Paul Bisciglia

Paul Bisciglia

Known for
Acting
Born
July 30, 1928
Died
April 18, 2010 (aged 81)
Birthplace
Algiers, Alger, France [now Algeria]

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.

Known For

Filmography

2002
Un fil à la patte poster

Un fil à la patte

Movie

1993
Low Profile poster

Low Profile

Movie · as Le patron du bistrot

1991
Venus and Lulu poster

Venus and Lulu

Movie · as Le journaliste

1989
Asterix and the Big Fight poster

Asterix and the Big Fight

Movie · as Agecanonix (voice)

1989
Love Without Pity poster

Love Without Pity

Movie · as L'homme de l'Huma

1989
Molierissimo poster

Molierissimo

TV · as Pouillard · 26 eps

1986
Asterix in Britain poster

Asterix in Britain

Movie · as (voice)

1985
Asterix vs. Caesar poster

Asterix vs. Caesar

Movie · as (voice)

1983
C'est facile et ça peut rapporter... 20 ans poster

C'est facile et ça peut rapporter... 20 ans

Movie

1982
La Baraka poster

La Baraka

Movie · as le client

1982
Salut, j'arrive poster

Salut, j'arrive

Movie

1981
Belles, blondes et bronzées poster

Belles, blondes et bronzées

Movie

1981
Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryx poster

Ubu cocu ou l'archéoptéryx

Movie · as Le larbin

1981
Sans famille poster

Sans famille

TV · as Le concierge · 3 eps

1980
The Gallant Tales of La Fontaine poster

The Gallant Tales of La Fontaine

Movie · as Messire Jean

1980
Légitime défense poster

Légitime défense

Movie

1980
Anthracite poster

Anthracite

Movie · as Caretaker

1980
Trop au lit pour être honnête poster

Trop au lit pour être honnête

Movie · as La garçon

1980
Shut Up, I Love You! poster

Shut Up, I Love You!

Movie

1980
Petit déjeuner compris poster

Petit déjeuner compris

TV · as M. Burin · 1 ep

1979
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses poster

Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses

Movie · as Police officer

1978
The Grapes of Death poster

The Grapes of Death

Movie · as Lucas

1978
Claudine poster

Claudine

TV · as Le chanteur des rues · 1 ep

1977
Brigade Call Girls poster

Brigade Call Girls

Movie · as Henri

1977
The Teasers Go to Paris poster

The Teasers Go to Paris

Movie

1977
Soumissions perverses poster

Soumissions perverses

Movie · as Jules Larrigau, the farmer

1977
Animal poster

Animal

Movie · as Le gardien du château

1977
Allez la Rafale ! poster

Allez la Rafale !

TV · as Riton · 6 eps

1976
The Wing or the Thigh? poster

The Wing or the Thigh?

Movie · as Le bagagiste

1976
Lumière poster

Lumière

Movie · as La Bougie

1976
Sex Shock poster

Sex Shock

Movie · as Le couple au square

1976
Nick Verlaine ou Comment voler la tour Eiffel poster

Nick Verlaine ou Comment voler la tour Eiffel

TV · as Le commissaire · 1 ep

1976
Police Commissioner Moulin poster

Police Commissioner Moulin

TV · as Un journaliste · 1 ep

1976
Minichronique poster

Minichronique

TV · as L'épicier · 1 ep

1975
That Most Important Thing: Love poster

That Most Important Thing: Love

Movie · as Assistant Director

1975
Lips of Blood poster

Lips of Blood

Movie · as The Psychiatrist

1975
The Cold Soup poster

The Cold Soup

Movie · as Le garde-champêtre

1975
Indécences poster

Indécences

Movie · as L'homme des bois

1975
The Seventh Company Has Been Found poster

The Seventh Company Has Been Found

Movie · as Claumachet, sous-officier de la 7e compagnie

1974
Jury of One poster

Jury of One

Movie · as A juror

1974
The Demoniacs poster

The Demoniacs

Movie · as Paul

1974
How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby poster

How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby

Movie · as Le chasseur PLM

1974
Sexy Boom poster

Sexy Boom

Movie · as 'Double-Crème'

1974
House of 1000 Pleasures poster

House of 1000 Pleasures

Movie · as Le livreur (uncredited)

1974
Young Casanova poster

Young Casanova

Movie · as Le flic dubitatif

1974
Like a Pot of Strawberries poster

Like a Pot of Strawberries

Movie

1974
The Slap poster

The Slap

Movie · as Waiter

1974
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir poster

The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir

Movie · as Un clochard (segment "Le dernier réveillon")

1973
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman poster

Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman

Movie

1973
The Voracious Ones poster

The Voracious Ones

Movie

1973
Rock or the Curse poster

Rock or the Curse

Movie · as Gerly

1973
La Dernière Bourrée à Paris poster

La Dernière Bourrée à Paris

Movie

1973
The Crazy Capo Affair poster

The Crazy Capo Affair

Movie

1973
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob poster

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

Movie · as Pump Attendant

1973
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to? poster

Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?

