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name: "Philippe Laudenbach"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 January 1936"
died: "22 April 2024"
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average_as: "actor"
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# Philippe Laudenbach

Actor. Born 31 January 1936 in Bourg La Reine, Hauts de Seine, France. Died 22 April 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 January 1936, Bourg La Reine, Hauts de Seine, France
- **Died:** 22 April 2024
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Laudenbach, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2087638, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0490734/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20799

## Biography

Philippe Laudenbach (1936–2024) was a French actor. He trained at the Conservatoire national supérieur d’art dramatique and made his film debut in Alain Resnais’s *Muriel* (1963). He appeared in more than one hundred films and worked with directors including Resnais, François Truffaut and Xavier Beauvois.

Laudenbach played Célestin in *Of Gods and Men* (2010). Other notable screen roles include Maître Clément in Truffaut’s *Confidentially Yours* (1983) and the jury president in *Romantics Anonymous* (2010). On stage he received a Molière Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1998 for his performance in Luigi Pirandello’s *Le Bonnet du fou*. He was the nephew of actor Pierre Fresnay and was married to actress and teacher Francine Walter.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Of Gods and Men* (2010), Fi1m 84, as Célestin — [page](https://film.one/film/of-gods-and-men.md)

## Complete filmography (87)

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

- *De Gaulle* (2020), as Le Maréchal Pétain
- *A comme Azur* (2020), as (voice)
- *Ibiza* (2019), as Philip's father
- *Tempus Fugit* (2019), Acting
- *Ad Vitam* (2018), series, as Père Samuel
- *Children of the Lie* (2018), as Georges Bricourt
- *Marie-Francine* (2017), as Pierric Legay, dit Papick
- *The Girl Without Hands* (2016), as Le Diable (voice)
- *Full Speed* (2016), as Monsieur Château-Chantelle
- *L'ami* (2016), as Papa Innocenzo III
- *Struggle for Life* (2016), as De Rostiviec
- *News from Planet Mars* (2016), as Old neighbor
- *She Walks* (2016), as Kieffer
- *France Is a Gas* (2016), as Alain Rose-Marine
- *Marguerite & Julien* (2015), Acting
- *Fever* (2015), as René
- *First Growth* (2015), as Monsieur du Mesnil
- *Les rides, conte pour p'tits vieux* (2014), as Marcel
- *Barbecue* (2014), as Jean Chevalier
- *Dr. Blanche's Clinic* (2014), as Esprit Blanche
- *Break of Day* (2013), as The husband
- *Candice Renoir* (2013), series, as Luc Normand
- *Hand in Hand* (2012), as The Minister
- *Just Like Brothers* (2012), as Grandfather
- *A.L.F.* (2012), as Le père de Yann
- *Injustice* (2012), series, as Maurice Eckerberg
- *Seasons of Love* (2012), as Edmond Marcenat
- *Declaration of War* (2011), as Philippe
- *Romantics Anonymous* (2010), as Jury President
- *Of Gods and Men* (2010), as Célestin — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/of-gods-and-men.md)
- *I Forgot to Tell You* (2010), as Docteur Simon
- *12 balles dans la peau pour Pierre Laval* (2009), as Mongibeaux
- *Leaving* (2009), as Le père de Samuel
- *Le Lit près de la fenêtre* (2009), Acting
- *Au siècle de Maupassant, contes et nouvelles du XIXe* (2009), series, as Raymond de la Beyssière
- *My Very Own Santa Claus* (2008), Acting
- *Françoise Dolto, for the love of children* (2008), as Rutène
- *Cortex* (2008), as Daniel
- *L'âge de l'amour* (2007), as Jean Pierre
- *Agathe contre Agathe* (2007), series, as Marcennac
- *Agathe contre Agathe* (2007), as Marcennac
- *Community Property* (2005), Acting
- *People : Jet Set 2* (2004), as Professeur Chernot
- *Cash Truck* (2004), as La Momie
- *Clémence* (2003), as Mr. Salmon
- *Maléfique* (2003), as Lassalle
- *Tanguy* (2001), as Maître Badinier
- *God Is Great and I'm Not* (2001), as Jean
- *Un pique-nique chez Osiris* (2001), as Anatole Ancelin
- *Un pique-nique chez Osiris* (2001), series, as Anatole Ancelin
- *Une femme neuve* (2000), as Luc
- *La bostella* (2000), as Jacky
- *Of Woman and Magic* (2000), as The old doctor
- *Life Doesn't Scare Me* (1999), as Philippe's father
- *Je règle mon pas sur le pas de mon père* (1999), as L'escroc du golf
- *Psy-Show* (1999), Acting
- *Le radeau de la Méduse* (1998), as Julien Schmaltz
- *Féminin masculine* (1997), as Dorlaville
- *Le Wagon* (1994), as Gilles
- *Des enfants dans les arbres* (1994), as Vicar
- *Jalna* (1994), series, as Ernest Whiteoak
- *Urgence d'aimer* (1993), as Henri
- *La Femme abandonnée* (1992), as Le comte de Lussanges
- *The Sentinel* (1992), as The Priest
- *Rhesus-Romeo* (1992), Acting
- *Les Hordes* (1991), series, as Vermeer, le premier ministre
- *L'Opération Corned Beef* (1991), as Le ministre de l'Intérieur
- *Manon Roland* (1989), as Vergniaud
- *The Bathroom* (1989), as le client de l'hôtel
- *A Few Days with Me* (1988), as Monsieur Maillotte
- *Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle* (1987), as Le Garçon De Café
- *Disorder* (1986), as Le père de Gabriel
- *Betty Blue* (1986), as L'éditeur / Le gynéco
- *Rive droite, rive gauche* (1984), as Host
- *Un homme va être assassiné* (1984), as Merizier
- *Our Story* (1984), as Sam
- *Long Live Life* (1984), as Professor Sternberg
- *Jean-Gina B.* (1984), Acting
- *Confidentially Yours* (1983), as Maître Clément
- *Life Is a Bed of Roses* (1983), as Educator enemy of gratuitous daydreaming
- *La Baraka* (1982), as le journaliste
- *Les Fils de la liberté* (1981), series, as Notaire Plessis
- *My American Uncle* (1980), as Michel Aubert
- *Police Commissioner Moulin* (1976), series, as Le Procureur Valeri
- *Doris* (1970), as Ugo
- *Les Hommes* (1964), as Rollin
- *Muriel, or the Time of Return* (1963), as Robert

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Knight of the National Order of Merit 2010: Knight of the National Order of Merit (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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