Personal Info
Birth date
1902-06-24 (123 Years)
Day of death
1967-11-21
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Also known as
Шарль Блаветт
Blavette
Charles Blavette
Biography
Charles Blavette (24 June 1902 – 21 November 1967) was a French film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1933 and 1966. Charles Blavette was born on June 24, 1902 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was an actor, known for Toni (1935), Cecile Is Dead (1944) and Manon des sources (1952). He died on November 21, 1967 in Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
Filmography
Eyes Without a Face
7.6
Overview:
Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory assistant Louise, kidnaps young women and brings them to the Génessier mansion. After rendering his victims unconscious, Dr. Génessier removes their faces and attempts to graft them on to Christiane's.The Lovers of Verona
5.1
Overview:
Angelo, a glass-blower from Murano, and Georgia Maglia, the pretty daughter of a fallen fascist magistrate, are chosen to be the stand-ins for the stars of a film version of "Romeo and Juliet" being shot on location in Venice and Verona. It is not long before they fall in love and their romance parallels that of Shakespeare's timeless heroes. Indeed their union is threatened by the schemings of Raffaele, the Maglia family's dubious tout...The Strange Monsieur Victor
6.9
Overview:
Outwardly, Monsieur Victor would appear to be the model citizen. A respectable Toulon shopkeeper, he has a devoted wife and is courteous and considerate to all who know him. However, beneath this veneer of respectability hides a notorious receiver of stolen goods, who trades with hardened criminals. Victor manages to keep up his double life without any difficulty until the fateful day when one of his partners in crime threatens to expose him. Fearing a scandal, Victor kills the crook in a moment of panic, using a shoemaker's tool. Naturally, the murder is blamed on a local shoemaker, who is sentenced to ten years' hard labour. Seven years later, the former shoemaker reappears in Toulon, having escaped from prison. The first person to recognise him is Monsieur Victor...The Big Risk
7.041
Overview:
Two men pull off a daring daylight payroll heist in Milan, making a fast getaway. One is returning to France after years in hiding, needing money to start fresh with his family.Jenny Lamour
7.5
Overview:
Paris, France, December 1946. Jenny Lamour, an ambitious cabaret singer, and Maurice, her extremely jealous pianist husband, become involved in the thorough investigation of the murder of a shady businessman, led by Antoine, a peculiar and methodical police inspector.Toni
7.1
Overview:
In the 1920s, the Provence is a magnet for immigrants seeking work in the quarries or in the agriculture. Many mingle with locals and settle down permanently - like Toni, an Italian who has moved in with Marie, a Frenchwoman. Even a well-ordered existence is not immune from boredom, friendship, love, or enmity, and Toni gets entangled in a web of increasingly passionate relationships. For there is his best pal Fernand, but also Albert, his overbearing foreman; there is Sebastian, a steady Spanish peasant, but also Gabi, his young rogue relative; there is Marie, but there is also Josefa.Stormy Waters
6.875
Overview:
A married tugboat captain falls for a woman he rescues from a sinking ship.The Gardener of Argenteuil
6.2
Overview:
Tulipe, is an old man who lives alone in an old railway carriage in the Argentueil region of Paris. His main passions are gardening and oil painting, but he also has a secret source of income. His godson discovers that Tulipe is actually a master forger, producing perfect copies of 10 franc notes. His godson’s girlfriend sees this as an opportunity to get very rich – but she must persuade Tulipe to forge 500 franc notes. Assuming Tulipe’s agreement, his godson and his girlfriend buy an expensive new car and luxury villa in provincial France – but there is a cruel turn of fate in store for them when Tulipe strikes up a friendship with a millionaire playboy.The Baker's Wife
7.451
Overview:
