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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 7, 1927
Died
December 13, 2007
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also Known As
- Philippe Mathevet
Philippe Clay
0.3 Popularity
Biography
Philippe Clay, born Philippe Mathevet, (March 7, 1927 – December 13, 2007) was a French mime artist, singer and actor. He was known for his tall and slim silhouette (he was 1,90 m tall) and for his interpretations of songs by Charles Aznavour, Claude Nougaro, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Boris Vian, Serge Gainsbourg, Jean Yanne, Léo Ferré, Jacques Datin, Jean-Claude Massoulier or Bernard Dimey. He interpreted “La Complainte des Apaches” for the TV series Les Brigades du Tigre, written by Henri Djian and composed by Claude Bolling. As an actor, he appeared in many movies (Bell, Book and Candle) and television films. One of his famous roles is in the Jean Renoir film, French Cancan, where he played Casimir le Serpentin (a character inspired by Valentin le désossé). Description above from the Wikipedia article Philippe Clay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
7.2
Self (archive footage)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
1.0
Self (archive footage)
Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort
2020
0.0
Jérémie
Dombey and Son
2007
6.5
Self
1974, une partie de campagne
2002
0.0
Napoléon
Des croix sur la mer
2001
6.1
Karl
Tuvalu
1999
6.0
Raffin
Alexina's House
1999
4.5
Le Chatelain
The Freelancers
1999
3.0
Self
Vivement dimanche
1998
5.0
Auguste Renoir
Lautrec
1998
Credits
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)
2022
7.2
Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort
as Self (archive footage)
2020
1.0
Dombey and Son
as Jérémie
2007
0.0
1974, une partie de campagne
as Self
2002
6.5
Des croix sur la mer
as Napoléon
2001
0.0
Tuvalu
as Karl
1999
6.1
Alexina's House
as Raffin
1999
6.0
The Freelancers
as Le Chatelain
1999
4.5
Vivement dimanche
as Self
1998
3.0
Lautrec
as Auguste Renoir
1998
5.0
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Chanteur Complainte
1998
7.2
Marceeel!!!
1998
0.0
La Grande Béké
as Fifi Zecotte
1998
10.0
Les Allumettes suédoises
as l'Araignée
1996
0.0
Krim
as Eugène
1995
0.0
🎬
Die Wildnis
as Peasant
1993
2.0
Le gourou occidental
as Serge
1993
0.0
La Comtesse de Charny
as Le baron de Taverney
1989
5.0
Le Gerfaut
as Le baron von Winkleried
1987
9.0
Catherine
as Barnabé
1986
5.0
L'Herbe rouge
as Mr. Perle
1985
0.0
A Good Little Devil
as Judge
1983
4.8
Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon
as 'Black-Fish'
1983
0.0
Salut la puce
as Rigodo-Cartecolin, un marionnettiste
1983
5.7
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
as Herald of the arena
1982
6.1
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryx
as L'ébéniste
1981
0.0
30 millions d'amis
as Self - Host
1976
5.8
30 millions d'amis
as Self
1976
5.8
🎬
Système 2
as Self
1975
0.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
6.0
Shanks
as Mr. Barton
1974
4.9
The Three Musketeers
as Richelieu
1974
6.0
The Insolent
as Dargnac
1973
3.0
Les joyeux lurons
as L'abbé Larivière
1972
2.8
Not Dumb, the Bird
as Jack Bromfield
1972
6.0
🎬
Midi trente
as Self
1972
6.0
Cadet Rousselle
as Self - Coup de chapeau
1971
0.0
Let's Arm Ourselves and Go!
as generale McMaster
1971
6.1
La Brigade des maléfices
1971
5.5
🎬
Samedi soir
as Self
1971
6.0
Pour un sourire
as Nicolas
1970
6.5
À bout portant
as Self
1968
8.0
The Hotheads
as Prêcheur
1967
6.0
Sale temps pour les mouches
as Pierre Mazaud, aka 'Félix'
1966
5.7
Ivory Coast Adventure
as Renaud Lefranc
1965
6.0
Musketeers of the Sea
as Gosselin
1962
5.0
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!
as Jean-Louis Preminger (voice)
1961
6.1
Lay Off Blondes
as L'inspecteur Al Wheeler
1960
0.0
Take Me As I Am
as Carlo
1960
6.0
The Night of the Hunted
as Taretta
1959
4.0
The Bureaucrats
as Letondu
1959
5.5
The Road to Shame
as Tom
1959
6.0
Drôles de phénomènes
as The Butler Barns
1959
6.0
Discorama
as Self
1959
0.0
Bell, Book and Candle
as French Singer at the Zodiac Club
1958
6.4
Toto in Paris
as il finto maggiordomo
1958
6.2
En bordée
as Bailladrisse / Yves Biadrix
1958
7.0
Nathalie
as Adolphe Faisant
1957
5.9
It Happened on the 36 Candles
as Self (uncredited)
1957
2.0
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Clopin Trouillefou
1956
6.7
Life is beautiful
as le pasteur
1956
4.5
French Cancan
as Casimir le Serpentin
1955
7.1
Le crime du Bouif
1952
0.0
Rome Express
as Sleeping car employee
1950
3.0