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name: "Charles Bastin"
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born: "21 January 1921"
died: "19 August 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T02:15:17.085225+00:00"
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# Charles Bastin

Actor. Born 21 January 1921 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France. Died 19 August 1989.

## Details

- **Born:** 21 January 1921, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- **Died:** 19 August 1989
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1672198

## Biography

Charles Bastin was a French-born actor. He was born on 21 January 1921 in Paris, France, and died on 19 August 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Bastin appeared in films from the 1930s onwards, often in uncredited or bit parts. His credits include *The World Moves On* (1934), *Adam's Rib* (1949), *An American in Paris* (1951) as Smiling Young Man, and *The Cheap Detective* (1978) as Croupier #2. He also had guest roles in television series such as *Combat!*, *The Rat Patrol*, *The High Chaparral* and *The F.B.I.*.

*Sources: imdb.com, tviv.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *An American in Paris* (1951), Fi1m 76, as Smiling Young Man (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/an-american-in-paris.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Cheap Detective* (1978), as Croupier #2
- *Take Her, She's Mine* (1963), as Photographer (uncredited)
- *The Purple Mask* (1955), as Gendarme (uncredited)
- *An American in Paris* (1951), as Smiling Young Man (uncredited) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/an-american-in-paris.md)
- *Adam's Rib* (1949), as Young District Attorney (uncredited)
- *Arise, My Love* (1940), as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
- *The World Moves On* (1934), as Jacques Girard, the Boy (1914)

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