In this little Provencal village, a new baker, Aimable, settles down. His wife Aurelie is beautiful and much younger than he. She departs with a shepherd the night after Aimable produces his first breads. Aimable is so afflicted that he can not work anymore. Therefore, the villagers, who initially laughed at his cuckoldry, take the matter very seriously (they want the bread) and organize a plan to find Aurelie and to bring her back to the bakery.Angele
6.6
Overview:
Angèle is a 1934 French drama film directed, produced and written by Marcel Pagnol. It stars Orane Demazis as a naive young woman who is seduced and abandoned. It is based on the novel Un de Baumugnes by Jean Giono.Manon of the Spring
6.5
Overview:
Marcel Pagnol's adaptation of his own novel Manon des sources, the story of a shepherdess who exacts her revenge on the townsfolk she blames for killing her father, in two parts: Manon des sources and Ugolin.La Marseillaise
6.872
Overview:
A film about the early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of the citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course, the king Louis XVI, each showing their own small problems.Summer Light
6.9
Overview:
A shimmering glass hotel at the top of a remote Provençal mountain provides the setting for a tragicomic tapestry about an obsessive love pentangle, whose principals range from an artist to a hotel manager to a dam worker.The Well-Digger's Daughter
6.9
Overview:
A rural maiden's two suitors go off to war, leaving her pregnant.Ugolin
6.3
Overview:
Manon has blocked the spring that feeds the village, whose inhabitants she hates. They gradually become aware of the evil they have done to her and try to obtain her forgiveness…Picnic on the Grass
6.388
Overview:
Etienne Alexis, a candidate for president of the new Europe, is a scientist promoting artificial insemination for social betterment and therapy to eliminate passion. To celebrate his engagement to a cousin, he hosts an aseptic picnic, where mother nature asserts herself. A shepherd's flute conjures a windstorm that throws Alexis together with the luscious Nénette, a farm lass who wants to have a baby but is unimpressed with men.Heartbeat
6.9
Overview:
A pompous grocer’s assistant in Marseille annoys a visiting film crew so much that they prank him with a phony acting contract; believing it to be real, the “schpountz” heads to Paris for his new career.The Sword and the Balance
7.6
Overview:
Three young men are suspected of kidnapping and murdering a little boy. Most likely, two of them are really involved, but one is not. All of their pasts are questionable, riddled with violence and controversy. Neither the police nor the court can decide how to solve that puzzle.Twisted Mistress
6.4
Overview:
Guy Carbonnel, a rich industrialist, has more eyes for rugby than for his wife Hélène. René Rivals, his long-time pal, takes advantage of it to court her but Guy is becoming suspicious so René has to find a way to deflect his friend's suspicion. He finally has an idea: he asks Lilian, a circus acrobat, to pose as his mistress. Lilian accepts and they embark on a series of eventful moments.The Long Absence
6.676
Overview:
Therese, a café owner, mourns the mysterious disappearance of her husband sixteen years earlier. A tramp arrives in the town and she believes him to be her husband. But he is suffering from amnesia and she tries to bring back his memory of earlier times.Cecile Is Dead
6
Overview:
Cecile, a young girl who goes to the offices of the Judicial Police several times in a row to complain about nightly visits to the apartment she occupies with her aunt, is not taken seriously by the police until she the day she is found murdered.The Last Turning
6.3
Overview:
Frank, a hobo, ends up in a garage-truck stop in the middle of nowhere. Nick Marino, its older, kind and naive owner, is married to Cora, a sexy and mercenary woman half his age. Frank, although not a fan of hard work, accepts Nick's offer to work for him. Of course, it is not for Nick's sake that the young man becomes his attendant, but for the love of Cora under whose spell he has fallen at once. It does not take long before Cora, who despises her husband, asks her lover to help her get rid of him. Frank is reluctant at first but ...Carnival
7.2
Overview:
Dardamelle does not conceal the fact that his wife has made him a cuckold.How will his fellow townspeople react?Blonde in a White Car