Movie · as Père de la filette, en exode sur la route

1973
Where There's Smoke poster

Where There's Smoke

Movie

1972
The Egg poster

The Egg

Movie · as Dufiquet employee

1972
Fusil chargé poster

Fusil chargé

Movie

1972
The Pebbles of Etratat poster

The Pebbles of Etratat

Movie · as Mechanic

1972
La Tuile à loups poster

La Tuile à loups

Movie · as Muratel

1972
Requiem for a Vampire poster

Requiem for a Vampire

Movie · as Man with the Bike

1972
A Murder Is a Murder poster

A Murder Is a Murder

Movie · as L'employe de Kastner

1971
Le Cinema de Papa poster

Le Cinema de Papa

Movie · as Un acteur

1971
Who Cares: Anatomy of a Delivery Boy poster

Who Cares: Anatomy of a Delivery Boy

Movie · as Le contremaître

1971
Schulmeister, l'espion de l'Empereur poster

Schulmeister, l'espion de l'Empereur

TV · as L'officier Anglais · 1 ep

1970
The Nude Vampire poster

The Nude Vampire

Movie · as Butler

1970
Dougal and the Blue Cat poster

Dougal and the Blue Cat

Movie · as Le Chat bleu / Flappy (voice)

1970
Alice au pays des merveilles poster

Alice au pays des merveilles

Movie · as Five of spades

1970
Only the Cool poster

Only the Cool

Movie

1968
L'Homme du Picardie poster

L'Homme du Picardie

TV · as Pucheu, Peucheu · 1 ep

1967
Action Man poster

Action Man

Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)

1966
The Boss of Champignol poster

The Boss of Champignol

Movie

1966
L’Or et le plomb poster

L’Or et le plomb

Movie · as Usher's clerk

1966
The Ferryman's House poster

The Ferryman's House

Movie

1965
The Big Swag poster

The Big Swag

Movie · as Metro machinist (uncredited)

1965
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga poster

Pas de caviar pour tante Olga

Movie

1964
Les Hommes poster

Les Hommes

Movie · as Cyclist

1964
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez poster

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez

Movie · as Prince's advisor (uncredited)

1964
Cherchez l'idole poster

Cherchez l'idole

Movie · as Tailor's assistant

1963
The Bamboo Stroke poster

The Bamboo Stroke

Movie

1962
Sign of the Lion poster

Sign of the Lion

Movie · as Willy

1961
The Fruit Is Ripe

The Fruit Is Ripe

Movie

1961
Paris Belongs to Us poster

Paris Belongs to Us

Movie · as Paul

1960
The Old Guard poster

The Old Guard

Movie · as Jojo, Mariette's fiancé

1960
The Delinquents poster

The Delinquents

Movie · as Painter

1960
Lovers on a Tightrope poster

Lovers on a Tightrope

Movie · as Mechanic

1960
The Wretches poster

The Wretches

Movie

1959
The Cousins poster

The Cousins

Movie · as Marc

1959
Night Dance Hall poster

Night Dance Hall

Movie

1959
Witness in the City poster

Witness in the City

Movie · as Taxi driver

1958
La P..... sentimentale poster

La P..... sentimentale

Movie · as Chauffeur

1958
Le souffle du désir poster

Le souffle du désir

Movie

1958
Provisional Liberty poster

Provisional Liberty

Movie · as Riri

1958
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes poster

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes

TV · as Roger La Soutarde · 1 ep

1957
Sunday Buddies poster

Sunday Buddies

Movie · as Lucien dit: "Lulu", un collègue de l'usine

1957
The Seventh Commandment poster

The Seventh Commandment

Movie · as Hunter

1956
Forgive Our Trespasses poster

Forgive Our Trespasses

Movie · as 'Coquillage'

1956
Les Lumières du soir poster

Les Lumières du soir

Movie · as Friend of Catherine at the restaurant

1955
Les Hommes en blanc poster

Les Hommes en blanc

Movie · as Un interne

1954
Before the Deluge poster

Before the Deluge

Movie · as Jean-Jacques Noblet

1954
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I poster

Papa, Mama, the Maid and I

Movie · as Tenant on the sixth floor, under the roof (uncredited)

1954
Quai des blondes poster

Quai des blondes

Movie · as le chasseur de l'hôtel

1951
The Turkey poster

The Turkey

Movie · as Victor, le groom

1951
Under the Paris Sky poster

Under the Paris Sky

Movie · as (uncredited)

1951
Love and Desire poster

Love and Desire

Movie

1951
The Beautiful Image poster

The Beautiful Image

Movie · as (uncredited)

1951
Clara de Montargis poster

Clara de Montargis

Movie

1951
The High Life poster

The High Life

Movie

1950
Paris Incident poster

Paris Incident

Movie · as Young postman

1950
Beware of Blondes poster

Beware of Blondes

Movie · as (uncredited)