Personal Info
Birth date
1927-07-25 (97 Years)
Day of death
2003-03-27
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France
Also known as
Daniel Jacques Ceccaldi
Daniel Ceccaldi
Biography
Daniel Ceccaldi (July 25, 1927 – March 27, 2003) was a French actor. He was born in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France. The mild-mannered Daniel Ceccaldi is famous as Claude Jade's father Lucien Darbon in François Truffaut's movies Stolen Kisses and Bed & Board.Note: Christine refers to him twice as "Lucien", not papa, indicating perhaps that he is not her biological father, echoing Truffaut's own experience. The American critics Bob Wade wrote about Ceccaldi in 'Stolen Kisses': "Claude Jade's parents are memorably played by Daniel Ceccaldi and Claire Duhamel. Ceccaldi’s role may represent the most pleasant and neurosis-free father in any movie of the era. He overflows with Dickensian warmth and geniality." Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Ceccaldi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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.The Octopus
7.9
Overview:
An epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. The mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus, and anyone who tries to bring them down pays the ultimate price.Graf Luckner
NYR
Overview:
Between the first and second World Wars, we portray glorified and renown naval sea officer Felix Graf von Lucker and his fictitious ship Niobe, which is the 1887 built Amphitrite from Southampton. Von Luckner is famous for his tactical genius in the first World War, especially sinking 14 enemy ships and only losing one crewman, whilst always seeking a peaceful outcome - making him the ideal seaman.Stolen Kisses
7.308
Overview:
The third in a series of films featuring François Truffaut's alter-ego, Antoine Doinel, the story resumes with Antoine being discharged from military service. His sweetheart Christine's father lands Antoine a job as a security guard, which he promptly loses. Stumbling into a position assisting a private detective, Antoine falls for his employers' seductive wife, Fabienne, and finds that he must choose between the older woman and Christine.Incorrigible
6.2
Overview:
Victor Vautier is incorrigible: he's in constant motion, working several cons at once, using different names and changing disguises. He's charming and outrageous, incapable of uttering a sentence that isn't embellished or an outright lie. His life goal is to make enough money to build a sea wall to protect Mont-Saint-Michel. Charlotte, a parole officer, shows up: she's young and seems taken in by Victor. He discovers she lives above the Senlus Museum, where her parents are the curators. With two pals he decides to steal a priceless El Greco triptych and then ransom it back to the cultural ministry. What will Charlotte do when she realizes he's used her to make a fortune?That Man from Rio
7.4
Overview:
French military man Adrien Dufourquet gets an eight-day furlough to visit his fiancée, Agnès. But when he arrives in Paris, he learns that her late father's partner, museum curator Professor Catalan, has just been kidnapped by a group of Amazon tribesmen who have also stolen a priceless statue from the museum. Adrien and Agnès pursue the kidnappers to Brazil, where they learn that the statue is the key to a hidden Amazon treasure.Love in the Afternoon
7.3
Overview:
Frederic leads a bourgeois life; he is a partner in a small Paris office and is happily married to Helene, a teacher expecting her second child. In the afternoons, Frederic daydreams about other women, but has no intention of taking any action. One day, Chloe, who had been a mistress of an old friend, begins dropping by his office. They meet as friends, irregularly in the afternoons, till eventually Chloe decides to seduce Frederic, causing him a moral dilemma.Twisted Obsession
5.341
Overview:
An American writer in Paris is hired to do a script for an edgy young director he can't stand. When he falls in love with the director's cold and manipulative pretty sister, his life starts to unravel and he realizes that he's been used.Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons
6.78
Overview:
The story opens in a Western saloon, where a young musician with a banjo begins to tell a tale of Lucky Luke and his sworn enemies the Dalton brothers: Joe, William, Jack and Averell. Luke has, once again, as he has done many times before, thrown the four outlaws into jail. The prison is also the abode of a guard dog named Rin Tin Can (Rantanplan in the original French language version).Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
6.2
Overview:
