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Paul Bonifas
Actor
Died November 9, 1975 (73 years)
Paul Bonifas (3 June 1902 – 9 November 1975) was a French actor, born in Paris.
In the 1920s, while working for the French customs service, Bonifas took classes in acting at the Conservatoire de Paris in his spare time. He left with the first prize for comedy, which allowed him to join the Odéon Theatre in 1933, then the Comédie-Française in 1938.
He made his first film appearance in 1935 in a version of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, directed by Pierre Chenal.
During World War II he served as a lieutenant in the artillery, was badly wounded, and evacuated from Dunkirk with his unit. In London he joined the Free French, and worked for Radio Londres broadcasting to occupied France.
In 1942 he appeared in the film The Foreman Went to France.
In 1943 he formed "The Molière Players", who staged a repertoire of mainly Molière works in London theatres, as well as in regional towns and at French army barracks.
In 1944 "The Molière Players" appeared in the short film Aventure malgache directed by Alfred Hitchcock. This was written by, and based on the experiences of, Jules Francois Clermont, an actor in Bonifas' troupe working under the name of Paul Clarus, who had operated an illegal radio station Madagascar Libre in Madagascar while the island was under Vichy control.
Bonifas then appeared in a number of other British films, including Two Fathers with Bernard Miles, directed by Anthony Asquith, and had minor roles in the musicals Heaven Is Round the Corner and Champagne Charlie, the action adventure film The Man from Morocco, the comedy-drama Johnny Frenchman and the horror film Dead of Night.
Bonifas returned to France in 1946 and resumed his career in theatre, specializing in comedy, but also taking dramatic roles.
His later film career included appearances in Trapeze (1956), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956), Fanny (1961), Charade (1963), Greed in the Sun (1964), The Train (1964), Is Paris Burning? (1966), Triple Cross (1966), and The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1974).
Bonifas died on 9 November 1975 at Vernouillet, Yvelines, France.
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Filmography
| 1975 | Rosebud · as Old man with 2 CV |
| 1975 | The Common Man · as Le maire |
| 1974 | The Return of the Tall Blond Man · as le père de François Perrin |
| 1973 | The Train · as Le voisin |
| 1973 | Salut l'artiste · as Le vieil acteur |
| 1971 | Love Me Strangely · as Le portier de l'hôtel |
| 1971 | Le Voyageur des siècles (TV Series) · as Firmin |
| 1971 | Madame Are You Free? (TV Series) · as Le président du jury |
| 1970 | Donkey Skin · as Le quatrième médecin |
| 1970 | Cold Sweat · as The doctor |
| 1970 | Horse · as Un témoin lors de l'accident dela voiture |
| 1969 | The Christmas Tree · as (uncredited) |
| 1968 | Very Happy Alexander · as Le garde |
| 1968 | La séparation · as Priest |
| 1966 | Triple Cross · as Charlie |
| 1966 | Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? · as Unknown |
| 1966 | Is Paris Burning? · as Mayor |
| 1964 | The Train · as Spinet |
| 1964 | Lucky Jo · as Unknown |
| 1964 | Greed in the Sun · as Doctor Magnart, former professor in Lyon |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | The Trip to Biarritz · as Bourrély |
| 1963 | The Depths · as Mons. Lapeyre |
| 1963 | Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent · as Le notaire |
| 1963 | La parole est au témoin · as Unknown |
| 1962 | Sundays and Cybèle · as Grocer |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Goodbye Again · as Cellarman |
| 1961 | The Miracle of the Wolves · as Le chirurgien / Doctor of Louis XI |
| 1961 | Keep Talking, Baby · as actor |
| 1960 | La Vérité · as Un greffier |
| 1960 | Love and the Frenchwoman · as Ginette"s father (segment "Virginité, La") |
| 1960 | The Enemy General · as Mayor |
| 1960 | The Gigolo · as actor |
| 1960 | The Youth Theater (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1959 | Archimède, le clochard · as Le marchand de vin |
| 1958 | Les Misérables · as Le médecin de l'hôpital |
| 1958 | Sinners of Paris · as Unknown |
| 1958 | The Female · as L'aubergiste |
| 1957 | Love in the Afternoon · as Police Chief (uncredited) |
| 1957 | The Case of Dr. Laurent · as Guillaumin |
| 1957 | The Spies · as Monsieur Barjot |
| 1956 | Shadow of the Guillotine · as Herman |
| 1956 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame · as Master Lecornu |
| 1956 | Trapeze · as Paul - Circus Peddler |
| 1955 | Frou-Frou · as Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1953 | Their Last Night · as le commissaire principal |
| 1952 | Holiday for Henrietta · as The Newsagent (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Green Glove · as Inspector |
| 1952 | The Truth About Bebe Donge · as Unknown |
| 1951 | Juliette, or Key of Dreams · as La capitaine du cargo |
| 1951 | Take Me to Paris · as Café Proprietor |
| 1951 | Amazing Monsieur Fabre · as Unknown |
| 1951 | Foreign Intrigue (TV Series) · as Herzog |
| 1946 | Bedelia · as Insurance Manager (as Paul Boniface) |
| 1946 | The Lisbon Story · as Stephan Corelle |
| 1945 | Johnny Frenchman · as Jerome |
| 1945 | Dead of Night · as French Nightclub Patron (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited) |
| 1944 | Aventure malgache · as Michel |
| 1944 | Champagne Charlie · as Targetino |
| 1944 | Candlelight in Algeria · as French Proprietor |
| 1944 | Heaven Is Round the Corner · as Rostond |
| 1944 | Two Fathers · as Frenchman |
| 1939 | The Five Cents of Lavarede · as Unknown |
| 1939 | Maxim's Porter · as Unknown |
| 1935 | Crime and Punishment · as actor |