Personal Info
Birth date
1940-09-27 (84 Years)
Day of death
2023-08-28
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Antwerp, Belgium
Also known as
-Roger Van Hool
Biography
Roger Van Hool was born on September 27, 1940 in Antwerp, Belgium. He is an actor, known for As Above, So Below (2014), Oscar (1967) and Les grands détectives (1974).
Filmography
the famous escapes
5
Overview:
From Bonaparte to Casanova, history is cast in the light of famous escapes from various European countries.
As Above, So Below
6.719
Overview:
When a team of explorers ventures into the uncharted maze of bones that lies beneath the streets of Paris, they embark on a journey into madness and terror.
The Odyssey
6.7
Overview:
The aquatic adventure of the highly influential and fearlessly ambitious pioneer, innovator, filmmaker, researcher, and conservationist, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, covers roughly thirty years of an inarguably rich in achievements life.
Tanguy
5.937
Overview:
Tanguy is 28 years old and still living with his parents. They think it's time he moves out. He doesn't, so they hatch a plan.
The Woman Next Door
7.1
Overview:
Madame Jouve, the narrator, tells the tragedy of Bernard and Mathilde. Bernard was living happily with his wife Arlette and his son Thomas. One day, a couple, Philippe and Mathilde Bauchard, moves into the next house. This is the accidental reunion of Bernard and Mathilde, who had a passionate love affair years ago. The relationship revives... A somber study of human feelings.
The Truth
5.994
Overview:
Fabienne is a star; a star of French cinema. She reigns amongst men who love and admire her. When she publishes her memoirs, her daughter Lumir returns from New York to Paris with her husband and young child. The reunion between mother and daughter will quickly turn to confrontation: truths will be told, accounts settled, loves and resentments confessed.
Oscar
7.335
Overview:
This film originated as a play in Paris. The story focuses on the one-day adventures of Bertrand Barnier played with a genius of French cinema, Louis de Funes. In the same morning he learns that his daughter is pregnant, an employee stole a large amount of money from his company, his maid is about to resign in order to marry a wealthy neighbor and his body builder is interested in marrying his daughter. The seemingly complicated story-line is full of comedy or errors and some of the most hilarious mime scenes of the French cinema.
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.
Conversations with My Gardener
6.551
Overview:
A successful artist, weary of Parisian life and on the verge of divorce, returns to the country to live in his childhood house. He needs someone to make a real vegetable garden again out of the wilderness it has become. The gardener happens to be a former schoolfriend. A warm, fruitful conversation starts between the two men.
Woman Between Wolf and Dog
5.6
Overview:
Lieve is a Belgian woman who marries just as World War II is beginning. When the Germans invade, her husband goes off to fight them, but he swiftly returns home after the invasion succeeds. Later, he decides that the Germans are on the right side of things, and goes off to fight for them on the Eastern Front. Soon afterward, a resistance fighter is stranded on her doorway, and she hides him. The two of them fall in love, and the conflicts and joys of this relationship cause Lieve continued grief well after the end of the war.
United Passions
3.316
Overview:
An epic, untold story that brings to life the inspiring saga of the World Cup and the three determined men who created it. Driven by their vision and passion, three men, overcame their doubts and fought obstacles and scandals to make the World Cup a reality. Spanning the tumultuous 20th Century, this timeless saga celebrates the event that became the most popular sporting event in the world.
The Abyss
5.4
Overview:
The Inquisition is in full swing in 16th century Flanders. Wanted for his dissident writings, the alchemist doctor Zeno has been wandering Europe under an assumed name for twenty years. But he remains a non-conformist. He returns to his native Bruges, where he thinks he has been forgotten. In this silent labyrinth where the faces of the past resurface, he rediscovers his identity and thus signs his death warrant.
The Great Chase
3
Overview:
A gang of young tugs led by Frankie, opens a nightclub just in front of a gangster's hideout. Morelli is his name and he prepares the stealing of the century.
Heartbeat
6.4
Overview:
The mistress of a wealthy man misses material comforts when she leaves him for a younger lover.
Isn't She Lovely?
5.883
Overview:
A couple of parents get in over their heads when they decide to use Scandinavian alternative teaching methods for their teenager.
Madame Baptiste
5.5
Overview:
Blanche was raped in her adolescence by a servant, a cowherd named Baptiste. Her family, anxious to hide the shame that this scandal has cast on their reputation, locks the young girl in their manor, thinking that four walls are enough to silence the mockery. One day, Blanche, whom the whole country nicknames "Madame Baptiste", tries to commit suicide, consumed by the painful memory she carries within her. A man saves her and, charmed by the woman who now owes him her life, he asks her to marry him, thus defying the moral barriers set by public opinion. Life now seems happy for Blanche, but one day, at the agricultural show, the insult comes again: "Madame Baptiste!"...
