Claude Rich
Claude Rich (klod ʁiʃ; 8 February 1929 – 20 July 2017) was a French stage and screen actor. He began his career in theatre before his film debut in 1955.
Claude Rich

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- Name
- Claude Rich
- Born
- 8 February 1929
- Birthplace
- Strasbourg, France
- Died
- 20 July 2017
- Place of death
- Orgeval, France
- Spouse
- Catherine Renaudin
- Occupation
- Actor, screenwriter
- Full name
- Claude Robert Rich.
- Nationality
- France.
- Fields
- theatre and drama.
- Education
- Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique and Cours Simon.
- Teachers
- Georges Le Roy.
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Claude Rich (klod ʁiʃ; 8 February 1929 – 20 July 2017) was a French stage and screen actor. He began his career in theatre before his film debut in 1955.
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Claude Rich (1929–2017) was an actor, film actor and playwright, among other activities, of French nationality. The actor was born Claude Robert Rich in Strasbourg and died in Orgeval.
Claude Rich was educated at Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique and Cours Simon. Activity centred on drama and theatre.
Languages used include French. Honours include César Award for Best Actor, Commander of the National Order of Merit and Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, among others.
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Claude Rich studied at Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique and Cours Simon. Training under Georges Le Roy is recorded. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is theatre and drama. Distinctions recorded are Commander of the National Order of Merit, César Award for Best Actor, Honorary César and Prize for the best actor of the Union of criticism.

Claude Rich et Barbara Shulz sur le tournage de "Voltaire et l'Affaire Calas" de Francis Reusser
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Claude Rich regarde vers le spectateur en souriant. Il porte les cheveux bruns, épais avec les oreilles partiellement recouvertes. Il est vêtu d'un pullover fin gris clair à col Mao.
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Key facts
• Name — Claude Rich • Born — 8 February 1929 • Birthplace — Strasbourg, France • Died — 20 July 2017 • Place of death — Orgeval, France • Years Active — 1951–2015 • Spouse — Catherine Renaudin • Occupation — Actor, screenwriter
Personal life
Personal life
He married actress Catherine Renaudin on 26 June 1959. They had two daughters, Delphine (an actress) and Nathalie (a painter), and an adopted son, Remy.
Career
Career
In 1996, he was a member of the jury at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Title — Role — Director — Notes • 1955 — The Grand Maneuver — Alice's fiancé — René Clair • 1956 — Le revizor ou L'inspecteur général — Khlestakov — Marcel Bluwal — TV movie • It Happened in Aden — Price — Michel Boisrond • Mitsou — Lieutenant Kaki — Jacqueline Audry • 1957 — La garçonne — Delmarre — Jacqueline Audry (2) • La polka des menottes — Pierrot — Raoul André • 1958 — Neither Seen Nor Recognized — Amédée Fléchard — Yves Robert • Ligne de vie — The Man — Jean Leduc — Short • 1960 — Un beau dimanche de septembre — Lustra — Marcel Cravenne — TV movie • Coctail party — Alex — Jean Vernier • Love and the Frenchwoman — Charles — René Clair (2) — (segment "Mariage, Le") • L'homme à femmes — Inspector Vaillant — Jacques-Gérard Cornu • Les joueurs — Glov Fils — Marcel Bluwal (2) — TV movie • 1961 — Tonight or Never — Laurent — Michel Deville • All the Gold in the World — Fred — René Clair (3) • 1962 — The Burning Court — Stéphane Desgrez — Julien Duvivier • The Seven Deadly Sins — Armand — Claude Chabrol — (segment "Avarice, L'") • Girl on the Road — The 30 year old Man — Jacqueline Audry (3) • The