--- name: "Paul Bonifas" canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-bonifas" roles: [] born: "3 June 1902" died: "9 November 1975" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-20T03:56:35.194426+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." --- # Paul Bonifas Actor. Born 3 June 1902 in Paris, France. Died 9 November 1975. ## Details - **Born:** 3 June 1902, Paris, France - **Died:** 9 November 1975 - **Also known as:** The Molière Players, Henri Paul Bonifas, Paul Boniface, Victor Boniface, Bonifas, Bonifas de la Comédie Française - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bonifas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3370684, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0094585/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41716 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Fanny*](https://film.one/film/fanny.md) (70) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Paul Bonifas was a French actor born in Paris on 3 June 1902. While employed by the French customs service in the 1920s, he studied acting at the Conservatoire de Paris and won the first prize for comedy. This led to stage work with the Odéon Theatre from 1933 and the Comédie-Française from 1938. His first film role came in 1935 in Pierre Chenal's adaptation of Crime and Punishment. During the Second World War he served as a lieutenant in the artillery, was wounded and evacuated from Dunkirk. In London he joined the Free French forces and broadcast for Radio Londres. In 1943 he formed the Molière Players, a company that performed Molière works and other French plays in London theatres and for French troops; the group appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's 1944 short Aventure malgache. He returned to France in 1946 and continued in theatre and film until his death on 9 November 1975 in Vernouillet, Yvelines. His film credits include roles in Dead of Night (1945), Love in the Afternoon (1957), Fanny (1961) as the postman, Charade (1963) as Mr Felix, The Train (1964) as Spinet, Greed in the Sun (1964) and The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1974). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Fanny* (1961), Fi1m 70, as The Postman — [page](https://film.one/film/fanny.md) ## Complete filmography (80) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Le Père Amable* (1975), as Vatinol - *Rosebud* (1975), Actor - *The Common Man* (1975), as Le Maire - *Antigone* (1974), as le choeur - *The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe* (1974), as le père de François Perrin - *The Last Train* (1973), as Le voisin - *La Duchesse d'Avila* (1973), series, as L'aubergiste - *Love Me Strangely* (1971), as Hotel porter - *Cold Sweat* (1970), as The doctor - *An Artistic Couple* (1970), as Henri Faroy - *The Horse* (1970), as Witness to Car Accident - *Maurin des Maures* (1970), series, as Pons - *The Christmas Tree* (1969), as (uncredited) - *Secret World* (1969), as Gustave / servant - *La Séparation* (1968), as Prêtre - *Les Dossiers de l'Agence O* (1968), series, as Le vieux Vick - *Triple Cross* (1966), as Charlie - *Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?* (1966), Actor - *At Theatre Tonight* (1966), series, as Félix Ducotel - *Illusions perdues* (1966), series, as Camusot - *The Sleeping Sentinel* (1966), as Lanier - *Le Naïf amoureux* (1965), as 'Tonton Louis' - *Lucky Jo* (1964), as Légiste (uncredited) - *The Train* (1964), as Spinet - *Greed in the Sun* (1964), as Doctor Magnart, former professor in Lyon - *Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent* (1964), as Le notaire - *Bayard* (1964), series, as Aymon Terrail - *Charade* (1963), as Mr. Felix - *La parole est au témoin* (1963), Actor - *The Depths* (1963), as Mons. Lapeyre - *The Trip to Biarritz* (1963), as Bourrély - *Sundays and Cybele* (1962), as Grocer - *Les Célibataires* (1962), as Chandelier - *Keep Talking, Baby* (1961), Actor - *Blood on His Sword* (1961), as Le chirurgien / Doctor of Louis XI - *Fanny* (1961), as The Postman — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fanny.md) - *Goodbye Again* (1961), as Cellarman - *The Truth* (1960), as Un greffier - *The Gigolo* (1960), as (uncredited) - *The Enemy General* (1960), as Mayor - *Love and the Frenchwoman* (1960), as Le père de Ginette (segment "La Virginité") - *A Woman Like Satan* (1958), as Innkeeper - *A Legitimate Defense* (1958), as le président de la cour - *Les Misérables* (1958), as Hospital doctor - *Sinners of Paris* (1958), as L'inspecteur Renaud - *Mademoiselle and Her Gang* (1957), as Marcel, owner of the hotel - *Love in the Afternoon* (1957), as Police Chief (uncredited) - *The Case of Dr. Laurent* (1957), as Guillaumin - *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1956), as Master Lecornu - *The Terror with Women* (1956), Actor - *Frou-Frou* (1955), as Le réceptionniste de l'hôtel (uncredited) - *Sherlock Holmes* (1954), series, as Prof. von Gaulkins - *Their Last Night* (1953), as le commissaire principal - *Lettre ouverte* (1953), as Honoré, the father-in-law - *Holiday for Henrietta* (1952), as The Newsagent (uncredited) - *Ils sont dans les vignes...* (1952), as American - *Piédalu fait des miracles* (1952), Actor - *Dans la vie tout s'arrange* (1952), as Monsieur Bleubois - *The Green Glove* (1952), as Inspector - *The Truth About Bebe Donge* (1952), as Traveler (uncredited) - *Duel à Dakar* (1951), as The Commander - *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, Actor - *Amazing Monsieur Fabre* (1951), as Le ministre Victor Duruy - *Pardon My French* (1951), as Monsieur Bleubois - *Clara de Montargis* (1951), Actor - *Juliette, or Key of Dreams* (1951), as Captain of the cargo ship - *Bedelia* (1946), as Insurance Manager - *Lisbon Story* (1946), as Stephan Corelle - *Johnny Frenchman* (1945), as Jerome - *Dead of Night* (1945), as French Nightclub Patron (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited) - *The Man from Morocco* (1945), as French Mayor - *Champagne Charlie* (1944), as Targetino - *English Without Tears* (1944), as Monsieur Rolland - *Candlelight in Algeria* (1944), as French Proprietor - *Two Fathers* (1944), as The Frenchman - *Aventure Malgache* (1944), as Michel - *The Foreman Went to France* (1942), as Prefect of Rouville - *Maxim's Porter* (1939), Actor - *The Five Cents of Lavarede* (1939), as Sailor - *Crime and Punishment* (1935), Actor ## Gallery - ![Paul Bonifas](https://film.one/media/person/1240648/gallery-b08ed770e19b.jpg) Paul Bonifas — Alexandre bonifas, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Paul_Bonifas_Document_Personnel_Alexandre_James_Bonifas.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Paul Bonifas](https://film.one/media/person/1240648/gallery-11b98d80d8ed.jpg) Paul Bonifas — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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