---
name: "Michel Ruhl"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michel-ruhl"
fi1m_id: "michel-ruhl"
imdb_id: "nm0749516"
tmdb_id: 28147
wikidata_id: "Q1930904"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 February 1934"
died: "15 January 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T02:22:52.557202+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Michel Ruhl

## Identity

Michel Ruhl

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michel-ruhl
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michel-ruhl
- **IMDb ID:** nm0749516
- **TMDB ID:** 28147
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1930904
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Ruhl, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1930904, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749516/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28147

Actor. Born 2 February 1934 in Paris, France. Died 15 January 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 February 1934, Paris, France
- **Died:** 15 January 2022
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Ruhl, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1930904, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749516/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28147

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Wild Reeds*](https://film.one/film/wild-reeds.md) (84)

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## Biography

Michel Ruhl (2 February 1934 – 15 January 2022) was a French actor. He began his career in 1952 under the direction of Gérard Philipe and had his first major theatre role in a production of *Long Day's Journey into Night* at the Théâtre Hébertot in Paris. His film debut came in 1963 with *Your Shadow is Mine*.

Ruhl appeared in films including *Nick Carter and Red Club* (1965), *The Toy* (1976), *La Menace* (1977) and *Wild Reeds* (1994) as Monsieur Cassagne. He was also known for his voice work, including the role of Nestor in several *The Adventures of Tintin* adaptations, and for dubbing actors such as James Cromwell.

He gained recognition for his television role as Jean de Plessis-Vaudreuil in the series *Au plaisir de Dieu*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Wild Reeds* (1994), Fi1m 84, as Monsieur Cassagne — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-reeds.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *A Cold War of Spies* (2023), series, as Russian Spy
- *Fantômette* (2000), series, as Mayor Nadaud
- *Wild Reeds* (1994), as Monsieur Cassagne — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-reeds.md)
- *The Castafiore Emerald* (1992), as Nestor (voice)
- *The Seven Crystal Balls* (1992), as Nestor (voice)
- *The Red Sea Sharks* (1992), as Nestor (voice)
- *The Adventures of Tintin* (1991), series, as Nestor (voice)
- *The Passion of Bernadette* (1990), as Doctor Saint-Cyr
- *Gates of Silence* (1987), Actor
- *L'Homme de Suez* (1984), series, as Hoart
- *Le Comte de Monte-Cristo* (1979), series, as Blacas
- *Au plaisir de Dieu* (1977), series, as Jean (adulte)
- *Death of a Corrupt Man* (1977), as (uncredited)
- *La Menace* (1977), as Leverrier, Lawyer
- *The Toy* (1976), as Banker
- *Police Python 357* (1976), Actor
- *Alouqa or the Comedy of the Dead* (1975), Actor
- *Maître Pygmalion* (1975), as Pygmalion III
- *La Nuit des rois* (1973), as Le duc Orsino
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1969), as Lysander
- *A Woman in White Revolts* (1966), as Jacques Ferrière
- *Nick Carter and Red Club* (1965), as Rudolf Wedermeyer
- *Seule a Paris* (1965), series, as François
- *Cast the Same Shadow* (1963), as Philippe Bergerat

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