Philippe Lemaire

Philippe Lemaire (14 March 1927 – 15 March 2004) was a French actor. He appeared in more than ninety films between 1946 and 2004. Lemaire was married three times; Nicole Pinton (1949–1951) (divorced); Juliette Gréco from 1953 to 1956, had one daughter, Laurence-Marie Lemaire (1954–2016); and to Claude Bouton (1959–1980) (divorced). He committed suicide one day after his 77th birthday. Source: Article "Philippe Lemaire" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Year of the Jellyfish (1984)

Chris, a sexy teenager who appears mostly bare-breasted on the French Riviera, has a crush on Romain, her mother's lover. In reaction to her inability to attract his attention, she experiments with other risque affairs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Frank
CAST:  Bernard Giraudeau  •  Valérie Kaprisky  •  Jacques Perrin  •  Barbara Nielsen

Chris, a sexy teenager who appears mostly bare-breasted on the French Riviera, has a crush on Romain, her mother's lover. In reaction to her inability to attract his attention, she experiments with other risque affairs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Frank
CAST:  Bernard Giraudeau  •  Valérie Kaprisky  •  Jacques Perrin  •  Barbara Nielsen

Adventures of Arsène Lupin (2004)

As the daring thief Arsène Lupin ransacks the homes of wealthy Parisians, the police, with a secret weapon in their arsenal, attempt to ferret him out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Romain Duris  •  Kristin Scott Thomas  •  Eva Green  •  Pascal Greggory

As the daring thief Arsène Lupin ransacks the homes of wealthy Parisians, the police, with a secret weapon in their arsenal, attempt to ferret him out.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Paul Salomé
CAST:  Romain Duris  •  Kristin Scott Thomas  •  Eva Green  •  Pascal Greggory

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DIRECTION:  Alfred Rode
CAST:  Claudine Dupuis  •  Philippe Lemaire  •  Raymond Bussières  •  Noël Roquevert

Death Is Nimble, Death Is Quick (1966)

Two Yanks are hired to protect a rich lady from a sinister underworld group. Lots of jungle thrills, martial arts, ancient temples, huge explosions, & even sci-fi elements. Watch for Harris' great karate fight inside a crumbling temple, surrounded by masked members ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudolf Zehetgruber
CAST:  Brad Harris  •  Ann Smyrner  •  Dan Vadis  •  Siegfried Rauch

Two Yanks are hired to protect a rich lady from a sinister underworld group. Lots of jungle thrills, martial arts, ancient temples, huge explosions, & even sci-fi elements. Watch for Harris' great karate fight inside a crumbling temple, surrounded by masked members ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudolf Zehetgruber
CAST:  Brad Harris  •  Ann Smyrner  •  Dan Vadis  •  Siegfried Rauch

Star Without Light (1946)

An aspiring singer tries to break into films during the early talkie era. She is hired to dub the singing and speaking voice of a silent-movie favorite. Sworn to secrecy, the fill-in must stand by in silence as the star receives all the praises and plaudits.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Blistène
CAST:  Édith Piaf  •  Serge Reggiani  •  Mila Parély  •  Marcel Herrand

An aspiring singer tries to break into films during the early talkie era. She is hired to dub the singing and speaking voice of a silent-movie favorite. Sworn to secrecy, the fill-in must stand by in silence as the star receives all the praises and plaudits.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Blistène
CAST:  Édith Piaf  •  Serge Reggiani  •  Mila Parély  •  Marcel Herrand

Brigade Anti Gangs (1966)

The struggle between a ruthless leader of a bank robbers - Raymond Pellegrin - and the cops who are determined to put him in jail for long.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Borderie
CAST:  Robert Hossein  •  Raymond Pellegrin  •  Pierre Clémenti  •  Gabriele Tinti

The struggle between a ruthless leader of a bank robbers - Raymond Pellegrin - and the cops who are determined to put him in jail for long.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Borderie
CAST:  Robert Hossein  •  Raymond Pellegrin  •  Pierre Clémenti  •  Gabriele Tinti

The Repenter (1985)

A judge on crusade to take down the Italian Mafia uses a gangster turned state's witness (a so-called "repenter") and a New York banker to do it. But things aren't quite what they seem.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Squitieri
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Tony Musante  •  Erik Estrada  •  Max von Sydow