Elusive Corporal — Ballochet — Jean Renoir • Le Diable et les Dix Commandements — The Devil — Julien Duvivier (2) — Voice, Uncredited • Copacabana Palace — Buby von Raunacher — Steno • Le théâtre de la jeunesse — The ghost — Marcel Cravenne (2) — TV series, 1 episode • 1963 — La chasse ou L'amour ravi — Lucinio — Alain Boudet — TV movie • Les Tontons flingueurs — Antoine Delafoy — Georges Lautner • 1964 — Constance aux enfers — Student — François Villiers • How Do You Like My Sister? — François Lorin — Michel Boisrond (2) • Champagne for Savages — Claude — Christian-Jaque • Male Hunt — Julien Brenot — Édouard Molinaro • Mata Hari, Agent H21 — Julien the Driver — Jean-Louis Richard • 1965 — Les copains — Huchon — Yves Robert (2) • The Apollo of Bellac — Monsieur de Bellac — Gilbert Pineau — TV movie • Diamonds Are Brittle — Bernard Noblet — Nicolas Gessner • The Duke's Gold — Ludovic de Talois-Minet — Jacques Baratier • 1966 — Paris brûle-t-il? — General Leclerc — René Clément • Mona, l'étoile sans nom — Miroiu — Henri Colpi • Le vampire de Bougival — Philippe Ducrest — TV movie • Monsieur le Président Directeur Général — Stéphane Bévin — Jean Girault • 1967 — Les compagnons de la marguerite — Jean-Louis Matouzec — Jean-Pierre Mocky • Oscar — Christian Martin — Édouard Molinaro (2) • 1968 — The Bride Wore Black — Bliss — François Truffaut • Je t'aime, je t'aime — Claude Ridder — Alain Resnais — San Sebastián International Film Festival - Best Actor • 1969 — A Golden Widow — Antoine Berger — Michel Audiard • 1970 — Con quale amore, con quanto amore — André — Pasquale Festa Campanile • The Customer of the Off Season — The Customer — Moshé Mizrahi • Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa — Paolo di Sergeno — Marcello Fondato • 1973 — Les cent livres des hommes — The Narrator — Maurice Dugowson — TV series, 1 episode • 1974 — La femme de Jean — Jean — Yannick Bellon • Creezy — Dominique — Pierre Granier-Deferre • The Irony of Chance — Morin — Édouard Molinaro (3) • Stavisky — Inspector Bonny — Alain Resnais (2) • 1975 — Le futur aux trousses — Borel — Dolorès Grassian • The French Detective — Judge Delmesse — Pierre Granier-Deferre (2) • Monsieur Jadis — Monsieur Jadis — Michel Polac — TV movie • 1977 — Le Crabe-tambour — Pierre — Pierre Schoendoerffer • 1979 — The Police War — Commissioner Ballestrat — Robin Davis • 1980 — Orient-Express — Wiesner — Bruno Gantillon — TV miniseries • 1981 — La revanche — Jacques Beaufort — Pierre Lary • 1982 — Un matin rouge — Léonard — Jean-Jacques Aublanc • Fausses notes — Eric Thoreau — Peter Kassovitz — TV movie • L'ours en peluche — Professor Jean Chabot — Edouard Logereau — TV movie • Un habit pour l'hiver — Simon — Pierre Badel — TV movie • 1983 — Dans la citadelle — Doctor Barrois — Peter Kassovitz (2) — TV movie • Maria Chapdelaine — Monk Cordelier — Gilles Carle • Les mots pour le dire — Guillaume Talbiac — José Pinheiro • 1985 — Escalier C — Forster's father — Jean-Charles Tacchella • L'énigme blanche — Maxence — Peter Kassovitz (3) — TV movie • 1988 — Haute tension — Alex — Denys Granier-Deferre — TV series, 1 episode • 1989 — Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête — Sam — Didier Kaminka • La piovra — Filippo Rasi — Luigi Perelli — TV miniseries • Le grand secret — Samuel Frend — Jacques Trébouta — TV miniseries • France images d'une révolution — The Narrator — Alec R. Costandinos — Short • 1990 — Promotion canapé — Ivan — Didier Kaminka (2) • Stirn et Stern — Ferdinand Stirn — Peter Kassovitz (4) — TV movie • 1992 — The Accompanist — The Minister — Claude Miller • The Supper — Talleyrand — Édouard Molinaro (4) — César Award for Best Actor • 1993 — La vérité en face — Paul Noblet — Étienne Périer — TV movie • Commissaire Dumas d'Orgheuil — Charles Dumas d'Orgheuil — Philippe Setbon — TV movie • 1994 — Mort d'un gardien de la paix — Victor — Josée Dayan — TV series, 1 episode • Revenge of the Musketeers — Duke of Crassac — Bertrand Tavernier — Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor • Colonel Chabert — Chamblin — Yves Angelo • Le jardin des plantes — Fernand Bornard — Philippe de Broca — TV movie • Radetzkymarsch — Doctor Demant — Axel Corti & Gernot Roll — TV miniseries • 1995 — Dis-moi oui... — Professor Villiers — Alexandre Arcady • Été brulant — Ivan Petrov — Jérôme Foulon — TV movie • La fête des pères — Louis Galissier — Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe — TV movie • Les vacances de l'inspecteur Lester — Lester — Alain Wermus — TV movie • 1996 — Désiré — Montignac — Bernard Murat • Le bel été 1914 — Count of Sainteville — Christian de Chalonge • Captain Conan — General Pitard de Lauzier — Bertrand Tavernier (2) • Mon père avait raison — Adolphe & Charles — Roger Vadim — TV movie • 1997 — Nel profondo paese straniero — René Kermadec — Fabio Carpi • Faussaires et assassins — Robert Foquet — Peter Kassovitz (5) — TV series, 1 episode • Le rouge et le noir — Marquis de la Môle — Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe (2) — TV movie • 1998 — Lautrec — Alphonse de Toulouse-Lautrec — Roger Planchon • Clarissa (1998 film) — Professor Silberstein — Jacques Deray — TV movie • 1999 — Le derrière — Pierre Arroux — Valérie Lemercier • Balzac (TV miniseries) — Lawyer Plissoud — Josée Dayan (2) — TV miniseries • Season's Beatings — Stanislas — Danièle Thompson — Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor • 2000 — Actors — Himself — Bertrand Blier • 2001 — Thérèse et Léon — Léon Blum — Claude Goretta — TV movie • Unfair Competition — Count Treuberg — Ettore Scola • 2002 — Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra — Getafix — Alain Chabat • John XXIII: The Pope of Peace — Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani — Giorgio Capitani — TV movie • Les amants de Mogador — Souheil Ben-Barka • 2003 — The Mystery of the Yellow Room — Judge De Marquet — Bruno Podalydès • Le coût de la vie — Maurice — Philippe Le Guay • Rien, voilà l'ordre — Doctor Nuytel — Jacques Baratier (2) • Là-haut, un roi au-dessus des nuages — The Editor-in-chief — Pierre Schoendoerffer (2) • Portrait caché — Lucien Meyer — Jean-Louis Leconte • 2004 — Le Cou de la girafe — Paul — Safy Nebbou • 2005 — The Perfume of the Lady in Black — Judge De Marquet — Bruno Podalydès (2) • Galilée ou L'amour de Dieu — Galilée — Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe (3) — TV movie • Les Rois maudits — Cardinal Deuze — Josée Dayan (3) — TV miniseries • La séparation — Father Gayraud — François Hanss — TV movie • 2006 — Private Fears in Public Places — Arthur — Alain Resnais (3) — Voice • Président — Frédéric Saint-Guillaume — Lionel Delplanque • 2007 — Voltaire et l'affaire Calas — Voltaire — Francis Reusser — TV movie • 2008 — With a Little Help from Myself — Robert — François Dupeyron — Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor • Crime Is Our Business — Roderick Charpentier — Pascal Thomas • 2009 — La reine morte — Pierre Boutron — TV movie • Park Benches — The backgammon player — Bruno Podalydès (3) • 2011 — Bouquet final — Jules — Josée Dayan (4) — TV movie • All Together — Claude Blanchard — Stéphane Robelin • 2012 — 10 jours en or — Pierre — Nicolas Brossette • Looking for Hortense — Sébastien Hauer — Pascal Bonitzer — Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actor • 2015 — Ladygrey — Henri — Alain Choquart — (final film role)
Theater
Theater
