
Character:Marcel
Release Date:22/02/1973
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Character:Georghiu, Milan agent
Release Date:06/12/1972
There Once Was a Cop
Character:Rodriguez, Manoni's man
Release Date:11/02/1972
Three Men on a Horse
Character:Norber
Release Date:12/12/1969
La Honte de la famille
Character:
Release Date:07/11/1969
Les gros malins
Character:Agent at the police station (uncredited)
Release Date:13/05/1969
The Unvanquished
Character:Amerio
Release Date:25/09/1964
The Lovers of Tomorrow
Character:
Release Date:26/08/1959
Television Appearances
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