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Pierre Vaneck

Actor
Died January 31, 2010 (78 years)
Pierre Vaneck (born Pierre Auguste Van Hecke; 15 April 1931 – 31 January 2010) was a French actor. During his career, he won a Molière Award in 1988 and received a César Award nomination in 2009.

Son of a Belgian army officer, Pierre Vaneck spent his youth in Antwerp, Belgium, until the age of 17, when he started medical studies in Paris, France. Before long, he branched into studying acting, first at the Rene Simon school, and then at the Theatre Academy, under Henri Rollan. He earned his living meanwhile by working for a saddle-maker by day, and in the evenings, he recited François Villon's poems in cabarets. His début on the stage came in 1952 in The Three Musketeers in the role of Louis XIII. His first important role in the cinema was in the Julien Duvivier film, Marianne of my Youth in 1955.

Pierre Vaneck was primarily a theatre and television actor. The general public knew him particularly for his television role as the father of the main character in Fabien Cosma, as well as in many other serials (Spring Tides, The Garonne...). Vaneck died on Sunday 31 January 2010, during open-heart surgery. He was married to Sophie Becker, daughter and sister of Jacques Becker and Jean Becker. His grandchildren, Aurélie and Thibaud Vaneck, are both actors, and feature in the television series Plus Belle la Vie which is broadcast on France 3 channel.

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Known For
  • The Science of Sleep
  • Love Me No More
  • Year of the Jellyfish
  • Si j'avais quatre dromadaires
  • Man Called Rocca
  • Furia
  • He Who Must Die
  • To Die in Madrid
  • East Wind
  • Marianne of My Youth
  • Erendira
  • Operation Leopard
  • A Bullet in the Gun Barrel
  • As in Heaven
  • The Proprietor
  • The Season for Love
  • Sweet Country
  • Return to Algiers
  • Burnt Hearts
  • Les pyramides bleues
  • To the Boundaries of the Possible
  • Portrait: Orson Welles

Filmography

2008
Love Me No More · as Le Père D'antoine
2007
2006
The Science of Sleep · as Mr. Pouchet
2004
No Sky Limit with Africa · as Ian Coburn
2004
Nero · as Paul Of Tarsus
2004
Imperium: Nero (TV Series) · as Paolo Di Tarso
2000
Return to Algiers · as Blanville
1999
Furia · as Aaron
1998
« Art » · as Marc
1996
The Proprietor · as Raymond T.k
1995
Othello · as Brabantio
1993
East Wind · as Doktor Josef Hoop, Premier Rządu Liechtensteinu
1992
As in Heaven · as Dr. Charcot
1992
Burnt Hearts (TV Series) · as Marc Leroy
1988
1988
L'oeuvre au noir · as Zénon
1987
Sweet Country · as Father Venegas
1987
1986
Le collier de velours · as Gilbert Piersaint
1986
The Collectors (TV Series) · as Charles Thieron
1984
1984
The Octopus (TV Series) · as Carlo Antinari
1983
Erendira · as Ulysses' Father
1981
Histoires extraordinaires (TV Series) · as Dupin
1980
La fin du Marquisat d'Aurel (TV Series) · as Palamède D'aurel
1980
Operation Leopard · as Colonel Grasser
1975
Cinéma 16 (TV Series) · as Arthur
1974
The Irony of Chance · as Werner Von Rompsay
1973
Le reflet dans la mer · as Karl De Lincken
1972
Threshold of the Void · as Dr. Liancourt
1971
To the Boundaries of the Possible (TV Series) · as Yan Thomas
1971
Biribi · as Ponchard
1969
1969
Misdeal · as Jacques Christens
1968
Portrait: Orson Welles · as Narrator (voice)
1968
Sarn · as Kester
1967
Révolution d'octobre · as Narrator (french Version) (voice)
1966
Si j'avais quatre dromadaires · as Récitant (voice)
1966
Is Paris Burning? · as Maj. Roger Gallois
1965
Enchanted Isles · as Abrantes
1963
1963
To Die in Madrid · as Récitant
1962
Le dossier de Chelsea Street · as George Steward
1961
Man Called Rocca · as Xavier Adé
1961
Famous Love Affairs · as René De La Roche
1961
The Season for Love · as Sylvain
1961
La mort de Belle · as Le Gardien De La Morgue
1960
L'histoire de Natacha · as Alexeï 'aliocha' Petrovitch
1958
1958
Why Women Sin · as Frédéric Martignac, Aka Fred
1958
1957
The Camera explores time (TV Series) · as Le Comte De La Villirouët
1957
He Who Must Die · as Manolios
1956
If Paris Were Told to Us · as François Villon
1955
Marianne of My Youth · as Vincent Loringer (french Version Only)
1954
No Exit · as Un Soldat

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