Paul Bonifas (3 June 1902 – 9 November 1975) was a French actor, born in Paris.
Paul Bonifas (3 June 1902 – 9 November 1975) was a French actor, born in Paris.
In the 1920s, while working for the French customs service, Bonifas took classes in acting at the Conservatoire de Paris in his spare time. He left with the first prize for comedy, which allowed him to join the Odéon Theatre in 1933, then the Comédie-Française in 1938.
He made his first film appearance in 1935 in a version of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, directed by Pierre Chenal.
During World War II he served as a lieutenant in the artillery, was badly wounded, and evacuated from Dunkirk with his unit. In London he joined the Free French, and worked for Radio Londres broadcasting to occupied France.
In 1942 he appeared in the film The Foreman Went to France.
In 1943 he formed "The Molière Players", who staged a repertoire of mainly Molière works in London theatres, as well as in regional towns and at French army barracks. He came to the Comedy Theatre, London with Théâtre Molierè in 1943 and 1944, performing in L'Anglais Tel Qu'on Le Parle, Le Malade Imaginaire, Gringoire, Le Misanthrope et L'Auvergnat, Les Femmes Savantes, Le Paquebot Tenacity, La Testament Du Pere Leleu and L'Extra. His Company included Andre Frere, Georges Rex, Suzette Marquis, Elma Soiron and Paul Clarus.
In 1944 "The Molière Players" appeared in the short film Aventure malgache directed by Alfred Hitchcock. This was written by, and based on the experiences of, Jules Francois Clermont, an actor in Bonifas' troupe working under the name of Paul Clarus, who had operated an illegal radio station Madagascar Libre in Madagascar while the island was under Vichy control.
Bonifas then appeared in a number of other British films, including Two Fathers with Bernard Miles, directed by Anthony Asquith, and had minor roles in the musicals Heaven Is Round the Corner and Champagne Charlie, the action adventure film The Man from Morocco, the comedy-drama Johnny Frenchman and the horror film Dead of Night.
Bonifas returned to France in 1946 and resumed his career in theatre, specializing in comedy, but also taking dramatic roles.
His later film career included appearances in Trapeze (1956), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956), Fanny (1961), Charade (1963), Greed in the Sun (1964), The Train (1964), Is Paris Burning? (1966), Triple Cross (1966), and The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1974).
Bonifas died on 9 November 1975 at Vernouillet, Yvelines, France.
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Filmography (Movies)
Le Père Amable
Character:Vatinol
Release Date:22/11/1975
Rosebud
Character:
Release Date:24/03/1975
The Common Man
Character:Le Maire
Release Date:26/02/1975
Antigone
Character:le choeur
Release Date:21/12/1974
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Character:le père de François Perrin
Release Date:12/11/1974
The Last Train
Character:Le voisin
Release Date:31/10/1973
Love Me Strangely
Character:Hotel porter
Release Date:10/02/1971
Cold Sweat
Character:The doctor
Release Date:18/12/1970
An Artistic Couple
Character:Henri Faroy
Release Date:20/09/1970
The Horse
Character:Witness to car accident
Release Date:22/02/1970
The Christmas Tree
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:25/09/1969
Secret World
Character:Gustave / servant
Release Date:09/07/1969
La séparation
Character:Prêtre
Release Date:17/09/1968
Triple Cross
Character:Charlie
Release Date:09/12/1966
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
Character:
Release Date:21/10/1966
The Sleeping Sentinel
Character:Lanier
Release Date:21/01/1966
Le naïf amoureux
Character:'Tonton Louis'
Release Date:26/06/1965
Lucky Jo
Character:Légiste (uncredited)
Release Date:12/11/1964
The Train
Character:Spinet
Release Date:24/09/1964
Greed in the Sun
Character:Doctor Magnart, former professor in Lyon
Release Date:17/04/1964
Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent
Character:Le notaire
Release Date:11/03/1964
Charade
