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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 3, 1902
Died
November 9, 1975
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also Known As
- The Molière Players
- Henri Paul Bonifas
- Paul Boniface
- Victor Boniface
- Bonifas
- Bonifas de la Comédie Française
Paul Bonifas
0.3 Popularity
Biography
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. Source: Article "Paul Bonifas" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known For
1.0
Vatinol
Le Père Amable
1975
4.7
Rosebud
1975
7.0
Le Maire
The Common Man
1975
0.0
le choeur
Antigone
1974
6.5
le père de François Perrin
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
1974
6.5
Le voisin
The Last Train
1973
0.0
L'aubergiste
La Duchesse d'Avila
1973
4.1
Hotel porter
Love Me Strangely
1971
5.7
The doctor
Cold Sweat
1970
5.1
Henri Faroy
An Artistic Couple
1970
Credits
Le Père Amable
as Vatinol
1975
1.0
Rosebud
1975
4.7
The Common Man
as Le Maire
1975
7.0
Antigone
as le choeur
1974
0.0
The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
as le père de François Perrin
1974
6.5
The Last Train
as Le voisin
1973
6.5
La Duchesse d'Avila
as L'aubergiste
1973
0.0
Love Me Strangely
as Hotel porter
1971
4.1
Cold Sweat
as The doctor
1970
5.7
An Artistic Couple
as Henri Faroy
1970
5.1
The Horse
as Witness to car accident
1970
7.0
Maurin des Maures
as Pons
1970
0.0
The Christmas Tree
as (uncredited)
1969
6.2
Secret World
as Gustave / servant
1969
5.7
La séparation
as Prêtre
1968
10.0
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
as Le vieux Vick
1968
10.0
Triple Cross
as Charlie
1966
6.0
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
1966
6.4
At Theatre Tonight
as Félix Ducotel
1966
6.7
Illusions perdues
as Camusot
1966
0.0
The Sleeping Sentinel
as Lanier
1966
4.7
Le naïf amoureux
as 'Tonton Louis'
1965
0.0
Lucky Jo
as Légiste (uncredited)
1964
6.7
The Train
as Spinet
1964
7.5
Greed in the Sun
as Doctor Magnart, former professor in Lyon
1964
7.1
Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent
as Le notaire
1964
4.6
Bayard
as Aymon Terrail
1964
0.0
Charade
as Mr. Felix
1963
7.7
La parole est au témoin
1963
10.0
The Depths
as Mons. Lapeyre
1963
6.3
The Trip to Biarritz
as Bourrély
1963
6.7
Sundays and Cybele
as Grocer
1962
7.1
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Les Célibataires
as Chandelier
1962
0.0
Keep Talking, Baby
1961
5.6
Blood on His Sword
as Le chirurgien / Doctor of Louis XI
1961
5.8
Fanny
as The Postman
1961
6.7
Goodbye Again
as Cellarman
1961
7.1
The Truth
as Un greffier
1960
7.6
The Gigolo
as (uncredited)
1960
1.0
The Enemy General
as Mayor
1960
5.5
Love and the Frenchwoman
as Le père de Ginette (segment "La Virginité")
1960
4.5
A Woman Like Satan
as Innkeeper
1958
5.3
A Legitimate Defense
as le président de la cour
1958
5.6
Les Misérables
as Hospital doctor
1958
7.2
Sinners of Paris
as L'inspecteur Renaud
1958
5.1
Mademoiselle and Her Gang
as Marcel, owner of the hotel
1957
6.0
Love in the Afternoon
as Police Chief (uncredited)
1957
7.0
The Case of Dr. Laurent
as Guillaumin
1957
6.9
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Master Lecornu
1956
6.7
The Terror with Women
1956
0.0
Frou-Frou
as Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel (uncredited)
1955
5.7
Sherlock Holmes
as Prof. von Gaulkins
1954
7.1
Their Last Night
as le commissaire principal
1953
4.9
Lettre ouverte
as Honoré, the father-in-law
1953
2.0
Holiday for Henrietta
as The Newsagent (uncredited)
1952
7.0
Ils sont dans les vignes...
as American
1952
5.0
Piédalu fait des miracles
1952
0.0
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
as Monsieur Bleubois
1952
5.0
The Green Glove
as Inspector
1952
6.2
The Truth About Bebe Donge
as Traveler (uncredited)
1952
6.8
Duel à Dakar
as The Commander
1951
0.0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Amazing Monsieur Fabre
as Le ministre Victor Duruy
1951
7.0
Pardon My French
as Monsieur Bleubois
1951
5.0
Clara de Montargis
1951
0.0
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
as Captain of the cargo ship
1951
7.0
Bedelia
as Insurance Manager
1946
4.6
Lisbon Story
as Stephan Corelle
1946
5.7
Johnny Frenchman
as Jerome
1945
6.0
Dead of Night
as French Nightclub Patron (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)
1945
7.2
The Man from Morocco
as French Mayor
1945
5.0
Champagne Charlie
as Targetino
1944
5.6
English Without Tears
as Monsieur Rolland
1944
5.7
Candlelight in Algeria
as French Proprietor
1944
5.7
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Two Fathers
as The Frenchman
1944
7.0
Aventure Malgache
as Michel
1944
5.3
The Foreman Went to France
as Prefect of Rouville
1942
6.6
Maxim's Porter
1939
0.0
The Five Cents of Lavarede
as Sailor
1939
5.3
Crime and Punishment
1935
6.8