The cowboy Lucky Luke tracks the Dalton brothers who escaped from prison and are seeking refuge in Canada.For a Cop's Hide
5.921
Overview:
Victim of manipulation, Cop Choucas is wanted for two murders and searched for by every cop in town.The Toy
6.905
Overview:
When Francois, a journalist, tours a big store for an article, he is chosen by the son of the newspaper's owner, Rambal-Cochet, as his new toy. Needing money and unwilling to quit his job, Francois agrees to this ridiculous assignment. Gradually befriending the spoiled boy, he induces him to play at making a newspaper, unveiling publicly the tyrannical way of life of the father. The powerful emotional climax we experience with the child astonishes both men.Queen Margot
6.8
Overview:
Marguerite de Valois, daughter of Catherine de Médicis, celebrates her wedding with Henri de Navarre. Officially, it's a rapprochement between the League and the Huguenots. In fact, it was an opportunity to bring all the Huguenots to Paris and kill them all at once. King Charles IX fails in his attempt on Coligny's life. Queen Margot tries to save her husband from the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre by preventing the annulment of his marriage, forcing Henri to share her bed. Two knights from opposing camps are wounded and, saved în extremis, are hidden together by the queen and her cousin. Margot falls in love with one of them, but has to run to warn her husband of a new attack and cannot prevent the two knights from being beheaded.Squeak-squeak
6.799
Overview:
Léonard Monestier owns a large fortune, alas his wife Cynthia made a bad investment in a worthless oil concession. Far from letting this get him down, Léonard decides to find a sucker to buy this concession from him. Right on cue appears Antoine Brévin, a befuddled billionaire who is very interested in Léonard's beautiful daughter Patricia and would do anything to win her hand...Bed and Board
7.123
Overview:
Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have set up a cozy domestic life of selling flowers and giving violin lessons while Antoine fitfully works on his long-gestating novel. As Christine becomes pregnant with the couple's first child, Antoine finds himself enraptured with a young Japanese beauty. The complications change the course of their relationship forever.The Soft Skin
7.2
Overview:
Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married to Franca and father of Sabine. He starts a love affair with air hostess Nicole, which Pierre is hiding, but he cannot stay away from her.Death of a Corrupt Man
6.56
Overview:
In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano kept proofs of Dubaye's involvement in corrupt dealings and was poised to use them against the deputy. Xavier readily agrees to cover up for his old pal Philippe, but he soon runs into difficulties. Nobody believes Dubaye's alibi. And everybody -- influential personalities, powerful businessmen, dubious go-betweens and the police -- wants to get hold of the documents that served to blackmail Dubaye; by all possible means...The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
6.4
Overview:
Arsène Lupin is extremely popular among the population, because he allows the needy to share in his acquired wealth. Before entering the service of the German Emperor Wilhelm II, he removes his vault in Alsace, steals two paintings of old masters, steals valuable gems and calls out to the police prefect to avoid his arrest. But this time he risks being seriously recognized. Lupin must once again use his fine intellect to deftly escape the situation.Acting
2008Dieu seul me voit (Versailles-Chantiers) - version interminable (6 Episodes) as President of the polling station
2003She's One of Us as le père
2002Hôpital souterrain as Commander Destouche
2001Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle as Maurice Focodel
1999The Son of Français as Monsieur Oliver
1999Michel Strogoff as Count Krasow
1999Life Doesn't Scare Me as Motorist
1998Heart and Sword as Hoel
1998Only God Sees Me as Le président du bureau de vote
1998Un grand cri d'amour as Sylvestre Archimbaud
1997The Fourth King as Melchiorre
1997Barbara as Admiral
1997The Magic of Méliès as Méliès (voice)
1994Studio Gabriel (1 Episode) as Self
1992Feu Adrien Muset as Me Sachet
1989Twisted Obsession as Julien Legrand
1989Una casa a Roma as Valerio
1989The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers as Jacques
1988La Belle Anglaise (4 Episodes) as Julien
1987Sacrée soirée (1 Episode) as Self
1986La dama inacabada as Jordi Basté
1985Love on the Quiet as Maître Ravignac
1984The Octopus (2 Episodes) as Nicola Sorbi
1983Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose as Lucky Luke (voice)
1983Le Braconnier de Dieu as Le père abbé
