Place of Birth:
Dunkerque, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Date of Birth:
12/21/1912
Paul Meurisse (21 December 1912, Dunkirk – 19 January 1979, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French actor who appeared in over 60 films and many stage productions. Meurisse was noted for the elegance of his acting style, and for his versatility. He was equally able to play comedic and serious dramatic roles. His screen appearances ranged from the droll and drily humorous to the menacing and disturbing. His most celebrated role was that of the sadistic and vindictive headmaster in the 1955 film Les Diaboliques. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Meurisse, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Diabolique
Le Deuxième Souffle
Crooks in Clover
Bethsabée
The Suspects
Picnic on the Grass
The Truth
Army of Shadows
Forbidden to Love
The Eye of the Monocle
Impasse of Two Angels
Scandal
The Eleven O'Clock Woman
The Case of Poisons
The Big Swag
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
When the Pheasants Pass
Vingt-quatre heures de perm'
Destitute Mary
The Uncatchable Mr. Frederic
Chicken Feed for Little Birds
Marie-Octobre
Inspector Sergil
Colonel Durand
Fortune carrée
Sergil et le dictateur
The Red Angel
L'assassin connaît la musique
The Gypsy
Maria of the End of the World
Back Streets of Paris
Me and the Forty Year Old Man
Serenade to the Executioner
The Game of Truth
Code Name: Melville
Until the Last One
Sergil Among the Girls
Le Majordome
Head Against the Wall
The Wolf Farm
The Voracious Ones
Not Delivered
Congress of Love
Les Violents
Seventh Heaven
Easy Down There!
The Inspector Likes a Fight
Love and the Frenchwoman
The Contessa's Secret
The Black Monocle
Je suis un mouchard
Be Careful Ladies
Bells Without Joy
The Education in Love of Valentin
Le Dessous des cartes
Guinguette
Montmartre on the Seine
Last Hour, Special Edition
Agnes of Nothing
My Wife Is Formidable
Ne bougez plus !
Monsieur chasse
The New Aristrocrats
Love Marriage