---
name: "Raphaël Diligent"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/raphael-diligent"
fi1m_id: "raphael-diligent"
imdb_id: "nm0226769"
tmdb_id: 142914
wikidata_id: "Q21634474"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 May 1884"
died: "11 July 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T02:07:27.018118+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."
---

# Raphaël Diligent

## Identity

Raphaël Diligent

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/raphael-diligent
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** raphael-diligent
- **IMDb ID:** nm0226769
- **TMDB ID:** 142914
- **Wikidata ID:** Q21634474
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21634474, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0226769/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142914

Actor. Born 17 May 1884 in Flize, France. Died 11 July 1964.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 May 1884, Flize, France
- **Died:** 11 July 1964
- **Active:** 1933–1934
- **Also known as:** Rafa Diligent, Charles Louis Diligent, Rapha Diligent
- **Frequently works with:** [Jean Dasté](https://film.one/person/jean-daste.md), [Jean Vigo](https://film.one/person/jean-vigo.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21634474, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0226769/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142914

## Biography

Raphaël Diligent (also credited as Rafa Diligent or Rapha Diligent) was a French actor, sculptor, painter and illustrator. He was born Charles Louis Diligent on 17 May 1884 in Flize, Ardennes, and died on 11 July 1964 in Paris.

Diligent trained under Auguste Rodin and François Pompon. He is known for animalier sculptures and a bust of Camille Claudel, and exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Indépendants. He lived with the journalist and writer Fanny Clar and served as a municipal councillor in Orgerus from 1935 to 1945.

His screen appearances were limited to two films directed by Jean Vigo: he played the firefighter in *Zero for Conduct* (1933) and the tramp, also referred to as Raspoutine, in *L'Atalante* (1934).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *L'Atalante* (1934), Fi1m 90, as Raspoutine, the boatman — [page](https://film.one/film/latalante.md)
- *Zero for Conduct* (1933), Fi1m 80, as Firefighter — [page](https://film.one/film/zero-for-conduct.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *L'Atalante* (1934), as Raspoutine, the boatman — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/latalante.md)
- *Zero for Conduct* (1933), as Firefighter — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/zero-for-conduct.md)

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