Personal Info
Birth date
1892-08-21 (132 Years)
Day of death
1989-04-15
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Also known as
Charles-Henri Vanel
Шарль Ванель
Charles Vanel
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charles-Marie Vanel, known as Charles Vanel (21 August 1892 in Rennes, France - 15 April 1989, in Cannes, France) was a French director and actor. He made his screen debut in 1912, in Robert Péguy's Jim Crow. His 77 year career comprised appearances in more than 200 films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Vanel, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
To Catch a Thief
7.28
Overview:
An ex-thief is accused of enacting a new crime spree, so to clear his name he sets off to catch the new thief, who’s imitating his signature style.The Wages of Fear
8.024
Overview:
In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upon the perilous journey.Diabolique
7.918
Overview:
The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece
6.1
Overview:
After the death of Captain Thémistocle Paparanic, Captain Haddock's old friend, he inherits a ship called the Golden Fleece. Once Tintin and the captain arrive in Istanbul, where the ship is anchored, they meet Mr. Karabine, a businessman who stubbornly insists on buying it even though it is in a dilapidated state.Les Misérables
7.888
Overview:
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.Obsession
NYR
Overview:
A man who suffers from the delirium of persecution and to the point of trying to strangle his wife is interned. His brother, needing his signature for his own business, gets him out of the asylum with the complicity of a false magistrate and against the advice of the doctor.The Truth
7.646
Overview:
As Dominique Marceau is being tried for the murder of Gilbert Tellier, accounts by different witnesses paint a picture of the kind of relationship the two used to share.Illustrious Corpses
6.8
Overview:
A detective is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges.Woman in Chains
7
Overview:
Gallery director Stanislas bolsters the development of modern art with his collection of surprising works. His newest acquisition is a sculpture by Gilbert, whose wife Josée is captivated by Stanislas. But unbeknownst to her, Stanislas is amassing photographs of a very perverse, disturbed nature.The Mask of the Gorilla
5.9
Overview:
Géo Paquet, aka The Gorilla, breaks from jail. Now an escaped convict, the elite agent must infiltrate a dangerous gang working for a foreign embassy as their leader, a spy enjoying diplomatic immunity, can't be arrested by regular police.Three Brothers
6.311
Overview:
In a farmhouse in southern Italy, an old woman dies. Her husband summons their sons: from Rome, Raffaele, a judge facing a political case for which he risks assassination; from Naples, the religious and ideological Rocco, a counselor at a correctional institute for boys; from Turin, Nicola, a factory worker involved in labor disputes. Once home, each encounters the past and engages in reveries of what may come.Royal Affairs in Versailles
6.8
Overview:
Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV, whose personal affairs and amours, and those of his two successors, are followed in more detail to the start of the Revolution, after which the story is brought rapidly up to date. A huge cast plays mainly historical persons who appear briefly.Wooden Crosses
7
Overview:
The young and patriotic student Demachy joins the French army in 1914 to defend his country. But he and his comrades soon experience the terrifying, endless trench war in Champagne, where more and more wooden crosses have to be erected for this cannon fodder.Alice or the Last Escapade
6
Overview:
One night Alice can't stand her husband anymore and she decides to leave him. It's a dark, rainy night and something smashes the windshield so Alice is forced to seek shelter in an old mansion. She is warmly welcomed but soon realises that strange things are happening. She tries to escape but it seems there's no way out.They Were Five
7.306
Overview:
Five unemployed workers win 100,000 Francs in the national lottery. Instead of sharing the money, they buy a ruin and build an open-air cafe. But difficulties come to split their friendly group apart.Death in the Garden
6.399
Overview:
In a remote Amazon jungle village, a group of angry diamond prospectors revolt when the local government undertakes a violent crackdown.Symphony for a Massacre
6.8
Overview:
A band of gangsters devise a plan to steal a game contested between two drug gangs of drug traffickers: the five fraudsters will face bigger problems than them.In the Name of the Law
