Philippe Clay

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.

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Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead... only to fall in love with him for real.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Quine
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Kim Novak  •  Jack Lemmon  •  Ernie Kovacs

A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead... only to fall in love with him for real.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Quine
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Kim Novak  •  Jack Lemmon  •  Ernie Kovacs

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)

Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Among jugglers and other entertainers, Esmeralda, a sensuous gypsy, performs a bewitching dance in front of delighted spectators. From up in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Delannoy
CAST:  Gina Lollobrigida  •  Anthony Quinn  •  Jean Danet  •  Alain Cuny

Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Among jugglers and other entertainers, Esmeralda, a sensuous gypsy, performs a bewitching dance in front of delighted spectators. From up in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Delannoy
CAST:  Gina Lollobrigida  •  Anthony Quinn  •  Jean Danet  •  Alain Cuny

Tuvalu (1999)

Set in a dilapidated indoor swimming pool (the Central Baths in Sofia), the film details the efforts of Anton, a clueless dreamer who yearns to sail the world, and Martha, the button obsessed cashier, to maintain the illusion for Anton's blind father that business ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Veit Helmer
CAST:  Denis Lavant  •  Philippe Clay  •  Terrence Gillespie  •  E.J. Callahan

Set in a dilapidated indoor swimming pool (the Central Baths in Sofia), the film details the efforts of Anton, a clueless dreamer who yearns to sail the world, and Martha, the button obsessed cashier, to maintain the illusion for Anton's blind father that business ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Veit Helmer
CAST:  Denis Lavant  •  Philippe Clay  •  Terrence Gillespie  •  E.J. Callahan

French Cancan (1955)

Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening of the world-renowned Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin plays the wily impresario Danglard, who makes the cancan all the rage while juggling the love of two beautiful women—an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Renoir
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Françoise Arnoul  •  Anna Amendola  •  María Félix

Nineteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in Jean Renoir’s exhilarating tale of the opening of the world-renowned Moulin Rouge. Jean Gabin plays the wily impresario Danglard, who makes the cancan all the rage while juggling the love of two beautiful women—an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Renoir
CAST:  Jean Gabin  •  Françoise Arnoul  •  Anna Amendola  •  María Félix

Lay Off Blondes (1960)

Inspector Al Whecler, cool and relaxed, is given the task by the sheriff of a town in California of investigating the murders of two girls tattooed on their right arms. His investigations bring him to a funeral chamber run by the suspicious Rodinoft...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Cloche
CAST:  Philippe Clay  •  Darío Moreno  •  Jany Clair  •  Michel Barbey

Inspector Al Whecler, cool and relaxed, is given the task by the sheriff of a town in California of investigating the murders of two girls tattooed on their right arms. His investigations bring him to a funeral chamber run by the suspicious Rodinoft...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Cloche
CAST:  Philippe Clay  •  Darío Moreno  •  Jany Clair  •  Michel Barbey

A Good Little Devil (1983)

One of the comtesse de Ségur's most popular works,it tells the tale of an orphan ,Charles,mistreated by his wicked old cousin Madame Mac Miche;nevertheless,Charles has many friends including sweet blind young Juliette and her sister Marianne, Mac Miche's maid ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Claude Brialy
CAST:  Alice Sapritch  •  Bernadette Lafont  •  Philippe Clay  •  Michel Creton

One of the comtesse de Ségur's most popular works,it tells the tale of an orphan ,Charles,mistreated by his wicked old cousin Madame Mac Miche;nevertheless,Charles has many friends including sweet blind young Juliette and her sister Marianne, Mac Miche's maid ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Claude Brialy
CAST:  Alice Sapritch  •  Bernadette Lafont  •  Philippe Clay  •  Michel Creton

Pas folle la guêpe (1972)

An old lady is far from suspecting everything that is going on behind her back, in particular what her servants are up to.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Delannoy
CAST:  Françoise Rosay  •  Anny Duperey  •  Bruno Pradal  •  Philippe Clay

An old lady is far from suspecting everything that is going on behind her back, in particular what her servants are up to.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Delannoy
CAST:  Françoise Rosay  •  Anny Duperey  •  Bruno Pradal  •  Philippe Clay