Appointment in Bray
4.529
Overview:
In 1917, the First World War is raging. Julien is from Luxemburg, so instead of having to go to war he studies piano in Paris. One day his friend Jacques, also a musician and now a fighter pilot on the front, invites him to spend a few days in his family's empty house in Bray. The housekeeper, a beautiful stoic woman lets Julien in, but his friend is late and he is obliged to wait. In the meantime, he starts reminiscing of the pre-war days spent with his friend and Jacques' girlfriend Odile.
The Killer Is on the Phone
5.5
Overview:
A woman whose husband was murdered five years previously, is stalked by his killer, who wants to eliminate her as a potential witness. What he doesn't know is that the shock of his murder caused her to have amnesia, and she doesn't remember anything.
Aux abois
4.5
Overview:
Paul, a former insurer, is struggling to make ends meet. He agrees to meet Sarrebry, a loan shark introduced to him by his friend Daubelle. Paul mortally knocks out the disgusting crook and steals a large sum of money from him.
Un coup de baguette magique
NYR
Overview:
Jeanne, Achille, and their family belong to the middle class. They have their own house. Their marriage has not always gone smoothly, but they both make up for it. Then they both lose their jobs, and the incredible happens: the house is sold and they become homeless.
Bank Error in Your Favour
5.628
Overview:
After working with the bank for a long time, Julien decides to open a restaurant with his best friend. Unfortunately, when the bank refuses to grant him a loan, he comes up with a plan.
The Garden of Torment
4.9
Overview:
The story of a Antoine, a physician who was exiled to China in the 1930's due to his drug habit.
Et qu'ça saute !
NYR
Overview:
A uranium deposit brings turmoil to the small South American republic of Guatalpa. Between two revolutions, the government tries unsuccessfully to decide whether the Americans, Soviets or Cubans will exploit the concession. Delegates from these nations spy on and betray each other to achieve their goal.
Boys and Girls
NYR
Overview:
Ten young people (six boys and four girls), most of whom students, rent a house in bad repair and set about living together. The experience is not obvious and the ten tenants have to cope with more than one difficulty. But they also have their moments. Things really go awry when Françoise, an unmarried girl, is forced to deliver the baby she carries prematurely and when Solange, the lonely girl of the group, attempts suicide. Shortly afterwards, the group learns that the house is due for demolition. They decide to take advantage of this opportunity to face adult life individually.
Catherine
5.5
Overview:
Paris, 1418. The city is occupied by the Armagnacs, besieged by Philip of Burgundy. Caboche, a butcher's guild member and supporter of the Burgundians, wants to marry a young woman. To do so, he denounces his father, who is soon after murdered. The Grand Conétable of Burgundy also has his eye on Catherine, but will not be able to take her because Duke Philippe has fallen in love with her.
Acting
2020Isn't She Lovely? as Grand-père Jo
2019The Truth as Pierre
2016The Odyssey as Daniel Cousteau dit Daddy
2014As Above, So Below as Scarlett's Father
2014United Passions as Abel Lafleur
2014Où elle est Maman ? as Joseph, le père
2013Chevallier et Laspalès - Les menteurs as Unknown
2009Bank Error in Your Favour as Bergstein
2007Conversations with My Gardener as Tony, another painter
2005Aux abois as Maître Martin-Jephté
2004Un parfum de Caraïbes as Jolart
2002Y'a pas d'âge pour s'aimer as Jean-Marie
2001Tanguy as Philippe
1997Sud lointain (3 Episodes) as Ducrest
1997Un coup de baguette magique as Achille
1997La dame aux camélias as Georges Duval
1996The Eyewitness as Eric Anderson
1994L'Affaire as Joan Halle
1991Marie Curie, Une Femme Honorable as Unknown
1991Marie Curie, une femme honorable (3 Episodes) as Pierre Curie
1989Plato's Banquet as Alcibiade
1988The Abyss as L'officier
1987Les Nouveaux Tricheurs as Mathias
1987Iris as Paul
1983Les Beaux Quartiers as Lamberdesc
1983Lock as Roger
1981The Woman Next Door as Roland Duguet
1981Une femme en fuite as Gi
1979Woman Between Wolf and Dog as François
1976The Garden of Torment as Antoine Durrieux
1975Met Dieric Bouts as Unknown
1975L'inspecteur Wens: Six hommes morts as Inspecteur Wens
1974Verloren maandag as Tomasz
1974Madame Baptiste as Raoul Aubertin
1972The Killer Is on the Phone as Peter Vervoort
1972Louise, One Word of Love as Paul
1972Le soldat Laforêt as Le soldat Laforêt
1972Pot-Bouille (7 Episodes) as octave mouret
1972the famous escapes (1 Episode) as Philippe Le Bon
1971Appointment in Bray as Jacques Neuil
1971Christa (1 Episode) as Robert Sariette
1970Et qu'ça saute ! as Unknown
1970Bastaard halve prijs as Unknown
1969Catherine as Arnaud de Montsalvy
1968Woman in Chains as Un artiste (uncredited)
1968Heartbeat as Antoine
1968The Great Chase as Unknown
1967Oscar as Oscar
1967Boys and Girls as Jean-Claude