Gérard Philipe
Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Gérard Philipe (4 December 1922 – 25 November 1959) was a prominent French actor who appeared in 34 films between 1944 and 1959. Active in both theater and cinema, he was, until his untimely death, one of the main stars of the post-war period. His image has remained youthful and romantic, which has made him one of the icons of French cinema.

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Match
The End of a Beautiful Epoch (2015)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fever Mounts at El Pao (1959)
Ramón Vázquez
Dangerous Love Affairs (1959)
Valmont
The Gambler (1958)
Alexei Ivanovitch
Life Together (1958)
Désiré
The Lovers of Montparnasse (1958)
Amedeo Modigliani
Lovers of Paris (1957)
Octave Mouret
Bold Adventure (1956)
Till l’Espiègle
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
Le Trouvère
The Best Part (1955)
Philippe Perrin
The Grand Manoeuvre (1955)
Le lieutenant Armand de la Verne
Le Rouge et le Noir (1954)
Julien Sorel
Monsieur Ripois (1954)
André Ripois
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
D'Artagnan
It Happened in the Park (1953)
Carlo - Valeria's lover (segment: Gli amanti)
The Proud and the Beautiful (1953)
Georges
Beauties of the Night (1952)
Claude
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
Painter (segment "The Eighth Sin")
Fan-Fan the Tulip (1952)
Fanfan la Tulipe
Juliette, or Key of Dreams (1951)
Michel Grandier
Lost Souvenirs (1950)
Gérard de Narçay
La Ronde (1950)
Le comte
The Beauty of the Devil (1950)
Young Henri Faust / Young-Looking Mephistopheles
All Roads Lead to Rome (1949)
Gabriel Pégase
Such a Pretty Little Beach (1949)
Pierre
The Charterhouse of Parma (1948)
le marquis Fabrice Del Dong
Devil in the Flesh (1947)
François Jaubert
The Idiot (1946)
Miouchkine
Land Without Stars (1946)
Simon Legouge / Frédéric Talacayud
Box of Dreams (1945)
Man (uncredited)
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform (1944)
Jérôme Hardy

Crew

Bold Adventure (1956)
Director | Writer