---
name: "Paul Pavel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-pavel"
fi1m_id: "paul-pavel"
imdb_id: "nm0667573"
tmdb_id: 3517
wikidata_id: "Q3371972"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 July 1920"
died: "2 December 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 87
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T15:33:40.146313+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 Pavel

## Identity

Paul Pavel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-pavel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-pavel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0667573
- **TMDB ID:** 3517
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3371972
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3371972, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667573/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3517

Actor. Born 17 July 1920 in Paris, France. Died 2 December 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 July 1920, Paris, France
- **Died:** 2 December 2012
- **Active:** 1960–1962
- **Also known as:** P. Pavel, Paul Kriatchko, Paul Favel
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 87, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3371972, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667573/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3517

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Vivre Sa Vie*](https://film.one/film/vivre-sa-vie.md) (86)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Paul Pavel (born Paul Louis Kriatchko) was a French actor. He was born on 17 July 1920 in the 7th arrondissement of Paris and died on 2 December 2012 in Saint-Jean-du-Gard.

He appeared in numerous films from the late 1950s onwards, including *Vivre sa vie* (1962) as the journalist, *Le Trou* (1960), *The Umbrellas of Cherbourg* (1964), *The Bride Wore Black* (1968) as the mechanic, *Stolen Kisses* (1968) and *The Apartment* (1996) as the jeweller. He also took roles in television series and was credited at times as Paul Favel or Paul Kriatchko.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *Vivre Sa Vie* (1962), Fi1m 86, as Journalist — [page](https://film.one/film/vivre-sa-vie.md)
- *Le Trou* (1960), Fi1m 88, as Le second plombier — [page](https://film.one/film/le-trou.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Umbrellas of Cherbourg* (1964), Fi1m 88, as First Removal Man (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-umbrellas-of-cherbourg.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

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

- *The Giraffe's Neck* (2004), as M. Achraf
- *Relic Hunter* (1999), series, as Footman
- *An Affair of Love* (1999), as Joseph Lignaux
- *Le Déménagement* (1997), as Le vieux Roumain
- *The Apartment* (1996), as Jeweller
- *L'irrésolu* (1994), Actor
- *Love Without Pity* (1989), as Le père
- *Les Misérables* (1982), as Man with a cart (uncredited)
- *On l'appelait l'Américain* (1981), as Un marin
- *Mimì Bluette... Flower of My Garden* (1976), Actor
- *Police Commissioner Moulin* (1976), series, as Inspecteur Berry, Berry, Un ivrogne
- *Serious as Pleasure* (1975), Actor
- *Impossible Is Not French* (1974), as Le chauffeur de la Rolls de De Sica
- *Threshold of the Void* (1974), Actor
- *Line Up and Lay Down* (1973), as Le client qui veut un camion (uncredited)
- *5 Kittens* (1973), as Grocer
- *Diary of a Suicide* (1973), as Le condamné à mort
- *Scandal Man* (1972), Actor
- *Caméléons* (1971), as W (the spy)
- *The House in the Woods* (1971), series, as Un capitaine
- *Dirty Lovers* (1971), as Le clochard
- *Too Small My Friend* (1971), as Paul Bastiani
- *Love Me Strangely* (1971), as Delivery man
- *Mauregard* (1970), series, as Prosper
- *Love Life in Luxembourg* (1970), as Le chimiste
- *Only the Cool* (1970), as An Inspector at the tail (uncredited)
- *Call Me Mathilde* (1969), as (uncredited)
- *Erotic Trap* (1969), as Truck Driver
- *The Milky Way* (1969), Actor
- *Stolen Kisses* (1968), as Julien
- *The Bride Wore Black* (1968), as Mécanicien
- *Zita* (1968), Actor
- *The 25th Hour* (1967), as Un prisonnier dans le camion (uncredited)
- *Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard* (1967), as Un membre de la mafia
- *The Night of the Generals* (1967), as Hamburg Suspect (uncredited)
- *Four Queens for an Ace* (1966), as Gregory's Accomplice In Interrogation Room (uncredited)
- *To Skin a Spy* (1966), as Killer
- *The Sleeping Sentinel* (1966), as Sergeant Laurent
- *The Sleeping Car Murders* (1965), as M. Rivolani, passager du compartiement (Victime #3)
- *Diamonds Are Brittle* (1965), as Brigadier
- *Cloportes* (1965), as Cabaret customer (uncredited)
- *God's Thunder* (1965), as L'ami de Marcel
- *The Big Swag* (1965), as Machinist (uncredited)
- *The Vampire of Dusseldorf* (1965), as Lehndorf
- *Weekend at Dunkirk* (1964), Actor
- *Les Siffleurs* (1964), as Guy
- *The Unvanquished* (1964), as Félicien
- *Requiem pour un caïd* (1964), as Roger Dubois aka 'La grenouille'
- *The Umbrellas of Cherbourg* (1964), as First Removal Man (uncredited) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-umbrellas-of-cherbourg.md)
- *Maigret Sees Red* (1963), as Un inspecteur (uncredited)
- *Of Flesh and Blood* (1963), as Un voyageur
- *Vivre Sa Vie* (1962), as Journalist — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/vivre-sa-vie.md)
- *Snobs!* (1962), as Player
- *L’espace d’un matin* (1961), as Paul
- *Sahara on Fire* (1961), Actor
- *Le Trou* (1960), as Le second plombier — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/le-trou.md)
- *Sergeant X of the Foreign Legion* (1960), Actor
- *The Night Is Ours* (1953), Actor

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