6.6
Overview:
Picked up by a beautiful motorist, jobless hitchhiker Pierre (Hossein) is subsequently romanced by the girl. Immediately thereafter, however, she dumps him, attempting to run him over as a final insult. Memorizing her license number, Pierre pursues the enigmatic motorist. Arriving at her home, Pierre is met by two young ladies (Marina Vlady and Odelle Versois), either one of whom might be the woman he's looking for.The Wicked Go to Hell
6.2
Overview:
Making his directorial debut, Robert Hossein also assumes the leading role, playing an escaped convict. Hossein and his fellow escapees cross the path of Marina Vlady, with whom they all fall in love. Alas for our "heroes," Vlady intends to avenge the death of her sweetheart at the hands of Hossein and his confreres. Not only do these heels go to Hell, but they do so with a spectacular flourish. Les Salauds Vont en Enfer was adapted by Rene Wheeler from a play by Frederic Dard.The Lucky Star
4.7
Overview:
Auguste, a somewhat simple-minded Provençal fisherman, loves and admires Mireille. This concerns only Maurice, son of an important wholesaler, whom scruples do not stifle. Seduced and abandoned, Mireille moves Auguste who tries to mend his poor happiness. The local priest, with wise words, leads Mireille to offer her hand to Auguste.Girl and the River
5.8
Overview:
The heroine in L'Eau Vive is the unwilling heir to a fortune. Young Hortense (Pascale Audret) has always known that her family was greedy, but until she inherits her father's hidden millions she has no idea how loathsome her relatives could be. Surrounded on all sides by grubby, outstretched hands, Hortense takes some comfort in the fact that her legacy is still missing. When the money is finally recovered, our heroine does the "right thing" with her windfall, leaving her mercenary family empty-handed. Throughout the film, Hortense's dilemma is likened to a government dam project not far from her home; as the bridge grows in size, so too does Hortense's resolve to rise above the nastiness all around her.Acting
2019Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol as Self / Antoine / Antonin (archive footage)
1970Maurin des Maures (26 Episodes) as Saunier
1967Jean Renoir, le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif as Self
1966The Gardener of Argenteuil as M. Arnaud
1966Cécilia, médecin de campagne (13 Episodes) as Cahuzac, le maire
1965Tell Me Whom to Kill as Drunkard
1963Le roi du village as Unknown
1963The Sword and the Balance as Unknown
1962My Uncle from Texas as The father
1962The Vendetta as Sosthène
1961The Long Absence as Fernand, un client du café
1960The Big Risk as Mr. Bénazet
1960Eyes Without a Face as Man from the Pond
1959Picnic on the Grass as le berger Gaspard
1959Blonde in a White Car as L'inspecteur de police
1958Girl and the River as L'oncle Simon
1956Cinépanorama (1 Episode) as Self
1955The Wicked Go to Hell as Le pompiste
1954Dangerous Turning as Unknown
1953Le club des 400 coups as Guard
1953Carnival as Lambrequin
1953Ugolin as Pamphile, le menuisier
1953Manon of the Spring as Pamphile, le menuisier
1950Prelude to Glory as Cashier
1949Sin and Desire as Raymond la Douleur
1949The Lovers of Verona as Boss of the glassworks
1948Colomba as Unknown
1947Jenny Lamour as Gendarme Poitevin
1947Le charcutier de Machonville as Boules player from Nice
1945Naïs as Henri Bernier
1944The Island of Love as Pascal Frescani, a bandit of honor
1944Cecile Is Dead as Monfils
1943Valley of Hell as Cagnard
1943Summer Light as Unknown
1943The Lucky Star as Fisherman
1943Le soleil a toujours raison as Unknown
1942Simple-Minded as Mr. Malandron
1942Twisted Mistress as Casimir
1941Stormy Waters as Gabriel Tanguy
1941Parade in 7 Nights as (uncredited)
1941After the Storm as Unknown
1940The Well-Digger's Daughter as Le teinturier
1939The Last Turning as Trucker
1938The Baker's Wife as Antonin
1938The Strange Monsieur Victor as Le premier inspecteur
1938Les Filles du Rhône as Town Sergeant (uncredited)
1938Heartbeat as Martelette
1938La Marseillaise as Un Marseillais
1937Harvest as Jasmin Gaubert, le fils
1936Life Is Ours as Tonin (as Blavette)
1935Cigalon as Le Gendarme
1935Toni as Antonio Canova dit « Toni »
1934Angele as Tonin, le rémouleur
1934Jofroi as Tonin