Acting · Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France · Born April 13, 1927
Maurice Ronet (13 April 1927 – 14 March 1983) was a French film actor, director, and writer. Maurice Ronet was born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice, Alpes Maritimes. He was the only child of professional stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut at the age of 14 alongside his parents in Sacha Guitry's Deux couverts in Lausanne. After attending the Parisian acting school Centre du Spectacle de la Rue-Blanche, he entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1944, where Jean-Louis Barrault was one of his mentors. When he made his film debut at 22 in Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de juillet (1949) in a role that was written specifically for him by Becker, he had little interest in pursuing an acting career. After completing the film, he married Maria Pacôme (a French stage actress and playwright), and they departed to Moustiers-Sainte-Marie in Provence, where he tried his hand at ceramics. After completing his military service, he returned to Paris in the early 1950s where he took courses in philosophy and physics, and pursued his passion for literature, music (piano and organ), film and painting. His artwork, part of the peinture non figurative movement, was exhibited with friends Jean Dubuffet and Georges Mathieu. He also acted occasionally in small roles in the films of French directors like Yves Ciampi and René Wheeler, with ambitions of becoming a filmmaker himself. Gradually, however, he came to discover a freedom in acting and a creative satisfaction that provided a synthesis of all his interests. Maurice Ronet became one of European cinema's more prolific actors. Between 1955 and 1975 he appeared in over 60 films. He often portrayed characters who were in conflict with themselves or society. He first garnered acclaim at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival for a supporting role in Jean Dreville's Endless Horizons (Horizons sans fin) and over the next few years as the romantic lead in André Michel's La sorcière (The Blonde Witch/The Sorceress, 1956) and in Jules Dassin's He Who Must Die (Celui qui doit mourir, 1957). It was at the presentation of "La Sorcière" at Cannes where he met a creative and an intellectual counterpart in Louis Malle. Two years later, he made his international box-office breakthrough as Julien Tavernier in Malle's first feature film Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud 1958), which features Jeanne Moreau. He originated the role of Philippe Greenleaf in Purple Noon (Plein soleil, 1960), René Clément's adaptation of The Talented Mr. Ripley. ... Source: Article "Maurice Ronet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
MovieUndressing a Legacy
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBarefoot in the Kitchen
2013
as (archive footage)
MovieMag Bodard, un destin
2005
as Self (archive footage)
MovieSurprise Party
1983
as Georges Levesques
MovieLa Guérilléra
1982
as Brutus
MovieLa Balance
1982
as Roger Massina
MovieUn matin rouge
1982
as Henri
MovieBeau Pere
1981
as Charly
MovieSphinx
1981
as Yvon Mageot
TVOrient Express
1979
as Rolf Freitag
MovieBloodline
1979
as Charles Martin
TVMadame le Juge
1978
as Charles Bais
MovieDeath of a Corrupt Man
1977
as Philippe Dubaye
MovieEmmenez-moi au Ritz
1977
as Philippe Gregor
MovieMadame Claude
1977
as Pierre
MovieGolden Night
1976
as Nuit d'or
MovieOh, mia bella matrigna
1976
as Luigi
MovieWhy They Kill Themselves
1976
MovieTo the Bitter End
1975
as Paul Jordan
MovieThe Golden Mass
1975
as David
TVLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
MovieOnly the Wind Knows the Answer
1974
as Robert Lucas
MovieCry of the Heart
1974
as Mathieu
MovieThe Marseille Contract
1974
as Inspector Briac
MovieNight Police Station
1974
as Vittorio Cazzaniga
MovieThe Red Room
1973
as Jean Gerfaud
MovieThe Crazy Capo Affair
1973
as Diserens
MovieDon Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
1973
as Piere Gonzague
MovieWithout Warning
1973
as Raoul Maury
MovieSeduction
1973
as Giuseppe Lagana
MovieDevil in the Brain
1972
as Fabrizio Garces
MovieThe Pebbles of Etratat
1972
as Kelvo
TVMidi trente
1972
as Self
MovieScandal Man
1972
as Marc Fontemps
MovieThe Deadly Trap
1971
as L'homme de l'organisation
MovieRaphael or the Debauched One
1971
as Raphaël de Lorris
MovieA Little, a Lot, Passionately
1971
as Didier
Samedi soir
1971
as Self
MovieThe Sensuous Assassin
1970
as Serge
MovieThe Modification
1970
as Léon Delmont
MovieLast Leap
1970
as Garal
MovieSplendori e miserie di Madame Royale
1970
as Commissario
MovieThe Vixen
1969
as Jérôme
MovieThe Scarlet Lady
1969
as François
MovieDelphine
1969
as Jean-Marc, couturier ami de Delphine
MovieThe Swimming Pool
1969
as Harry
MovieThe Unfaithful Wife
1969
as Victor Pegala
MovieBirds in Peru
1968
as Rainier
MovieHow Sweet It Is!
