Personal Info
Birth date
1923-08-20 (101 Years)
Day of death
2010-01-23
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Paris, France
Also known as
-Roger Pierre
Biography
Roger Pierre (30 August 1923 – 23 January 2010) was a French comedian and actor. Roger Pierre was born on 30 August 1923 in Paris, France. Pierre and Jean-Marc Thibault were one of France's most popular comedy acts. Working regularly throughout the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, Pierre's first film was 1953's "Belle mentalité (Wonderful Mentality). He appeared in such comedies as Mary Mary (1963), Who Is This Woman? (1967), The Sole Heir (1980), Mr Masure (1987), The Night of Barbizon and The Tureen (2001). In 1973, Pierre and Thibault starred in the 1973 comedic television series Les Maudits Rois fainéants (The Damned Lazy Kings), which parodied the 1972 TV adaptation of Les Rois maudits. Source: Article "Roger Pierre" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
At Theatre Tonight
6.667
Overview:
At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days, during public performances at the Théâtre Marigny on the Champs-Élysées, or sometimes Edouard VII theater.Midi Première
10
Overview:
Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.My American Uncle
7.008
Overview:
Prof. Henri Laborit uses the stories of the lives of three people to discuss behaviorist theories of survival, combat, rewards and punishment, and anxiety. René is a technical manager at a textile factory and must face the anxiety caused by corporate downsizing. Janine is a self-educated actress/stylist who learns that the wife of her lover is dying and must decide to let them reunite. Jean is a controversial career-climbing writer/politician at a crossroads in life.Love and the Frenchwoman
4.9
Overview:
The seven stages in the life of the modern Frenchwomen are disclosed by seven directors in a witty way: 1 - Childhood, 2 - Adolescence, 3 - Virginity, 4 - Marriage, 5 - Adultery, 6 - Divorce, 7 - The Single Woman.The American Beauty
5.966
Overview:
Marcel, a simple-minded factory worker, is tricked into buying a high-priced American convertable car by a widow determined not to let it fall into the hands of her late husband's secretary/secret lover. Once in pocession of the car, Marcel only encounters one bad luck episode after another with the excessive gasoline consumtion, his wife trying to sell it to make ammends meet, getting into traffic jams, accidently riding into a car wash with the top down, and more.We Will Go to Deauville
5.7
Overview:
Comical adventures of two pairs of friends during their stay in Deauville, Normandy.Wild Grass
6.1
Overview:
Marguerite loses her wallet, and it's found by Georges, a seemingly happy head of family. As he looks through the wallet and examines the photos of Marguerite, he finds he's fascinated with her and her life, and soon his curiosity about her becomes an obsession.La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
7.2
Overview:
In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first decisions was to break up the ORTF with the creation of three new television channels: TF1, Antenne 2 and FR3. Three new public channels but autonomous and competing. It is a race for the audience which is engaged then, and from now on the channels will make the war! This competition will give birth to a real golden age for television programs, with variety shows in the forefront. The stars of the song are going to invade the living rooms of the French for their biggest pleasure. This unedited documentary tells the story of the metamorphosis of this television of the early 1970s, between freedom of tone, scandals, political intrigues and programs that have become mythical.I Love Only You
5
Overview:
Ronaldo, a singer with the growing reputation dedicating himself body and soul to his art, sacrificing his marriage.Hotel Room
5.3
Overview:
A couple of young movie makers have secretly filmed for over a year what was going on in a hotel room, trying to realize a "live act" of common people living their life. They get in touch with old and money-tight producer Mengaroni to edit their movie, but while they contact the accidental actors for gathering authorization, he starts to manipulate their work.Tartarin de Tarascon
4.8
Overview:
A well-to-do bourgeois, Tartarin lives in Tarascon, a small southern town, among friends who, like him, love hunting "à la casquette", gossip, aperitifs and thought-provoking journeys. Imaginative like all his compatriots, Tartarin ended up believing he had once been to Shanghai, so fervently did he recount his illusory adventures. It was even rumored that Tartarin was about to leave for Africa to hunt wild beasts, and this was so insistent that the brave man, urged on by his friends, was forced "for the sake of honor" to embark. He arrives in Casablanca, surprised to discover a modern city and not a single lion. But a charming Moorish woman, Baïa, seduces him, and Tartarin indulges in the "delights of Capua". This euphoria is short-lived: Baïa disappears, a false prince, mostly a swindler, finds a replacement and sets off on a hunting expedition in southern Morocco, which will only earn Tartarin the loss of his savings and a blind old lion dragged along by two beggars.La Madelon
4.3
Overview:
1914, a small village of the Marne. Charming and woken up, Madeleine, said the Madelon, who works in the coffee(café) of his father, Tourlourou, account of numerous pretenders. To the rich Antoine Pichot, she prefers corporal Beauguitte. When the war bursts, she(it) searches for the latter.Deux Romains en Gaule
6.5
Overview:
This film is directly inspired by Asterix, created by René Goscinny and Albert UDERZO, chronicles the adventures of a little boy, Antoine, entered the world of antiquity by studying its history lesson and two Romans, and TICKETBUS PROSPECTUS, who prefer to leave their life of legionnaires and discover the lifestyle of Gaulois.Antoine meeting Asterix cartoon form, which explains certain peculiarities of life in Lutetia.Small Local Trains
6.6
Overview:
Émile Durand, an insecticide manufacturer, is appalled to learn that his son Gérard has fallen in love with Suzy, the daughter of a travelling theatre company. Realising his father will never favour the union, Gérard joins the company on their next tour. In an attempt to heal the rift, Durand’s wife goes after Gérard and ends up performing in their next play…Hurrah for Adventure!