7.069
Overview:
A young, by-the-book judge is appointed to a Sicilian village controlled by corrupt leaders and the mafia.Camorra
5.8
Overview:
The fast career of a young Neapolitan among contraband, gambling dens, bribes and illegality. He will upgrade its rank till the maximum level of the "Family".Shock Troops
6.7
Overview:
A French resistance group frees twelve captured soldiers from a German prison camp, but apparently there is an additional prisoner among them who is suspected of being an enemy spy.The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
7.3
Overview:
A successful businessman whose destiny leads him to a secluded Swiss chalet where his life is put on trial by a group of retired law professionals. The men assemble to analyze Sordi's rise to power and his increasingly immoral behavior as he attained success, and the warped perceptions of right and wrong he has adopted to remain successful.Flight Into Darkness
6.333
Overview:
During the First World War, before joining a squadron at the front in 1918, Herbillon (Jean-Pierre Aumont) has a liaison with Helene (Annabella), a married woman. The young man discovers that his mistress is none other than the wife of Maury (Charles Vanel), an aviator friend.Magnet of Doom
6.3
Overview:
Young boxer Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager after a series of match defeats and is forced to look for a new job. He is engaged as secretary to a millionaire named Ferchaux who is in a hurry to flee the country when he discovers he has been implicated in a high-profile fraud.Boomerang
5.737
Overview:
A reformed gangster turns to his old associates for help after his son kills a police officer.Jenny
5.9
Overview:
When her fiancé breaks off their engagement, Danielle leaves London and returns to her mother, Jenny, in Paris. With her business partner Benoît, Jenny runs what appears to be a respectable nightclub – it is in fact a place where wealthy men can buy the favours of attractive young women. Oblivious to her mother's professional and personal life, Danielle meets a handsome young man named Lucien, and falls in love with him – not realising that he is Jenny's lover...Golden Night
5
Overview:
After his family tries to kill him and he has been pronounced dead, Michel returns from the dead and sets about getting revenge on his family members. He sends each one a voodoo doll, warning of their fate. Wandering over the streets of Paris, Michel is the haunted and hunted, as he himself hunts his villainous kin.Acting
1988The Seasons of Pleasure as Charles van Bert
1987If the Sun Never Returns as Anzevui
1981Three Brothers as Donato Giuranna
1981La Puce et le privé as Mathieu Fortier
1980The Lost Way as Léon
1978Ne pleure pas as Le grand-père
1977Alice or the Last Escapade as Henri Vergennes
1976Golden Night as Charles Fournier
1976Boomerang as Jean Ritter
1976Illustrious Corpses as Procurator Varga
197630 millions d'amis (1 Episode) as Self
1975Seven Deaths by Prescription as Pr Brézé
1975Es herrscht Ruhe im Land as Großvater Parra
1974Le juge et son bourreau as Le commissaire Bairelard
1974Spécial cinéma (2 Episodes) as Self
1973The End of the Tether as Whalley
1973Le Reflet dans la mer as Baron Ucciani
1972The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life as Il Presidente
1972Camorra as Don Mimo De Ritis
1972La nuit bulgare as Bohringer
1972Le Père Goriot as Father Goriot
1970Them as Professor Swaine
1970Sébastien et la Mary-Morgane (13 Episodes) as Louis Maréchal
1970Countdown to Vengeance as Juliani
1969Ballad for a Dog as Viachet
1969À la recherche de Jean Grémillon as Self
1968Woman in Chains as L'invité au vernissage qui dit 'Oui, ça correspond au schéma du bonhomme' (uncredited)
1968La séparation as Louis Vigué
1967Shock Troops as Passevin
1967L'Arlésienne as Unknown
1965Song of the World as Marinau the sailor
1963Magnet of Doom as Dieudonné Ferchaux
1963A King Without Distraction as le procureur du roi
1963Symphony for a Massacre as Paoli
1963Rififi in Tokyo as Van Hekken
1963Lo sgarro as Unknown
1962The Steppe as Pére Christophore
1961Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece as Father Alexandre
1960The Truth as Maître Guérin
1959Island Fishermen as Shipowner Mével
1959Gorilla's Waltz as Berthomieu aka 'Le Vieux'
1959Prisoner of the Volga as Ossip Semjonowitsch
1959The Wreckers as Marnez
1958The Mask of the Gorilla as Colonel Berthomieu
1958No Escape as Caillé
1958Sinners of Paris as Léonce Pozzi, dit "Le Fondu"
1957The Suspects as Commissioner Perrache of the D.S.T.
