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Robert Castel
Robert Castel (21 May 1933 – 5 December 2020) was a French actor. Castel was born in Bab El Oued on 21 May 1933. He was the son of Lili Labassi, a singer-songwriter of Chaabi music. He started his career as a musician, accompanying his father in Franco-Arabic songs. He began his acting career in the troupe of the Centre régional d'art dramatique in Algiers. He played the role of Robert in the play on the people of the Pied-Noir, titled La Famille Hernandez. He began his film career at the age of 24 with Les Amants de demain, directed by Marcel Blistène and Un témoin dans la ville, directed by Édouard Molinaro. He continued his acting career for the remainder of the 20th Century, ending his career with the 2017 documentary Les Magnifiques, which featured Charley Marouani, Enrico Macias, and Philippe Clair. The documentary covered pop culture in France from the 1960s to the 1980s. Castel was the widower of Pied-Noir actress Lucette Sahuquet, who died in 1987. The couple appeared on Les Grosses Têtes, broadcast on RTL, and Les Jeux de 20 heures, broadcast on France Régions 3. Robert Castel died in the Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière in Paris on 5 December 2020 following a long illness. He was buried on 9 December at the Cimitière parisien de Pantin. Source: Article "Robert Castel (actor)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Credits
- 2017 · À la recherche de... Pierre Richard as Self - Comédien, humoriste (archive footage)
- 2016 · The Jews as M. Bensoussan
- 2012 · El Gusto as Le Comédien
- 2011 · Teenagers as Pierre
- 2009 · Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · One Fine Day as M. Plisson
- 2000 · The Sandmen as Damien
- 1983 · C'est facile et ça peut rapporter... 20 ans as L'agent Alfredo Moreno
- 1983 · Le Braconnier de Dieu as Le patron du bistrot
- 1982 · Les p’tites têtes as Mr. Roger
- 1982 · Hassan Taxi as
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1981 · Le bahut va craquer as le prof d'anglais
- 1980 · What Did I Ever Do to the Good Lord to Deserve a Wife Who Drinks in Cafes with Men? as Gabriel Crémieux
- 1980 · Sacrés gendarmes as Gendarme Moreno
- 1980 · Les Borsalini as Mohamed Rico
- 1978 · Too Shy to Try as Trinita, le joueur de pétanque
- 1978 · Take It from the Top as Le plombier
- 1977 · Stop Fooling Around... Soldier! as Rodriguez
- 1976 · Let's Make a Dirty Movie as Chouchou
- 1976 · Les Grands Moyens as Hubert Lacagne
- 1976 · La Décharge as Le pied-noir
- 1975 · It's Tough for Everybody as Monsieur Gilles
- 1975 · Numéro un as Self
- 1975 · The Common Man as Loulou
- 1975 · Système 2 as Self
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1975 · Midi Première as Self
- 1974 · Shut Up, Gulli as Antoine
- 1974 · Le Permis de conduire as L'agent de police
- 1974 · Par ici la monnaie as Roméo
- 1974 · Bedmania as Monsieur Albert, le directeur de l'hôtel
- 1974 · Par le sang des autres as Paul
- 1973 · Two Men in Town as André Vaultier
- 1973 · The Conspiracy as
- 1973 · The Suburbs Are Everywhere as Marcel
- 1972 · The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe as Georghiu, Milan agent
- 1972 · Midi trente as Self
- 1972 · There Once Was a Cop as Rodriguez, Manoni's man
- 1972 · Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- 1971 · Samedi soir as Self
- 1969 · Three Men on a Horse as
- 1969 · La Honte de la famille as
- 1969 · Agence Interim as M. Fred
- 1969 · Les gros malins as Un agent au commissariat (uncredited)
- 1965 · Le train bleu s'arrête 13 fois as Bob
- 1964 · The Unvanquished as Amerio
- 1959 · The Lovers of Tomorrow as