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name: "Maurice Ronet"
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imdb_id: "nm0740067"
tmdb_id: 15395
wikidata_id: "Q965584"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 April 1927"
died: "14 March 1983"
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average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T04:34:37.269143+00:00"
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# Maurice Ronet

## Identity

Maurice Ronet

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/maurice-ronet
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** maurice-ronet
- **IMDb ID:** nm0740067
- **TMDB ID:** 15395
- **Wikidata ID:** Q965584
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Ronet, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q965584, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0740067/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15395

Actor. Born 13 April 1927 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Died 14 March 1983.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 April 1927, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
- **Died:** 14 March 1983
- **Also known as:** Maurice Julien Marie Robinet, Морис Роне
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Ronet, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q965584, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0740067/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15395

## Fi1m on Maurice Ronet

> Maurice Ronet makes elegant men look uncomfortable with themselves. We value the restraint in his voice and gaze, though the melancholy can become familiar and a more dominant star can draw attention away from him.

In *Purple Noon* (1960), Maurice Ronet has to hold our attention while Alain Delon keeps drawing it back to Ripley. His Philippe Greenleaf is rich and louche, but René Clément's tense thriller gives us little chance to consider him without wondering what Ripley makes of him. We felt uneasy watching it, because that constant checking made it difficult to settle into the other performances. Ronet and Marie Laforêt, as Marge Duval, have to work within that narrow attention.

Ronet's restraint deserves the closer look the thriller cannot always give him. His voice and gaze suggest detachment without making a man seem empty, and he can show vulnerability without an elaborate display of suffering. We value that restraint, although the repeated casting as melancholy playboys can make it too easy to know what to expect.

After early romantic leads, the important turn was Louis Malle's *Elevator to the Gallows* (1958), with Ronet as Julien Tavernier opposite Jeanne Moreau. Malle worked with him again on *The Fire Within* (1963), placing him at the centre as Alain Leroy. The part suits his ability to suggest a man's unhappiness without spelling it out. Malle is the director to turn to for Ronet carrying a film rather than competing for our attention.

Claude Chabrol used him as the cynical seducer Victor Pegala in *The Unfaithful Wife* (1969). That same year, Jacques Deray cast him as Harry, Delon's rival in *The Swimming Pool* (1969). Both parts suit his ability to make a man's motives uncertain without overstatement. The danger is that we recognise the dissatisfied dandy before we notice the individual character.

His filmography is uneven enough that following it indiscriminately is a poor way to get to know him. Start with *Purple Noon*: it is a fine thriller even when Ronet is not its chief attraction. For a longer look at what he can do, make *The Fire Within* the next film.

## Biography

Maurice Ronet was a French actor, director and writer. Born Maurice Julien Marie Robinet in Nice on 13 April 1927, he was the only child of stage actors Émile Robinet and Gilberte Dubreuil. He made his stage debut at the age of 14 alongside his parents in Sacha Guitry's Deux couverts in Lausanne. He trained at the Centre du Spectacle de la Rue-Blanche and entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1944, where Jean-Louis Barrault was among his mentors.

Ronet made his film debut in Jacques Becker's Rendez-vous de juillet (1949). He appeared in more than one hundred films, including Elevator to the Gallows (1958) as Julien Tavernier, Purple Noon (1960) as Philippe Greenleaf, The Fire Within (1963) as Alain Leroy, The Swimming Pool (1969) as Harry, The Unfaithful Wife (1969) as Victor Pegala and Beau Pere (1981) as Charly. He was married to actress Maria Pacôme from 1950 to 1956. Ronet died in Paris on 14 March 1983.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org, fr.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Purple Noon* (1960), Fi1m 82, as Philippe Greenleaf — [page](https://film.one/film/purple-noon.md)

