Pierre Mondy (born Pierre Cuq; 10 February 1925 – 15 September 2012) was a French film and theatre actor and director.
Personal life Born on 10 February 1925, he was married four times: to Claude Gensac, Pascale Roberts, Annie Fournier, and Catherine Allary, all actresses. He died on 15 September 2012, aged 87, from lymphoma.
Career Mondy's first on-screen appearance was in 1949 in Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de juillet and he appeared in over 140 films over the course of his career. In 1960, he received international recognition for the role of Napoléon Bonaparte in the film Austerlitz directed by Abel Gance. In the 1970s, his most successful film was the comedy Mais où est donc passée la septième compagnie?. From 1992 until 2005, he appeared in the French television series .
As a voice actor, he voiced Caius Obtus in Asterix et la Surprise de Cesar (Asterix vs. Caesar; 1985) and Cetinlapsus in Asterix Chez Le Bretons (Asterix in Britain; 1986).
Mondy directed four films and thirteen television episodes, and wrote two television screenplay adaptions. He also directed over 60 theatre productions, many of them at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. In 1973 he directed the first production of La Cage aux folles starring Jean Poiret and Michel Serrault.
Television Year Title Role Director Notes2009 Kaamelott Emperor Caesar Alexandre Astier
Theater Year Title Author Director Notes 1987 Two into One Ray Cooney Pierre Mondy Nominated - Molière Award for Best Director 1989 La Présidente Maurice Hennequin & Pierre Veber Pierre Mondy Nominated - Molière Award for Best Director
Filmography Year Title Role Director Notes 1949 Rendezvous in July The student's friend Jacques Becker Uncredited1950 Les anciens de Saint-Loup Le marquis Patrice de Puy-Tirejol Georges Lampin Souvenirs perdus The Agent Christian-Jaque (segment "Le violon"), Uncredited1951 Without Leaving an Address Forestier's Friend Jean-Paul Le Chanois Victor An inmate Claude Heymann1952 Le costaud des Batignolles Bébert Guy Lacourt Souvenirs perdus Georges Un jour avec vous Matrimonial Agency Le client de l'agence 'Nuptia' #2 Jean-Paul Le Chanois (2) The Happiest of Men Inspector Gaston Yves Ciampi1953 Les Compagnes de la nuit Sylvestre Ralph Habib Capitaine Pantoufle Henri Guy Lefranc Le Guérisseur Robert Yves Ciampi (2)1954 Crainquebille La Trogne Ralph Habib Tout chante autour de moi Paul Nollier Pierre Gout1955 Les Chiffonniers d'Emmaüs Thomas Robert Darène Casse-cou, mademoiselle! Marchand Christian Stengel Cherchez la femme Georges Tessard Raoul André The Affair of the Poisons Le capitaine François Desgrez Henri Decoin1956 People of No Importance Pierrot Berty Henri Verneuil Folies-Bergère Roger Henri Decoin1957 Que les hommes sont bêtes Josélito Roger Richebé The She-Wolves André Vilsan Luis Saslavsky La roue Jean Marcereau André Haguet and Maurice Delbez Méfiez-vous fillettes Tonio Yves Allégret Send a Woman When the Devil Fails Commissaire Verdier Yves Allégret The Tricyclist Un gendarme Jack Pinoteau Anyone Can Kill Me Émile Chanu Henri Decoin The Lady Doctor Romeo, cammeriere di De Vitti Camillo Mastrocinque1958 Le temps des oeufs durs Le maître nageur Norbert Carbonnaux Neither Seen Nor Recognized M. Bluette Yves Robert Chéri, fais-moi peur Le commissaire Morel Jack Pinoteau En légitime défense Petit Bob André Berthomieu Life Together Monsieur Lebeaut Clément Duhour Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women