Maurice Ronet
Acting
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.
TV Shows(8)
Movies(93)
Undressing a Legacy
Self (archive footage)
2021
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
Self (archive footage)
2021
Barefoot in the Kitchen
(archive footage)
2013
Mag Bodard, un destin
Self (archive footage)
2005
Surprise party
Georges Levesques
1983
La Guérilléra
Brutus
1982
La Balance
Roger Massina
1982
Un matin rouge
Henri
1982
Beau Pere
Charly
1981
Sphinx
Yvon Mageot
1981
Bloodline
Charles Martin
1979
Death of a Corrupt Man
Philippe Dubaye
1977
Emmenez-moi au Ritz
Philippe Gregor
1977
Madame Claude
Pierre
1977
Golden Night
Nuit d'or
1976
Oh, mia bella matrigna
Luigi
1976
Why They Kill Themselves
1976
To the Bitter End
Paul Jordan
1975
The Golden Mass
David
1975
Only the Wind Knows the Answer
Robert Lucas
1974
Cry of the Heart
Mathieu
1974
The Marseille Contract
Inspector Briac
1974
Night Police Station
Vittorio Cazzaniga
1974
The Red Room
Jean Gerfaud
1973
The Crazy Capo Affair
Diserens
1973
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
Piere Gonzague
1973
Without Warning
Raoul Maury
1973
Seduction
Giuseppe Lagana
1973
Devil in the Brain
Fabrizio Garces
1972
The Pebbles of Etratat
Kelvo
1972
Scandal Man
Marc Fontemps
1972
The Deadly Trap
L'homme de l'organisation
1971
Raphael or the Debauched One
Raphaël de Lorris
1971
A Little, a Lot, Passionately
Didier
1971
The Sensuous Assassin
Serge
1970
The Modification
Léon Delmont
1970
Last Leap
Garal
1970
Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale
Commissario
1970
The Vixen
Jérôme
1969
The Scarlet Lady
François
1969
Delphine
Jean-Marc, couturier ami de Delphine
1969
The Swimming Pool
Harry
1969
The Unfaithful Wife
Victor Pegala
1969
Birds in Peru
Rainier
1968
How Sweet It Is!
Phillipe
1968
A Devil Under the Pillow
Lotario
1968
Garden of Delights
Carlo
1967
The Road to Corinth
Dex
1967
The Champagne Murders
Paul Wagner
1967
Long March
Doctor Chevalier
1966
Line of Demarcation
Pierre, comte de Damville
1966
Lost Command
Capain. Boisfeuras
1966
Three Rooms in Manhattan
François Combe
1965
Amador
Amador
1965
The Thief of Tibadabo
Nicolas
1965
Circle of Love
Henri
1964
Wherever You Are
Paul Vallier
1964
Pariahs of Glory
Ferrier
1964
The Pit and the Pendulum
Le condamné à mort
1964
The Victors
French Lieutenant
1963
The Fire Within
Alain Leroy
1963
Casablanca, Nest of Spies
Maurice Desjardins
1963
Scarlet Eye
Dr. Gérard Rinaldi
1963
Enough Rope
Walter Saccard
1963
Assassin's Check
Gilbert Vitry
1962
The Immoral Moment
Michel Jussieu
1962
Midnight Meeting
Pierre Neyris
1962
Liberté I
Michel
1962
Time Out for Love
Philippe
1961
Il peccato degli anni verdi
Paolo Donati
1960
Mi último tango
Dario Ledesma
1960
Purple Noon
Philippe Greenleaf
1960
The Devil Made a Woman
José
1959
This Desired Body
Henri Messardier
1959
That Night
Jean Mallet
1958
Carve Her Name with Pride
Jacques
1958
Elevator to the Gallows
Julien Tavernier
1958
He Who Must Die
Michelis
1957
Missing Persons Section
Juan Milford
1956
The Blonde Witch
Laurent Brulard
1956
The Aristocrats
Christophe de Conti
1955
Pleasures and Vices
'Gueule d'ange'
1955
Casta diva
Vincenzo Bellini
1954
House of Ricordi
Vincenzo Bellini
1954
Castles in Spain
Miguel Murillo
1954
The Healer
André Turenne
1953
Lucrèce Borgia
Perotto
1953
Poison Ivy
Mickey
1953
Endless Horizons
Marc Caussade
1953
Desperate Decision
Jim
1952
The Seven Deadly Sins
The priest (segment "La Luxure")
1952
Perfectionist
François
1951
Rendezvous in July
Roger Moulin
1949