• Year — Title — Author — Director — Notes • 1951 — The Winter's Tale — William Shakespeare — Julien Bertheau • The Fatted Calf — Bernard Zimmer — Julien Bertheau (2) • 1952 — Hernani — Victor Hugo — Henri Rollan • Six Characters in Search of an Author — Luigi Pirandello — Julien Bertheau (3) • Romeo and Juliet — William Shakespeare — Julien Bertheau (4) • Philippe et Jonas — Irwin Shaw — Jean-Pierre Grenier • 1954 — Rope — Patrick Hamilton — Jean Darcante • Bel Ami — Guy de Maupassant — Jean Darcante (2) • Les Boulingrin — Georges Courteline — Jean Darcante (3) • Carlos et Marguerite — Jean Bernard-Luc — Christian-Gérard • 1955 — The Teahouse of the August Moon — John Patrick — Marguerite Jamois • Les Amants novices — Jean Bernard-Luc — Jean Mercure • TTX — Cécil Saint-Laurent & Pierre de Meuse — Alice Cocéa • Espoir — Henri Bernstein — Henri Bernstein • 1956 — La petite hutte — André Roussin — André Roussin • Virginie — Michel André — Christian-Gérard (2) • 1957 — Les Pas perdus — Pierre Gascar — Jacques Mauclair • 1958 — Père — Édouard Bourdet — Pierre Fresnay • Virginie — Michel André — Christian-Gérard (3) • 1959 — Les Choutes — Pierre Barillet & Jean-Pierre Gredy — Jean Wall • Una bella domenica di settembre — Ugo Betti — André Barsacq • 1960 — Château en Suède — Françoise Sagan — André Barsacq (2) • 1961 — La Rouille — Carlos Semprún — Jean-Marie Serreau • 1962 — Château en Suède — Françoise Sagan — André Barsacq (3) • 1962-63 — Victor, or Power to the Children — Roger Vitrac — Jean Anouilh & Roland Piétri • 1963 — La Crécelle — Charles Dyer — Michel Fagadau • 1966 — The Homecoming — Harold Pinter — Claude Régy • 1968 — Four Seasons — Arnold Wesker — Claude Régy (2) • 1970-72 — Hadrian the Seventh — Peter Luke — Raymond Rouleau • 1972 — Honni soit qui mal y pense — Peter Barnes — Stuart Burge • 1973 — Jean de La Fontaine — Sacha Guitry — René Clermont • 1975 — Le Zouave — Claude Rich — Jean-Louis Thamin • 1976 — Lorenzaccio — Alfred de Musset — Franco Zeffirelli • 1977 — Poor Murderer — Pavel Kohout — Michel Fagadau (2) • 1977-78 — Pericles, Prince of Tyre — William Shakespeare — Roger Planchon • 1979 — Un habit pour l'hiver — Claude Rich — Georges Wilson • 1983 — K2 — Patrick Meyers — Georges Wilson (2) • 1986 — Faisons un rêve — Sacha Guitry — Jacques Rosny — Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor • 1987 — Une chambre sur la Dordogne — Claude Rich — Jorge Lavelli • 1988 — Réveille-toi, Philadelphie! — François Billetdoux — Jorge Lavelli (2) • 1989-91 — Le Souper — Jean-Claude Brisville — Jean-Pierre Miquel — Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor • 2003 — Embers — Sándor Márai — Didier Long — Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor • 2005 — Le Caïman — Antoine Rault — Hans Peter Cloos — Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor • 2008 — Le Diable Rouge — Antoine Rault — Christophe Lidon — Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor • 2011-12 — L'Intrus — Antoine Rault — Christophe Lidon (2)
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Claude Rich was recorded at birth as Claude Robert Rich. His recorded language was French. His recorded confession was Roman Catholic. He married Catherine Rich. 2 children are recorded: Delphine Rich and Natalie Rich-Fernandez.
Identity
Identity
Claude Rich is recorded as having received Commander of the National Order of Merit, César Award for Best Actor and Honorary César.
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Claude Rich died at Orgeval.
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Strasbourg.
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Claude Rich received Commander of the National Order of Merit, César Award for Best Actor, Honorary César, Prize for the best actor of the Union of criticism, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres and Officer of the Legion of Honour.
Awards
• 2002: Honorary César • 2008: Prix Henri-Langlois Actor
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Claude Rich studied at Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique and Cours Simon. He trained under Georges Le Roy.
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