Robert Castel (21 May 1933 – 5 December 2020) was a French actor.
Robert Castel | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 May 1933 |
| Died | 5 December 2020 (aged 87) |
| Burial place | Cimetière parisien de Pantin |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Actor |
Biography
editCastel was born in Bab El Oued on 21 May 1933. He was the son of Lili Labassi, a singer-songwriter of Chaabi music.[1] He started his career as a musician, accompanying his father in Franco-Arabic songs. He began his acting career in the troupe of the Centre régional d'art dramatique in Algiers. He played the role of Robert in the play on the people of the Pied-Noir, titled La Famille Hernandez. He began his film career at the age of 24 with Les Amants de demain, directed by Marcel Blistène and Un témoin dans la ville, directed by Édouard Molinaro. He continued his acting career for the remainder of the 20th Century, ending his career with the 2017 documentary Les Magnifiques, which featured Charley Marouani, Enrico Macias, and Philippe Clair. The documentary covered pop culture in France from the 1960s to the 1980s.[2][3][4][5]
Castel was the widower of Pied-Noir actress Lucette Sahuquet, who died in 1987. The couple appeared on Les Grosses Têtes, broadcast on RTL, and Les Jeux de 20 heures, broadcast on France Régions 3. Robert Castel died in the Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière in Paris on 5 December 2020 following a long illness.[6][7] He was buried on 9 December at the Cimitière parisien de Pantin.
Filmography
editCinema
edit- Port du désir (1955)
- Les Amants de demain (1957)
- Un témoin dans la ville (1959)
- The Unvanquished (1964)
- An Idiot in Paris (1967)
- Les Gros Malins (1969)
- Trois hommes sur un cheval (1969)
- La Honte de la famille (1969)
- L'homme orchestre (1970)
- La Ville bidon (1971)
- Il était une fois un flic (1971)
- The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972)
- Elle court, elle court la banlieu (1973)
- Le Complot (1973)
- Two Men in Town (1973)
- Les Permis de conduire (1973)
- Par le sang des autres (1974)
- Le Plumard en folie (1974)
- Vos gueules, les mouettes ! (1974)
- Par ici la monnaie (1974)
- The Common Man (1975)
- C'est dur pour tout le monde (1975)
- Attention les yeux ! (1976)
- Les Grands Moyens (1976)
- Arrête ton char... bidasse ! (1977)
- Vas-y maman (1978)
- Je suis timide mais je me soigne (1978)
- Les Borsalini (1979)
- Mais qu'est-ce que j'ai fait au bon Dieu pour avoir une femme qui boit dans les cafés avec les hommes ? (1980)
- Sacrés gendarmes (1980)
- Le bahut va craquer (1980)
- Hassan Taxi (1982)
- Les P'tites Têtes (1982)
- Le Braconnier de Dieu (1983)
- Sandy (1983)
- C'est facile et ça peut rapporter... 20 ans (1983)
- Les Marchands de sable (2000)
- Trois zéros (2002)
- Iznogoud (2005)
- Du jour au lendemain (2006)
- Un matin d'espérance (2009)
- Teenagers (2011)
- El Gusto (2012)
- The Jews (2016)
Decorations
edit- Knight of the Legion of Honour (2011)[8]
References
edit- ^ "El Gusto | Robert CASTEL" (in French). Archived from the original on 30 June 2012.
- ^ "Le fabuleux destin de 5 talents français relaté dans un film " magnifique "". The Times of Israël (in French). 13 July 2019.
- ^ "Les magnifiques". TéléStar (in French).
- ^ "Les Magnifiques". Caméra Subjective (in French). 3 December 2018.
- ^ "L'interview Jewpop de Mathieu Alterman pour son film " Les Magnifiques "". Jewpop (in French). 8 February 2019.
- ^ "Le comédien Robert Castel, père de l'humour "pied-noir", est mort". Le Figaro (in French). 5 December 2020.
- ^ "Mort de l'acteur Robert Castel, père de l'humour " pied-noir "". Le Monde (in French). 5 December 2020.
- ^ "Légion d'honneur du 14 juillet: Jean Todt, Mady Mesplé, Bernard Arnault, Claude Lanzmann promus". Le Point (in French). 14 July 2011.