A judge on crusade to take down the Italian Mafia uses a gangster turned state's witness (a so-called "repenter") and a New York banker to do it. But things aren't quite what they seem.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Squitieri
CAST:  Franco Nero  •  Tony Musante  •  Erik Estrada  •  Max von Sydow

Your Turn, Darling (1963)

In this French espionage thriller, Eddie again plays the role that made him a star, Lemmy Caution. Lots of two fisted action.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Borderie
CAST:  Eddie Constantine  •  Christiane Minazzoli  •  Elga Andersen  •  Philippe Lemaire

In this French espionage thriller, Eddie again plays the role that made him a star, Lemmy Caution. Lots of two fisted action.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Borderie
CAST:  Eddie Constantine  •  Christiane Minazzoli  •  Elga Andersen  •  Philippe Lemaire

Seven Guys and a Gal (1967)

Italy during the Napoleonic wars: A French General and his Adjutant are separated from their unit get beyond the enemy lines. There they meet Carlotta the resolute daughter of an Italian Count, who cannot withstand the charm of the French.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Borderie
CAST:  Jean Marais  •  Sydney Chaplin  •  Guy Bedos  •  Philippe Lemaire

Italy during the Napoleonic wars: A French General and his Adjutant are separated from their unit get beyond the enemy lines. There they meet Carlotta the resolute daughter of an Italian Count, who cannot withstand the charm of the French.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Borderie
CAST:  Jean Marais  •  Sydney Chaplin  •  Guy Bedos  •  Philippe Lemaire

Queen's Necklace (1946)

The adventurer Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, descendant (by the left hand) of the king of France Henri II, and who claims to be "Countess de la Motte", imagines a tortuous plan to steal a magnificent diamond necklace that the queen Marie-Antoinette refused to buy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel L'Herbier
CAST:  Viviane Romance  •  Maurice Escande  •  Jacques Dacqmine  •  Michel Salina

The adventurer Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, descendant (by the left hand) of the king of France Henri II, and who claims to be "Countess de la Motte", imagines a tortuous plan to steal a magnificent diamond necklace that the queen Marie-Antoinette refused to buy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel L'Herbier
CAST:  Viviane Romance  •  Maurice Escande  •  Jacques Dacqmine  •  Michel Salina

The Lovers of Verona (1949)

Angelo, a glass-blower from Murano, and Georgia Maglia, the pretty daughter of a fallen fascist magistrate, are chosen to be the stand-ins for the stars of a film version of "Romeo and Juliet" being shot on location in Venice and Verona. It is not long before they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Cayatte
CAST:  Serge Reggiani  •  Anouk Aimée  •  Pierre Brasseur  •  Louis Salou

Angelo, a glass-blower from Murano, and Georgia Maglia, the pretty daughter of a fallen fascist magistrate, are chosen to be the stand-ins for the stars of a film version of "Romeo and Juliet" being shot on location in Venice and Verona. It is not long before they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Cayatte
CAST:  Serge Reggiani  •  Anouk Aimée  •  Pierre Brasseur  •  Louis Salou

Le Capitan 1ere époque : Flamberge au vent (1946)

France under Louis XIII. 1615. The Duke of Angoulême is at the head of a group of gentlemen who are conspiring to drive the Florentines out of court, of whom Concini is the all-powerful leader. A cadet from Gascony, Adhémar de Capestang, who was later to become the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Vernay
CAST:  Pierre Renoir  •  Claude Génia  •  Jean Pâqui  •  Aimé Clariond

France under Louis XIII. 1615. The Duke of Angoulême is at the head of a group of gentlemen who are conspiring to drive the Florentines out of court, of whom Concini is the all-powerful leader. A cadet from Gascony, Adhémar de Capestang, who was later to become the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Vernay
CAST:  Pierre Renoir  •  Claude Génia  •  Jean Pâqui  •  Aimé Clariond

Eternal Conflict (1948)