Max Maurice Régamey1959 Women Are Weak André, Agathe's Husband Michel Boisrond Vous n'avez rien à déclarer? Alfred Dupont Clément Duhour Way of Youth Lulu Michel Boisrond1960 Les Loups dans la bergerie Charlot Hervé Bromberger Austerlitz Napoléon Bonaparte Abel Gance It Happened All Night Antoine Fiesco Henri Verneuil Love and the Frenchwoman Edouard, Bichette's father various directors (segment "Adolescence, L'") Boulevard Dicky Julien Duvivier1961 Dans la gueule du loup Commissaire Rémy Jean-Charles Dudrumet Les moutons de Panurge Un voisin de table au restaurant Jean Girault Uncredited The Count of Monte Cristo Caderousse Claude Autant-Lara1962 Girl on the Road Le manager Jacqueline Audry Le Crime ne paie pas Clerget, le détective Gérard Oury (segment "L'affaire Hugues"), Uncredited The Law of Men Le juge Béguin Charles Gérard The Mysteries of Paris Le Chourineur André Hunebelle1963 Jusqu'au bout du monde Pierre François Villiers People in Luck Henri Duchemin Philippe de Broca and Jean Girault (segment "Le yacht") Bebert and the Train Parmelin Yves Robert Son of the Circus Philip Nardelli Sergio Grieco1964 Mission to Venice Paul Trégard André Versini À couteaux tirés Robert Antonini Charles Gérard Requiem pour un caïd Antoine Delille Maurice Cloche Weekend at Dunkirk Dhéry Henri Verneuil1965 Les copains Broudier Yves Robert The Sleeping Car Murders Le commissaire Tarquin Costa-Gavras1966 Le facteur s'en va-t-en guerre Massenet Claude Bernard-Aubert Monsieur le Président Directeur Général (Appelez-moi Maître) Denis Bonneval Jean Girault 1967 The Night of the Generals Kopatski Anatole Litvak1969 Pierre et Paul Pierre René Allio Appelez-moi Mathilde Le commissaire Pierre Mondy Uncredited 1971 Papa les petits bateaux... Jeannot le Corse Nelly Kaplan 1972 Les malheurs d'Alfred François Morel Pierre Richard1973 Forbidden Priests Paul Lacoussade Denys de La Patellière Now Where Did the 7th Company Get to? Sergent Louis Chaudard Robert Lamoureux1974 Vos gueules les mouettes! Bibi Kenavec Robert Dhéry Impossible Is Not French Antoine Brisset Robert Lamoureux1975 L'agression Sauguet Gérard Pirès Voice, Uncredited Vous ne l'emporterez pas au paradis Olivier Galmisch François Dupont-Midi The Pink Telephone Benoît Castejac Édouard Molinaro The Seventh Company Has Been Found Sergent Chaudard Robert Lamoureux1977 Dernière sortie avant Roissy Marlys Bernard Paul The Seventh Company Outdoors Chaudard Robert Lamoureux1978 Le beaujolais nouveau est arrivé Georges Jean-Luc Voulfow Vas-y maman Jean-Pierre Larcher Nicole de Buron La Cage aux Folles Renato Baldi Édouard Molinaro (French version), Voice 1979 Démons de midi François Christian Paureilhe 1980 Retour en force Roger Jean-Marie Poiré 1981 Signé Furax Amédée Gonflard Marc Simenon 1982 Bankers Also Have Souls Grégoire Dufour Michel Lang1983 Le Braconnier de Dieu Brother Grégoire Jean-Pierre Darras Le Battant Rouxel Alain Delon Si elle dit oui... je ne dis pas non Marcel Thiebault Claude Vital 1984 Pinot simple flic Rochu Gérard Jugnot1985 Slices of Life Le Président François Leterrier Asterix Versus Caesar Caius Obtus Gaëtan Brizzi and Paul Brizzi Voice 1986 Asterix in Britain Cetinlapsus Pino Van Lamsweerde Voice 1992 Cerveny cigán 1994 The Favourite Son Le dentiste usurier Nicole Garcia 2003 Lovely Rita, sainte patronne des cas désespérés Marcel Stéphane Clavier 2008 A Man and His Dog Baptistin Francis Huster
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