---
name: "Robert Beauvais"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-beauvais"
fi1m_id: "robert-beauvais"
imdb_id: "nm0064725"
tmdb_id: 1660
wikidata_id: "Q3434533"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 March 1911"
died: "23 February 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:33:13.110347+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."
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# Robert Beauvais

## Identity

Robert Beauvais

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-beauvais
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-beauvais
- **IMDb ID:** nm0064725
- **TMDB ID:** 1660
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3434533
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Beauvais, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3434533, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0064725/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1660

Actor. Born 6 March 1911 in Paris, France. Died 23 February 1982.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 March 1911, Paris, France
- **Died:** 23 February 1982
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Beauvais, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3434533, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0064725/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1660

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The 400 Blows*](https://film.one/film/the-400-blows.md) (91)

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## Biography

Robert Beauvais (6 March 1911 – 23 February 1982) was a French actor and writer. Born in Paris, he appeared in a number of films and television productions from the late 1940s onwards.

His acting credits include the role of the school director in François Truffaut's *The 400 Blows* (1959). He also worked as a screenwriter and dialogue writer on films such as *Le trésor des Pieds-Nickelés* (1950) and *La dame de chez Maxim* (1950).

Beauvais died in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, in 1982.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The 400 Blows* (1959), Fi1m 91, as Directeur de l'école — [page](https://film.one/film/the-400-blows.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Charles and Lucie* (1979), as Le gardien aux tics
- *Chinese In Paris* (1974), Novel, Writer
- *Juliette et Juliette* (1974), as Le patron de Pénélope
- *Deux Romains en Gaule* (1967), as Un écrivain du "Café Flora"
- *Le Cercle vicieux* (1960), as Nicky
- *The 400 Blows* (1959), as Directeur de l'école — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-400-blows.md)
- *The Slappiest Days of Our Lives* (1951), as Narrator
- *Le Trésor des Pieds-Nickelés* (1950), Dialogue
- *Amédée* (1950), Writer

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Saintour Prize 1971: Saintour Prize (won)

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

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