## Complete filmography (93)

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

- *Barefoot in the Kitchen* (2013), as (archive footage)
- *Surprise Party* (1983), as Georges Levesques
- *La Guérilléra* (1982), as Brutus
- *La Balance* (1982), as Roger Massina
- *Un matin rouge* (1982), as Henri
- *Beau Pere* (1981), as Charly
- *Sphinx* (1981), as Yvon Mageot
- *Orient Express* (1979), series, as Rolf Freitag
- *Bloodline* (1979), as Charles Martin
- *Madame le Juge* (1978), series, as Charles Bais
- *Death of a Corrupt Man* (1977), as Philippe Dubaye
- *Emmenez-moi au Ritz* (1977), as Philippe Gregor
- *Madame Claude* (1977), as Pierre
- *Bartleby* (1976), Director
- *Golden Night* (1976), as Nuit d'or
- *Oh, mia bella matrigna* (1976), as Luigi
- *Why They Kill Themselves* (1976), Actor
- *To the Bitter End* (1975), as Paul Jordan
- *The Golden Mass* (1975), as David
- *Only the Wind Knows the Answer* (1974), as Robert Lucas
- *Cry of the Heart* (1974), as Mathieu
- *The Marseille Contract* (1974), as Inspector Briac
- *Night Police Station* (1974), as Vittorio Cazzaniga
- *The Red Room* (1973), as Jean Gerfaud
- *The Crazy Capo Affair* (1973), as Diserens
- *Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman* (1973), as Piere Gonzague
- *Without Warning* (1973), as Raoul Maury
- *Seduction* (1973), as Giuseppe Lagana
- *Devil in the Brain* (1972), as Fabrizio Garces
- *The Pebbles of Etratat* (1972), as Kelvo
- *Scandal Man* (1972), as Marc Fontemps
- *The Deadly Trap* (1971), as L'homme de l'organisation
- *Raphael or the Debauched One* (1971), as Raphaël de Lorris
- *A Little, a Lot, Passionately* (1971), as Didier
- *The Sensuous Assassin* (1970), as Serge
- *The Modification* (1970), as Léon Delmont
- *Last Leap* (1970), as Garal
- *Splendori e miserie di Madame Royale* (1970), as Commissario
- *The Vixen* (1969), as Jérôme
- *The Scarlet Lady* (1969), as François
- *Delphine* (1969), as Jean-Marc, couturier ami de Delphine
- *The Swimming Pool* (1969), as Harry
- *The Unfaithful Wife* (1969), as Victor Pegala
- *Birds in Peru* (1968), as Rainier
- *How Sweet It Is!* (1968), as Phillipe
- *A Devil Under the Pillow* (1968), as Lotario
- *Garden of Delights* (1967), as Carlo
- *The Road to Corinth* (1967), as Dex
- *The Champagne Murders* (1967), as Paul Wagner
- *Long March* (1966), as Doctor Chevalier
- *Line of Demarcation* (1966), as Pierre, comte de Damville
- *Lost Command* (1966), as Capain. Boisfeuras
- *Three Rooms in Manhattan* (1965), as François Combe
- *Amador* (1965), as Amador
- *The Thief of Tibadabo* (1965), as Nicolas · Director, Screenplay
- *Circle of Love* (1964), as Henri
- *Wherever You Are* (1964), as Paul Vallier
- *Pariahs of Glory* (1964), as Ferrier
- *The Pit and the Pendulum* (1964), as Le condamné à mort
- *The Victors* (1963), as French Lieutenant
- *The Fire Within* (1963), as Alain Leroy
- *Casablanca, Nest of Spies* (1963), as Maurice Desjardins
- *Scarlet Eye* (1963), as Dr. Gérard Rinaldi
- *Enough Rope* (1963), as Walter Saccard
- *Assassin's Check* (1962), as Gilbert Vitry
- *The Immoral Moment* (1962), as Michel Jussieu
- *Midnight Meeting* (1962), as Pierre Neyris
- *Liberté I* (1962), as Michel
- *Time Out for Love* (1961), as Philippe
- *Il peccato degli anni verdi* (1960), as Paolo Donati
- *Mi último tango* (1960), as Dario Ledesma
- *Purple Noon* (1960), as Philippe Greenleaf — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/purple-noon.md)
- *The Devil Made a Woman* (1959), as José
- *This Desired Body* (1959), as Henri Messardier
- *That Night* (1958), as Jean Mallet
- *Carve Her Name with Pride* (1958), as Jacques
- *Elevator to the Gallows* (1958), as Julien Tavernier
- *He Who Must Die* (1957), as Michelis
- *Missing Persons Section* (1956), as Juan Milford
- *The Blonde Witch* (1956), as Laurent Brulard
- *The Aristocrats* (1955), as Christophe de Conti
- *Pleasures and Vices* (1955), as 'Gueule d'ange'
- *Casta diva* (1954), as Vincenzo Bellini
- *House of Ricordi* (1954), as Vincenzo Bellini
- *Castles in Spain* (1954), as Miguel Murillo
- *The Healer* (1953), as André Turenne
- *Lucrèce Borgia* (1953), as Perotto
- *Poison Ivy* (1953), as Mickey
- *Endless Horizons* (1953), as Marc Caussade
- *Desperate Decision* (1952), as Jim
- *The Seven Deadly Sins* (1952), as The priest (segment "La Luxure")
- *Perfectionist* (1951), as François
- *Rendezvous in July* (1949), as Roger Moulin

## Gallery

- ![Maurice Ronet](https://film.one/media/person/5693297/gallery-4661152e3e69.png) Maurice Ronet — Gawain78, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Seduzione-1973-Maurice_Ronet.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Maurice Ronet in una scena del film Casta Diva (1954), girato in Italia.](https://film.one/media/person/5693297/gallery-f82a6a33b7ac.png) Maurice Ronet in una scena del film Casta Diva (1954), girato in Italia. — Carmine Gallone (director), Marco Scarpelli (cinematographer), Documento Film (production)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Casta_Diva_%28film_1954%29_Maurice_Ronet_%283%29.png/1280px-Casta_Diva_%28film_1954%29_Maurice_Ronet_%283%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Maurice Ronet in una scena del film Casta Diva (1954), girato in Italia.](https://film.one/media/person/5693297/gallery-52f20893eb46.png) Maurice Ronet in una scena del film Casta Diva (1954), girato in Italia. — Carmine Gallone (director), Marco Scarpelli (cinematographer), Documento Film (production)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Casta_Diva_%28film_1954%29_Maurice_Ronet_%282%29.png/1280px-Casta_Diva_%28film_1954%29_Maurice_Ronet_%282%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Maurice Ronet in una scena del film Casta Diva (1954), girato in Italia.](https://film.one/media/person/5693297/gallery-db2f622d90ed.png) Maurice Ronet in una scena del film Casta Diva (1954), girato in Italia. — Carmine Gallone (director), Marco Scarpelli (cinematographer), Documento Film (production)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Casta_Diva_%28film_1954%29_Maurice_Ronet.png/1280px-Casta_Diva_%28film_1954%29_Maurice_Ronet.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Maurice Ronet](https://film.one/media/person/5693297/gallery-b8c63a57555d.jpg) Maurice Ronet — Image via TMDB

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