Jean Piat

Jean Piat (23 September 1924 – 18 September 2018) was a French actor and writer.

Jean Piat
Piat in October 2008
Born(1924-09-23)23 September 1924
Lannoy, France
Died18 September 2018(2018-09-18) (aged 93)
Paris, France
OccupationActor
Years active1947–2017
Spouse(s)Françoise Engel
ChildrenDominique and Martine

Life

Piat was born in Lannoy, Nord. He enlisted in the Comédie-Française on 1 September 1947, and became a member on 1 January 1953. He left the Comédie-Française on 31 December 1972, and became an honorary member the following day. He was an officer in the Légion d'honneur [1]and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres,[2] and a grand officer in the Ordre national du Mérite.[3] He was married to actress Françoise Engel (who died in 2005), and was a professor in the dramatic arts of the Simon Course.

He died on 18 September 2018 at age 93 of heart attack, five days before his 94th birthday.[4]

Theater

Roles in the Comédie-Française

Filmography

Acting

  • 1947: Rouletabille joue et gagne as Joseph Rouletabille
  • 1948: The Lame Devil (Le Diable boiteux) as Figaro in The Barber of Seville
  • 1948: Rouletabille contre la dame de pique as Joseph Rouletabille
  • 1951: Clara de Montargis as Jean Claude
  • 1953: The Porter from Maxim's as André de Velin (as Jean Piat sociétaire de la Comédie Française)
  • 1955: Napoléon as Junot (uncredited)
  • 1958: Le bourgeois gentilhomme as Cléonte, amoureux de Lucile
  • 1959: Le mariage de Figaro as Figaro
  • 1961: Les moutons de Panurge as Serge
  • 1968: Der Turm der verbotenen Liebe as Bouridan
  • 1969: The Milky Way (La Voie lactée) as The Jansenist
  • 1970: Rider on the Rain (Le Passager de la pluie) as M. Armand
  • 1972-1973: Les Rois maudits (TV Mini-Series) as Robert d'Artois
  • 1974: La rivale as Pierre
  • 1979: Ciao, les mecs as L'avocat
  • 1999: A Monkey's Tale as Sebastian (voice)
  • 2003: Kaena: The Prophecy as Le grand prêtre (voice)
  • 2007: Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure as Spike Goodfellow (voice)

Voice acting

References

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