Toto in Paris (1958)

Duclos's son, a worldly gangster, is compromised in a case of which he is innocent. The proof of this innocence is in the hands of a "competitor", the Marquis de Chemantel de Beauvoiron, a misguided aristocrat. He asked for $ 10 million to cede the document. Duclos ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Camillo Mastrocinque
CAST:  Totò  •  Fernand Gravey  •  Paul Guers  •  Sylva Koscina

Duclos's son, a worldly gangster, is compromised in a case of which he is innocent. The proof of this innocence is in the hands of a "competitor", the Marquis de Chemantel de Beauvoiron, a misguided aristocrat. He asked for $ 10 million to cede the document. Duclos ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Camillo Mastrocinque
CAST:  Totò  •  Fernand Gravey  •  Paul Guers  •  Sylva Koscina

Shanks (1974)

Malcolm Shanks is a sad and lonely man, deaf, mute and living with his cruel sister and her husband, who delight in making him miserable. His only pleasure, it seems, is in making and controlling puppets. Thanks to his skill, he is offered a job as a lab assistant ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Castle
CAST:  Marcel Marceau  •  Tsilla Chelton  •  Philippe Clay  •  Cindy Eilbacher

Malcolm Shanks is a sad and lonely man, deaf, mute and living with his cruel sister and her husband, who delight in making him miserable. His only pleasure, it seems, is in making and controlling puppets. Thanks to his skill, he is offered a job as a lab assistant ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Castle
CAST:  Marcel Marceau  •  Tsilla Chelton  •  Philippe Clay  •  Cindy Eilbacher

Ivory Coast Adventure (1965)

An Embassy attache and a butterfly hunter become involved in a treasure hunt between two rival gangs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian-Jaque
CAST:  Jean Marais  •  Liselotte Pulver  •  Robert Dalban  •  Philippe Clay

An Embassy attache and a butterfly hunter become involved in a treasure hunt between two rival gangs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian-Jaque
CAST:  Jean Marais  •  Liselotte Pulver  •  Robert Dalban  •  Philippe Clay

Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ (1982)

In antique Rome, a simple pepboy for chars becomes involved in a coup against Cesar. Rahatlocum is a North African Roman colony where Julius Caesar came to spend an expensive holiday. The revolt rumbles among the small people who find a leader in the person of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Yanne
CAST:  Coluche  •  Michel Serrault  •  Jean Yanne  •  Françoise Fabian

In antique Rome, a simple pepboy for chars becomes involved in a coup against Cesar. Rahatlocum is a North African Roman colony where Julius Caesar came to spend an expensive holiday. The revolt rumbles among the small people who find a leader in the person of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Yanne
CAST:  Coluche  •  Michel Serrault  •  Jean Yanne  •  Françoise Fabian

In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles! (1961)

Paul fishes out of the water the body of his greatest enemy. To avoid accusations that he is a killer, taking steps that will clear his good name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Delbez
CAST:  Louis de Funès  •  Pierre Dudan  •  Marthe Mercadier  •  María Riquelme

Paul fishes out of the water the body of his greatest enemy. To avoid accusations that he is a killer, taking steps that will clear his good name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Delbez
CAST:  Louis de Funès  •  Pierre Dudan  •  Marthe Mercadier  •  María Riquelme

1974, une partie de campagne (2002)

Following the 1974 French presidential campaign with Valery Gicard d'Estaing  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raymond Depardon
CAST:  Valéry Giscard d'Estaing  •  Charles Aznavour  •  Jacques Chirac  •  Philippe Clay

Following the 1974 French presidential campaign with Valery Gicard d'Estaing  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raymond Depardon
CAST:  Valéry Giscard d'Estaing  •  Charles Aznavour  •  Jacques Chirac  •  Philippe Clay

Musketeers of the Sea (1962)

Three pirates are saved from a shipwreck and seize a galleon bound for Maracaibo, where they will save the governor from a conspiracy. Italian adventure movie directed by Steno.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steno
CAST:  Pier Angeli  •  Channing Pollock  •  Aldo Ray  •  Philippe Clay