Character:Mr. Felix
Release Date:01/12/1963
La parole est au témoin
Character:
Release Date:17/11/1963
The Depths
Character:Mons. Lapeyre
Release Date:05/06/1963
The Trip to Biarritz
Character:Bourrély
Release Date:15/03/1963
Sundays and Cybele
Character:Grocer
Release Date:12/11/1962
Les Célibataires
Character:Chandelier
Release Date:23/10/1962
Keep Talking, Baby
Character:
Release Date:06/10/1961
Blood on His Sword
Character:Le chirurgien / Doctor of Louis XI
Release Date:06/09/1961
Fanny
Character:The Postman
Release Date:28/06/1961
Goodbye Again
Character:Cellarman
Release Date:23/05/1961
The Truth
Character:Un greffier
Release Date:02/11/1960
The Gigolo
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:18/10/1960
The Enemy General
Character:Mayor
Release Date:18/10/1960
Love and the Frenchwoman
Character:Le père de Ginette (segment "La Virginité")
Release Date:16/09/1960
A Woman Like Satan
Character:Innkeeper
Release Date:19/12/1958
A Legitimate Defense
Character:le président de la cour
Release Date:11/06/1958
Les Misérables
Character:Hospital doctor
Release Date:12/03/1958
Sinners of Paris
Character:L'inspecteur Renaud
Release Date:15/01/1958
Mademoiselle and Her Gang
Character:Marcel, owner of the hotel
Release Date:11/07/1957
Love in the Afternoon
Character:Police Chief (uncredited)
Release Date:29/05/1957
The Case of Dr. Laurent
Character:Guillaumin
Release Date:03/04/1957
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Character:Master Lecornu
Release Date:19/12/1956
The Terror with Women
Character:
Release Date:23/11/1956
Frou-Frou
Character:Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel (uncredited)
Release Date:19/06/1955
Their Last Night
Character:le commissaire principal
Release Date:23/10/1953
Lettre ouverte
Character:Honoré, the father-in-law
Release Date:11/03/1953
Holiday for Henrietta
Character:The Newsagent (uncredited)
Release Date:17/12/1952
Ils sont dans les vignes...
Character:American
Release Date:31/10/1952
Piédalu fait des miracles
Character:
Release Date:10/10/1952
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
Character:Monsieur Bleubois
Release Date:01/08/1952
The Green Glove
Character:Inspector
Release Date:28/02/1952
The Truth About Bebe Donge
Character:Traveler (uncredited)
Release Date:13/02/1952
Duel à Dakar
Character:The Commander
Release Date:06/12/1951
Amazing Monsieur Fabre
Character:Le ministre Victor Duruy
Release Date:26/09/1951
Pardon My French
Character:Monsieur Bleubois
Release Date:10/08/1951
Clara de Montargis
Character:
Release Date:20/06/1951
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
Character:Captain of the cargo ship
Release Date:18/05/1951
Bedelia
Character:Insurance Manager
Release Date:08/07/1946
Lisbon Story
Character:Stephan Corelle
Release Date:20/05/1946
Johnny Frenchman
Character:Jerome
Release Date:29/10/1945
Dead of Night
Character:French Nightclub Patron (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)
Release Date:09/09/1945
The Man from Morocco
Character:French Mayor
Release Date:17/04/1945
Champagne Charlie
Character:Targetino
Release Date:25/08/1944
English Without Tears
Character:Monsieur Rolland
Release Date:28/07/1944
Candlelight in Algeria
Character:French Proprietor
Release Date:19/03/1944
Two Fathers
Character:The Frenchman
Release Date:19/01/1944
Aventure Malgache
Character:Michel
Release Date:01/01/1944
The Foreman Went to France
Character:Prefect of Rouville
Release Date:22/06/1942
Maxim's Porter
Character:
Release Date:10/11/1939
The Five Cents of Lavarede
Character:Sailor
Release Date:07/03/1939
Crime and Punishment
Character:
Release Date:17/05/1935
Television Appearances
La Duchesse d'Avila
Character:L'aubergiste
Maurin des Maures
Character:Pons
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
Character:Le vieux Vick
At Theatre Tonight
Character:Félix Ducotel
Illusions perdues
Character:Camusot
Bayard
Character:Aymon Terrail
Sherlock Holmes
Character:Prof. von Gaulkins
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:
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