1957Burning Fuse as Albatrasse
1956Death in the Garden as Castin
1956Defend My Love as Verdisio
1956Cinépanorama (1 Episode) as Self
1955A Missionary as Père Gauthier
1955Native Drums as Unknown
1955To Catch a Thief as Bertani
1955Diabolique as Police Inspector Alfred Fichet
1954The Cheerful Squadron as Il capitano Hurluret
1954Maddalena as Giovanni Lamberti
1954On Trial as Wolf Andergast
1954Royal Affairs in Versailles as Mr. de Vergennes
1953The Wages of Fear as Mr. Jo
1952Malaire as Unknown
1951The Last Sentence as Judge Marco Valsetti
1951Incantesimo tragico as Bastiano
1951Il bivio as Lubiani
1950Cuori sul mare as Nostromo Norus
1950The Fighting Men as Don Salvatore Sparaino
1949In the Name of the Law as Massaro Turi Passalacqua
1948The Woman I Murdered as François Bachelin
1948Vertigine d'amore as Mugnaio Resplanton
1947Woman of Evil as Laurent
1947La Cabane aux souvenirs as Unknown
1947Le Bateau à soupe as Le capitaine Hervé
1946Gringalet as Lucien Ravaut
1945Hanged Man's Farm as François
1945L'Enquête du 58 as Bernard - le mécanicien
1944The Woman Who Dared as Pierre Gauthier
1943The Roquevillards as François Roquevillard
1943Le soleil a toujours raison as L'homme du mas
1942Promise to the Unknown One as Bernard Parker
1942Haut le vent as François Ascarra
1942Business Is Business as Isidore Lechat
1941The Black Diamond as François Mitry
1940The Wonderful Night as le fermier
1940Cristobal's Gold as Le Coronel - le chef de la police
1939Law of the North as Dalrymple
1939Yamilé Under the Cedars as Rachid El Hame
1939Savage Brigade as Général Kalitjeff
1938S.O.S. Sahara as Unknown
1938Southern Bar as Captain Olivier
1938Legions of Honor as Captain Dabrau
1938The West as Jean Cadière
1938Rail Pirates as Henri Pierson
1938The Woman at the End of the World as Durc, l'Officier Mécanicien
1938Crossroads as Roger de Vétheuil
1937Abused Confidence as Jacques Ferney
1937Troïka sur la piste blanche as Michel Steinberg
1937Social Police as Salviati
1937Southern Carrier as Herlin
1936Assault as Alexandre Mérital
1936Port-Arthur as Commander Vassidloff
1936The Seniors as Henri Lormier
1936Jenny as Benoit
1936They Were Five as Charles dit Charlot
1936The Flame as Unknown
1936The Fear as Robert Sylvain
1936Michel Strogoff as Unknown
1935The Green Domino as Nebel, a sculptor
1935Flight Into Darkness as Le lieutenant Maury
1935Les Bateliers de la Volga as Unknown
1935L'Impossible Aveu as Unknown
1935King of the Camargue as Rampal
1934The Great Game as Clement
1934At the End of the World as Geroges Laudy
1934Obsession as Pierre
1934Les Misérables as Inspector Javert
1933Gitanes as Unknown
1932Case closed as Unknown
1932Dainah the Mixed as Michaux
1932In the Name of the Law as Lancelot
1932Wooden Crosses as Caporal Breval
1931Faubourg Montmartre as André Marco, dit Dédé
1931Rio's yellow house as King-Fu / Scalpa
1931Dance House as Ramon
1930The Yellow Captain as Unknown
1930L'Arlésienne as Gardian Mitifio
1930Accused, Stand Up! as Henri Lapalle
1930In the Night as L'ouvrier carrier
1930Chic as Fernand (François)
1929Waterloo as Napoleon
1929An Ideal Woman as Angel Call
1929Drei Tage auf Leben und Tod - aus dem Logbuch der U.C.1 as Der Steuermann
1928Le Passager as Unknown
1927Apaches of Paris as Unknown
1927Die weisse Sklavin as Unknown
1927Feu! as Lieutenant Frémiet
1927The Prey of the Wind as Pierre Vignal
1926Nitchevo as Unknown
1926Mister Mustard's Millions as John Durand
1926The Flame as Unknown
1925Barocco as Unknown
1925The Awakening as Unknown
1925A Night of Romance as Matteo Scaliuccio
1924Iceland Fishermen as Yann
1924Heart of an Actress as Unknown
1924La Flambée des rêves as Unknown
1923Calvaire d'amour as Unknown
1923L'Autre aile as Gaston Lager
1923Tillers of the Soil as Unknown
1923The House of Mystery as Henri Corradin
1922Tempêtes as Raoul Mauduit
1922Phroso as Dimitri
1921The Child of the Carnival as Unknown
Production
1952Malaire ... Producer
Writing
1930In the Night ... Writer