Three pirates are saved from a shipwreck and seize a galleon bound for Maracaibo, where they will save the governor from a conspiracy. Italian adventure movie directed by Steno.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steno
CAST:  Pier Angeli  •  Channing Pollock  •  Aldo Ray  •  Philippe Clay

Salut la puce (1983)

Robert Dumortier and his son "La Puce" live on a barge moored to an island of the Seine and Robert dreams of cruising remote and exotic seas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Balducci
CAST:  Jean Lefebvre  •  Georges Géret  •  Pierre Tornade  •  Jean-Marie Proslier

Robert Dumortier and his son "La Puce" live on a barge moored to an island of the Seine and Robert dreams of cruising remote and exotic seas.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Balducci
CAST:  Jean Lefebvre  •  Georges Géret  •  Pierre Tornade  •  Jean-Marie Proslier

L'herbe rouge (1985)

Telefilm directed by Pierre Kast broadcast in 1985, based on the eponymous novel by Boris Vian.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Kast
CAST:  Jean Sorel  •  Jean-Pierre Léaud  •  Mijou Kovacs  •  Franca Gonella

Telefilm directed by Pierre Kast broadcast in 1985, based on the eponymous novel by Boris Vian.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Kast
CAST:  Jean Sorel  •  Jean-Pierre Léaud  •  Mijou Kovacs  •  Franca Gonella

Le gourou occidental (1993)

André Doirmot, colloquially called "the father André," is the quack of Montgarçin village and its surroundings. Well known and appreciated by all, he continued the family tradition. André will be required to treat and cure the leader of a Japanese trust and his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Danièle J. Suissa
CAST:  Jean Lefebvre  •  Philippe Clay  •  Marie-Pierre Casey  •  Sophie Durin

André Doirmot, colloquially called "the father André," is the quack of Montgarçin village and its surroundings. Well known and appreciated by all, he continued the family tradition. André will be required to treat and cure the leader of a Japanese trust and his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Danièle J. Suissa
CAST:  Jean Lefebvre  •  Philippe Clay  •  Marie-Pierre Casey  •  Sophie Durin

Krim (1995)

A prize-fighter spends 16 years in prison for killing his wife during a blind rage. Upon his release, he wanders the grim streets of an empty French housing project in search of his now teen-age daughter. His quest forms the basis of this gripping French drama. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ahmed Bouchaala
CAST:  Hammou Graïa  •  Philippe Clay  •  Elisabeth Rose  •  Zakia Tahiri

A prize-fighter spends 16 years in prison for killing his wife during a blind rage. Upon his release, he wanders the grim streets of an empty French housing project in search of his now teen-age daughter. His quest forms the basis of this gripping French drama. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ahmed Bouchaala
CAST:  Hammou Graïa  •  Philippe Clay  •  Elisabeth Rose  •  Zakia Tahiri

The Freelancers (1999)

In this off-beat French comedy-drama, a quirky band of classical musicians prepare to play at a nobleman's New Year's Eve gala.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denis Dercourt
CAST:  Pierre Lacan  •  Marc Citti  •  Serge Renko  •  Philippe Clay

In this off-beat French comedy-drama, a quirky band of classical musicians prepare to play at a nobleman's New Year's Eve gala.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denis Dercourt
CAST:  Pierre Lacan  •  Marc Citti  •  Serge Renko  •  Philippe Clay

Rome Express (1950)

A valuable painting has been stolen from an art gallery in Paris.. On a train travelling between Paris and Rome, Zutra, a mysterious and sinister character, tries to find the stolen painting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Stengel
CAST:  Hélène Perdrière  •  Jean Debucourt  •  Denise Grey  •  Saturnin Fabre

A valuable painting has been stolen from an art gallery in Paris.. On a train travelling between Paris and Rome, Zutra, a mysterious and sinister character, tries to find the stolen painting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Stengel
CAST:  Hélène Perdrière  •  Jean Debucourt  •  Denise Grey  •  Saturnin Fabre
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