1968
as Phillipe
MovieA Devil Under the Pillow
1968
as Lotario
MovieGarden of Delights
1967
as Carlo
MovieThe Road to Corinth
1967
as Dex
MovieThe Champagne Murders
1967
as Paul Wagner
MovieLong March
1966
as Doctor Chevalier
MovieLine of Demarcation
1966
as Pierre, comte de Damville
MovieLost Command
1966
as Capain. Boisfeuras
MovieThree Rooms in Manhattan
1965
as François Combe
MovieAmador
1965
as Amador
MovieThe Thief of Tibadabo
1965
as Nicolas
MovieCircle of Love
1964
as Henri
MovieWherever You Are
1964
as Paul Vallier
MoviePariahs of Glory
1964
as Ferrier
MovieThe Pit and the Pendulum
1964
as Le condamné à mort
MovieThe Victors
1963
as French Lieutenant
MovieThe Fire Within
1963
as Alain Leroy
MovieCasablanca, Nest of Spies
1963
as Maurice Desjardins
MovieScarlet Eye
1963
as Dr. Gérard Rinaldi
MovieEnough Rope
1963
as Walter Saccard
MovieAssassin's Check
1962
as Gilbert Vitry
MovieThe Immoral Moment
1962
as Michel Jussieu
MovieMidnight Meeting
1962
as Pierre Neyris
MovieLiberté I
1962
as Michel
MovieTime Out for Love
1961
as Philippe
MovieIl peccato degli anni verdi
1960
as Paolo Donati
MovieMi último tango
1960
as Dario Ledesma
MoviePurple Noon
1960
as Philippe Greenleaf
MovieThe Devil Made a Woman
1959
as José
MovieThis Desired Body
1959
as Henri Messardier
TVDiscorama
1959
as Self
MovieThat Night
1958
as Jean Mallet
MovieCarve Her Name with Pride
1958
as Jacques
MovieElevator to the Gallows
1958
as Julien Tavernier
MovieHe Who Must Die
1957
as Michelis
MovieMissing Persons Section
1956
as Juan Milford
MovieThe Blonde Witch
1956
as Laurent Brulard
TVCinépanorama
1956
as Self
MovieThe Aristocrats
1955
as Christophe de Conti
MoviePleasures and Vices
1955
as 'Gueule d'ange'
MovieCasta diva
1954
as Vincenzo Bellini
MovieHouse of Ricordi
1954
as Vincenzo Bellini
MovieCastles in Spain
1954
as Miguel Murillo
TVReflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
MovieThe Healer
1953
as André Turenne
MovieLucrèce Borgia
1953
as Perotto
MoviePoison Ivy
1953
as Mickey
Endless Horizons
1953
as Marc Caussade
MovieDesperate Decision
1952
as Jim
MovieThe Seven Deadly Sins
1952
as The priest (segment "La Luxure")
MoviePerfectionist
1951
as François
MovieRendezvous in July
1949
as Roger Moulin
