Philippe Clay
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Mar 7, 1927 (99 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Biography
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.
Known For
| 2022 | La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était présidentSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2020 | Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fortSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2007 | Dombey and SonJérémie | |
| 2002 | 1974, une partie de campagneSelf | |
| 2001 | Des croix sur la merNapoléon | |
| 1999 | TuvaluKarl | |
| 1999 | The FreelancersLe Chatelain | |
| 1999 | Alexina's HouseRaffin | |
| 1998 | Marceeel!!!Dédé | |
| 1998 | LautrecAuguste Renoir | |
| 1998 | La Grande BékéFifi Zecotte | |
| 1998 | The Count of Monte CristoChanteur Complainte | |
| 1998 | Vivement dimancheSelf | |
| 1996 | Les Allumettes suédoisesl'Araignée | |
| 1995 | KrimEugène | |
| 1993 | Le gourou occidentalSerge | |
| 1993 | Die WildnisPeasant | |
| 1989 | La Comtesse de CharnyLe baron de Taverney | |
| 1987 | Le GerfautLe baron von Winkleried | |
| 1986 | CatherineBarnabé | |
| 1985 | L'Herbe rougeMr. Perle | |
| 1983 | A Good Little DevilJudge | |
| 1983 | Salut la puceRigodo-Cartecolin, un marionnettiste | |
| 1983 | Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon'Black-Fish' | |
| 1982 | Quarter to Two Before Jesus ChristHerald of the arena | |
| 1982 | Champs-ElyséesSelf | |
| 1981 | Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryxL'ébéniste | |
| 1976 | 30 millions d'amisSelf | |
| 1976 | 30 millions d'amisSelf - Host | |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf | |
| 1975 | Système 2Self | |
| 1974 | ShanksMr. Barton | |
| 1974 | The Three MusketeersRichelieu | |
| 1973 | The InsolentDargnac | |
| 1972 | Not Dumb, the BirdJack Bromfield | |
| 1972 | Les joyeux luronsL'abbé Larivière | |
| 1972 | Midi trenteSelf | |
| 1971 | Let's Arm Ourselves and Go!generale McMaster | |
| 1971 | Cadet RousselleSelf - Coup de chapeau | |
| 1971 | Samedi soirSelf | |
| 1971 | La Brigade des maléfices | |
| 1970 | Pour un sourireNicolas | |
| 1968 | À bout portantSelf | |
| 1967 | The HotheadsPrêcheur | |
| 1966 | Sale temps pour les mouchesPierre Mazaud, aka 'Félix' | |
| 1965 | Ivory Coast AdventureRenaud Lefranc | |
| 1962 | Musketeers of the SeaGosselin | |
| 1961 | In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!Jean-Louis Preminger (voice) | |
| 1960 | Take Me As I AmCarlo | |
| 1960 | Lay Off BlondesL'inspecteur Al Wheeler | |
| 1959 | The Road to ShameTom | |
| 1959 | The Night of the HuntedTaretta | |
| 1959 | The BureaucratsLetondu | |
| 1959 | Drôles de phénomènesThe Butler Barns | |
| 1959 | DiscoramaSelf | |
| 1958 | Bell, Book and CandleFrench Singer at the Zodiac Club | |
| 1958 | Toto in Parisil finto maggiordomo | |
| 1958 | En bordéeBailladrisse / Yves Biadrix | |
| 1957 | It Happened on the 36 CandlesSelf (uncredited) | |
| 1957 | NathalieAdolphe Faisant | |
| 1956 | The Hunchback of Notre DameClopin Trouillefou | |
| 1956 | Life is beautifulle pasteur | |
| 1955 | French CancanCasimir le Serpentin | |
| 1952 | Le Crime du Bouif | |
| 1950 | Rome ExpressSleeping car employee |