1982It Will Hurt! as Léopold
1982Champs-Elysées (1 Episode) as Self
1981For a Cop's Hide as Coccioli
1981The Plouffe Family as Père Alphonse
1981The Ones That Got Away as Guillaume
1980Une merveilleuse journée as Felloux
1979Charles and Lucie as Charles
1979Le temps des vacances as Norbert
1979Heart to Heart as Emile Roussel, le père
1978These Sorcerers Are Mad as Jean La Pallière
1978Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons as Lucky Luke (voice)
1978L'Hôtel de la plage as Euloge Saint-Prix
1977A Sea Urchin in the Pocket as Theater administrator
1977Death of a Corrupt Man as Lucien Lacor
1977Le Maestro as Hubert
1976The Toy as The family man
1976Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's as le marquis du Velin
1975The Pink Telephone as M. Levêgue, directeur des relations publiques, Fileding
1975Incorrigible as Police Prefect
1975A Happy Divorce as Antoine, skuespiller
1975Numéro un (1 Episode) as Self
1974Tell Me You Love Me as Bertrand Danois
1974Folle Amanda as Philippe Morhange
1974C'est jeune et ça sait tout ! as L'ambassadeur
1974Le Chaud Lapin as Henri
1974France, Incorporated as Michel, the government's man
1974OK Patron as Duguet
1974The Four Charlots Musketeers 2 as Louis XIII
1974The Four Charlots Musketeers as Louis XIII / Le roi
1973Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full as l'oncle
1973Fall of a Body as Alain Renon
1973Le Concierge as Paul Raymond, le député
1973The Conspiracy as Louis Carat
1973Graf Luckner (1 Episode) as Morgan
1973Les zozos as Uncle Jacques
1972Seduction Squad as Le lieutenant de marine Jean-Yves Marie Le Gouennec
1972Not Dumb, the Bird as Gérard Chardonnet
1972Love in the Afternoon as Gérard
1971The Song of the Balalaika as Coffinet
1971Samedi soir (2 Episodes) as Self
1971Le Poème de l'élève Mikovsky as supervisor
1970Bed and Board as Lucien Darbon
1970The Bear and the Doll as Ivan
1969A Golden Widow as Museum curator
1969Agence Interim (13 Episodes) as Max
1968Would-Be Gentleman as Dorante
1968Stolen Kisses as Lucien Darbon
1967Meurtre en sourdine as Wendell
1967The Ponies as Letellier
1967Ami-Ami as Christian
1966Monsieur le Président Directeur Général as Calfarelli
1966The Postman Goes to War as Cassagne
1966At Theatre Tonight (1, 1 Episode) as Michel, Christian
1966Vive la vie (145 Episodes) as Jacques Vincent
1966The Upper Hand as Le commissaire Noël
1965Espionage in Lisbon as Robert Scott
1965Diamonds Are Brittle as Captain of the boat
1965When the Pheasants Pass as le directeur Barnave
1965Cloportes as Police inspector Lescure
1965God's Thunder as Le prêtre
1965The Big Swag as Félix Pignol, metro ticket puncher colleague
1965A Woman in White as L'inspecteur Georget
1965How Not to Rob a Department Store as Léon, bartender
1965Place Your Bets, Ladies as Stephan
1965The Real Bargain as Seller
1964Friends of the family as Michel, bartender
1964Requiem pour un caïd as Inspector Belin
1964The Soft Skin as Clément
1964FX 18, Secret Agent as Noreau
1964That Man from Rio as Commissaire
1963Les gros bras as Giovanelli, jewel thief
1963Girl's Apartment as François
1963Squeak-squeak as Pedro Castelli
1963People in Luck as L'homme amoureux de Virginie (« Le Repas gastronomique »)
1963The Trip to Biarritz as Paul Bonnenfant
1963Who Stole the Body? as 'La Banque'
1961Famous Love Affairs as Antonio Villa
1961To Die of Love as Richard Lanne
1961In the Mouth of the Wolf as Roger
1960The Dialogue of the Carmelites as Officer
1959Witness in the City as Italian taxi customer
1958Miss Pigalle as Dominique
1958The Queen of Spades as Serge Leonidovitch - le premier buveur
1957The Adventures of Arsène Lupin as Jacques Gauthier
1957Élisa as Hairdresser
1956Good Evening Paris as Unknown
1956Mannequins of Paris as Un ami de Barbara
1955The Light Across the Street as l'amoureux en panne
1955La Madelon as Military man at Maxim’s
1955The Grand Manoeuvre as Officer (uncredited)
1955Frou-Frou as Le chevalier des Grieux
1955Caroline and the Rebels as Lieutenant Bogard
1954Queen Margot as Henri d'Anjou
1954Mademoiselle Nitouche as The third reservist
1953Fatal Affair as Fred, Charlotte's friend (uncredited)
1953Un trésor de femme as Doctor
1953Deux de l'escadrille as Unknown
1952Judgement of God as Théobald - le commis de M. Bernauer et amoureux d'Agnès
1951Young Love as The soldier who shoots badly at the funfair (uncredited)
1951Miracles Only Happen Once as A friend of Jérôme (uncredited)
1949Maya as Un serveur du bistrot (uncredited)
1948The Devil Who Limped as Lackey (uncredited)
Directing
1984Diable d'homme ... Director
1982Jamais avant le mariage ... Director
1980le vol d'Icare ... Director
1979Le Plus Heureux des trois ... Stage Director
1978Messieurs les ronds-de-cuir ... Director