NYR
Overview:
Two Parisians and inseparable friends, Alexandre and Philippe, decide to spend their vacations in Palma. Philippe arrives by car, accompanied by his young wife, while the flighty Alexandre has hired a blonde hitchhiker. But what a surprise to find the villa, rented by correspondence, inhabited by strange and worrying occupants... Soon mistaken for secret agents, Philippe and Alexandre embark on extravagant adventures involving a mysterious shipment of gold.Les baratineurs
4
Overview:
A precious work of art from the Italian Renaissance is stolen and passes through many hands before ending up in the shed of the farmhouse of Mr. and Mrs. Dujardin, fishmongers, who are inaugurating their luxury fish shop that very day. But the antique dealers, the free-riders and the bargain-hunters are there. They are jealously careful not to pass on the fruit of their clever investigations to their rivals, for all of them, after a picturesque treasure hunt, know that the Dujardin family own the famous Duranti altarpiece. But where have they hidden it themselves?Acting
2022La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président as Self (archive footage)
2009Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) as Self (archive footage)
2009Wild Grass as Marcel Schwer
2005Olé ! as M. Sonnier
2001La soupière as Paul Dubard
1998À nous deux la vie as Jérôme Dupuis
1987Sacrée soirée (3 Episodes) as Self
1987Matin Bonheur (1 Episode) as Self
1984La Chance aux chansons (4 Episodes) as Self
1983Le Braconnier de Dieu as M. Martin
1982Champs-Elysées (2 Episodes) as Self
1981Hotel Room as Tonino Accrocca
1980My American Uncle as Jean Le Gall
1976Voyez-vous ce que je vois as Robert Turlotte
1976Le Pirate as Antoine, maître-nageur du "Pirate"
197630 millions d'amis (1 Episode) as Self
1975En grandes pompes as Marcel
1975Numéro un (7, 6 Episode) as Self, Self - Host
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1 Episode) as Self
1975Midi Première (2 Episodes) as Self
1974Gross Paris as Bernard
1972Midi trente (4 Episodes) as Self
1972Le Grand Échiquier (1 Episode) as Self
1971Samedi soir (1 Episode) as Self
1970Hurrah for Adventure! as Unknown
1969Faites donc plaisir aux amis as Jean-Louis Brunel
1968À bout portant (1 Episode) as Self
1967Deux Romains en Gaule as Ticketbus
1966At Theatre Tonight (1 Episode) as Antoine, maître-nageur du "Pirate"
1966Les malabars sont au parfum as François
1965Les baratineurs as Philippe, innkeeper
1964Hard Boiled Ones as Germain Lormond
1963Les gros bras as Philippe Bareil, Nicole's fiancé and photographer for the agency
1963Teuf-teuf as Unknown
1962We Will Go to Deauville as Mr. Louis
1962Tartarin de Tarascon as Scout
1962How to Succeed in Love as Marcel
1962Virginie as Unknown
1962A Horse for Two as Maurice
1961The American Beauty as Snob in Sports Car
1960Small Local Trains as Gérard Durand
1960Love and the Frenchwoman as Le « Prince charmant » toutes versions (segment "L'Adolescence")
1960The Heirs as Roger
1959The Gendarme of Champignol as Vittorio
1959The Motorcycle Cops as Roger
1959Discorama (2 Episodes) as Self
1958Vive les vacances as Roger
1958Sans famille as The clown Bib
1957It Happened on the 36 Candles as Self (uncredited)
1957We at Champignol as Le premier garde
1956Life is beautiful as Roger
1956Cinépanorama (1 Episode) as Self
1956Maid in Paris as Gérard Destremeaux, le gigolo
1955La Madelon as Corporal Georges Beauguitte
1955M'sieur la Caille as Pépé la Vache
1953Une vie de garçon as Bernard Chapuis
1953His Father's Portrait as Un jeune artiste de la cave
1953Femmes de Paris as Self
1953Wonderful Mentality as Frédo
1953Deux de l'escadrille as Lt. Chardonneret
1952Crazy for Love as Jean Marco, imprésario
1950Disorder as Self
1949I Love Only You as Un journaliste d'Ici Paris (uncredited)
1946Mr. Orchid as (uncredited)
Writing
1975En grandes pompes ... Scenario Writer
1964Hard Boiled Ones ... Adaptation
1962A Horse for Two ... Writer
1960The Heirs ... Writer
1959The Motorcycle Cops ... Writer
1958Vive les vacances ... Writer
1957We at Champignol ... Screenplay
1953His Father's Portrait ... Screenplay