Janvier, an embittered teacher, is fed up with his colorless, monotonous life. One day he breaks away and ends up becoming a circus clown. In his new world, he meets a beautiful acrobat nicknamed Lili and grows fonder and fonder of her every day of his life. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Lampin
CAST:  Fernand Ledoux  •  Annabella  •  Michel Auclair  •  Louis Salou

Janvier, an embittered teacher, is fed up with his colorless, monotonous life. One day he breaks away and ends up becoming a circus clown. In his new world, he meets a beautiful acrobat nicknamed Lili and grows fonder and fonder of her every day of his life. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Lampin
CAST:  Fernand Ledoux  •  Annabella  •  Michel Auclair  •  Louis Salou

The Gallant Musketeer (1964)

Set against the troubled period of the Wars of Religion in France, at a time when the three Henries (Henri III, Henri de Guise and Henri de Béarn) vied for the the throne, these new adventures of Pardaillan have the gallant musketeer defend the rightful king Henri ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Borderie
CAST:  Gérard Barray  •  Valérie Lagrange  •  Philippe Lemaire  •  Guy Delorme

Set against the troubled period of the Wars of Religion in France, at a time when the three Henries (Henri III, Henri de Guise and Henri de Béarn) vied for the the throne, these new adventures of Pardaillan have the gallant musketeer defend the rightful king Henri ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Borderie
CAST:  Gérard Barray  •  Valérie Lagrange  •  Philippe Lemaire  •  Guy Delorme

Tempest in the Flesh (1954)

A dam is under construction in the Pyrénées mountains. All the workers only have eyes for pretty, sensual Clara, the canteen waitress. And what she exchanges with many of them is more than just looks, this is for sure. Nevertheless, despite her frivolity, Clara ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Habib
CAST:  Françoise Arnoul  •  Philippe Lemaire  •  Raymond Pellegrin  •  Cathérine Gora

A dam is under construction in the Pyrénées mountains. All the workers only have eyes for pretty, sensual Clara, the canteen waitress. And what she exchanges with many of them is more than just looks, this is for sure. Nevertheless, despite her frivolity, Clara ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Habib
CAST:  Françoise Arnoul  •  Philippe Lemaire  •  Raymond Pellegrin  •  Cathérine Gora

The Iron Mask (1962)

The story of the Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan, and the imprisonment in an iron mask of the identical twin of the King of France, Louis XIV.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Decoin
CAST:  Jean Marais  •  Sylva Koscina  •  Jean-François Poron  •  Gisèle Pascal

The story of the Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan, and the imprisonment in an iron mask of the identical twin of the King of France, Louis XIV.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Decoin
CAST:  Jean Marais  •  Sylva Koscina  •  Jean-François Poron  •  Gisèle Pascal

La portatrice di pane (1950)

France, 1860. A young widow is wrongly accused of murder and, after serving many years in prison, she escapes to find the real culprit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Cloche
CAST:  Vivi Gioi  •  Philippe Lemaire

France, 1860. A young widow is wrongly accused of murder and, after serving many years in prison, she escapes to find the real culprit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Cloche
CAST:  Vivi Gioi  •  Philippe Lemaire

Taxi di notte (1950)

A taxi driver, with singing ambitions, finds an abandoned baby in his cab and begins to look for his mother. He doesn't find her but succeeds in finding two people who want to adopt the child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carmine Gallone
CAST:  Beniamino Gigli  •  Danielle Godet  •  Philippe Lemaire  •  Virginia Belmont

A taxi driver, with singing ambitions, finds an abandoned baby in his cab and begins to look for his mother. He doesn't find her but succeeds in finding two people who want to adopt the child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carmine Gallone
CAST:  Beniamino Gigli  •  Danielle Godet  •  Philippe Lemaire  •  Virginia Belmont

Native Drums (1955)

A team of doctors sets out through a steamy African jungle to check an outbreak of sleeping sickness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Folco Quilici  •  Gian Gaspare Napolitano
CAST:  Marcello Mastroianni  •  Pedro Armendáriz  •  Kerima  •  Charles Vanel

A team of doctors sets out through a steamy African jungle to check an outbreak of sleeping sickness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Folco Quilici  •  Gian Gaspare Napolitano
CAST:  Marcello Mastroianni  •  Pedro Armendáriz  •  Kerima  •  Charles Vanel
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