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Aliases: Paolo Bisciglia , Paul Bissiglia

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Algiers, Alger, France [now Algeria]

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Movie Involvements: 38

TV Involvements: 7


Most Famous Work

Biography

Paul Bisciglia (30 July 1928 – 18 April 2010) was a French film actor. Throughout his acting career, Bisciglia appeared in more than one-hundred feature films. He made his debut in the 1950 film Trois télégrammes. What followed was several uncredited roles, before landing a much larger part in drama Clara de Montargis. During the fifties, he appeared in many drama films, including the award-winning Avant le déluge, with Antoine Balpêtré, and again several more uncredited roles. During the sixties, Bisciglia began to appear more frequently in television series and television films, although he was included in many films such as The Wretches, with Michèle Morgan, Les vieux de la vieille, with Pierre Fresnay, Paris nous appartient, Le signe du lion, and in 1966, he appeared in his first leading role in Alain Cuniot's L'or et le plomb. In 1969, Bisciglia had a small role in the horror film La vampire nue, the second feature film from director Jean Rollin. It was Bisciglia's first of several times working with Rollin. He worked with the director again in the successful films Requiem pour un vampire, with Marie-Pierre Castel and Mireille D'Argent, Les démoniaques, Lèvres de sang, and the zombie classic Les Raisins de la Mort, with Marie-Georges Pascal. His career continued through the seventies and eighties, such as the Golden Globe-nominated Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob, Club privé pour couples avertis, with Philippe Gasté of Jean Rollin's Requiem pour un vampire, Verdict, with Sophia Loren, L'aile ou la cuisse, Family Rock, and he voiced in three animated films Astérix et la surprise de César (Asterix vs. Caesar), Astérix chez les Bretons (Asterix in Britain) and Astérix et le coup du menhir (Asterix and the Big Fight). Bisciglia's acting career continued until 1999, during which he appeared in two final feature films, Profil bas and Montana Blues. Bisciglia also had a successful television career appearing in a number of television series and films. He made his first appearance in the 1957 television film L'équipage au complet. His television films include Elle s'abaisse pour vaincre, Les fiancés de Loches, Claudine à Paris and the television film remeke Les liaisons dangereuses. His television series credits include Le théâtre de la jeunesse, Rocambole, Les saintes chéries, Schulmeister, espion de l'empereur, Les brigades du Tigre, De mémoire d'homme, Les cinq dernières minutes, Désiré Lafarge, Commissaire Moulin, Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret and Julien Fontanes, magistrat. Source: Article "Paul Bisciglia" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Most Famous Work

Police Commissioner Moulin
Average
6

Police Commissioner Moulin

(1976) Un journaliste
That Most Important Thing: Love
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7

That Most Important Thing: Love

(1975) The Assistant Director
The Demoniacs
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6

The Demoniacs

(1974) Paul
Brigade Call Girls
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5

Brigade Call Girls

(1977) Henri
House of 1000 Pleasures
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3

House of 1000 Pleasures

(1974) Le livreur (uncredited)
L'Homme du Picardie
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7

L'Homme du Picardie

(1968) Peucheu
The Cousins
Average
7

The Cousins

(1959) Marc
The Grapes of Death
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6

The Grapes of Death

(1978) Lucas

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2002 N/A
1991 Le journaliste
1989 L'homme de l'Huma
Agecanonix (voice)
Pouillard
1986 Voix additionnelles (voice)
1985 Voix additionnelles (voice)
1983 N/A
1982 le client
N/A
1981 Le concierge
N/A
Le larbin
1980 Messire Jean
Caretaker
La garçon
N/A
M. Burin
1979 L'agent de police
1978 Lucas
Le chanteur des rues
1977 N/A
Henri
Riton
Jules Larrigau, the farmer
1976 L'épicier
Le bagagiste
N/A
Un journaliste
Le commissaire
Le couple au square
La Bougie
1975 L'homme des bois
Claumachet, sous-officier de la 7e compagnie
The Psychiatrist
The Assistant Director
N/A
1974 Paul
Le flic dubitatif
Waiter
Cremier
A juror
N/A
Le chasseur PLM
Le livreur (uncredited)
1973 N/A
Pump attendant
N/A
Père de la filette, en exode sur la route
N/A
Gerly
N/A
1972 Muratel
N/A
A Dufiquet employee
N/A
1971 Man with the Bike
Le contremaître
un acteur
1970 Le Chat bleu / Flappy (voix)
The five of spades
N/A
Butler
1968 Pucheu
Peucheu
1967 Le barman (uncredited)
1966 N/A
The usher's clerk
1965 N/A
N/A
1964 N/A
Prince's advisor (uncredited)
Tailor's assistant
1963 N/A
1962 Willy
1961 N/A
1960 Jojo, le fiancé de Mariette
Painter
N/A
N/A
1959 N/A
Un chauffeur de taxi
Marc
1958 N/A
N/A
N/A
1957 Lucien dit: "Lulu", un collègue de l'usine
Le chasseur
1956 Un copain de Catherine au restaurant
Coquillage
1955 Un interne
1954 Tenant on the sixth floor, under the roof (uncredited)
le chasseur de l'hôtel
Jean-Jacques Noblet
1951 Victor, le groom
N/A
N/A
N/A
(uncredited)
(uncredited)
1950 (uncredited)
Young postman
Year Character Movie/Tv

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